SLA Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 167 268
Rank change year-on-year -36 +101 -51
Contract jobs citing SLA 101 203 212
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 1.32% 0.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.80% 9.03% 6.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 106 141
10th Percentile £146 £150 £163
25th Percentile £208 £203 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £375 £440
Median % change year-on-year -37.33% -14.77% +3.53%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £525
90th Percentile £600 £575 £625
UK median daily rate £250 £330 £298
% change year-on-year -24.24% +10.92% -20.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 11
10th Percentile £14.38 - £12.50
25th Percentile £16.58 £12.75 £16.87
Median hourly rate £18.00 £13.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.30% -32.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £19.96 £14.25 £24.11
90th Percentile £22.99 £16.56 £44.50
UK median hourly rate £22.27 £14.75 £18.50
% change year-on-year +50.98% -20.27% +9.79%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,486 2,248 3,140
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.99% 14.62% 12.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,003 1,533 2,291
10th Percentile £282 £313 £325
25th Percentile £400 £420 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £602 £623 £625
90th Percentile £713 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 78 63
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.75 £18.54
25th Percentile £23.13 £14.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £39.00 £21.94 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.80% -48.99% -2.16%
75th Percentile £67.50 £40.00 £61.88
90th Percentile £87.15 £65.00 £72.35
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £21.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.29% -44.00% +33.93%

SLA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SLA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SLA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SLA.

SLA daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SLA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

SLA daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SLA.

SLA hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SLA over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

SLA hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (9.90%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.97%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 3 (2.97%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.99%) Confluence
4 1 (0.99%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.99%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (12.87%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (0.99%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.99%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (21.78%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (12.87%) Azure
3 7 (6.93%) IaaS
4 4 (3.96%) AWS
4 4 (3.96%) PaaS
4 4 (3.96%) SaaS
5 3 (2.97%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.98%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.98%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.98%) Yammer
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon Cognito
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.99%) AWS Fargate
7 1 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.99%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.93%) Firewall
2 6 (5.94%) SAN
3 5 (4.95%) LAN
4 4 (3.96%) DNS
4 4 (3.96%) Network Security
4 4 (3.96%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (3.96%) WAN
4 4 (3.96%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.97%) DHCP
5 3 (2.97%) Internet
5 3 (2.97%) iSCSI
5 3 (2.97%) Wireless
6 2 (1.98%) VPN
7 1 (0.99%) BGP
7 1 (0.99%) Broadband
7 1 (0.99%) FTP
7 1 (0.99%) MPLS
7 1 (0.99%) OSPF
7 1 (0.99%) SSL
7 1 (0.99%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) Oracle Database
1 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.98%) Power BI
3 1 (0.99%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.99%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.99%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.99%) Maven
2 1 (0.99%) Mockito
2 1 (0.99%) Toad
General
1 37 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 15 (14.85%) Finance
3 10 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (6.93%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.94%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.95%) Banking
7 4 (3.96%) Retail
8 2 (1.98%) French Language
8 2 (1.98%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.98%) Legal
9 1 (0.99%) Advertising
9 1 (0.99%) Automotive
9 1 (0.99%) Back Office
9 1 (0.99%) Law
9 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.99%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 33 (32.67%) Analyst
2 14 (13.86%) Service Analyst
2 14 (13.86%) Service Desk Analyst
3 13 (12.87%) Support Assistant
4 12 (11.88%) Support Analyst
5 9 (8.91%) Applications Support
6 8 (7.92%) Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (5.94%) Delivery Manager
7 6 (5.94%) IT Analyst
7 6 (5.94%) Project Analyst
7 6 (5.94%) Project Support Analyst
7 6 (5.94%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.95%) Operations Manager
8 5 (4.95%) Service Manager
9 4 (3.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.96%) IT Manager
9 4 (3.96%) IT Support
9 4 (3.96%) Operational Security Manager
9 4 (3.96%) Security Manager
9 4 (3.96%) Service Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.98%) Spring
1 2 (1.98%) Spring Batch
1 2 (1.98%) Spring Boot
2 1 (0.99%) Ajax
2 1 (0.99%) Apache Camel
2 1 (0.99%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.99%) CSS
2 1 (0.99%) CSS3
2 1 (0.99%) HTML
2 1 (0.99%) HTML5
2 1 (0.99%) J2EE
2 1 (0.99%) jQuery
2 1 (0.99%) JWT
2 1 (0.99%) OAuth
2 1 (0.99%) OpenID
2 1 (0.99%) REST
2 1 (0.99%) SAML
2 1 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.86%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.94%) Security Posture
3 4 (3.96%) Data Centre
3 4 (3.96%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.97%) IVR
4 3 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.99%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.99%) CMDB
5 1 (0.99%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.99%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 22 (21.78%) Windows
2 11 (10.89%) Windows 10
3 6 (5.94%) Linux
4 3 (2.97%) AIX
4 3 (2.97%) Android
4 3 (2.97%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.97%) Unix
4 3 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.97%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.98%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.99%) MVS
6 1 (0.99%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (37.62%) ITIL
2 35 (34.65%) Customer Service
3 27 (26.73%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (16.83%) Service Delivery
5 14 (13.86%) Test Scripting
6 10 (9.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (9.90%) Incident Management
7 9 (8.91%) Cybersecurity
8 8 (7.92%) Process Improvement
8 8 (7.92%) Service Management
9 7 (6.93%) ITSM
10 6 (5.94%) Agile
10 6 (5.94%) Business Intelligence
10 6 (5.94%) Security Operations
10 6 (5.94%) Vulnerability Management
11 5 (4.95%) CRM
11 5 (4.95%) Workflow
12 4 (3.96%) Penetration Testing
12 4 (3.96%) Risk Assessment
12 4 (3.96%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.79%) SQL
2 2 (1.98%) Java
2 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.98%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.99%) Assembly Language
3 1 (0.99%) JCL
3 1 (0.99%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.99%) Python
3 1 (0.99%) REXX
3 1 (0.99%) Scala
Qualifications
1 6 (5.94%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (3.96%) CISSP
3 4 (3.96%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.97%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (2.97%) TOGAF Certification
5 2 (1.98%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.98%) ACSP
5 2 (1.98%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.98%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (1.98%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.98%) CCSP
5 2 (1.98%) CEH
5 2 (1.98%) GCIH
6 1 (0.99%) CCIE
6 1 (0.99%) CCIE Service Provider
6 1 (0.99%) Degree
6 1 (0.99%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (3.96%) NIST
2 2 (1.98%) GDPR
2 2 (1.98%) QA
3 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.99%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.99%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (16.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.97%) DFS Replication
3 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (2.97%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (2.97%) vSphere
4 1 (0.99%) ACF2
4 1 (0.99%) RACF
Systems Management
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.97%) Tivoli
1 3 (2.97%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.99%) PaperCut
3 1 (0.99%) SCCM
3 1 (0.99%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 40 (39.60%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.85%) ServiceNow
3 9 (8.91%) Oracle
4 8 (7.92%) Apple
5 7 (6.93%) IBM
5 7 (6.93%) VMware
6 3 (2.97%) Dell
6 3 (2.97%) HP
6 3 (2.97%) Qualys
7 2 (1.98%) Cisco
7 2 (1.98%) OneLogin
7 2 (1.98%) Rapid7
7 2 (1.98%) Tenable
8 1 (0.99%) Ariba
8 1 (0.99%) Concur
8 1 (0.99%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.99%) Nokia
8 1 (0.99%) Okta
8 1 (0.99%) SAP
8 1 (0.99%) Toshiba