SLA Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring SLA skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SLA 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 6.67% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 25.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median daily rate £350 £210 £280
% change year-on-year +66.67% -25.00% +60.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Lothian

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 West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 26.67% 12.50% 5.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £160 -
25th Percentile £513 £204 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £280 £400
Median % change year-on-year +87.50% -30.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £538 £359 £419
90th Percentile - £405 £430
Scotland median daily rate £454 £450 £465
% change year-on-year +0.89% -3.28% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.65 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £30.50 £35.70 £16.71
% change year-on-year -14.55% +113.61% +26.98%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SLA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

SLA job vacancy trend in West Lothian

SLA
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing SLA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing SLA

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing SLA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing SLA

SLA
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Livingston - 1 - - 2
SLA
Scotland

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple