SLA Contracts in Surrey

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Surrey 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 21 40 36
Rank change year-on-year +19 -4 0
Contract jobs citing SLA 18 16 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 6.04% 2.73% 4.87%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 33.96% 20.51% 18.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 32
10th Percentile £151 £175 £136
25th Percentile £152 £231 £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £163 £400 £173
Median % change year-on-year -59.25% +131.88% -31.00%
75th Percentile £177 £469 £210
90th Percentile £185 £525 £229
South East median daily rate £250 £285 £235
% change year-on-year -12.28% +21.28% -18.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24.18 - -
Median hourly rate £24.66 - -
75th Percentile £25.08 - -
90th Percentile £88.58 - -
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £18.00 £18.50
% change year-on-year +37.00% -2.70% +12.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 53 78 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 17.79% 13.29% 25.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 67 131
10th Percentile £151 £246 £161
25th Percentile £161 £304 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £405
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +11.11% +1.25%
75th Percentile £506 £563 £588
90th Percentile £558 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 1
10th Percentile £24.18 - -
25th Percentile £24.30 £19.25 £29.50
Median hourly rate £25.08 £26.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -14.52% +1.64%
75th Percentile £53.75 £39.69 £32.50
90th Percentile £88.90 £50.38 -
South East median hourly rate £46.30 £27.50 £31.00
% change year-on-year +68.36% -11.29% +47.44%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for SLA in Surrey

SLA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for SLA in Surrey

SLA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for SLA in Surrey

SLA
Hourly Rate Histogram in Surrey

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SLA in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SLA in Surrey

SLA
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 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
Camberley - 11 £157 - 1
Redhill +11 2 £200 -60.00% 3
Guildford +2 1 - - 1
SLA
South East

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
General
1 8 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Server Engineer
2 9 (50.00%) Support Engineer
3 7 (38.89%) Server Support
3 7 (38.89%) Server Support Engineer
4 5 (27.78%) Break Fix Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Hardware Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Hardware Support Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) IT Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) IT Support
6 1 (5.56%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Support Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (72.22%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Customer Service
2 9 (50.00%) Break/Fix
3 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (38.89%) Time Management
5 3 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (5.56%) Information Security
6 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (5.56%) ITIL
6 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.56%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Dell
1 14 (77.78%) HP
1 14 (77.78%) IBM
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft