SLA Job Trends in Surrey

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey 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 47 65 71
Rank change year-on-year +18 +6 +26
Permanent jobs citing SLA 58 39 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 3.55% 3.26% 1.82%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 31.18% 15.98% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 30 36 20
10th Percentile £23,500 - £22,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £31,250 £22,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.14% -5.41%
75th Percentile £31,500 £54,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £36,750 £60,000 £61,625
South East median annual salary £41,250 £42,713 £32,500
% change year-on-year -3.42% +31.42% -4.41%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 186 244 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 11.39% 20.37% 15.20%
Number of salaries quoted 116 121 79
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £22,200
25th Percentile £30,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,125 £82,500 £87,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £58,250 £52,147
% change year-on-year -9.87% +11.70% -1.61%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

SLA job vacancy trend in Surrey

SLA
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SLA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SLA

SLA
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA in Surrey over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SLA in Surrey

SLA
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Guildford +18 19 £30,000 -4.76% 1
Epsom +28 9 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 7 - -
Horley - 6 £35,500 -
Redhill - 4 £50,000 - 1
Camberley +8 2 - -
Farnham - 2 £28,750 - 1
Reigate - 2 - -
SLA
South East

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (10.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Dynamics AX
2 5 (8.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (3.45%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (3.45%) Q-Pulse
3 2 (3.45%) Sage 200
3 2 (3.45%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.10%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (12.07%) Power Platform
3 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (3.45%) SaaS
5 1 (1.72%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.72%) BGP
1 1 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (1.72%) Firewall
1 1 (1.72%) IPsec
1 1 (1.72%) Network Security
1 1 (1.72%) OSPF
1 1 (1.72%) VoIP
1 1 (1.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (24.14%) JIRA
General
1 27 (46.55%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Documentation Skills
3 10 (17.24%) Finance
3 10 (17.24%) Manufacturing
4 8 (13.79%) Electronics
5 7 (12.07%) Retail
6 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
6 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Automotive
6 3 (5.17%) Legal
7 2 (3.45%) Local Government
7 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.72%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 18 (31.03%) Analyst
2 14 (24.14%) Active Directory Support
3 11 (18.97%) Service Analyst
3 11 (18.97%) Service Desk Analyst
4 9 (15.52%) 1st Line Support
4 9 (15.52%) 2nd Line Support
4 9 (15.52%) IT Support
5 8 (13.79%) IT Manager
6 6 (10.34%) Service Manager
7 5 (8.62%) ERP Analyst
7 5 (8.62%) ERP Support
7 5 (8.62%) Help Desk Manager
7 5 (8.62%) Help Desk Support
7 5 (8.62%) Service Desk Support
7 5 (8.62%) Support Analyst
8 4 (6.90%) 1st Line Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) 1st Line Support Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) IT Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.14%) Onboarding
2 7 (12.07%) NHS
3 3 (5.17%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.17%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (31.03%) Windows
2 4 (6.90%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (60.34%) ITIL
2 25 (43.10%) Customer Service
3 11 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (18.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (15.52%) ERP
5 9 (15.52%) Logistics
6 7 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (12.07%) IT Governance
6 7 (12.07%) Order to Cash
6 7 (12.07%) Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (8.62%) AI
7 5 (8.62%) API Integration
7 5 (8.62%) CRM
7 5 (8.62%) E-Commerce
7 5 (8.62%) Process Improvement
7 5 (8.62%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (8.62%) User Experience
7 5 (8.62%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (6.90%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (6.90%) DV Cleared
1 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Degree
2 3 (5.17%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.17%) PMP
3 1 (1.72%) CCNA
3 1 (1.72%) CCNP
3 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) QA
2 1 (1.72%) ITGC
System Software
1 18 (31.03%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (31.03%) SCCM
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.72%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 22 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.17%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.45%) IBM
3 2 (3.45%) OpenText
3 2 (3.45%) Sage
4 1 (1.72%) Cisco
4 1 (1.72%) Fortinet