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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 67 90
Rank change year-on-year +27 +23 -39
Contract jobs citing SLA 79 15 23
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 3.53% 1.56% 1.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.57% 9.09% 14.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 10
10th Percentile £451 - £219
25th Percentile £464 - £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £225 £265
Median % change year-on-year +118.67% -15.09% -3.64%
75th Percentile £606 £281 £345
90th Percentile £745 £461 £358
England median daily rate £461 £298 £330
% change year-on-year +55.04% -9.85% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 4 8
10th Percentile £16.45 £17.05 -
25th Percentile £17.69 £17.24 £14.16
Median hourly rate £18.50 £17.48 £14.41
Median % change year-on-year +5.84% +21.30% +6.11%
75th Percentile £20.09 £17.66 £15.16
90th Percentile £20.35 £17.74 £17.90
England median hourly rate £18.50 £22.14 £14.50
% change year-on-year -16.44% +52.69% -21.62%

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 350 165 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 15.65% 17.19% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 84 88
10th Percentile £374 £246 £243
25th Percentile £463 £394 £342
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £550 £410
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% +34.15% -8.89%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £538
90th Percentile £675 £675 £600
England median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 26 31
10th Percentile £13.86 £17.71 £14.27
25th Percentile £16.54 £28.03 £14.93
Median hourly rate £19.91 £47.50 £15.79
Median % change year-on-year -58.08% +200.82% -9.77%
75th Percentile £32.79 £75.00 £25.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £88.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £33.98 £34.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -1.51% +50.00% -41.92%

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 29 May 2026.

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
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 29 May 2026. 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 +27 72 £492 +9.33% 7
Essex - 4 £425 - 6
Cambridgeshire +8 3 £518 - 3
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 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (26.58%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.53%) Azure
1 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
1 2 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (2.53%) OCI
1 2 (2.53%) Power Automate
1 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
1 2 (2.53%) PowerApps
2 1 (1.27%) AWS
2 1 (1.27%) PaaS
2 1 (1.27%) Route 53
2 1 (1.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.80%) DNS
1 3 (3.80%) SAN
2 2 (2.53%) iSCSI
2 2 (2.53%) NAS
3 1 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.27%) DHCP
3 1 (1.27%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.53%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (2.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Git
1 11 (13.92%) GitLab
1 11 (13.92%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (73.42%) Social Skills
2 17 (21.52%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (15.19%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (10.13%) Aerospace
4 8 (10.13%) Finance
5 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.80%) Billing
Job Titles
1 35 (44.30%) IT Support
2 24 (30.38%) Administrator
3 15 (18.99%) Technical Support
4 11 (13.92%) Linux Administrator
5 6 (7.59%) IT Administrator
6 5 (6.33%) Desktop Support
7 3 (3.80%) SAP Administrator
7 3 (3.80%) Service Manager
8 2 (2.53%) Coordinator
8 2 (2.53%) IT Engineer
8 2 (2.53%) Project Coordinator
8 2 (2.53%) Service Desk Manager
8 2 (2.53%) Systems Administrator
9 1 (1.27%) Applications Packager
9 1 (1.27%) Consultant
9 1 (1.27%) Functional Consultant
9 1 (1.27%) Head of Applications
9 1 (1.27%) Linux Engineer
9 1 (1.27%) Monitoring Engineer
9 1 (1.27%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.92%) LDAP
1 11 (13.92%) Middleware
2 2 (2.53%) .NET
2 2 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.27%) REST
3 1 (1.27%) SOAP
3 1 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Data Centre
2 9 (11.39%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.80%) PMI
4 2 (2.53%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.53%) BYOD
4 2 (2.53%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.53%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.27%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.27%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.46%) Linux
2 12 (15.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (13.92%) CentOS
4 9 (11.39%) Windows
5 2 (2.53%) Windows 10
5 2 (2.53%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (50.63%) Time Management
2 16 (20.25%) Customer Service
3 15 (18.99%) ITIL
4 12 (15.19%) Logistics
5 11 (13.92%) Information Management
5 11 (13.92%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 8 (10.13%) Asset Management
6 8 (10.13%) ERP
6 8 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (7.59%) Kalman Filter
7 6 (7.59%) Mentoring
8 5 (6.33%) ITSM
9 4 (5.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (5.06%) Service Delivery
9 4 (5.06%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (3.80%) Change Management
10 3 (3.80%) Data Migration
10 3 (3.80%) Migration
10 3 (3.80%) Process Improvement
10 3 (3.80%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.92%) MATLAB
1 11 (13.92%) Shell Script
2 3 (3.80%) SQL
3 2 (2.53%) C#
3 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.53%) X++
4 1 (1.27%) Bash
4 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 23 (29.11%) Security Cleared
2 20 (25.32%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.33%) DV Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.80%) PMI Certification
6 2 (2.53%) Degree
6 2 (2.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (2.53%) MCSE
6 2 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) QA
2 2 (2.53%) PMO
3 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 16 (20.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (17.72%) Ansible
2 11 (13.92%) Check_MK
2 11 (13.92%) Podman
2 11 (13.92%) Red Hat Satellite
2 11 (13.92%) ServiceCenter
3 2 (2.53%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.27%) HAProxy
4 1 (1.27%) SCOM
4 1 (1.27%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (1.27%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 48 (60.76%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.72%) VMware
3 13 (16.46%) Dell
3 13 (16.46%) HP
4 11 (13.92%) Apple
4 11 (13.92%) Red Hat
5 8 (10.13%) SAP
6 7 (8.86%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.53%) Oracle
8 1 (1.27%) Cisco
8 1 (1.27%) Computacenter
8 1 (1.27%) Infoblox
8 1 (1.27%) jetNEXUS
8 1 (1.27%) Remedy
8 1 (1.27%) Splunk