SLA Jobs with Work from Home Options

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 200 248
Rank change year-on-year -65 +48 +7
Permanent jobs citing SLA 406 722 1,070
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.20% 1.74% 1.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.48% 11.84% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 339 513 764
10th Percentile £27,900 £25,000 £22,825
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £30,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +5.26% -5.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,282 6,097 10,919
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.65% 14.66% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,240 4,124 6,033
10th Percentile £34,725 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

SLA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SLA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SLA.

SLA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SLA over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

SLA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 55 (13.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.48%) IIS
4 3 (0.74%) Oracle Service Bus
4 3 (0.74%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.49%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.25%) CMS
6 1 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.25%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 62 (15.27%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.25%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 23 (5.67%) Salesforce CRM
2 13 (3.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 13 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.46%) Infor SunSystems
3 10 (2.46%) iTrent
4 4 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.25%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.25%) Maximo
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 114 (28.08%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (20.44%) Azure
3 24 (5.91%) Entra ID
3 24 (5.91%) SaaS
4 22 (5.42%) AWS
5 20 (4.93%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.94%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (2.71%) OneDrive
8 10 (2.46%) IaaS
9 8 (1.97%) Mimecast
9 8 (1.97%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.48%) PaaS
11 6 (1.48%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.48%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.23%) Azure Storage
12 5 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.74%) Nutanix
14 2 (0.49%) Taleo
15 1 (0.25%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 45 (11.08%) Firewall
2 41 (10.10%) WAN
3 39 (9.61%) LAN
4 30 (7.39%) VPN
5 23 (5.67%) DHCP
6 22 (5.42%) TCP/IP
7 21 (5.17%) DNS
8 19 (4.68%) Internet
9 17 (4.19%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (3.69%) SAN
11 14 (3.45%) SD-WAN
12 12 (2.96%) MPLS
12 12 (2.96%) Wireless
13 9 (2.22%) BGP
14 8 (1.97%) OSPF
15 7 (1.72%) LTE
15 7 (1.72%) Unified Communications
15 7 (1.72%) VLAN
15 7 (1.72%) VoIP
15 7 (1.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.11%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.17%) Tableau
3 10 (2.46%) BusinessObjects
3 10 (2.46%) MySQL
4 8 (1.97%) Power BI
5 7 (1.72%) DB2
6 6 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.23%) Oracle Database
7 5 (1.23%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.23%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.74%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (0.74%) Oracle Database 11g
8 3 (0.74%) VLDB
9 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.25%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.25%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI EE
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle ODI
10 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (6.65%) JIRA
2 3 (0.74%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.74%) Git
2 3 (0.74%) Subversion
3 2 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.49%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
General
1 170 (41.87%) Social Skills
2 95 (23.40%) Finance
3 52 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.16%) Marketing
5 23 (5.67%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (4.19%) Legal
7 15 (3.69%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.71%) Banking
9 11 (2.71%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.22%) Law
12 8 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.97%) Retail
13 6 (1.48%) Advertising
13 6 (1.48%) Military
14 5 (1.23%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (1.23%) Games
14 5 (1.23%) Police
15 4 (0.99%) Billing
Job Titles
1 52 (12.81%) Support Engineer
2 51 (12.56%) Senior
3 46 (11.33%) Analyst
4 45 (11.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 43 (10.59%) Service Manager
6 39 (9.61%) Lead
7 32 (7.88%) IT Manager
8 25 (6.16%) Support Analyst
9 24 (5.91%) Business Development Manager
9 24 (5.91%) Business Manager
9 24 (5.91%) Development Manager
10 23 (5.67%) Infrastructure Support
11 22 (5.42%) Applications Support
11 22 (5.42%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 20 (4.93%) 2nd Line Support
12 20 (4.93%) IT Support
13 18 (4.43%) IT Services Manager
13 18 (4.43%) Team Leader
14 17 (4.19%) Network Engineer
15 16 (3.94%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.16%) HTML
2 24 (5.91%) CSS
3 7 (1.72%) .NET
4 4 (0.99%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.74%) EDI
6 2 (0.49%) JSON
6 2 (0.49%) Middleware
6 2 (0.49%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.49%) XML
7 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.25%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.25%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.25%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.25%) Node.js
7 1 (0.25%) REST
7 1 (0.25%) SOAP
7 1 (0.25%) Spring
7 1 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (5.42%) Driving Licence
3 20 (4.93%) Life Science
4 16 (3.94%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.46%) Blackberry
6 10 (2.46%) Clustering
6 10 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (2.46%) PKI
7 9 (2.22%) BYOD
7 9 (2.22%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.22%) Replication
8 6 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.23%) CMDB
9 5 (1.23%) iPad
10 4 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (0.99%) Equities
10 4 (0.99%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.74%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 106 (26.11%) Windows
2 51 (12.56%) Windows Server
3 33 (8.13%) Windows 10
4 28 (6.90%) Linux
5 13 (3.20%) Apple iOS
6 12 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (1.97%) Android
8 6 (1.48%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.48%) Unix
9 4 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.74%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.74%) Solaris
10 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.49%) AIX
11 2 (0.49%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.49%) VMS
11 2 (0.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (30.54%) ITIL
2 110 (27.09%) Problem-Solving
3 93 (22.91%) Customer Service
4 70 (17.24%) Service Delivery
5 67 (16.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 49 (12.07%) Incident Management
7 42 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (9.61%) Problem Management
9 38 (9.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (9.36%) Service Management
10 36 (8.87%) CRM
11 33 (8.13%) Release Management
12 32 (7.88%) ITSM
13 31 (7.64%) Business Development
14 30 (7.39%) Mentoring
15 29 (7.14%) Change Management
15 29 (7.14%) Decision-Making
15 29 (7.14%) Roadmaps
16 28 (6.90%) Agile
17 27 (6.65%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 57 (14.04%) SQL
2 32 (7.88%) PowerShell
3 27 (6.65%) JavaScript
4 20 (4.93%) T-SQL
5 10 (2.46%) Bash
6 9 (2.22%) ActionScript
6 9 (2.22%) VB
7 7 (1.72%) C#
8 6 (1.48%) Python
9 5 (1.23%) Java
10 4 (0.99%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (15.76%) Degree
2 26 (6.40%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.91%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (5.67%) CCNA
5 20 (4.93%) CCNP
6 18 (4.43%) Azure Certification
7 17 (4.19%) ITIL Certification
7 17 (4.19%) SC Cleared
8 13 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.97%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.48%) GCSC
12 5 (1.23%) MCSE
13 3 (0.74%) CCDA
13 3 (0.74%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (0.74%) MCP
14 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
14 2 (0.49%) CCAA
14 2 (0.49%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (1.23%) GDPR
3 5 (1.23%) QA
4 3 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 2 (0.49%) PMO
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 96 (23.65%) Active Directory
2 35 (8.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.94%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.71%) vSphere
5 9 (2.22%) OpenSSH
5 9 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.22%) XenApp
6 8 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.74%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.49%) Docker
8 2 (0.49%) Firmware
9 1 (0.25%) Lustre
9 1 (0.25%) NFS
9 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.25%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 49 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.20%) SCCM
3 9 (2.22%) IBM BigFix
3 9 (2.22%) PowerCLI
3 9 (2.22%) Terraform
3 9 (2.22%) vCenter Server
4 7 (1.72%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.23%) Ansible
6 4 (0.99%) Kubernetes
6 4 (0.99%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (0.74%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.74%) Nessus
8 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.49%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.25%) OfficeScan
9 1 (0.25%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.25%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 165 (40.64%) Microsoft
2 54 (13.30%) VMware
3 50 (12.32%) SAP
4 45 (11.08%) Cisco
5 24 (5.91%) Salesforce
6 21 (5.17%) Fortinet
7 19 (4.68%) HP
8 16 (3.94%) Meraki
9 15 (3.69%) ServiceNow
10 13 (3.20%) Citrix
10 13 (3.20%) IBM
11 12 (2.96%) Oracle
12 11 (2.71%) Dell
13 10 (2.46%) Infor
13 10 (2.46%) Sun
14 7 (1.72%) F5
15 6 (1.48%) ConnectWise
15 6 (1.48%) Palo Alto
15 6 (1.48%) Ubiquiti
16 5 (1.23%) Apple