SLA Contracts in Milton Keynes

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes requiring SLA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SLA over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 36 52
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 +11
DemandTrendContract jobs citing SLA 8 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 3.42% 2.08% 1.46%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.09% 15.38% 13.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £183 £177 £129
25th Percentile £265 £179 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £183 £253
Median % change year-on-year +182.40% -27.43% -6.48%
75th Percentile £537 £187 £329
90th Percentile £549 £189 £464
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £518 £183 £253
% change year-on-year +182.40% -27.43% -7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.19 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £16.19 -

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 53 39 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 22.65% 13.54% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 23 49
10th Percentile £294 £179 £246
25th Percentile £400 £234 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +15.21%
75th Percentile £517 £533 £743
90th Percentile £580 £592 £1,080
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £428 £480 £538
% change year-on-year -10.94% -10.70% +19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - £17.26 -
25th Percentile - £20.31 -
Median hourly rate £15.12 £26.18 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.24% - -
75th Percentile £34.44 £31.85 -
90th Percentile £46.02 £34.79 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.25 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year -44.55% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in Milton Keynes

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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 28 August 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 and Capabilities in Milton Keynes by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Service Analyst
3 4 (50.00%) Senior
3 4 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (37.50%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
4 3 (37.50%) Service Design Analyst
4 3 (37.50%) Service Transition Analyst
4 3 (37.50%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (37.50%) Transition Analyst
5 2 (25.00%) Lead
5 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support Analyst
6 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (37.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (25.00%) CSOC
2 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Service Management
2 3 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Performance Monitoring
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) Programme Management
2 3 (37.50%) Protective Monitoring
2 3 (37.50%) Security Operations
2 3 (37.50%) Service Catalogue
2 3 (37.50%) Service Design
2 3 (37.50%) SIEM
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
2 3 (37.50%) UX Design
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (12.50%) CEH
5 1 (12.50%) CISSP
5 1 (12.50%) GCIH
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow