SLA Contracts in Southampton

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 24 20
Rank change year-on-year +10 -4 +24
Contract jobs citing SLA 6 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 5.56% 0.59% 3.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 31.58% 9.09% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile - - £190
25th Percentile - £363 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £375 £233
Median % change year-on-year -53.33% +61.29% -49.73%
75th Percentile - £388 £240
90th Percentile - - £264
Hampshire median daily rate £250 £475 £275
% change year-on-year -47.37% +72.73% +4.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 19 11 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 17.59% 6.51% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 16
10th Percentile £175 £205 £225
25th Percentile £202 £205 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £366 £488 £375
Median % change year-on-year -24.87% +30.00% -17.81%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £538
90th Percentile £594 £590 £694
Hampshire median daily rate £518 £515 £463
% change year-on-year +0.49% +11.35% -4.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £24.66 £37.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -34.24% -21.05% +77.57%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for SLA in Southampton

SLA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SLA in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for SLA in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SLA in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for SLA in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Law
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Smartphone
2 3 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 3 (50.00%) ITIL
1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow