SLA Job Trends in Preston

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring SLA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Permanent jobs citing SLA 6 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 2.22% - 1.99%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 28.57% - 12.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28,500 - £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.05%
75th Percentile £29,500 - £38,750
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £29,000 £22,500 £28,750
% change year-on-year +28.89% -21.74% -42.50%

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 21 8 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 7.78% 8.60% 16.42%
Number of salaries quoted 18 7 20
10th Percentile - - £32,350
25th Percentile £28,500 £39,000 £35,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,000 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +13.66% -1.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £64,125 £60,000 -
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,683 £41,774
% change year-on-year -5.63% +14.15% -16.45%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SLA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Preston.

SLA job vacancy trend in Preston

SLA
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SLA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SLA

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 6 (100.00%) VPN
1 6 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Support Technician
2 3 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 3 (50.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Technician
2 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 3 (50.00%) IT Support
2 3 (50.00%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (50.00%) IT Technician
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ERP
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft