Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Manchester > Bolton
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 22 | 27 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +9 | -13 |
| Permanent jobs citing SLA | 23 | 3 | 3 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton | 14.74% | 2.61% | 1.95% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 41.07% | 15.00% | 3.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 21 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £31,250 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £25,480 | £32,500 | £24,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.60% | +35.42% | -26.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £40,000 | £33,750 | £27,125 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £29,000 |
| Manchester median annual salary | £33,000 | £29,500 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.86% | -37.89% | +15.85% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Bolton
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 Bolton.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 56 | 20 | 77 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton | 35.90% | 17.39% | 50.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 44 | 17 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £31,250 | £24,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,480 | £36,250 | £25,188 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £55,000 | £41,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.27% | +34.15% | -18.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £58,438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £60,000 |
| Manchester median annual salary | £55,000 | £51,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.84% | -2.86% | +1.49% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton
Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bolton.
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Salary Trend in Bolton
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA in Bolton.
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Salary Histogram in Bolton
Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA in Bolton over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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: