SLA Jobs in Scotland

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SLA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 153 119
Rank change year-on-year -23 -34 -9
Permanent jobs citing SLA 111 68 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.65% 1.44% 2.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.72% 9.25% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 39 34 82
10th Percentile £22,000 £23,075 £19,000
25th Percentile £22,750 £28,219 £20,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £38,500 £26,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.47% +45.28% -31.61%
75th Percentile £33,750 £43,750 £37,438
90th Percentile £48,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +5.26% -5.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland

SLA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 809 735 990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.05% 15.52% 17.34%
Number of salaries quoted 345 209 462
10th Percentile £22,450 £31,505 £25,625
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £35,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% +5.50%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,433 £89,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in Scotland

SLA
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA in Scotland.

Salary trend for SLA in Scotland

SLA
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SLA in Scotland

SLA
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Glasgow -54 89 £31,500 -18.18% 10
Edinburgh +29 10 £26,000 -35.00% 5
Aberdeen -4 8 £24,240 -15.32%
West Lothian -3 2 £34,250 -19.41% 1
Stirling -8 1 £32,150 -
Renfrewshire - 1 £32,000 -
SLA
UK

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 34 (30.63%) Apache Spark
2 7 (6.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.50%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (10.81%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (54.95%) AWS
2 7 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.60%) Azure
3 4 (3.60%) Entra ID
3 4 (3.60%) OneDrive
4 3 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.90%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.90%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.90%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.90%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.22%) DSL
2 8 (7.21%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (3.60%) WAN
4 1 (0.90%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (30.63%) Big Data
2 19 (17.12%) Tableau
3 18 (16.22%) Data Lake
3 18 (16.22%) DB2
3 18 (16.22%) MongoDB
4 16 (14.41%) Apache Hive
4 16 (14.41%) Hadoop
4 16 (14.41%) Impala
5 3 (2.70%) Power BI
6 1 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.90%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.90%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.80%) JIRA
General
1 69 (62.16%) Finance
2 62 (55.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 62 (55.86%) Law
3 44 (39.64%) Banking
4 26 (23.42%) Private Banking
5 24 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (18.92%) Social Skills
7 18 (16.22%) Financial Institution
7 18 (16.22%) Investment Banking
7 18 (16.22%) Marketing
8 17 (15.32%) Legal
9 4 (3.60%) Billing
9 4 (3.60%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.80%) Local Government
12 1 (0.90%) French Language
12 1 (0.90%) German Language
12 1 (0.90%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.90%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (38.74%) Software Engineer
2 35 (31.53%) Data Engineer
3 27 (24.32%) Cloud Engineer
3 27 (24.32%) Cloud Software Engineer
4 26 (23.42%) Full Stack Engineer
4 26 (23.42%) Full Stack Software Engineer
4 26 (23.42%) Java Engineer
4 26 (23.42%) Java Software Engineer
5 18 (16.22%) Software Engineering Director
6 16 (14.41%) Big Data Engineer
6 16 (14.41%) Big Data Software Engineer
6 16 (14.41%) Python Engineer
6 16 (14.41%) Python Software Engineer
7 13 (11.71%) Support Engineer
8 7 (6.31%) Analyst
8 7 (6.31%) Mobile Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) Administrator
9 6 (5.41%) IT Support
9 6 (5.41%) Senior
9 6 (5.41%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (23.42%) AngularJS
1 26 (23.42%) React
1 26 (23.42%) RESTful
1 26 (23.42%) Spring
1 26 (23.42%) Spring Boot
2 18 (16.22%) Kafka
3 1 (0.90%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 60 (54.05%) Cloud Native
1 60 (54.05%) Public Cloud
2 22 (19.82%) Product Ownership
3 20 (18.02%) Management Information System
4 9 (8.11%) Driving Licence
5 8 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.90%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.90%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.71%) Windows
2 4 (3.60%) Windows 10
2 4 (3.60%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.90%) Android
3 1 (0.90%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (55.86%) Agile
1 62 (55.86%) Decision-Making
1 62 (55.86%) Software Engineering
2 61 (54.95%) CI/CD
2 61 (54.95%) Operational Stability
2 61 (54.95%) SDLC
3 52 (46.85%) Asset Management
4 30 (27.03%) Wealth Management
5 26 (23.42%) Full Stack Development
5 26 (23.42%) Investment Management
6 20 (18.02%) Data Analysis
7 19 (17.12%) Business Intelligence
7 19 (17.12%) Data Modelling
7 19 (17.12%) Data Pipeline
8 18 (16.22%) Architectural Design
8 18 (16.22%) Community of Practice
8 18 (16.22%) Data Lineage
8 18 (16.22%) Data Strategy
8 18 (16.22%) Performance Tuning
8 18 (16.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 44 (39.64%) Java
2 34 (30.63%) Python
2 34 (30.63%) Scala
3 22 (19.82%) SQL
4 19 (17.12%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (9.01%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.21%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.80%) HND
4 1 (0.90%) Degree
4 1 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.21%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.21%) KVM
2 5 (4.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (16.22%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (22.52%) Microsoft
2 19 (17.12%) Oracle
3 18 (16.22%) Alteryx
3 18 (16.22%) Cognos
3 18 (16.22%) Databricks
3 18 (16.22%) Sybase
4 8 (7.21%) Dell
5 4 (3.60%) ConnectWise
6 1 (0.90%) HubSpot
6 1 (0.90%) Informatica
6 1 (0.90%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.90%) Zoho