Service Level Agreement (SLA)
North East > Durham
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Durham requiring SLA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 32 | 32 | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -11 | +8 |
| Permanent jobs citing SLA | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Durham | 0.42% | 0.53% | 3.45% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 10.00% | 6.67% | 23.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £30,650 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £48,750 | £34,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £52,500 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +16.67% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £56,250 | £54,688 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £56,375 |
| North East median annual salary | - | £45,000 | £32,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +38.46% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Durham
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 Durham.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 10 | 15 | 17 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham | 4.17% | 8.02% | 14.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,609 | £25,225 | £27,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,523 | £32,313 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,039 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.53% | -10.00% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,550 | £60,724 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,060 | £68,776 | £61,445 |
| North East median annual salary | £51,875 | £57,732 | £51,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.15% | +12.65% | +5.94% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Durham
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SLA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Durham.
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Salary Trend in Durham
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing SLA.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: