SLA Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring SLA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 61 86
Rank change year-on-year +34 +25 -35
Contract jobs citing SLA 84 24 22
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 5.25% 2.13% 1.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 34.01% 13.26% 10.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 4
10th Percentile £173 £185 £167
25th Percentile £263 £236 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £270 £233
Median % change year-on-year +29.63% +16.13% +10.71%
75th Percentile £488 £354 £323
90th Percentile £492 £371 £414
England median daily rate £375 £261 £400
% change year-on-year +43.95% -34.88% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 3 11
10th Percentile £16.27 £13.65 -
25th Percentile £17.69 £14.62 £13.29
Median hourly rate £18.50 £16.46 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.39% +17.57% +3.28%
75th Percentile £19.91 £23.91 £14.16
90th Percentile £20.35 £28.23 -
England median hourly rate £18.80 £23.15 £18.90
% change year-on-year -18.79% +22.50% +6.65%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 247 181 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.43% 16.06% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 85 111
10th Percentile £310 £287 £299
25th Percentile £411 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% - +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 20 25
10th Percentile £15.53 £17.04 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.69 £24.06 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.50 £36.31 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.05% -18.40% +151.13%
75th Percentile £20.05 £69.50 £46.75
90th Percentile £39.48 £75.00 £52.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.67 £34.50
% change year-on-year -17.98% -11.12% +46.59%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

SLA job vacancy trend in the East of England

SLA
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SLA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SLA

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in the East of England

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SLA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SLA

SLA
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SLA in the East of England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SLA in the East of England

SLA
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Hertfordshire +29 78 £375 +26.05% 41
Bedfordshire -6 3 - - 14
Cambridgeshire -7 2 £350 +41.70% 23
Norfolk -24 1 - - 6
SLA
England

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (39.29%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (4.76%) Azure
3 2 (2.38%) AWS
3 2 (2.38%) GCP
3 2 (2.38%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.38%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (1.19%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) Power BI
2 1 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.19%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Git
1 3 (3.57%) GitLab
1 3 (3.57%) Jenkins
General
1 71 (84.52%) Social Skills
2 17 (20.24%) Organisational Skills
3 10 (11.90%) Finance
4 6 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.95%) Marketing
6 4 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.57%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.38%) Legal
8 2 (2.38%) Publishing
9 1 (1.19%) Law
9 1 (1.19%) Retail
9 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (52.38%) IT Support
2 16 (19.05%) Administrator
3 14 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 14 (16.67%) Technical Support
4 6 (7.14%) IT Administrator
5 5 (5.95%) Coordinator
5 5 (5.95%) Help Desk Coordinator
6 3 (3.57%) IT Engineer
6 3 (3.57%) Linux Administrator
7 2 (2.38%) Analyst
7 2 (2.38%) Help Desk Administrator
7 2 (2.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (2.38%) Senior
7 2 (2.38%) Support Engineer
8 1 (1.19%) Operations Engineer
8 1 (1.19%) Programme Delivery Manager
8 1 (1.19%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
8 1 (1.19%) Service Desk Support
8 1 (1.19%) Support Officer
8 1 (1.19%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) LDAP
1 3 (3.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.57%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.19%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.19%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.19%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (9.52%) Windows
2 3 (3.57%) CentOS
2 3 (3.57%) Linux
2 3 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (3.57%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.38%) Android
3 2 (2.38%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.38%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.38%) Mac OS X
3 2 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (65.48%) Time Management
2 24 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 16 (19.05%) Asset Management
3 16 (19.05%) ITIL
4 10 (11.90%) Kalman Filter
5 8 (9.52%) Logistics
6 7 (8.33%) ITSM
7 6 (7.14%) Service Delivery
8 5 (5.95%) Commercial Awareness
8 5 (5.95%) Line Management
8 5 (5.95%) Ticket Management
9 4 (4.76%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (4.76%) Process Improvement
10 3 (3.57%) Information Management
10 3 (3.57%) Infrastructure Monitoring
10 3 (3.57%) Trend Analysis
11 2 (2.38%) IT Asset Management
11 2 (2.38%) Mentoring
11 2 (2.38%) Resource Allocation
11 2 (2.38%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.57%) MATLAB
1 3 (3.57%) Shell Script
2 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.19%) SQL
2 1 (1.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (26.19%) Security Cleared
2 17 (20.24%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.57%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.38%) Degree
5 1 (1.19%) CCNA
5 1 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) QA
2 1 (1.19%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Ansible
1 3 (3.57%) Check_MK
1 3 (3.57%) Podman
1 3 (3.57%) Red Hat Satellite
1 3 (3.57%) ServiceCenter
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 56 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.71%) SAP
3 8 (9.52%) Dell
3 8 (9.52%) HP
4 5 (5.95%) Apple
4 5 (5.95%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.57%) Cisco
5 3 (3.57%) Red Hat
5 3 (3.57%) VMware
6 1 (1.19%) Computacenter
6 1 (1.19%) Kaspersky
6 1 (1.19%) Oracle
6 1 (1.19%) Sophos