SLA Jobs in the South East

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 92 101
Rank change year-on-year -101 +9 +47
Permanent jobs citing SLA 121 478 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.26% 2.83% 3.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.46% 19.60% 16.93%
Number of salaries quoted 97 389 336
10th Percentile £25,125 £23,450 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £24,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,500 £39,475
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% -22.74% +21.46%
75th Percentile £60,000 £45,000 £45,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £53,998 £62,938
England median annual salary £32,750 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +0.77% -18.75% +6.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,873 2,439 2,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.44% 14.46% 18.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,120 1,603 1,244
10th Percentile £36,250 £24,500 £30,086
25th Percentile £51,250 £31,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £45,250 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.02% -11.27% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,600 £61,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the South East

SLA
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA in the South East.

Salary trend for SLA in the South East

SLA
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SLA in the South East

SLA
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Thames Valley -40 61 £36,250 +8.21% 46
Berkshire -33 38 £32,500 -7.80% 26
Hampshire +7 29 £29,000 -35.56% 43
Buckinghamshire +6 21 £52,500 +61.54% 12
Surrey -47 18 £57,500 +130.00% 6
Kent +11 8 £37,500 +41.51% 7
West Sussex +35 3 £27,000 -29.41% 16
East Sussex +19 2 £57,500 +72.93% 1
Oxfordshire +16 2 £27,500 -35.29% 16
SLA
England

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (11.57%) JBoss
1 14 (11.57%) Red Hat Fuse
2 13 (10.74%) IIS
3 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.83%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 33 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (22.31%) AWS
3 25 (20.66%) Azure
4 18 (14.88%) SaaS
5 14 (11.57%) Amazon ECS
5 14 (11.57%) Amazon EKS
5 14 (11.57%) Serverless
6 4 (3.31%) IaaS
6 4 (3.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 3 (2.48%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.48%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.83%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.26%) LAN
1 10 (8.26%) WAN
2 9 (7.44%) Firewall
3 8 (6.61%) Cisco IOS
3 8 (6.61%) VLAN
4 7 (5.79%) DHCP
5 6 (4.96%) DNS
5 6 (4.96%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.96%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (4.13%) BGP
6 5 (4.13%) IPsec
6 5 (4.13%) Junos
6 5 (4.13%) MPLS
6 5 (4.13%) VPN
7 4 (3.31%) SAN
7 4 (3.31%) WebEx
8 3 (2.48%) PBX
9 2 (1.65%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.83%) Internet
10 1 (0.83%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.40%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (11.57%) Relational Database
2 14 (11.57%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.83%) MySQL
3 1 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (11.57%) Git
1 14 (11.57%) Jenkins
1 14 (11.57%) JUnit
2 2 (1.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (49.59%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.40%) Public Sector
3 12 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.26%) Finance
4 10 (8.26%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (8.26%) Retail
5 8 (6.61%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.48%) Legal
8 2 (1.65%) Military
8 2 (1.65%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.83%) Automotive
9 1 (0.83%) Back Office
9 1 (0.83%) Billing
9 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (14.88%) Analyst
1 18 (14.88%) Lead
2 16 (13.22%) IT Support
3 14 (11.57%) Developer
3 14 (11.57%) Java Developer
4 10 (8.26%) IT Analyst
4 10 (8.26%) Service Manager
5 9 (7.44%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (6.61%) Service Desk Manager
7 7 (5.79%) Coordinator
7 7 (5.79%) Infrastructure Support
7 7 (5.79%) Senior
8 6 (4.96%) Service Analyst
8 6 (4.96%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (4.96%) Service Desk Team Leader
8 6 (4.96%) Team Leader
9 5 (4.13%) Architect
9 5 (4.13%) Network Architect
9 5 (4.13%) Support Engineer
10 4 (3.31%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.57%) Apache Camel
1 14 (11.57%) J2EE
1 14 (11.57%) REST
1 14 (11.57%) RESTful
1 14 (11.57%) SOAP
1 14 (11.57%) Spring
1 14 (11.57%) Spring Boot
1 14 (11.57%) Web Services
2 12 (9.92%) .NET
3 4 (3.31%) SAML
3 4 (3.31%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.57%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (10.74%) Management Information System
3 12 (9.92%) Client/Server
3 12 (9.92%) Private Cloud
4 8 (6.61%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.96%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.96%) Driving Licence
5 6 (4.96%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.31%) PKI
7 3 (2.48%) CCTV
7 3 (2.48%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.65%) EPoS
8 2 (1.65%) iPad
8 2 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.83%) Clustering
9 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.83%) iPhone
9 1 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.36%) Windows
2 10 (8.26%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.48%) Mac OS X
4 3 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.65%) Linux
6 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (35.54%) Customer Service
2 32 (26.45%) ITIL
3 28 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (19.01%) ITSM
5 16 (13.22%) Asset Management
5 16 (13.22%) Customer-Centricity
5 16 (13.22%) DevOps
6 15 (12.40%) Agile
6 15 (12.40%) Problem Management
6 15 (12.40%) Service Management
7 14 (11.57%) BDD
7 14 (11.57%) Configuration Management
7 14 (11.57%) Information Security
7 14 (11.57%) Kanban
7 14 (11.57%) Microservices
7 14 (11.57%) People Management
7 14 (11.57%) Scrum
7 14 (11.57%) Security Management
7 14 (11.57%) TDD
8 13 (10.74%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.57%) Java
2 3 (2.48%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.48%) SQL
3 1 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (19.01%) SC Cleared
1 23 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.57%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (10.74%) CCNA
3 13 (10.74%) ITIL Certification
4 12 (9.92%) CCNP
5 9 (7.44%) Degree
6 5 (4.13%) JNCIS
7 4 (3.31%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (2.48%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (1.65%) CCDA
9 2 (1.65%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.65%) MCSD
9 2 (1.65%) MCSE
9 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.48%) GDPR
1 3 (2.48%) PMO
2 2 (1.65%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.65%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.83%) COSHH
3 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 15 (12.40%) Active Directory
1 15 (12.40%) Docker
2 5 (4.13%) Firmware
2 5 (4.13%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.31%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (11.57%) Ansible
1 14 (11.57%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.48%) SCCM
4 1 (0.83%) Autotask
4 1 (0.83%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.83%) QRadar
Vendors
1 50 (41.32%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.40%) Cisco
2 15 (12.40%) Oracle
3 11 (9.09%) VMware
4 8 (6.61%) ServiceNow
5 7 (5.79%) Juniper
5 7 (5.79%) Veeam
6 6 (4.96%) Dell
6 6 (4.96%) SAP
7 4 (3.31%) Citrix
7 4 (3.31%) HP
7 4 (3.31%) MobileIron
7 4 (3.31%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.48%) AlienVault
8 3 (2.48%) Draytek
8 3 (2.48%) Freshdesk
8 3 (2.48%) Riverbed
8 3 (2.48%) Trend Micro
8 3 (2.48%) Ubiquiti
8 3 (2.48%) WatchGuard