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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 150 202
Rank change year-on-year +6 +52 -4
Permanent jobs citing SLA 2,000 2,473 3,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.03% 2.39% 2.04%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.81% 12.61% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,490 1,590 2,164
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,000 £23,000
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 £50,000 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,313 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% -10.26%

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 13,508 19,614 26,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.71% 18.94% 16.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,228 9,101 13,249
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 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,602
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.04% +0.22%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +6 1,780 £32,500 -18.75% 466
UK excluding London -13 1,552 £30,000 -20.00% 373
South East +4 467 £29,925 -20.20% 102
London +12 407 £45,000 -0.81% 116
Work from Home -64 402 £48,500 +7.78% 135
North of England -16 342 £32,500 -9.72% 103
Midlands -8 260 £28,119 -18.50% 59
West Midlands -2 181 £28,119 -25.02% 38
South West -4 165 £37,500 +7.14% 37
North West -5 162 £28,750 -36.11% 60
Yorkshire +11 138 £35,000 +8.70% 32
East of England -39 136 £29,000 -42.00% 42
Scotland -27 110 £25,406 -31.34% 21
East Midlands -25 79 £28,500 -10.94% 21
Wales +33 72 £26,500 -17.19% 15
North East -2 42 £35,000 -2.78% 12
Northern Ireland +16 6 £28,000 -37.78% 5

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
1 205 (10.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 74 (3.70%) WebLogic
4 45 (2.25%) Oracle Service Bus
5 37 (1.85%) 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 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.10%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.10%) 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
1 364 (18.20%) Microsoft Office
2 123 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (2.55%) 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 (0.10%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 49 (2.45%) Remedy ITSM
2 45 (2.25%) 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 5 (0.25%) Adaptiv
6 5 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.25%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.20%) Endur
7 4 (0.20%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.10%) assyst
9 2 (0.10%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.050%) Carpe Diem
10 1 (0.050%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.050%) HFM
10 1 (0.050%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 519 (25.95%) Microsoft 365
2 294 (14.70%) Azure
3 161 (8.05%) SaaS
4 136 (6.80%) AWS
5 60 (3.00%) Entra ID
6 35 (1.75%) Power Platform
7 31 (1.55%) OneDrive
8 30 (1.50%) Mimecast
9 25 (1.25%) Power Automate
10 24 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (1.00%) Snowflake
13 19 (0.95%) GCP
14 15 (0.75%) IaaS
15 14 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
16 13 (0.65%) Google Workspace
17 10 (0.50%) PaaS
17 10 (0.50%) PowerApps
18 8 (0.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 4 (0.20%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 174 (8.70%) Firewall
2 125 (6.25%) DNS
3 121 (6.05%) VPN
4 113 (5.65%) DHCP
5 107 (5.35%) LAN
6 98 (4.90%) WAN
7 94 (4.70%) TCP/IP
8 88 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
9 63 (3.15%) SAN
10 58 (2.90%) Internet
10 58 (2.90%) Wireless
11 41 (2.05%) VoIP
12 26 (1.30%) VLAN
13 25 (1.25%) MPLS
14 23 (1.15%) WLAN
15 22 (1.10%) SD-WAN
16 19 (0.95%) Broadband
16 19 (0.95%) DSL
16 19 (0.95%) OSPF
17 18 (0.90%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.65%) SQL Server
2 51 (2.55%) Oracle Database
3 45 (2.25%) Oracle Database 10g
3 45 (2.25%) Oracle Database 11g
3 45 (2.25%) VLDB
4 41 (2.05%) Tableau
5 34 (1.70%) Big Data
6 33 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
7 30 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
8 24 (1.20%) DB2
9 20 (1.00%) Data Lake
9 20 (1.00%) MongoDB
10 19 (0.95%) MySQL
11 16 (0.80%) Apache Hive
11 16 (0.80%) Hadoop
11 16 (0.80%) Impala
12 15 (0.75%) Power BI
13 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
14 10 (0.50%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 59 (2.95%) JIRA
2 5 (0.25%) Git
2 5 (0.25%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
2 5 (0.25%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.20%) Postman
3 4 (0.20%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.15%) Subversion
5 1 (0.050%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.050%) git-flow
5 1 (0.050%) GitLab
5 1 (0.050%) MSI
5 1 (0.050%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.050%) Sourcetree
5 1 (0.050%) Visual Studio
General
1 945 (47.25%) Social Skills
2 462 (23.10%) Finance
3 329 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
4 244 (12.20%) Law
5 225 (11.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 126 (6.30%) Organisational Skills
7 101 (5.05%) Retail
8 99 (4.95%) Banking
9 95 (4.75%) Billing
10 88 (4.40%) Telecoms
11 74 (3.70%) Legal
12 64 (3.20%) Marketing
13 57 (2.85%) Public Sector
14 40 (2.00%) Manufacturing
15 39 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
16 30 (1.50%) Financial Institution
17 28 (1.40%) Back Office
18 27 (1.35%) Police
19 26 (1.30%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 378 (18.90%) Analyst
2 244 (12.20%) Senior
3 221 (11.05%) Service Manager
4 214 (10.70%) Support Engineer
5 199 (9.95%) Support Analyst
6 192 (9.60%) IT Support
7 150 (7.50%) Service Delivery Manager
8 148 (7.40%) Delivery Manager
9 134 (6.70%) Service Analyst
10 131 (6.55%) Lead
11 130 (6.50%) Applications Support
12 129 (6.45%) Service Desk Analyst
13 109 (5.45%) IT Engineer
14 103 (5.15%) Senior Manager
15 100 (5.00%) Senior Service Manager
16 95 (4.75%) Applications Support Analyst
16 95 (4.75%) Senior Delivery Manager
16 95 (4.75%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
17 88 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 84 (4.20%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (2.80%) Spring
2 31 (1.55%) AngularJS
3 30 (1.50%) React
4 29 (1.45%) J2EE
4 29 (1.45%) Java EE
5 28 (1.40%) RESTful
6 27 (1.35%) HTML
7 26 (1.30%) Spring Boot
8 23 (1.15%) CSS
9 21 (1.05%) .NET
10 18 (0.90%) Kafka
11 11 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
12 7 (0.35%) ADSI
12 7 (0.35%) EDI
12 7 (0.35%) LDAP
13 6 (0.30%) .NET Framework
13 6 (0.30%) OLE
13 6 (0.30%) REST
13 6 (0.30%) Web Services
13 6 (0.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 207 (10.35%) Self-Motivation
2 131 (6.55%) Driving Licence
3 113 (5.65%) Management Information System
4 100 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
5 90 (4.50%) Digital Signage
6 89 (4.45%) Video\Live Streaming
7 69 (3.45%) Public Cloud
8 64 (3.20%) Data Centre
9 62 (3.10%) Cloud Native
10 45 (2.25%) Onboarding
11 37 (1.85%) Product Ownership
12 30 (1.50%) EPoS
13 26 (1.30%) Clustering
14 24 (1.20%) Replication
15 22 (1.10%) Life Science
16 19 (0.95%) BYOD
16 19 (0.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 18 (0.90%) IoT
18 10 (0.50%) iPad
18 10 (0.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 624 (31.20%) Windows
2 260 (13.00%) Windows Server
3 179 (8.95%) Windows 10
4 142 (7.10%) Linux
5 107 (5.35%) Unix
6 54 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 52 (2.60%) Apple iOS
8 51 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 49 (2.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 45 (2.25%) Solaris
11 40 (2.00%) Android
12 21 (1.05%) AIX
12 21 (1.05%) Mac OS
13 18 (0.90%) Windows 7
14 11 (0.55%) Windows 8
15 9 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (0.40%) CentOS
16 8 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (0.40%) Ubuntu
17 4 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 682 (34.10%) Customer Service
2 542 (27.10%) ITIL
3 495 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
4 336 (16.80%) Service Delivery
5 263 (13.15%) Service Management
6 242 (12.10%) Incident Management
7 180 (9.00%) ITSM
8 179 (8.95%) Mentoring
9 164 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 154 (7.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 146 (7.30%) Asset Management
12 135 (6.75%) Agile
13 133 (6.65%) Contract Negotiation
14 130 (6.50%) Decision-Making
15 128 (6.40%) Time Management
16 119 (5.95%) Change Management
17 118 (5.90%) Performance Management
18 117 (5.85%) Presales
19 112 (5.60%) Logistics
20 111 (5.55%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 208 (10.40%) SQL
2 93 (4.65%) Java
3 71 (3.55%) Python
4 70 (3.50%) PowerShell
5 65 (3.25%) PL/SQL
6 38 (1.90%) JavaScript
7 34 (1.70%) Scala
8 29 (1.45%) Shell Script
9 22 (1.10%) C#
10 21 (1.05%) Bash
11 20 (1.00%) T-SQL
12 9 (0.45%) ActionScript
12 9 (0.45%) VB
13 6 (0.30%) Perl
14 5 (0.25%) Ruby
15 4 (0.20%) Bicep
16 2 (0.10%) PHP
17 1 (0.050%) C
17 1 (0.050%) VB.NET
17 1 (0.050%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 242 (12.10%) Security Cleared
2 238 (11.90%) Degree
3 141 (7.05%) SC Cleared
4 84 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 56 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
6 55 (2.75%) ITIL Certification
7 52 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 48 (2.40%) CCNA
9 34 (1.70%) CCNP
10 32 (1.60%) Azure Certification
10 32 (1.60%) DV Cleared
10 32 (1.60%) MCP
11 30 (1.50%) A+ Certification
12 25 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
12 25 (1.25%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 18 (0.90%) HND
15 17 (0.85%) MCSE
16 16 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
17 12 (0.60%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (2.35%) GDPR
2 43 (2.15%) PCI DSS
3 40 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.40%) QA
5 26 (1.30%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (0.75%) Accessibility
7 14 (0.70%) ISO 9001
7 14 (0.70%) PMO
8 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.25%) NIST
10 2 (0.10%) COBIT
10 2 (0.10%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.10%) GRC
10 2 (0.10%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.050%) COSHH
11 1 (0.050%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.050%) FISMA
11 1 (0.050%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.050%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.050%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 482 (24.10%) Active Directory
2 130 (6.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.25%) Oracle RAC
5 38 (1.90%) KVM
6 26 (1.30%) Firmware
7 23 (1.15%) vSphere
8 18 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
9 14 (0.70%) XenApp
10 9 (0.45%) OpenSSH
11 7 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
12 6 (0.30%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.20%) Docker
13 4 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.050%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.050%) NFS
14 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 106 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 75 (3.75%) SCCM
3 46 (2.30%) Oracle RMAN
4 45 (2.25%) Data Guard
5 31 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
6 29 (1.45%) OpenSSO
7 26 (1.30%) Kubernetes
8 19 (0.95%) WSUS
9 17 (0.85%) vCenter Server
10 14 (0.70%) NetBackup
11 13 (0.65%) FortiGate
12 12 (0.60%) Backup Exec
13 10 (0.50%) SCOM
13 10 (0.50%) Terraform
14 9 (0.45%) IBM BigFix
14 9 (0.45%) PowerCLI
15 6 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.30%) Nessus
15 6 (0.30%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
16 5 (0.25%) Control-M
Vendors
1 825 (41.25%) Microsoft
2 205 (10.25%) VMware
3 184 (9.20%) Dell
4 176 (8.80%) ServiceNow
5 135 (6.75%) Oracle
6 122 (6.10%) Cisco
7 91 (4.55%) SAP
8 82 (4.10%) Remedy
9 81 (4.05%) Citrix
10 68 (3.40%) HP
11 57 (2.85%) Apple
12 55 (2.75%) Salesforce
12 55 (2.75%) Sun
13 47 (2.35%) IBM
14 39 (1.95%) Veeam
15 38 (1.90%) Meraki
16 34 (1.70%) Sophos
17 29 (1.45%) NetApp
18 24 (1.20%) Google
18 24 (1.20%) SolarWinds