Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Hampshire > Southampton
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring SLA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | 50 | 45 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +11 | -5 | +13 |
| Permanent jobs citing SLA | 6 | 15 | 17 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton | 1.11% | 2.75% | 3.66% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 13.64% | 17.24% | 54.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £39,625 | £46,250 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £41,250 | £47,500 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.16% | +46.15% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £42,875 | £48,750 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £49,975 | - |
| Hampshire median annual salary | £41,250 | £41,250 | £39,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +4.43% | +12.86% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Southampton
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 Southampton.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 44 | 87 | 31 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton | 8.16% | 15.93% | 6.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 56 | 28 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,000 | £46,250 | £29,450 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,625 | £49,813 | £31,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £44,241 | £55,000 | £36,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.56% | +49.66% | -26.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £71,938 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £94,000 | £98,750 | £61,795 |
| Hampshire median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | - |
SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SLA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.
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Salary Trend in Southampton
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SLA.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:
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