Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in County Antrim 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 9 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 33 | 56 | 75 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +23 | +19 | -19 |
| Permanent jobs citing SLA | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim | 0.39% | 1.21% | 1.51% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 2.94% | 8.75% | 22.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £29,850 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,000 | £27,500 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £64,000 | £28,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +128.57% | -44.00% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £28,500 | £51,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £41,911 | £51,200 |
| Northern Ireland median annual salary | £64,000 | £28,000 | £45,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +128.57% | -37.78% | +20.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
County Antrim
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 County Antrim.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 34 | 80 | 50 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in County Antrim | 13.33% | 13.86% | 6.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 27 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £61,950 | £27,500 | £30,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,940 | £30,248 | £44,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £58,800 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.30% | +17.60% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,124 | £71,250 | £58,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £93,750 | £80,250 | £78,750 |
| Northern Ireland median annual salary | £82,801 | £58,800 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.82% | +17.60% | +25.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim
Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.
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Salary Trend in County Antrim
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA in County Antrim.
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Job Locations in County Antrim
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 9 August 2025. 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 Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast | +19 | 1 | £64,000 | +128.57% | 4 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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:
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