Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Lancashire > Preston
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 16 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 27 | 36 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +9 | -22 |
| Permanent jobs citing SLA | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston | - | 3.15% | 1.63% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 13.46% | 13.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £37,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -31.82% | +89.66% |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £22,500 | £27,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.67% | -46.00% | +72.41% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Preston
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 Preston.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 47 | 52 | 29 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston | 19.75% | 23.42% | 11.79% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 31 | 38 | 23 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,683 | £32,000 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £58,500 | £36,250 | £40,834 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,900 | £47,342 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.32% | -13.92% | +89.66% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,800 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £99,800 | £67,875 | £75,000 |
| Lancashire median annual salary | £47,683 | £45,750 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.23% | -8.50% | +31.58% |
SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston
Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Preston.
SLA
Salary Trend in Preston
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA in Preston.