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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 27 26
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing SLA 5 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 3.09% 1.06% 2.33%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.86% 18.18% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £255 - -
25th Percentile £263 £155 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £170 £413
Median % change year-on-year +175.00% -58.79% +23.69%
75th Percentile £650 £185 £419
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median daily rate £468 £198 £114
% change year-on-year +136.71% +74.01% -65.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
Merseyside median hourly rate - £18.07 -

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 28 11 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 17.28% 5.82% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 7 11
10th Percentile £246 £167 £174
25th Percentile £292 £313 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £413
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +21.21% -8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £550 £459
90th Percentile £665 £600 £500
Merseyside median daily rate £444 £450 £413
% change year-on-year -1.39% +9.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.07 -
Merseyside median hourly rate - £19.13 £17.50
% change year-on-year - +9.30% +76.41%

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 14 October 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 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (40.00%) Law
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Contracts Manager
1 3 (60.00%) ERP Implementation Manager
1 3 (60.00%) ERP Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Procurement Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Contract Management
2 2 (40.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (40.00%) Model Validation
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scorecard
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory