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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 228 201
Rank change year-on-year -11 -27 +70
Contract jobs citing SLA 182 123 212
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.99% 1.01% 1.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.40% 6.24% 8.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 84 130
10th Percentile £210 £207 £173
25th Percentile £382 £225 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £388 £400
Median % change year-on-year +22.58% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £549 £525
90th Percentile £606 £675 £627
England median daily rate £461 £300 £338
% change year-on-year +53.75% -11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 8 22
10th Percentile £18.07 £20.30 £16.25
25th Percentile £22.41 £21.81 £18.60
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.39 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +15.12% -5.95% +25.73%
75th Percentile £26.11 £28.82 £47.25
90th Percentile £67.14 £46.05 £53.33
England median hourly rate £18.50 £22.14 £14.50
% change year-on-year -16.44% +52.69% -21.62%

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 3,369 1,970 2,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.24% 16.19% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,263 1,310 1,735
10th Percentile £350 £320 £350
25th Percentile £424 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 27 63
10th Percentile £19.19 £20.75 £12.90
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.51 £17.94
Median hourly rate £28.00 £34.50 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +42.68% -8.75%
75th Percentile £41.92 £47.00 £46.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.36 £56.75
England median hourly rate £33.98 £34.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year -1.51% +46.81% -41.25%

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 30 May 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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -4 29 £520 +3.23% 5
West London -34 7 £400 +72.97% 5
South London -14 2 £432 +92.16% 2
East London - 2 £400 - 2
North London - 1 - - 3
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 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.75%) Confluence
3 4 (2.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (1.65%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.55%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.55%) IIS
6 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 16 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.30%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.75%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.65%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.10%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.10%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.55%) Actimize
4 1 (0.55%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.55%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.55%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 38 (20.88%) Azure
2 32 (17.58%) AWS
3 26 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (6.04%) Datadog
4 11 (6.04%) GCP
4 11 (6.04%) SaaS
5 9 (4.95%) PaaS
6 8 (4.40%) Amazon S3
6 8 (4.40%) IaaS
7 6 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.30%) dbt
7 6 (3.30%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.75%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.20%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.20%) Serverless
10 3 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.65%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.69%) Firewall
2 10 (5.49%) VPN
3 9 (4.95%) SAN
4 8 (4.40%) DHCP
4 8 (4.40%) DNS
5 7 (3.85%) Network Security
5 7 (3.85%) SD-WAN
5 7 (3.85%) WAN
5 7 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (3.30%) VLAN
7 3 (1.65%) 3GPP
7 3 (1.65%) BGP
7 3 (1.65%) Broadband
7 3 (1.65%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.65%) LAN
7 3 (1.65%) NX-OS
7 3 (1.65%) OSPF
8 2 (1.10%) SSL
8 2 (1.10%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.49%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.30%) Power BI
3 4 (2.20%) MySQL
4 3 (1.65%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.65%) Tableau
5 2 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.55%) Apache Iceberg
6 1 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.55%) GIS
6 1 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.55%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.55%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (12.09%) JIRA
2 7 (3.85%) Chocolatey
3 4 (2.20%) GitLab
3 4 (2.20%) Maven
4 3 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.65%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.55%) WiX
General
1 57 (31.32%) Social Skills
2 55 (30.22%) Finance
3 36 (19.78%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (14.84%) Banking
5 14 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.04%) Legal
7 9 (4.95%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (4.40%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.30%) Financial Institution
9 6 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.30%) Local Government
9 6 (3.30%) Marketing
9 6 (3.30%) Retail
10 4 (2.20%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.65%) Aviation
11 3 (1.65%) Billing
12 2 (1.10%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 23 (12.64%) Analyst
1 23 (12.64%) Senior
2 15 (8.24%) Lead
3 11 (6.04%) Azure Engineer
4 10 (5.49%) Service Analyst
4 10 (5.49%) Support Engineer
5 8 (4.40%) Architect
5 8 (4.40%) Consultant
5 8 (4.40%) IT Engineer
5 8 (4.40%) IT Support
5 8 (4.40%) Service Manager
6 7 (3.85%) Developer
6 7 (3.85%) IT Manager
6 7 (3.85%) Security Engineer
6 7 (3.85%) Senior Security Engineer
7 6 (3.30%) Change Manager
7 6 (3.30%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (3.30%) Programme Manager
7 6 (3.30%) Service Delivery Manager
7 6 (3.30%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.85%) REST
2 6 (3.30%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (3.30%) Web Services
3 5 (2.75%) .NET
3 5 (2.75%) Spring
4 4 (2.20%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.20%) Bootstrap
4 4 (2.20%) CSS
4 4 (2.20%) J2EE
4 4 (2.20%) jQuery
4 4 (2.20%) Sass
4 4 (2.20%) Spring MVC
5 3 (1.65%) Middleware
6 2 (1.10%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.10%) RESTful
6 2 (1.10%) XML
7 1 (0.55%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.55%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.55%) JSON
7 1 (0.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 13 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 10 (5.49%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.40%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.85%) CMDB
5 7 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (2.75%) BYOD
6 5 (2.75%) Equities
6 5 (2.75%) IoT
7 4 (2.20%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.20%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.20%) PropTech
8 3 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.65%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.65%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.10%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.10%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 33 (18.13%) Windows
2 13 (7.14%) Linux
3 8 (4.40%) Unix
4 5 (2.75%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.20%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.65%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (32.97%) ITIL
2 44 (24.18%) Root Cause Analysis
3 41 (22.53%) ITSM
3 41 (22.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 35 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (17.03%) Change Management
5 31 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (15.93%) Migration
7 27 (14.84%) Agile
7 27 (14.84%) Service Delivery
7 27 (14.84%) Service Management
8 26 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 23 (12.64%) CI/CD
10 22 (12.09%) Risk Management
11 17 (9.34%) Customer Service
11 17 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (8.79%) Disaster Recovery
12 16 (8.79%) Regulatory Compliance
12 16 (8.79%) Validation
13 15 (8.24%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (10.99%) SQL
2 11 (6.04%) Python
3 8 (4.40%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.30%) Java
5 5 (2.75%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.20%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.65%) Bicep
8 2 (1.10%) Bash
8 2 (1.10%) C++
9 1 (0.55%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 26 (14.29%) Degree
2 12 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.95%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.30%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.75%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (2.20%) CISA
6 4 (2.20%) MBA
6 4 (2.20%) RIBA
7 3 (1.65%) CCA
7 3 (1.65%) CCNP
7 3 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.65%) CISSP
7 3 (1.65%) CRISC
8 2 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.10%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.85%) COBIT
3 7 (3.85%) GDPR
3 7 (3.85%) GRC
3 7 (3.85%) PMO
4 6 (3.30%) NIST
5 4 (2.20%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.20%) QA
6 2 (1.10%) ISO 31000
6 2 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.10%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.55%) DICOM
7 1 (0.55%) HL7
7 1 (0.55%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 21 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.30%) Docker
3 6 (3.30%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.55%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (7.14%) SCCM
2 7 (3.85%) Grafana
2 7 (3.85%) Terraform
3 6 (3.30%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.20%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.65%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.65%) TeamSite
6 2 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.10%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.10%) Puppet
6 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.55%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.55%) SCOM
7 1 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.55%) WMI
Vendors
1 47 (25.82%) Microsoft
2 37 (20.33%) ServiceNow
3 15 (8.24%) VMware
4 12 (6.59%) Oracle
5 10 (5.49%) Cisco
5 10 (5.49%) IBM
6 9 (4.95%) HP
7 8 (4.40%) Remedy
8 7 (3.85%) AppDynamics
8 7 (3.85%) Dynatrace
8 7 (3.85%) Tenable
8 7 (3.85%) Zscaler
9 6 (3.30%) Dell
10 5 (2.75%) Salesforce
10 5 (2.75%) Splunk
11 4 (2.20%) Apple
11 4 (2.20%) Workday
12 3 (1.65%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (1.65%) Juniper