SLA Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
South East > Hampshire

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 53 56
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -12
Contract jobs citing SLA 23 27 46
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.13% 2.40% 3.46%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.00% 23.68% 25.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 25
10th Percentile - £196 £240
25th Percentile - £200 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £250 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% -44.50% +85.57%
75th Percentile £600 £448 £514
90th Percentile £613 £544 £563
South East median daily rate £425 £250 £288
% change year-on-year +70.34% -13.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.81
25th Percentile - - £19.22
Median hourly rate - - £23.86
75th Percentile - - £29.12
90th Percentile - - £31.90
South East median hourly rate £18.23 £19.67 £25.12
% change year-on-year -7.32% -21.68% +47.74%

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 209 114 180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 19.35% 10.15% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 71 96
10th Percentile £250 £200 £278
25th Percentile £447 £379 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £526
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.99% +5.25%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £659
90th Percentile £650 £690 £667
South East median daily rate £500 £493 £525
% change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 16
10th Percentile £18.67 £21.75 £15.23
25th Percentile £27.16 £26.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.33 £70.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.96% +33.33% +61.54%
75th Percentile £55.49 - £60.00
90th Percentile £63.99 - -
South East median hourly rate £17.96 £54.36 £52.10
% change year-on-year -66.96% +4.34% +134.16%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

SLA job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SLA
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SLA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SLA

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

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

Daily rate histogram for SLA in Hampshire

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SLA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SLA

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 6 November 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 - 11 £200 - 1
Basingstoke -1 8 £600 +20.00% 4
Fareham -4 1 - - 2
Southampton -11 1 - - 5
SLA
South East

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) LAN
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (8.70%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (8.70%) Junos
3 1 (4.35%) Firewall
3 1 (4.35%) Wireless
General
1 13 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Communications Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Architect
2 7 (30.43%) Network Architect
3 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) Senior
4 2 (8.70%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support
5 1 (4.35%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support
5 1 (4.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Service Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Driving Licence
1 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.35%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Agile
2 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (21.74%) Architectural Design
3 5 (21.74%) Performance Optimisation
3 5 (21.74%) Proactive Maintenance
3 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.70%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (8.70%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Load Balancing
4 2 (8.70%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (4.35%) Asset Management
5 1 (4.35%) Business Case
5 1 (4.35%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (4.35%) Economics
5 1 (4.35%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (4.35%) Project Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) Roadmaps
5 1 (4.35%) Six Sigma
5 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.35%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) Python
1 2 (8.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 20 (86.96%) Security Cleared
2 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
3 8 (34.78%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.35%) CCNP
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) ISO 9001
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Ansible
1 2 (8.70%) FortiGate
1 2 (8.70%) Terraform
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Google
2 8 (34.78%) Cisco
2 8 (34.78%) Juniper
3 2 (8.70%) Citrix
3 2 (8.70%) F5
3 2 (8.70%) Microsoft