SLA Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring SLA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 23 24
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 +10
Contract jobs citing SLA 6 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 2.93% 3.19% 1.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 23.08% 37.50% 15.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile £255 - -
25th Percentile £263 £143 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £145 -
Median % change year-on-year +222.41% - -
75th Percentile £650 £148 -
90th Percentile - £170 -
Merseyside median daily rate £468 £145 -
% change year-on-year +222.41% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £18.07 £11.00
Median % change year-on-year - +64.23% -
Merseyside median hourly rate - £18.07 £11.00
% change year-on-year - +64.23% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 26 16 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 12.68% 8.51% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 4
10th Percentile £267 - £209
25th Percentile £325 £143 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £200 £395
Median % change year-on-year +155.00% -49.37% -7.06%
75th Percentile £650 £500 £580
90th Percentile £668 £600 £679
Merseyside median daily rate £500 £220 £500
% change year-on-year +127.27% -56.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £12.74
25th Percentile - £18.03 £15.36
Median hourly rate - £18.07 £19.72
Median % change year-on-year - -8.39% -
75th Percentile - £18.10 £24.08
90th Percentile - - £26.70
Merseyside median hourly rate - £19.13 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +9.30% -

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

SLA job vacancy trend in Liverpool

SLA
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing SLA

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram in Liverpool

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in Liverpool over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in Liverpool

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing SLA

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Law
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Contracts Manager
1 3 (50.00%) ERP Implementation Manager
1 3 (50.00%) ERP Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Support
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Change Control
1 3 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 2 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (33.33%) Model Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) ITSM
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scorecard
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow