Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Bedfordshire > Bedford
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bedford requiring SLA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SLA over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
---|---|---|---|
Rank | - | 15 | 31 |
Rank change year-on-year | - | +16 | -3 |
Permanent jobs citing SLA | 0 | 5 | 4 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford | - | 4.72% | 2.70% |
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 62.50% | 40.00% |
Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 5 | 4 |
10th Percentile | - | - | £26,425 |
25th Percentile | - | £21,250 | £27,438 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £32,500 | £30,250 |
Median % change year-on-year | - | +7.44% | -42.92% |
75th Percentile | - | £33,750 | £47,188 |
90th Percentile | - | £50,250 | £71,375 |
Bedfordshire median annual salary | £45,000 | £32,500 | £65,000 |
% change year-on-year | +38.46% | -50.00% | +22.64% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bedford
SLA falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Bedford.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 4 | 8 | 10 |
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford | 7.14% | 7.55% | 6.76% |
Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 7 | 7 |
10th Percentile | - | £21,250 | £27,100 |
25th Percentile | £57,500 | £23,750 | £29,625 |
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £32,500 | £70,000 |
Median % change year-on-year | +84.62% | -53.57% | +32.08% |
75th Percentile | £62,500 | £47,500 | £71,875 |
90th Percentile | - | £67,250 | £79,250 |
Bedfordshire median annual salary | £59,500 | £43,250 | £70,000 |
% change year-on-year | +37.57% | -38.21% | +30.84% |
SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford
Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

SLA
Salary Trend in Bedford
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA in Bedford.