SLA Contracts in Hampshire

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring SLA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SLA over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 69 50
Rank change year-on-year +40 -19 +9
Contract jobs citing SLA 50 39 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 5.89% 2.21% 3.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 32.89% 20.21% 28.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 14 29
10th Percentile - £200 £200
25th Percentile - £213 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £475 £275
Median % change year-on-year -57.89% +72.73% +29.41%
75th Percentile £600 £546 £450
90th Percentile £613 £589 -
South East median daily rate £250 £350 £275
% change year-on-year -28.57% +27.27% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £17.64 - -
25th Percentile £22.15 - £15.21
Median hourly rate £24.66 - £16.03
75th Percentile - - £18.01
90th Percentile - - £20.10
South East median hourly rate £21.77 £16.19 £16.84
% change year-on-year +34.43% -3.86% +2.06%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 152 193 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 17.90% 10.95% 12.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 87 99
10th Percentile £200 £363 £241
25th Percentile £310 £406 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £600
90th Percentile £638 £689 £691
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 23 19
10th Percentile £19.64 £18.32 £15.21
25th Percentile - £22.29 £15.36
Median hourly rate £24.66 £37.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.24% -23.46% +130.56%
75th Percentile £51.17 £60.00 £55.56
90th Percentile £64.83 £70.00 £61.50
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £27.50 £46.25
% change year-on-year -10.33% -40.54% +131.25%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in Hampshire

SLA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SLA in Hampshire.

Daily rate trend for SLA in Hampshire

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in Hampshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in Hampshire

SLA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SLA in Hampshire.

Hourly rate trend for SLA in Hampshire

SLA
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Portsmouth +30 28 £200 -62.62% 10
Basingstoke +7 9 £575 +21.05% 14
Southampton +7 6 £175 -12.50% 15
Winchester - 2 £313 - 2
Havant - 1 - - 1
SLA
South East

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) AWS
1 6 (12.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (28.00%) LAN
2 6 (12.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (12.00%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (12.00%) Cisco ISE
2 6 (12.00%) Junos
General
1 29 (58.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.00%) Banking
3 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.00%) Retail
4 2 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (2.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.00%) Finance
5 1 (2.00%) Legal
5 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 20 (40.00%) Communications Engineer
2 11 (22.00%) Network Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) Analyst
4 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Architect
5 5 (10.00%) Network Architect
6 4 (8.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Juniper Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Service Delivery Manager
7 3 (6.00%) Service Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Audio Visual Engineer
9 1 (2.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 1 (2.00%) Service Desk Analyst
9 1 (2.00%) Service Desk Support
9 1 (2.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
9 1 (2.00%) Telecoms Manager
9 1 (2.00%) Trainee Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Smartphone
2 4 (8.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.00%) Windows
1 6 (12.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.00%) Agile
2 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (22.00%) Customer Requirements
3 11 (22.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 10 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (16.00%) ITIL
6 7 (14.00%) Service Delivery
7 6 (12.00%) Load Balancing
8 4 (8.00%) Customer Experience
9 3 (6.00%) Architectural Design
9 3 (6.00%) Asset Management
9 3 (6.00%) Performance Optimisation
9 3 (6.00%) Proactive Maintenance
9 3 (6.00%) User Experience
10 2 (4.00%) Incident Management
11 1 (2.00%) Penetration Testing
11 1 (2.00%) Performance Testing
11 1 (2.00%) Risk Assessment
11 1 (2.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 1 (2.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.00%) Python
1 6 (12.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (82.00%) Security Cleared
2 32 (64.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.00%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 6 (12.00%) Ansible
1 6 (12.00%) FortiGate
1 6 (12.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (46.00%) Google
2 12 (24.00%) Cisco
3 10 (20.00%) Juniper
4 6 (12.00%) Citrix
4 6 (12.00%) F5
4 6 (12.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.00%) Microsoft