Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Hampshire > Portsmouth
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 | 9 | 34 | 33 |
Rank change year-on-year | +25 | -1 | -7 |
Contract jobs citing SLA | 19 | 12 | 10 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth | 15.45% | 4.01% | 4.10% |
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 73.08% | 21.82% | 31.25% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 15 | 5 | 9 |
10th Percentile | - | £315 | £268 |
25th Percentile | - | £450 | £273 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £200 | £535 | £275 |
Median % change year-on-year | -62.62% | +94.55% | -8.99% |
75th Percentile | £606 | £570 | £350 |
90th Percentile | £625 | £582 | £450 |
Hampshire median daily rate | £250 | £475 | £275 |
% change year-on-year | -47.37% | +72.73% | +4.76% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Median hourly rate | £24.66 | - | - |
Hampshire median hourly rate | £24.66 | £30.00 | £18.50 |
% change year-on-year | -17.80% | +62.16% | +12.12% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 26 | 55 | 32 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth | 21.14% | 18.39% | 13.11% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 26 | 21 |
10th Percentile | - | - | - |
25th Percentile | £200 | £400 | £273 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £269 | £431 | £413 |
Median % change year-on-year | -37.57% | +4.55% | -5.03% |
75th Percentile | £568 | £583 | £450 |
90th Percentile | £625 | £749 | £688 |
Hampshire median daily rate | £518 | £515 | £450 |
% change year-on-year | +0.49% | +14.44% | -6.74% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 4 | 2 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £24.31 |
25th Percentile | - | - | £27.86 |
Median hourly rate | £24.66 | £60.00 | £36.27 |
Median % change year-on-year | -58.90% | +65.45% | -17.49% |
75th Percentile | £33.50 | - | £45.56 |
90th Percentile | £49.40 | - | £49.64 |
Hampshire median hourly rate | £24.66 | £37.50 | £47.50 |
% change year-on-year | -34.24% | -21.05% | +77.57% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth
Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SLA in Portsmouth.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SLA in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SLA in Portsmouth.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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: