Service-Level Objectives (SLO)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Service-Level Objective skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Service-Level Objective 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 | 680 | 845 | 906 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +165 | +61 | +222 |
| Permanent jobs citing Service-Level Objective | 49 | 38 | 55 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.087% | 0.038% | 0.055% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.093% | 0.045% | 0.058% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 38 | 20 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,750 | £69,750 | £58,850 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £70,000 | £69,425 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £68,505 | £90,000 | £83,909 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -23.88% | +7.26% | +11.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £87,500 | £102,813 | £97,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,625 | £113,750 | £99,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £67,626 | £70,000 | £73,234 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.39% | -4.42% | +4.62% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Service-Level Objective falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 52,544 | 85,078 | 94,862 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.81% | 85.26% | 95.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,695 | 59,840 | 55,939 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £29,071 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -9.84% | +1.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Service-Level Objective
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Service-Level Objective as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Service-Level Objective
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service-Level Objective.
Service-Level Objective
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Service-Level Objective over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.
Service-Level Objective
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service-Level Objective within the UK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +149 | 42 | £69,384 | -22.91% | 37 |
| UK excluding London | +181 | 30 | £67,626 | -3.39% | 27 |
| Work from Home | +141 | 23 | £69,384 | -10.47% | 17 |
| London | +120 | 19 | £69,384 | -30.62% | 17 |
| North of England | +49 | 10 | £69,384 | -0.88% | 6 |
| North West | 0 | 7 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 5 |
| Scotland | +103 | 6 | £45,000 | - | 3 |
| South West | +111 | 4 | £78,569 | +14.28% | 3 |
| South East | - | 4 | £52,500 | - | 7 |
| East of England | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| North East | - | 3 | £69,384 | - | |
| Midlands | +63 | 1 | £67,626 | -26.89% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +47 | 1 | £67,626 | -26.89% | 1 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £67,626 | - |
Service-Level Objective
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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