SLA Contract Job Trends in London

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SLA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 233 217
Rank change year-on-year -16 -16 +55
Contract jobs citing SLA 186 122 199
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.97% 0.97% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.32% 5.93% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 82 119
10th Percentile £209 £210 £170
25th Percentile £338 £231 £212
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £520 £539 £525
90th Percentile £600 £675 £629
England median daily rate £450 £348 £350
% change year-on-year +29.50% -0.71% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 21
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.89 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.24 £22.00 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% +5.67% +28.93%
75th Percentile - £42.75 £32.75
90th Percentile £29.04 £57.00 £53.50
England median hourly rate £18.73 £22.14 £14.49
% change year-on-year -15.41% +52.80% -20.49%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,497 2,057 2,414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.32% 16.40% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,354 1,355 1,693
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £763 £800
England median daily rate £501 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +0.10% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 30 62
10th Percentile £19.02 £21.13 £12.70
25th Percentile £23.13 £25.15 £17.81
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.50 £23.99
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +43.81% -4.04%
75th Percentile £41.80 £50.31 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.40 £70.84 £57.13
England median hourly rate £36.07 £32.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year +10.98% +36.55% -42.01%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SLA job vacancy trend in London

SLA
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SLA

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in London over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in London

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SLA

SLA
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SLA in London over the 6 months to 23 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SLA in London

SLA
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the London region over the 6 months to 23 June 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
Central London -5 25 £500 +0.05% 4
West London -26 7 £400 +60.00% 3
East London - 2 £400 - 3
North London - 2 £450 -
South London -7 1 £215 -4.57%
SLA
England

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.69%) Confluence
3 4 (2.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.61%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.54%) IIS
5 1 (0.54%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.23%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 4 (2.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.61%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (1.61%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (1.61%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (1.61%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle EBS R12
3 2 (1.08%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.54%) Actimize
4 1 (0.54%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.54%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.54%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 43 (23.12%) Azure
2 29 (15.59%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (14.52%) AWS
4 13 (6.99%) Datadog
5 12 (6.45%) SaaS
6 10 (5.38%) GCP
7 9 (4.84%) PaaS
8 8 (4.30%) Amazon S3
8 8 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.30%) IaaS
9 6 (3.23%) dbt
9 6 (3.23%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.69%) Entra ID
10 5 (2.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (2.15%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.15%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.15%) Azure AKS
11 4 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.15%) Serverless
12 3 (1.61%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.53%) Firewall
2 10 (5.38%) VPN
3 9 (4.84%) SAN
4 8 (4.30%) DHCP
4 8 (4.30%) DNS
5 7 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (3.23%) Network Security
6 6 (3.23%) SD-WAN
6 6 (3.23%) VLAN
6 6 (3.23%) WAN
7 3 (1.61%) 3GPP
7 3 (1.61%) BGP
7 3 (1.61%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.61%) LAN
7 3 (1.61%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.61%) OSPF
8 2 (1.08%) SSL
8 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.08%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.91%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.23%) Power BI
3 4 (2.15%) MySQL
3 4 (2.15%) Tableau
4 3 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.54%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.54%) GIS
6 1 (0.54%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.54%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (13.44%) JIRA
2 7 (3.76%) Chocolatey
3 4 (2.15%) GitLab
3 4 (2.15%) Maven
4 3 (1.61%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.54%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.54%) Git
5 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.54%) WiX
General
1 67 (36.02%) Social Skills
2 61 (32.80%) Finance
3 41 (22.04%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (15.05%) Banking
5 14 (7.53%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.91%) Legal
7 9 (4.84%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.30%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (4.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.76%) Financial Institution
9 7 (3.76%) Investment Banking
10 6 (3.23%) Marketing
11 5 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.15%) Local Government
12 4 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 4 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.15%) Retail
13 3 (1.61%) Aviation
13 3 (1.61%) Billing
14 2 (1.08%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 28 (15.05%) Analyst
2 20 (10.75%) Senior
3 17 (9.14%) Lead
4 13 (6.99%) Azure Engineer
5 12 (6.45%) Support Engineer
6 11 (5.91%) IT Support
7 10 (5.38%) Consultant
8 9 (4.84%) IT Engineer
8 9 (4.84%) IT Manager
9 8 (4.30%) Applications Support
9 8 (4.30%) Service Analyst
10 7 (3.76%) Applications Support Analyst
10 7 (3.76%) Security Engineer
10 7 (3.76%) Senior Security Engineer
10 7 (3.76%) Service Manager
11 6 (3.23%) Change Manager
11 6 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
11 6 (3.23%) Desktop Engineer
11 6 (3.23%) Support Analyst
11 6 (3.23%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
1 6 (3.23%) REST
1 6 (3.23%) Web Services
2 5 (2.69%) .NET
2 5 (2.69%) Spring
3 4 (2.15%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.15%) Bootstrap
3 4 (2.15%) CSS
3 4 (2.15%) J2EE
3 4 (2.15%) jQuery
3 4 (2.15%) Sass
3 4 (2.15%) Spring MVC
4 2 (1.08%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.08%) Middleware
4 2 (1.08%) RESTful
4 2 (1.08%) XML
5 1 (0.54%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.54%) JSON
5 1 (0.54%) OAuth
5 1 (0.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.53%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.45%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (4.84%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.30%) CMDB
5 7 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.69%) BYOD
6 5 (2.69%) IoT
7 4 (2.15%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.15%) PropTech
7 4 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.61%) Equities
8 3 (1.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.08%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.08%) Pricing Data
9 2 (1.08%) TM Forum
9 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 2 (1.08%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 37 (19.89%) Windows
2 12 (6.45%) Linux
3 7 (3.76%) Unix
4 6 (3.23%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.23%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (36.56%) ITIL
2 46 (24.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 44 (23.66%) Root Cause Analysis
4 40 (21.51%) ITSM
4 40 (21.51%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (19.89%) Change Management
6 31 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (16.67%) Service Management
7 29 (15.59%) Agile
7 29 (15.59%) Migration
8 28 (15.05%) Roadmaps
8 28 (15.05%) Service Delivery
9 23 (12.37%) Risk Management
10 22 (11.83%) CI/CD
10 22 (11.83%) Customer Service
11 19 (10.22%) Validation
12 18 (9.68%) DevOps
12 18 (9.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (8.60%) Disaster Recovery
13 16 (8.60%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.29%) SQL
2 10 (5.38%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.30%) Python
4 6 (3.23%) Java
5 5 (2.69%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.61%) Bicep
6 3 (1.61%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.08%) Bash
8 1 (0.54%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.54%) COBOL
8 1 (0.54%) Groovy
8 1 (0.54%) RPG
Qualifications
1 24 (12.90%) Degree
2 12 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.76%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (3.23%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.15%) CISA
6 4 (2.15%) MBA
6 4 (2.15%) RIBA
7 3 (1.61%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.61%) CCA
7 3 (1.61%) CCNP
7 3 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.61%) CISSP
7 3 (1.61%) CRISC
7 3 (1.61%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.61%) PMP
8 2 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 2 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.91%) Data Quality
1 11 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.84%) COBIT
3 8 (4.30%) PMO
4 7 (3.76%) GDPR
4 7 (3.76%) GRC
5 6 (3.23%) NIST
6 4 (2.15%) PCI DSS
6 4 (2.15%) QA
7 2 (1.08%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.08%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.54%) DICOM
8 1 (0.54%) HL7
8 1 (0.54%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 21 (11.29%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.23%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.69%) Docker
5 4 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.54%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.54%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (6.99%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (6.99%) SCCM
2 7 (3.76%) Grafana
2 7 (3.76%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.23%) Terraform
4 4 (2.15%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.61%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.08%) TeamSite
7 1 (0.54%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.54%) Puppet
7 1 (0.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.54%) WMI
Vendors
1 53 (28.49%) Microsoft
2 37 (19.89%) ServiceNow
3 16 (8.60%) VMware
4 13 (6.99%) Oracle
5 11 (5.91%) Cisco
6 9 (4.84%) HP
7 8 (4.30%) IBM
7 8 (4.30%) Zscaler
8 7 (3.76%) AppDynamics
8 7 (3.76%) Apple
8 7 (3.76%) Dynatrace
8 7 (3.76%) Salesforce
8 7 (3.76%) Tenable
9 6 (3.23%) Dell
9 6 (3.23%) Remedy
10 4 (2.15%) Splunk
10 4 (2.15%) Workday
11 3 (1.61%) CheckPoint
11 3 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.61%) Palo Alto