Service Level Agreement (SLA)
West Midlands > Birmingham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring SLA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SLA over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 49 | 51 | 59 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | +8 | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing SLA | 6 | 13 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham | 1.05% | 1.71% | 1.65% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 9.68% | 12.04% | 13.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £335 | £193 | £273 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £202 | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £231 | £325 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +72.97% | -28.85% | -13.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £450 | £316 | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | £465 | £436 | £498 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £375 | £240 | £418 |
| % change year-on-year | +56.25% | -42.51% | +14.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.83 | £13.21 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £15.03 | £13.25 | £12.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.35 | £14.00 | £13.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.64% | +7.69% | -29.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £15.68 | - | £16.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £15.87 | £15.90 | £17.70 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £16.00 | £14.00 | £15.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | -11.11% | +6.20% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham
SLA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Birmingham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 62 | 108 | 114 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 10.86% | 14.19% | 12.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 38 | 77 | 61 |
| 10th Percentile | £322 | £255 | £275 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £260 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £483 | £438 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.40% | +2.94% | -10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £538 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £678 | £735 | £650 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -3.85% | +8.33% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.83 | £11.06 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.03 | £13.18 | £15.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.35 | £14.00 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.64% | -49.09% | +48.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £15.68 | £17.16 | £29.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £15.87 | £51.00 | £30.00 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £30.88 | £14.70 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +110.07% | -46.55% | +85.43% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SLA in Birmingham.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SLA in Birmingham.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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: