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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 109 111
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +67
Contract jobs citing SLA 22 18 34
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.10% 0.77% 1.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.42% 5.04% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 18
10th Percentile £232 £181 £275
25th Percentile £478 £192 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £263 £500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -47.53% +53.92%
75th Percentile £575 £504 £575
90th Percentile £586 £528 £639
London median daily rate £510 £245 £475
% change year-on-year +108.16% -48.42% +13.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.10 -
Median hourly rate £26.11 £18.19 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.54% - -
75th Percentile £26.23 £18.29 -
90th Percentile £26.43 - -
London median hourly rate £25.15 £23.99 £24.97
% change year-on-year +4.84% -3.92% +20.34%

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 406 357 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 20.25% 15.26% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 192 319
10th Percentile £325 £327 £400
25th Percentile £419 £425 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £561 £580
Median % change year-on-year -6.46% -3.23% +0.87%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £695
90th Percentile £825 £762 £790
London median daily rate £525 £535 £560
% change year-on-year -1.87% -4.46% -0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile - £21.48 -
25th Percentile £26.11 £26.55 £71.25
Median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.09% -51.72% +271.79%
75th Percentile £32.50 - £73.75
90th Percentile £44.00 - -
London median hourly rate £28.00 £36.80 £32.50
% change year-on-year -23.91% +13.23% -8.45%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 +3 18 £525 +75.00% 7
West End of London +11 3 - -
City of Westminster - 3 - -
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 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) AWS
2 4 (18.18%) OpenShift
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (9.09%) Azure
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (9.09%) IaaS
4 2 (9.09%) PaaS
4 2 (9.09%) SaaS
5 1 (4.55%) ChatGPT
5 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) Broadband
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) VPN
2 2 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Legal
4 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (13.64%) Local Government
5 2 (9.09%) Banking
5 2 (9.09%) Marketing
6 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Service Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Procurement Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Service Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Network Architect
4 2 (9.09%) SIAM Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.55%) Configuration Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Configuration Management Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Network Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Security Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Vulnerability Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (9.09%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.55%) CMDB
4 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.09%) Linux
3 2 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) ITIL
2 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (22.73%) ITSM
5 4 (18.18%) Compliance Audit
5 4 (18.18%) Customer Experience
5 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
5 4 (18.18%) Runbook
5 4 (18.18%) Service Management
5 4 (18.18%) SIAM
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (18.18%) Supplier Management
5 4 (18.18%) Trend Analysis
6 3 (13.64%) Change Management
6 3 (13.64%) Contract Negotiation
6 3 (13.64%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (9.09%) Data Analysis
7 2 (9.09%) Data Security
7 2 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (9.09%) MCITP
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) CEH
3 1 (4.55%) CISM
3 1 (4.55%) CISSP
3 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) NIST
3 1 (4.55%) COBIT
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.55%) PMO
3 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (9.09%) SCOM
2 1 (4.55%) Nessus
2 1 (4.55%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
1 7 (31.82%) ServiceNow
2 2 (9.09%) HP
2 2 (9.09%) IBM
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Ariba
3 1 (4.55%) Bloomberg
3 1 (4.55%) Dell
3 1 (4.55%) Reuters
3 1 (4.55%) SAP
3 1 (4.55%) Snow
3 1 (4.55%) Tenable