SLA Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring SLA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 33 24
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 +38
Contract jobs citing SLA 7 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.15% 1.38% 3.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.00% 8.11% 24.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £148 -
25th Percentile £260 £151 £163
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £163 £175
Median % change year-on-year +63.08% -7.14% +13.82%
75th Percentile £270 £219 £188
90th Percentile - £249 -
North East median daily rate £265 £163 £158
% change year-on-year +63.08% +3.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.65
25th Percentile - - £23.38
Median hourly rate - - £32.00
75th Percentile - - £32.88
90th Percentile - - £33.40
North East median hourly rate - - £24.75
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 70 37 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 21.54% 16.97% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 18 14
10th Percentile £300 £226 £402
25th Percentile £414 £325 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £381 £463
Median % change year-on-year +20.66% -17.70% -15.77%
75th Percentile £536 £501 £495
90th Percentile £574 £650 £503
North East median daily rate £466 £400 £409
% change year-on-year +16.50% -2.20% -25.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 7
10th Percentile £25.82 - £16.40
25th Percentile £44.50 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £52.50 £16.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +228.13% -17.95% -
75th Percentile £55.00 £16.50 £26.13
90th Percentile - - £32.70
North East median hourly rate £52.50 £16.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +228.13% -15.79% -15.56%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SLA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

SLA job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

SLA
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SLA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SLA

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SLA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing SLA

SLA
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -11 4 £265 +63.08% 3
Sunderland - 3 - - 1
SLA
North East

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Application Support Team Leader
2 3 (42.86%) Applications Support
2 3 (42.86%) Oracle Team Leader
2 3 (42.86%) Support Team Leader
2 3 (42.86%) Team Leader
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 4 (57.14%) Coaching
3 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
3 4 (57.14%) People Management
3 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Supplier Management
4 3 (42.86%) Application Security
4 3 (42.86%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle