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

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 194 254
Rank change year-on-year -71 +60 0
Permanent jobs citing SLA 410 720 1,095
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 1.77% 1.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.53% 12.18% 9.68%
Number of salaries quoted 338 503 766
10th Percentile £28,119 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £33,625 £32,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £73,375
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +5.26% -5.43%

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 4,303 5,909 11,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 14.56% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,240 4,009 6,078
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +6.67%
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 19 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 52 (12.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (5.12%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.46%) IIS
4 2 (0.49%) Confluence
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Service Bus
4 2 (0.49%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 57 (13.90%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 23 (5.61%) Salesforce CRM
2 13 (3.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 13 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.44%) Infor SunSystems
3 10 (2.44%) iTrent
4 3 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.24%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.24%) Maximo
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 110 (26.83%) Microsoft 365
2 81 (19.76%) Azure
3 25 (6.10%) Entra ID
4 24 (5.85%) SaaS
5 21 (5.12%) AWS
6 20 (4.88%) Snowflake
7 15 (3.66%) Cloud Computing
8 11 (2.68%) OneDrive
9 9 (2.20%) IaaS
10 7 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (1.71%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.46%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.46%) PaaS
12 5 (1.22%) Azure Storage
12 5 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.22%) Power Automate
12 5 (1.22%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.73%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.73%) Taleo
14 1 (0.24%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 43 (10.49%) Firewall
2 40 (9.76%) WAN
3 38 (9.27%) LAN
4 28 (6.83%) VPN
5 21 (5.12%) DNS
6 20 (4.88%) DHCP
6 20 (4.88%) Internet
6 20 (4.88%) TCP/IP
7 17 (4.15%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (3.66%) SD-WAN
9 13 (3.17%) SAN
10 12 (2.93%) MPLS
11 11 (2.68%) Wireless
12 9 (2.20%) BGP
13 8 (1.95%) OSPF
14 7 (1.71%) LTE
14 7 (1.71%) Unified Communications
14 7 (1.71%) VLAN
14 7 (1.71%) VoIP
14 7 (1.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.27%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.12%) Tableau
3 11 (2.68%) MySQL
4 10 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
5 8 (1.95%) DB2
6 7 (1.71%) Power BI
7 6 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.22%) RDBMS
8 5 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.98%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database 10g
10 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database 11g
10 2 (0.49%) VLDB
11 1 (0.24%) Hazelcast
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (6.83%) JIRA
2 3 (0.73%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.73%) Git
2 3 (0.73%) Subversion
3 2 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.49%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
General
1 175 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 98 (23.90%) Finance
3 51 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.10%) Marketing
5 23 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (4.15%) Legal
7 15 (3.66%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (2.68%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.44%) Banking
10 10 (2.44%) Law
11 8 (1.95%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.71%) Retail
13 6 (1.46%) Advertising
13 6 (1.46%) Games
13 6 (1.46%) Military
14 5 (1.22%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (1.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 51 (12.44%) Senior
2 50 (12.20%) Support Engineer
3 46 (11.22%) Analyst
3 46 (11.22%) Service Manager
4 44 (10.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 39 (9.51%) Lead
6 34 (8.29%) IT Manager
7 24 (5.85%) Applications Support
7 24 (5.85%) Business Development Manager
7 24 (5.85%) Business Manager
7 24 (5.85%) Development Manager
7 24 (5.85%) Infrastructure Support
7 24 (5.85%) Support Analyst
8 23 (5.61%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 20 (4.88%) IT Services Manager
10 19 (4.63%) IT Support
11 18 (4.39%) 2nd Line Support
11 18 (4.39%) Network Engineer
11 18 (4.39%) Team Leader
12 16 (3.90%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.34%) HTML
2 25 (6.10%) CSS
3 8 (1.95%) .NET
4 4 (0.98%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.73%) EDI
6 2 (0.49%) JSON
6 2 (0.49%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.49%) XML
7 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.24%) BREW
7 1 (0.24%) Middleware
7 1 (0.24%) Node.js
7 1 (0.24%) REST
7 1 (0.24%) SAML
7 1 (0.24%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) Spring
7 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.07%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (4.88%) Driving Licence
2 20 (4.88%) Life Science
3 16 (3.90%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.41%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.68%) Clustering
5 11 (2.68%) PKI
6 10 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (2.20%) Blackberry
7 9 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.20%) Replication
8 8 (1.95%) BYOD
9 5 (1.22%) CMDB
9 5 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (0.98%) Equities
10 4 (0.98%) iPad
10 4 (0.98%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.73%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 98 (23.90%) Windows
2 49 (11.95%) Windows Server
3 30 (7.32%) Windows 10
4 28 (6.83%) Linux
5 12 (2.93%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 8 (1.95%) Android
7 6 (1.46%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.22%) Unix
9 4 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.49%) AIX
11 2 (0.49%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.49%) Solaris
11 2 (0.49%) VMS
11 2 (0.49%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (29.76%) ITIL
2 112 (27.32%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (23.17%) Customer Service
4 72 (17.56%) Service Delivery
5 66 (16.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 48 (11.71%) Incident Management
7 42 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
8 40 (9.76%) Problem Management
9 38 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (9.27%) CRM
9 38 (9.27%) Service Management
10 34 (8.29%) Mentoring
11 32 (7.80%) ITSM
11 32 (7.80%) Release Management
12 31 (7.56%) Business Development
13 30 (7.32%) Agile
13 30 (7.32%) Change Management
13 30 (7.32%) Decision-Making
14 29 (7.07%) Roadmaps
15 26 (6.34%) Active Listening
Programming Languages
1 59 (14.39%) SQL
2 32 (7.80%) PowerShell
3 28 (6.83%) JavaScript
4 20 (4.88%) T-SQL
5 10 (2.44%) ActionScript
5 10 (2.44%) Bash
5 10 (2.44%) VB
6 8 (1.95%) C#
7 6 (1.46%) Python
8 5 (1.22%) Java
9 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (15.61%) Degree
2 25 (6.10%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.61%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (5.37%) CCNA
5 20 (4.88%) CCNP
6 18 (4.39%) Azure Certification
6 18 (4.39%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (3.66%) SC Cleared
8 10 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.95%) DBS Check
10 6 (1.46%) GCSC
11 5 (1.22%) MCSE
12 3 (0.73%) CCDA
12 3 (0.73%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.49%) MCP
13 2 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.46%) GDPR
4 5 (1.22%) QA
5 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.49%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 90 (21.95%) Active Directory
2 32 (7.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.90%) Hyper-V
4 12 (2.93%) vSphere
5 10 (2.44%) OpenSSH
5 10 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (2.44%) XenApp
6 8 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.49%) Docker
8 2 (0.49%) Firmware
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.24%) Lustre
9 1 (0.24%) NFS
9 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 49 (11.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.93%) SCCM
3 10 (2.44%) IBM BigFix
3 10 (2.44%) PowerCLI
3 10 (2.44%) vCenter Server
4 9 (2.20%) Terraform
5 7 (1.71%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.22%) Ansible
7 4 (0.98%) Kubernetes
8 3 (0.73%) Nessus
8 3 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.49%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.49%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.24%) OfficeScan
10 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.24%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 162 (39.51%) Microsoft
2 50 (12.20%) SAP
2 50 (12.20%) VMware
3 45 (10.98%) Cisco
4 24 (5.85%) Salesforce
5 21 (5.12%) Fortinet
6 17 (4.15%) HP
7 15 (3.66%) Meraki
7 15 (3.66%) ServiceNow
8 14 (3.41%) IBM
9 13 (3.17%) Citrix
10 11 (2.68%) Oracle
11 10 (2.44%) Dell
11 10 (2.44%) Infor
12 8 (1.95%) Sun
13 7 (1.71%) F5
14 6 (1.46%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.46%) Ubiquiti
15 5 (1.22%) CheckPoint
15 5 (1.22%) Google