SLA Contract Job Trends in Central London

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring SLA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 114 118
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +66
Contract jobs citing SLA 16 19 34
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.84% 0.81% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.19% 5.04% 7.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 19
10th Percentile £198 £192 £240
25th Percentile £263 £208 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £479 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.25% +53.85%
75th Percentile £575 £531 £600
90th Percentile £583 £595 £655
London median daily rate £450 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +20.00% -21.05% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.57 - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £20.00
% change year-on-year +5.67% +19.00% -59.60%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 382 377 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 19.95% 16.01% 15.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 213 348
10th Percentile £328 £348 £393
25th Percentile £420 £450 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% +0.87%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £700
90th Percentile £825 £748 £811
London median daily rate £525 £550 £561
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.00% -1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 1
10th Percentile £26.54 - -
25th Percentile £29.54 - £71.25
Median hourly rate £34.48 £35.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.49% -51.72% +271.79%
75th Percentile £46.13 - £73.75
90th Percentile £69.55 - -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +21.97%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SLA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

SLA job vacancy trend in Central London

SLA
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SLA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SLA

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in Central London over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in Central London

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SLA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing SLA

SLA
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London 0 14 £508 +5.18% 64
West End of London +8 1 £215 +45.76%
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £450 -
SLA
London

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (12.50%) IaaS
2 2 (12.50%) PaaS
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (6.25%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) ChatGPT
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
1 2 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) Legal
4 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Marketing
6 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
6 1 (6.25%) Investment Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Procurement Manager
2 3 (18.75%) Service Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Configuration Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) Configuration Management Analyst
4 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (6.25%) ITIL Manager
4 1 (6.25%) ITIL Service Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) PMO Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Service Management Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
1 2 (12.50%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.25%) CMDB
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (12.50%) Linux
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) Contract Negotiation
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
3 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (12.50%) Break/Fix
4 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
4 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) Data Security
4 2 (12.50%) Indirect Procurement
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 2 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (12.50%) MCITP
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) A+ Certification
2 1 (6.25%) CEH
2 1 (6.25%) CISM
2 1 (6.25%) CISSP
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (12.50%) NIST
3 1 (6.25%) COBIT
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 1 (6.25%) PMO
3 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (12.50%) SCOM
2 1 (6.25%) Nessus
2 1 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
3 2 (12.50%) HP
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) Ariba
4 1 (6.25%) Bloomberg
4 1 (6.25%) Dell
4 1 (6.25%) Reuters
4 1 (6.25%) SAP
4 1 (6.25%) Snow
4 1 (6.25%) Tenable