SLA Contracts with Work from Home Options

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SLA over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 271 213
Rank change year-on-year +109 -58 +20
Contract jobs citing SLA 202 212 557
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.33% 0.83% 1.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.15% 6.81% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 141 391
10th Percentile £150 £163 £150
25th Percentile £209 £270 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £440 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +3.53% +6.25%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £538
90th Percentile £575 £625 £670
UK median daily rate £330 £300 £375
% change year-on-year +10.00% -20.00% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 38
10th Percentile - £12.50 £11.36
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.87 £11.82
Median hourly rate £13.50 £20.00 £16.63
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +20.30% +25.47%
75th Percentile £14.25 £24.11 £35.50
90th Percentile £16.56 £44.50 £56.83
UK median hourly rate £14.75 £18.50 £16.85
% change year-on-year -20.27% +9.79% +20.36%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

SLA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,208 3,114 5,927
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.49% 12.17% 13.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,522 2,276 4,214
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £420 £419 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £517 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.29% +3.30% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 66 118
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.67 £18.50
Median hourly rate £21.94 £39.80 £44.23
Median % change year-on-year -44.89% -10.01% +119.64%
75th Percentile £46.56 £59.82 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.13 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £20.80 £35.00 £27.75
% change year-on-year -40.56% +26.13% +32.14%

SLA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SLA trend for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing SLA over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

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 a work from home option citing SLA.

SLA hourly rate 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 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.99%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 27 (13.37%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (10.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.99%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.99%) Shopify
3 1 (0.50%) assyst
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.50%) SAP APO
3 1 (0.50%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.50%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 28 (13.86%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (6.93%) AWS
3 10 (4.95%) Azure
4 7 (3.47%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.48%) SuccessFactors
6 4 (1.98%) OneDrive
6 4 (1.98%) Power Automate
7 3 (1.49%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (0.99%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.99%) BigCommerce
8 2 (0.99%) Route 53
8 2 (0.99%) Serverless
8 2 (0.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 2 (0.99%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.43%) VPN
2 14 (6.93%) Firewall
2 14 (6.93%) WAN
3 13 (6.44%) LAN
4 9 (4.46%) Wireless
5 5 (2.48%) ADSL
5 5 (2.48%) MPLS
5 5 (2.48%) Network Security
5 5 (2.48%) PSTN
6 4 (1.98%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (1.98%) DHCP
6 4 (1.98%) DNS
6 4 (1.98%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.98%) Internet
7 3 (1.49%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (1.49%) Radio Access Network
7 3 (1.49%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.49%) SMS
8 2 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.99%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.47%) Power BI
2 2 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.99%) GIS
2 2 (0.99%) MySQL
2 2 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.99%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.99%) Tableau
3 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (1.98%) JIRA
2 2 (0.99%) Maven
2 2 (0.99%) Mocha
General
1 79 (39.11%) Social Skills
2 60 (29.70%) Finance
3 28 (13.86%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (10.89%) Public Sector
5 18 (8.91%) Telecoms
6 15 (7.43%) Banking
7 12 (5.94%) Billing
8 11 (5.45%) Marketing
9 10 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (4.95%) Police
10 7 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.47%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.48%) French Language
12 4 (1.98%) Electronics
12 4 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.98%) Retail
13 2 (0.99%) Front Office
13 2 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.50%) Back Office
14 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 32 (15.84%) Analyst
2 16 (7.92%) Support Engineer
3 15 (7.43%) Technical Support
4 13 (6.44%) Support Specialist
5 12 (5.94%) Commercial Manager
5 12 (5.94%) Contracts Manager
6 11 (5.45%) Consultant
6 11 (5.45%) Lead
7 10 (4.95%) Project Manager
7 10 (4.95%) Senior
7 10 (4.95%) Service Analyst
7 10 (4.95%) Technical Engineer
7 10 (4.95%) Technical Support Engineer
8 8 (3.96%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 8 (3.96%) Network Engineer
8 8 (3.96%) Service Desk Analyst
8 8 (3.96%) Service Manager
9 7 (3.47%) Architect
9 7 (3.47%) Service Delivery Manager
9 7 (3.47%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.99%) .NET
1 2 (0.99%) AngularJS
1 2 (0.99%) CSS
1 2 (0.99%) J2EE
1 2 (0.99%) Jest
1 2 (0.99%) jQuery
1 2 (0.99%) React
1 2 (0.99%) Redux
1 2 (0.99%) REST
1 2 (0.99%) Sass
1 2 (0.99%) Spring
1 2 (0.99%) Spring MVC
1 2 (0.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (0.99%) VML
1 2 (0.99%) Web Services
2 1 (0.50%) ATL
2 1 (0.50%) Middleware
2 1 (0.50%) Node.js
2 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.94%) Public Cloud
2 10 (4.95%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.46%) FMCG
4 7 (3.47%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.98%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (0.99%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.99%) NHS
7 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.50%) CMDB
8 1 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.50%) Replication
8 1 (0.50%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 54 (26.73%) Windows
2 17 (8.42%) Windows 10
3 14 (6.93%) Windows Server
4 11 (5.45%) Unix
5 10 (4.95%) Linux
6 9 (4.46%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.49%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.99%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.50%) Android
9 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (30.69%) ITIL
2 39 (19.31%) Agile
3 37 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (16.83%) Customer Service
4 34 (16.83%) Service Delivery
5 24 (11.88%) Service Management
6 23 (11.39%) ITSM
6 23 (11.39%) Time Management
7 21 (10.40%) Customer Requirements
8 19 (9.41%) Coaching
9 18 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (8.91%) Decision-Making
10 17 (8.42%) Change Control
11 16 (7.92%) Line Management
12 14 (6.93%) Workflow
13 13 (6.44%) Business Case
14 12 (5.94%) Contract Management
14 12 (5.94%) DevOps
14 12 (5.94%) Roadmaps
14 12 (5.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.95%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.98%) SQL
3 3 (1.49%) Java
4 2 (0.99%) C++
4 2 (0.99%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.99%) VB.NET
4 2 (0.99%) VBScript
5 1 (0.50%) Bash
5 1 (0.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 45 (22.28%) Security Cleared
2 42 (20.79%) SC Cleared
3 21 (10.40%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (7.92%) Degree
5 9 (4.46%) CCNP
5 9 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.46%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (1.98%) BC Cleared
6 4 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.49%) CCNA
7 3 (1.49%) CCSA
7 3 (1.49%) JNCIA
8 2 (0.99%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.50%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.44%) QA
2 3 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (0.99%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 26 (12.87%) Active Directory
2 15 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (4.46%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.99%) vSphere
5 1 (0.50%) Firmware
5 1 (0.50%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 21 (10.40%) SCCM
2 9 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.49%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.99%) Ansible
4 2 (0.99%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.99%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.99%) Puppet
4 2 (0.99%) Salt
4 2 (0.99%) Terraform
4 2 (0.99%) WSUS
5 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (31.68%) Microsoft
2 27 (13.37%) ServiceNow
3 20 (9.90%) SAP
3 20 (9.90%) VMware
4 17 (8.42%) Cisco
5 10 (4.95%) BT
6 9 (4.46%) Citrix
7 7 (3.47%) Qualys
8 5 (2.48%) Blue Coat
8 5 (2.48%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.48%) Computacenter
8 5 (2.48%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.48%) Veeam
9 4 (1.98%) Apple
9 4 (1.98%) F5
9 4 (1.98%) HP
9 4 (1.98%) Meraki
10 3 (1.49%) Dell
10 3 (1.49%) Juniper
10 3 (1.49%) Planview