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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 91 95
Rank change year-on-year -108 +4 +57
Permanent jobs citing SLA 120 494 445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.24% 2.80% 3.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.17% 19.90% 17.80%
Number of salaries quoted 94 399 335
10th Percentile £25,125 £23,450 £25,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £24,500 £29,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £31,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -22.50% +23.08%
75th Percentile £58,750 £45,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £53,740 £63,600
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -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 1,946 2,483 2,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 20.09% 14.09% 17.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 1,616 1,213
10th Percentile £37,000 £24,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £32,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £45,125 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.40% -11.52% -2.86%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £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 31 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 31 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 -36 65 £32,500 -2.99% 49
Berkshire -22 42 £32,500 -5.80% 24
Hampshire +9 28 £37,500 -16.67% 23
Buckinghamshire +3 21 £47,500 +46.15% 14
Surrey -52 15 £57,500 +130.00% 12
Kent +10 7 £37,500 +41.51% 9
West Sussex +36 3 £27,500 -47.62% 11
East Sussex +23 2 £57,500 +72.93%
Oxfordshire +8 2 £27,500 -29.03% 17
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 (11.67%) JBoss
1 14 (11.67%) Red Hat Fuse
2 9 (7.50%) IIS
3 6 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) assyst
1 1 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.83%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (19.17%) AWS
3 22 (18.33%) Azure
4 16 (13.33%) SaaS
5 14 (11.67%) Amazon ECS
5 14 (11.67%) Amazon EKS
5 14 (11.67%) Serverless
6 5 (4.17%) IaaS
7 4 (3.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (2.50%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.50%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.83%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.67%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (6.67%) LAN
1 8 (6.67%) VLAN
1 8 (6.67%) WAN
2 7 (5.83%) DHCP
2 7 (5.83%) Firewall
3 5 (4.17%) BGP
3 5 (4.17%) IPsec
3 5 (4.17%) Junos
3 5 (4.17%) MPLS
3 5 (4.17%) SAN
4 4 (3.33%) DNS
4 4 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.50%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.67%) Network Security
6 2 (1.67%) PBX
6 2 (1.67%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.67%) VPN
6 2 (1.67%) WebEx
7 1 (0.83%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (11.67%) Relational Database
3 10 (8.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.83%) MySQL
4 1 (0.83%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (11.67%) Git
1 14 (11.67%) Jenkins
1 14 (11.67%) JUnit
2 2 (1.67%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.83%) JIRA
General
1 59 (49.17%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 11 (9.17%) Finance
4 10 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (8.33%) Retail
5 7 (5.83%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.33%) Legal
7 2 (1.67%) Military
7 2 (1.67%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.83%) Automotive
8 1 (0.83%) Billing
8 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 22 (18.33%) Analyst
2 15 (12.50%) IT Support
2 15 (12.50%) Lead
3 14 (11.67%) Developer
3 14 (11.67%) Java Developer
4 11 (9.17%) Service Manager
5 10 (8.33%) IT Analyst
6 8 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
6 8 (6.67%) Infrastructure Support
6 8 (6.67%) Support Analyst
7 7 (5.83%) Coordinator
7 7 (5.83%) Service Desk Manager
8 6 (5.00%) Service Analyst
8 6 (5.00%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (5.00%) Team Leader
9 5 (4.17%) Administrator
9 5 (4.17%) Architect
9 5 (4.17%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (4.17%) Network Architect
9 5 (4.17%) Service Desk Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.67%) Apache Camel
1 14 (11.67%) J2EE
1 14 (11.67%) REST
1 14 (11.67%) RESTful
1 14 (11.67%) SOAP
1 14 (11.67%) Spring
1 14 (11.67%) Spring Boot
1 14 (11.67%) Web Services
2 9 (7.50%) .NET
3 5 (4.17%) SAML
4 2 (1.67%) XMPP
5 1 (0.83%) CSS
5 1 (0.83%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.67%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 9 (7.50%) Client/Server
3 9 (7.50%) Private Cloud
4 8 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 8 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.83%) Onboarding
6 6 (5.00%) Driving Licence
7 5 (4.17%) PKI
8 3 (2.50%) CCTV
8 3 (2.50%) iPad
9 2 (1.67%) iPhone
9 2 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.83%) Biopharmaceutical
10 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.83%) EPoS
10 1 (0.83%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.17%) Windows
2 10 (8.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (2.50%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.50%) Mac OS X
4 3 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.83%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 32 (26.67%) ITIL
3 30 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (15.83%) ITSM
5 16 (13.33%) Agile
5 16 (13.33%) DevOps
5 16 (13.33%) Problem Management
6 15 (12.50%) Asset Management
6 15 (12.50%) Change Management
6 15 (12.50%) Service Management
6 15 (12.50%) Ticket Management
7 14 (11.67%) BDD
7 14 (11.67%) Kanban
7 14 (11.67%) Microservices
7 14 (11.67%) Scrum
7 14 (11.67%) TDD
8 13 (10.83%) Customer-Centricity
9 12 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (10.00%) Information Security
9 12 (10.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.67%) Java
2 5 (4.17%) SQL
3 2 (1.67%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.83%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (12.50%) CCNA
5 13 (10.83%) CCNP
6 11 (9.17%) Degree
7 10 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (4.17%) Azure Certification
8 5 (4.17%) JNCIS
8 5 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.50%) A+ Certification
9 3 (2.50%) CompTIA CySA+
9 3 (2.50%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.67%) CCDA
10 2 (1.67%) MCSD
10 2 (1.67%) MCSE
10 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.83%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.50%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.50%) GDPR
1 3 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (2.50%) PMO
2 2 (1.67%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.83%) COSHH
3 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 15 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 14 (11.67%) Docker
3 6 (5.00%) Firmware
4 5 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (11.67%) Ansible
1 14 (11.67%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.50%) SCCM
4 1 (0.83%) Autotask
4 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.83%) QRadar
Vendors
1 42 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.50%) Cisco
3 12 (10.00%) Oracle
4 11 (9.17%) VMware
5 8 (6.67%) Juniper
6 7 (5.83%) Veeam
7 6 (5.00%) ServiceNow
8 5 (4.17%) Dell
8 5 (4.17%) SAP
9 4 (3.33%) MobileIron
9 4 (3.33%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.50%) AlienVault
10 3 (2.50%) Fortinet
10 3 (2.50%) Freshdesk
10 3 (2.50%) HP
10 3 (2.50%) Riverbed
10 3 (2.50%) Splunk
10 3 (2.50%) Trend Micro
11 2 (1.67%) Google
11 2 (1.67%) WatchGuard