SLA Jobs in the Thames Valley

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 86 89
Rank change year-on-year -29 +3 -10
Permanent jobs citing SLA 98 128 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.07% 3.30% 3.79%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.05% 21.59% 21.98%
Number of salaries quoted 42 68 199
10th Percentile £23,025 £25,750 £24,400
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,675 £31,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.44% +3.33% -28.57%
75th Percentile £47,088 £53,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £63,250 £61,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +12.68% +1.43%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 543 593 1,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.47% 15.30% 17.25%
Number of salaries quoted 239 318 645
10th Percentile £31,100 £30,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,006 £41,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year - -0.94% +6.00%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the Thames Valley

SLA
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for SLA in the Thames Valley

SLA
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 October 2024.

Salary histogram for SLA in the Thames Valley

SLA
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Berkshire -5 58 £42,500 +2.51% 14
Oxfordshire -8 20 £72,500 +195.92% 3
Buckinghamshire -30 20 £32,500 +4.84% 7
SLA
South East

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.04%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 18 (18.37%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (10.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.08%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.02%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (17.35%) IaaS
2 17 (17.35%) PaaS
3 12 (12.24%) Azure
4 7 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 5 (5.10%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.08%) SaaS
7 3 (3.06%) Taleo
8 2 (2.04%) AWS
9 1 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.02%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.33%) Firewall
2 11 (11.22%) OSPF
3 10 (10.20%) DNS
4 9 (9.18%) DHCP
4 9 (9.18%) WAN
5 4 (4.08%) TCP/IP
6 3 (3.06%) Radio Access Network
6 3 (3.06%) SD-WAN
6 3 (3.06%) VPN
7 2 (2.04%) Network Security
8 1 (1.02%) Internet
8 1 (1.02%) MPLS
8 1 (1.02%) NAS
8 1 (1.02%) SAN
8 1 (1.02%) SNMP
8 1 (1.02%) VLAN
8 1 (1.02%) VoIP
8 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.10%) GIS
1 5 (5.10%) Power BI
2 4 (4.08%) MySQL
2 4 (4.08%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.02%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.02%) SAP HANA
General
1 42 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 28 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (21.43%) Telecoms
4 16 (16.33%) Legal
5 9 (9.18%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (8.16%) Finance
7 6 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (5.10%) Police
9 4 (4.08%) Games
9 4 (4.08%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.06%) Digital Economy
10 3 (3.06%) Law
10 3 (3.06%) Retail
11 2 (2.04%) Billing
11 2 (2.04%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (24.49%) Analyst
2 13 (13.27%) Support Analyst
3 12 (12.24%) Contracts Manager
4 11 (11.22%) IT Support
5 10 (10.20%) Applications Support
5 10 (10.20%) IT Manager
6 9 (9.18%) IT Analyst
6 9 (9.18%) IT Support Analyst
6 9 (9.18%) Service Analyst
7 7 (7.14%) Commercial Manager
8 6 (6.12%) Commercial Contracts Manager
8 6 (6.12%) Consultant
8 6 (6.12%) Network Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (5.10%) Applications Support Analyst
9 5 (5.10%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (5.10%) Firewall Specialist
9 5 (5.10%) Network Specialist
9 5 (5.10%) Performance Analyst
9 5 (5.10%) Service Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.22%) 802.1X
2 4 (4.08%) .NET
2 4 (4.08%) CSS
2 4 (4.08%) HTML
3 2 (2.04%) Middleware
4 1 (1.02%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 19 (19.39%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (15.31%) Driving Licence
3 11 (11.22%) Data Centre
4 6 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.08%) Virtual Team
6 3 (3.06%) FMCG
6 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.02%) Digital Currency
7 1 (1.02%) IoT
7 1 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (17.35%) Windows
2 13 (13.27%) Windows 10
3 6 (6.12%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (5.10%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (4.08%) Windows Server
6 3 (3.06%) Windows 8
7 2 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.02%) Android
8 1 (1.02%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.02%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (38.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (29.59%) Problem-Solving
3 28 (28.57%) Customer Service
3 28 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 25 (25.51%) ITIL
5 22 (22.45%) Contract Management
6 20 (20.41%) Service Delivery
7 19 (19.39%) Business Continuity
8 18 (18.37%) Information Security
9 17 (17.35%) Regulatory Compliance
10 16 (16.33%) Business Strategy
10 16 (16.33%) Creative Thinking
11 14 (14.29%) Business Development
11 14 (14.29%) Mentoring
12 13 (13.27%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (13.27%) Time Management
13 12 (12.24%) Network Management
14 11 (11.22%) CRM
14 11 (11.22%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 11 (11.22%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.10%) SQL
2 4 (4.08%) C#
2 4 (4.08%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.06%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.02%) Perl
4 1 (1.02%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (20.41%) Degree
2 14 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.16%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (6.12%) MCP
5 5 (5.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (4.08%) MCITP
6 4 (4.08%) MCSE
6 4 (4.08%) MCTS
7 3 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.06%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.04%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.04%) CCENT
8 2 (2.04%) CCNA
8 2 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.04%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.04%) Server+ Certification
9 1 (1.02%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) GDPR
2 5 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (5.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.02%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.02%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.02%) NIST
4 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (13.27%) Active Directory
2 11 (11.22%) Firmware
3 2 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (5.10%) SCCM
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.02%) Autotask
Vendors
1 34 (34.69%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.14%) Extreme Networks
2 7 (7.14%) Juniper
3 6 (6.12%) ServiceNow
4 5 (5.10%) Citrix
5 4 (4.08%) arcserve
5 4 (4.08%) Sophos
6 3 (3.06%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.04%) Acronis
7 2 (2.04%) Cisco
7 2 (2.04%) WatchGuard
8 1 (1.02%) AlienVault
8 1 (1.02%) Apple
8 1 (1.02%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.02%) LogRhythm
8 1 (1.02%) Oracle
8 1 (1.02%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.02%) SAP
8 1 (1.02%) Splunk
8 1 (1.02%) Veeam