SLA Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring SLA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 33 34
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 +7
Contract jobs citing SLA 16 15 19
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 4.61% 5.38% 3.85%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.54% 25.00% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 11 13
10th Percentile £174 £176 -
25th Percentile £180 £195 £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £253 £244
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% +3.48% -34.93%
75th Percentile £519 £356 £325
90th Percentile £537 £526 £427
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £183 £240 £235
% change year-on-year -23.96% +2.35% -38.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £26.40
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - +100.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 71 60 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 20.46% 21.51% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 44 47
10th Percentile £205 £234 £148
25th Percentile £310 £338 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £498 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% -17.08% +33.33%
75th Percentile £510 £607 £743
90th Percentile £538 £668 £1,098
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £407 £503 £600
% change year-on-year -18.96% -16.25% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £14.36 £26.40
25th Percentile - £17.90 -
Median hourly rate £36.00 £24.08 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.49% -19.73% +76.47%
75th Percentile - £30.56 -
90th Percentile - £34.27 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £24.08 £30.00
% change year-on-year +49.49% -19.73% +130.77%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

SLA job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

SLA
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SLA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SLA

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Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SLA in Milton Keynes

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Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SLA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing SLA

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Assets
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Receivables
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Finance
4 3 (18.75%) Retail
5 2 (12.50%) General Ledger
6 1 (6.25%) Banking
6 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Service Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Senior
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Desktop Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
4 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Oracle Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Service Design Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Service Transition Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Support Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Transition Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Lead
5 2 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (18.75%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 3 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (12.50%) CSOC
3 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (6.25%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
1 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
2 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (37.50%) ITIL
3 5 (31.25%) Customer Service
3 5 (31.25%) Service Management
4 3 (18.75%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Business Impact Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (18.75%) Impact Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Incident Management
4 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
4 3 (18.75%) Programme Management
4 3 (18.75%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
4 3 (18.75%) Service Catalogue
4 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Service Design
4 3 (18.75%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (18.75%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) PL/SQL
1 3 (18.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) Degree
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (6.25%) CEH
5 1 (6.25%) CISSP
5 1 (6.25%) GCIH
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) ServiceNow
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) Apple
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) HP
4 1 (6.25%) Planview