Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SLA over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 153 199
Rank change year-on-year +12 +46 +2
Permanent jobs citing SLA 2,007 2,515 3,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.04% 2.40% 2.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.86% 12.44% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,496 1,602 2,169
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £22,958
25th Percentile £25,047 £29,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £49,881 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £37,500 £34,427
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.93% -10.58%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

SLA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,505 20,219 25,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.29% 16.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9,263 9,275 13,194
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA.

Salary trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SLA in the UK

SLA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +8 1,785 £32,500 -18.75% 426
UK excluding London -17 1,548 £30,000 -20.00% 344
South East +4 462 £29,850 -20.40% 84
London +28 419 £43,000 -9.47% 108
Work from Home -59 405 £48,000 +6.67% 123
North of England -6 344 £32,500 -13.33% 98
Midlands -18 259 £28,119 -21.89% 62
West Midlands -8 180 £28,119 -25.02% 42
North West -5 165 £29,500 -34.44% 60
South West -12 164 £37,500 +7.14% 32
Yorkshire +22 137 £35,000 +8.70% 28
East of England -33 135 £29,000 -31.76% 28
Scotland -18 111 £26,000 -32.47% 22
East Midlands -27 79 £28,500 -10.94% 20
Wales +30 74 £27,000 -14.96% 14
North East -1 42 £35,000 -2.78% 11
Northern Ireland +15 5 £28,000 -37.78% 9

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 207 (10.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 93 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 74 (3.69%) WebLogic
4 45 (2.24%) Oracle Service Bus
5 37 (1.84%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.55%) IIS
7 10 (0.50%) CMS
8 7 (0.35%) Confluence
9 5 (0.25%) JBoss
10 3 (0.15%) IBM Notes
10 3 (0.15%) Moodle
10 3 (0.15%) WordPress
11 2 (0.100%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.100%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.100%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.050%) Apache
12 1 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.050%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.050%) WebSphere
Applications
1 370 (18.44%) Microsoft Office
2 124 (6.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (2.54%) MS Visio
4 28 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.100%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 49 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
2 46 (2.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 18 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (0.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 13 (0.65%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.65%) iTrent
6 6 (0.30%) Adaptiv
6 6 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
7 5 (0.25%) Fidessa
7 5 (0.25%) Temenos T24
8 4 (0.20%) Endur
8 4 (0.20%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.15%) assyst
9 3 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
10 2 (0.100%) Elite 3E
11 1 (0.050%) Carpe Diem
11 1 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.050%) HFM
11 1 (0.050%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 526 (26.21%) Microsoft 365
2 295 (14.70%) Azure
3 162 (8.07%) SaaS
4 134 (6.68%) AWS
5 58 (2.89%) Entra ID
6 37 (1.84%) Power Platform
7 32 (1.59%) OneDrive
8 30 (1.49%) Mimecast
9 26 (1.30%) Power Automate
10 24 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.00%) GCP
12 20 (1.00%) Snowflake
13 16 (0.80%) IaaS
14 15 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.65%) Google Workspace
16 12 (0.60%) PowerApps
17 11 (0.55%) PaaS
18 8 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 5 (0.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 180 (8.97%) Firewall
2 130 (6.48%) DNS
3 127 (6.33%) VPN
4 116 (5.78%) DHCP
5 111 (5.53%) LAN
6 102 (5.08%) WAN
7 95 (4.73%) TCP/IP
8 89 (4.43%) Wi-Fi
9 64 (3.19%) SAN
10 60 (2.99%) Wireless
11 58 (2.89%) Internet
12 45 (2.24%) VoIP
13 27 (1.35%) VLAN
14 26 (1.30%) MPLS
15 23 (1.15%) SD-WAN
15 23 (1.15%) WLAN
16 20 (1.00%) OSPF
17 19 (0.95%) Broadband
17 19 (0.95%) DSL
17 19 (0.95%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (3.69%) SQL Server
2 51 (2.54%) Oracle Database
3 45 (2.24%) Oracle Database 10g
3 45 (2.24%) Oracle Database 11g
3 45 (2.24%) VLDB
4 41 (2.04%) Tableau
5 34 (1.69%) Big Data
6 33 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
7 30 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
8 23 (1.15%) DB2
9 21 (1.05%) MySQL
10 20 (1.00%) Data Lake
11 19 (0.95%) MongoDB
12 18 (0.90%) Power BI
13 16 (0.80%) Apache Hive
13 16 (0.80%) Hadoop
13 16 (0.80%) Impala
14 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
15 10 (0.50%) Relational Database
16 6 (0.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (2.94%) JIRA
2 6 (0.30%) Git
3 5 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
3 5 (0.25%) SonarQube
3 5 (0.25%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.20%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.20%) Postman
5 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.15%) Subversion
6 1 (0.050%) Gatling
6 1 (0.050%) git-flow
6 1 (0.050%) JUnit
6 1 (0.050%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.050%) MSI
6 1 (0.050%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.050%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.050%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.050%) Visual Studio
General
1 950 (47.33%) Social Skills
2 463 (23.07%) Finance
3 328 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 241 (12.01%) Law
5 226 (11.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 126 (6.28%) Organisational Skills
7 104 (5.18%) Banking
8 102 (5.08%) Retail
9 94 (4.68%) Billing
10 88 (4.38%) Telecoms
11 75 (3.74%) Legal
12 64 (3.19%) Marketing
13 59 (2.94%) Public Sector
14 42 (2.09%) Manufacturing
15 39 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
17 31 (1.54%) Financial Institution
18 28 (1.40%) Back Office
19 27 (1.35%) Police
20 26 (1.30%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 382 (19.03%) Analyst
2 245 (12.21%) Senior
3 221 (11.01%) Service Manager
4 219 (10.91%) Support Engineer
5 201 (10.01%) Support Analyst
6 196 (9.77%) IT Support
7 151 (7.52%) Service Delivery Manager
8 149 (7.42%) Delivery Manager
9 137 (6.83%) Service Analyst
10 131 (6.53%) Lead
10 131 (6.53%) Service Desk Analyst
11 130 (6.48%) Applications Support
12 117 (5.83%) IT Engineer
13 104 (5.18%) Senior Manager
14 100 (4.98%) Senior Service Manager
15 96 (4.78%) Applications Support Analyst
16 95 (4.73%) Senior Delivery Manager
16 95 (4.73%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
17 88 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 86 (4.29%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (2.79%) Spring
2 31 (1.54%) AngularJS
3 30 (1.49%) React
4 29 (1.44%) J2EE
4 29 (1.44%) Java EE
5 28 (1.40%) HTML
5 28 (1.40%) RESTful
6 26 (1.30%) Spring Boot
7 23 (1.15%) CSS
8 22 (1.10%) .NET
9 18 (0.90%) Kafka
10 12 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
11 7 (0.35%) ADSI
11 7 (0.35%) EDI
11 7 (0.35%) LDAP
11 7 (0.35%) XML
12 6 (0.30%) .NET Framework
12 6 (0.30%) OLE
12 6 (0.30%) REST
12 6 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 206 (10.26%) Self-Motivation
2 133 (6.63%) Driving Licence
3 115 (5.73%) Management Information System
4 99 (4.93%) Video Conferencing
5 89 (4.43%) Digital Signage
6 88 (4.38%) Video\Live Streaming
7 69 (3.44%) Public Cloud
8 65 (3.24%) Data Centre
9 62 (3.09%) Cloud Native
10 49 (2.44%) Onboarding
11 37 (1.84%) Product Ownership
12 30 (1.49%) EPoS
13 27 (1.35%) Clustering
14 26 (1.30%) Replication
15 24 (1.20%) Life Science
16 21 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 19 (0.95%) BYOD
18 18 (0.90%) IoT
19 11 (0.55%) PKI
20 10 (0.50%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 635 (31.64%) Windows
2 261 (13.00%) Windows Server
3 181 (9.02%) Windows 10
4 141 (7.03%) Linux
5 108 (5.38%) Unix
6 53 (2.64%) Apple iOS
6 53 (2.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 53 (2.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 52 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 46 (2.29%) Solaris
9 41 (2.04%) Android
10 23 (1.15%) Mac OS
11 21 (1.05%) AIX
12 20 (1.00%) Windows 7
13 11 (0.55%) Windows 8
14 10 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
15 8 (0.40%) CentOS
15 8 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.40%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 683 (34.03%) Customer Service
2 547 (27.25%) ITIL
3 504 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
4 340 (16.94%) Service Delivery
5 264 (13.15%) Service Management
6 240 (11.96%) Incident Management
7 183 (9.12%) ITSM
8 179 (8.92%) Mentoring
9 168 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 154 (7.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 146 (7.27%) Asset Management
12 136 (6.78%) Agile
13 132 (6.58%) Contract Negotiation
14 131 (6.53%) Decision-Making
15 128 (6.38%) Time Management
16 119 (5.93%) Change Management
17 118 (5.88%) Performance Management
18 116 (5.78%) Presales
19 112 (5.58%) CRM
19 112 (5.58%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 209 (10.41%) SQL
2 94 (4.68%) Java
3 72 (3.59%) Python
4 69 (3.44%) PowerShell
5 65 (3.24%) PL/SQL
6 39 (1.94%) JavaScript
7 35 (1.74%) Scala
8 29 (1.44%) Shell Script
9 22 (1.10%) Bash
9 22 (1.10%) C#
10 20 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 9 (0.45%) ActionScript
11 9 (0.45%) VB
12 6 (0.30%) Perl
13 5 (0.25%) Bicep
13 5 (0.25%) Ruby
14 2 (0.100%) PHP
15 1 (0.050%) C
15 1 (0.050%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.050%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 243 (12.11%) Security Cleared
2 242 (12.06%) Degree
3 144 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 84 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 58 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
6 57 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
7 51 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 50 (2.49%) CCNA
9 34 (1.69%) CCNP
10 33 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 32 (1.59%) MCP
12 31 (1.54%) A+ Certification
13 30 (1.49%) DV Cleared
14 26 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
15 24 (1.20%) DBS Check
16 21 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 18 (0.90%) HND
18 17 (0.85%) MCSE
19 16 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
20 12 (0.60%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (2.29%) GDPR
2 43 (2.14%) PCI DSS
3 40 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (1.54%) QA
5 27 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (0.75%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.70%) ISO 9001
8 13 (0.65%) PMO
9 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.30%) NIST
10 2 (0.100%) COBIT
10 2 (0.100%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.100%) GRC
10 2 (0.100%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.050%) COSHH
11 1 (0.050%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.050%) HITRUST
11 1 (0.050%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.050%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.050%) SOC 2
System Software
1 493 (24.56%) Active Directory
2 132 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (3.79%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.24%) Oracle RAC
5 38 (1.89%) KVM
6 26 (1.30%) Firmware
7 25 (1.25%) vSphere
8 19 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (0.70%) XenApp
10 9 (0.45%) OpenSSH
11 8 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
12 7 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.20%) Docker
13 4 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.100%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.050%) NFS
15 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 107 (5.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 73 (3.64%) SCCM
3 46 (2.29%) Oracle RMAN
4 45 (2.24%) Data Guard
5 31 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (1.44%) OpenSSO
7 27 (1.35%) Kubernetes
8 20 (1.00%) WSUS
9 17 (0.85%) vCenter Server
10 15 (0.75%) FortiGate
10 15 (0.75%) NetBackup
11 12 (0.60%) Backup Exec
12 11 (0.55%) SCOM
13 9 (0.45%) IBM BigFix
13 9 (0.45%) PowerCLI
13 9 (0.45%) Terraform
14 8 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.30%) Control-M
15 6 (0.30%) SafeCom
15 6 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 832 (41.45%) Microsoft
2 208 (10.36%) VMware
3 182 (9.07%) Dell
4 177 (8.82%) ServiceNow
5 136 (6.78%) Oracle
6 123 (6.13%) Cisco
7 92 (4.58%) SAP
8 82 (4.09%) Remedy
9 81 (4.04%) Citrix
10 66 (3.29%) HP
11 57 (2.84%) Apple
11 57 (2.84%) Salesforce
12 55 (2.74%) Sun
13 47 (2.34%) IBM
14 43 (2.14%) Veeam
15 40 (1.99%) Meraki
16 34 (1.69%) Sophos
17 28 (1.40%) NetApp
18 25 (1.25%) SolarWinds
19 24 (1.20%) Google