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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 231 195
Rank change year-on-year -15 -36 +76
Contract jobs citing SLA 162 109 208
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.97% 0.86% 1.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.17% 5.60% 8.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 73 124
10th Percentile £239 £139 £150
25th Percentile £400 £211 £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £350 £439
Median % change year-on-year +42.00% -20.27% +17.07%
75th Percentile £538 £526 £538
90th Percentile £700 £615 £668
England median daily rate £450 £253 £350
% change year-on-year +78.22% -27.86% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 17
10th Percentile £18.94 £19.67 £15.54
25th Percentile - £21.51 £16.86
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.39 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.12% -28.94% +43.18%
75th Percentile £26.11 £24.07 £51.75
90th Percentile £67.14 £33.97 £56.95
England median hourly rate £18.50 £22.14 £14.22
% change year-on-year -16.44% +55.75% -23.16%

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 3,131 1,945 2,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.72% 15.39% 13.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,073 1,302 1,732
10th Percentile £350 £313 £363
25th Percentile £424 £406 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £688
90th Percentile £750 £774 £788
England median daily rate £510 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 25 54
10th Percentile £18.07 £18.88 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.11 £22.27 £17.02
Median hourly rate £26.11 £39.04 £25.81
Median % change year-on-year -33.12% +51.26% -41.15%
75th Percentile £57.13 £78.40 £47.75
90th Percentile £76.68 £89.53 £60.48
England median hourly rate £28.28 £32.25 £22.34
% change year-on-year -12.33% +44.36% -47.44%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -7 27 £523 +7.73% 14
West London -19 5 £649 +188.44% 13
East London -1 3 £593 +18.50% 4
South London -13 3 £432 +85.96% 2
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 11 (6.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (2.47%) Confluence
3 3 (1.85%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.62%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.62%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.62%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.62%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 17 (10.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.70%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (1.23%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.62%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle FAH
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.62%) Veritas eDiscovery
4 1 (0.62%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.67%) Azure
2 21 (12.96%) AWS
3 20 (12.35%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.17%) Datadog
4 10 (6.17%) GCP
4 10 (6.17%) SaaS
5 9 (5.56%) PaaS
6 8 (4.94%) IaaS
7 5 (3.09%) OpenShift
7 5 (3.09%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.47%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.47%) Serverless
9 3 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.85%) dbt
9 3 (1.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.88%) Firewall
2 10 (6.17%) VPN
3 9 (5.56%) Network Security
3 9 (5.56%) SAN
3 9 (5.56%) SD-WAN
3 9 (5.56%) WAN
4 7 (4.32%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (3.70%) BGP
5 6 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (3.70%) DHCP
5 6 (3.70%) DNS
5 6 (3.70%) LAN
5 6 (3.70%) NX-OS
5 6 (3.70%) OSPF
5 6 (3.70%) VLAN
6 4 (2.47%) Broadband
7 1 (0.62%) 3GPP
7 1 (0.62%) HTTP
7 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.09%) Power BI
3 4 (2.47%) MySQL
4 2 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.62%) GIS
5 1 (0.62%) Metadata
5 1 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.62%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.62%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (6.17%) JIRA
2 7 (4.32%) Chocolatey
3 5 (3.09%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.47%) Maven
5 3 (1.85%) GitLab
5 3 (1.85%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.62%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.62%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.62%) WiX
General
1 54 (33.33%) Finance
2 49 (30.25%) Social Skills
3 28 (17.28%) Banking
4 26 (16.05%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.79%) Legal
5 11 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 10 (6.17%) Financial Institution
6 10 (6.17%) Investment Banking
7 8 (4.94%) Retail
8 7 (4.32%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.70%) Local Government
9 6 (3.70%) Marketing
10 4 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.85%) Aviation
11 3 (1.85%) Billing
11 3 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.23%) Back Office
12 2 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.62%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 23 (14.20%) Senior
2 20 (12.35%) Analyst
3 15 (9.26%) Lead
4 9 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (5.56%) Consultant
5 8 (4.94%) Developer
5 8 (4.94%) Service Analyst
5 8 (4.94%) Service Manager
6 7 (4.32%) IT Engineer
7 6 (3.70%) Architect
7 6 (3.70%) Change Manager
7 6 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (3.70%) Security Engineer
7 6 (3.70%) Site Engineer
7 6 (3.70%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 5 (3.09%) Data Centre Engineer
8 5 (3.09%) Network Engineer
8 5 (3.09%) Programme Manager
8 5 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (3.09%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.32%) REST
2 6 (3.70%) Web Services
3 5 (3.09%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (3.09%) Spring
4 4 (2.47%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.47%) Bootstrap
4 4 (2.47%) CSS
4 4 (2.47%) J2EE
4 4 (2.47%) jQuery
4 4 (2.47%) Sass
4 4 (2.47%) Spring MVC
5 3 (1.85%) Middleware
6 2 (1.23%) RESTful
7 1 (0.62%) .NET
7 1 (0.62%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.62%) JSON
7 1 (0.62%) OAuth
7 1 (0.62%) SAML
7 1 (0.62%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.62%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.41%) Data Centre
2 11 (6.79%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.17%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (4.32%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.70%) Equities
6 6 (3.70%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.09%) IoT
8 4 (2.47%) BYOD
8 4 (2.47%) Cloud Native
8 4 (2.47%) CMDB
8 4 (2.47%) Derivative
8 4 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.47%) Equity Derivative
8 4 (2.47%) PropTech
9 3 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.85%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.85%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (14.81%) Windows
2 12 (7.41%) Linux
3 8 (4.94%) Unix
4 4 (2.47%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.23%) Android
5 2 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (29.63%) ITIL
2 34 (20.99%) ITSM
3 33 (20.37%) Root Cause Analysis
3 33 (20.37%) Stakeholder Management
4 29 (17.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (17.28%) Change Management
6 25 (15.43%) Service Delivery
7 24 (14.81%) Migration
7 24 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (14.20%) Roadmaps
9 20 (12.35%) Agile
9 20 (12.35%) Risk Management
10 19 (11.73%) CI/CD
10 19 (11.73%) Customer Service
10 19 (11.73%) Service Management
11 17 (10.49%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (10.49%) Problem Management
11 17 (10.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (9.26%) Incident Management
13 13 (8.02%) Break/Fix
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.79%) SQL
2 10 (6.17%) Python
3 7 (4.32%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.70%) Java
5 5 (3.09%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.47%) C++
6 4 (2.47%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.62%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.62%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 26 (16.05%) Degree
2 13 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.09%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.47%) CISA
5 4 (2.47%) RIBA
6 3 (1.85%) CCA
6 3 (1.85%) CISSP
6 3 (1.85%) CRISC
6 3 (1.85%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (1.23%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.23%) CCNP
7 2 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.23%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.23%) MBA
7 2 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (4.32%) PMO
3 6 (3.70%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.70%) GDPR
3 6 (3.70%) GRC
4 5 (3.09%) NIST
5 4 (2.47%) COBIT
5 4 (2.47%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.85%) QA
7 2 (1.23%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.23%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.62%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 17 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.70%) Docker
3 4 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.62%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.62%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.79%) SCCM
3 6 (3.70%) FortiGate
3 6 (3.70%) Terraform
4 3 (1.85%) Grafana
4 3 (1.85%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.85%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.85%) TeamSite
5 2 (1.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.23%) Puppet
5 2 (1.23%) SCOM
6 1 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.62%) WMI
Vendors
1 36 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.28%) ServiceNow
3 12 (7.41%) Oracle
4 10 (6.17%) Cisco
4 10 (6.17%) IBM
4 10 (6.17%) VMware
5 9 (5.56%) Remedy
6 7 (4.32%) AppDynamics
6 7 (4.32%) Dynatrace
6 7 (4.32%) HP
6 7 (4.32%) Tenable
6 7 (4.32%) Zscaler
7 6 (3.70%) Dell
7 6 (3.70%) Splunk
8 5 (3.09%) F5
9 4 (2.47%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.47%) SAP
9 4 (2.47%) Workday
10 3 (1.85%) Ariba
10 3 (1.85%) BMC