SLA Contracts in the North East

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 36 55
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 -11
Contract jobs citing SLA 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.31% 0.29% 0.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.27% 2.04% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £134
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £138
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.61%
75th Percentile - - £151
90th Percentile - - £157
England median daily rate £250 £330 £300
% change year-on-year -24.24% +10.00% -15.49%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 44 49 56
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 13.66% 14.41% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 29 42
10th Percentile £335 £379 £232
25th Percentile £371 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £628 £588 £586
90th Percentile £740 £610 £600
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £35.25 -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £22.34 £41.25
% change year-on-year +56.67% -45.84% +50.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SLA in the North East.

Daily rate trend for SLA in the North East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SLA in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for SLA in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the North East region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Northumberland - 1 - -
SLA
England

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NEBOSH