SLA Contracts in the East Midlands

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SLA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 65 44
Rank change year-on-year +11 -21 +3
Contract jobs citing SLA 12 19 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.57% 1.82% 3.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.46% 17.27% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 36
10th Percentile £138 £132 £94
25th Percentile £188 £160 £125
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £189 £243
Median % change year-on-year +43.05% -22.16% +97.96%
75th Percentile £398 £331 £495
90th Percentile £474 £463 £550
England median daily rate £330 £298 £350
% change year-on-year +10.92% -15.00% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - £9.49
Median hourly rate £19.63 £20.00 £13.38
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +49.48% +40.58%
75th Percentile £26.15 - £18.16
90th Percentile - - £21.96
England median hourly rate £14.60 £18.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year -21.08% +12.12% +17.86%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East Midlands

SLA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 83 110 162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 10.84% 10.54% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 83 124
10th Percentile £200 £194 £128
25th Percentile £255 £280 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £393 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% -1.88% +2.17%
75th Percentile £603 £538 £501
90th Percentile £623 £631 £575
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 9
10th Percentile £9.95 £25.00 £9.49
25th Percentile £12.75 £32.50 £13.20
Median hourly rate £23.75 £50.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -52.51% +192.31% +55.25%
75th Percentile £26.15 £60.00 £24.50
90th Percentile £34.48 £63.00 £27.19
England median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
% change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the East Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SLA in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for SLA in the East Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in the East Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SLA in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for SLA in the East Midlands

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SLA in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SLA in the East Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Derbyshire +4 5 £500 +60.00% 4
Nottinghamshire +9 4 - - 2
Leicestershire +9 2 £270 - 8
Lincolnshire - 1 £110 - 4
SLA
England

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
2 1 (8.33%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) PSTN
1 4 (33.33%) VoIP
1 4 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Electronics
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 4 (33.33%) Marketing
3 4 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Help Desk Technician
3 1 (8.33%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Support
3 1 (8.33%) Linux Administrator
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior IT Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Clustering
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Customer Requirements
2 5 (41.67%) Customer Service
3 4 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 4 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (33.33%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) Performance Measurement
3 4 (33.33%) Programme Management
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) Compliance Management
5 1 (8.33%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (8.33%) High Availability
5 1 (8.33%) People Management
5 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.33%) Project Management
5 1 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) RHCE
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) KVM
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (33.33%) Computacenter
2 4 (33.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Red Hat