Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 160 224
Rank change year-on-year +8 +64 -37
Permanent jobs citing SLA 1,568 1,799 3,312
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.73% 2.23% 1.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.21% 14.77% 10.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,211 1,263 2,275
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £27,629
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,500 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.75% +2.53% -1.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £74,750 £69,702
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,581 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -23.55% +14.29% -4.11%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,872 12,180 30,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.14% 15.09% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,420 7,777 14,031
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,897 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,139 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +0.28% +5.26%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SLA in the UK

SLA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England +10 1,429 £33,250 -17.74% 218
UK excluding London -8 1,291 £30,581 -23.55% 188
South East +11 415 £32,500 -18.75% 58
Work from Home -37 371 £45,000 -5.26% 76
North of England -1 313 £32,500 -9.72% 45
London -43 237 £50,000 +3.36% 46
Midlands +1 234 £28,119 -25.02% 45
West Midlands +16 182 £28,119 -25.02% 28
South West +15 132 £40,000 -5.88% 21
North West +3 130 £33,000 -20.00% 20
Yorkshire 0 124 £42,500 +23.19% 22
East of England -56 88 £35,000 -33.96% 11
North East +22 59 £24,960 -29.69% 4
Wales +14 53 £27,000 -19.40% 4
East Midlands -31 52 £28,500 -13.64% 17
Scotland -57 49 £29,500 -26.25% 7
Northern Ireland +11 7 £28,000 -37.78% 5

SLA
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:

Application Platforms
1 154 (9.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 73 (4.66%) SharePoint
3 39 (2.49%) WebLogic
4 27 (1.72%) Oracle Service Bus
5 14 (0.89%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.64%) CMS
7 7 (0.45%) IIS
8 6 (0.38%) OpenEdge
9 5 (0.32%) JBoss
10 4 (0.26%) Confluence
10 4 (0.26%) WordPress
11 3 (0.19%) Apache
11 3 (0.19%) Moodle
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.19%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.13%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
Applications
1 216 (13.78%) Microsoft Office
2 72 (4.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.91%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 59 (3.76%) Salesforce CRM
2 33 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
3 13 (0.83%) Infor SunSystems
3 13 (0.83%) iTrent
4 12 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.70%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 8 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
7 6 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
8 5 (0.32%) Temenos T24
9 4 (0.26%) Endur
9 4 (0.26%) Workday HCM
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Cash Management
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS R12
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Internet Expenses
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.19%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 403 (25.70%) Microsoft 365
2 250 (15.94%) Azure
3 76 (4.85%) AWS
4 74 (4.72%) SaaS
5 56 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 30 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (1.66%) Power Platform
8 24 (1.53%) IaaS
9 22 (1.40%) GCP
10 21 (1.34%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (1.34%) PaaS
11 15 (0.96%) Snowflake
12 14 (0.89%) OneDrive
13 13 (0.83%) Power Automate
14 11 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.64%) Mimecast
16 8 (0.51%) Azure AKS
17 7 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 7 (0.45%) Azure Pipelines
17 7 (0.45%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 136 (8.67%) Firewall
2 112 (7.14%) WAN
3 104 (6.63%) LAN
4 96 (6.12%) DNS
5 89 (5.68%) DHCP
6 72 (4.59%) TCP/IP
7 69 (4.40%) VPN
8 62 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (3.38%) Internet
10 46 (2.93%) SAN
11 33 (2.10%) Wireless
12 29 (1.85%) Network Security
13 25 (1.59%) OSPF
13 25 (1.59%) SD-WAN
14 18 (1.15%) MPLS
14 18 (1.15%) VLAN
14 18 (1.15%) WLAN
15 16 (1.02%) VoIP
16 12 (0.77%) BGP
17 10 (0.64%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (4.78%) SQL Server
2 43 (2.74%) Oracle Database
3 27 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
3 27 (1.72%) Oracle Database 10g
3 27 (1.72%) Oracle Database 11g
3 27 (1.72%) VLDB
4 15 (0.96%) Tableau
5 14 (0.89%) Apache Hive
5 14 (0.89%) Big Data
5 14 (0.89%) Hadoop
5 14 (0.89%) Impala
6 13 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
6 13 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (0.77%) Power BI
8 10 (0.64%) DB2
9 7 (0.45%) MySQL
9 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.38%) RDBMS
10 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (2.17%) JIRA
2 13 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
3 7 (0.45%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.19%) CircleCI
4 3 (0.19%) Fiddler
4 3 (0.19%) Git
4 3 (0.19%) GitLab
4 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.19%) Toad
5 2 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.064%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.064%) git-flow
6 1 (0.064%) Subversion
6 1 (0.064%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 711 (45.34%) Social Skills
2 300 (19.13%) Finance
3 243 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
4 109 (6.95%) Retail
5 98 (6.25%) Billing
6 87 (5.55%) Law
7 83 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
8 79 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 71 (4.53%) Legal
10 68 (4.34%) Telecoms
11 51 (3.25%) Banking
12 43 (2.74%) Manufacturing
13 40 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 37 (2.36%) Marketing
15 27 (1.72%) Back Office
15 27 (1.72%) Public Sector
16 19 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (1.08%) Police
18 16 (1.02%) Financial Institution
19 13 (0.83%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 301 (19.20%) Analyst
2 156 (9.95%) Support Engineer
3 145 (9.25%) Support Analyst
4 128 (8.16%) IT Support
5 126 (8.04%) Service Manager
6 122 (7.78%) Senior
7 115 (7.33%) Lead
8 101 (6.44%) Applications Support
9 96 (6.12%) Service Analyst
10 87 (5.55%) Service Desk Analyst
11 82 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 74 (4.72%) Team Leader
13 64 (4.08%) IT Manager
14 62 (3.95%) Development Manager
15 60 (3.83%) Applications Support Analyst
15 60 (3.83%) Business Manager
15 60 (3.83%) IT Engineer
16 59 (3.76%) Business Development Manager
17 58 (3.70%) IT Analyst
18 55 (3.51%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (2.10%) HTML
2 22 (1.40%) .NET
3 21 (1.34%) CSS
4 17 (1.08%) XML
5 14 (0.89%) 802.1X
5 14 (0.89%) Spring
6 13 (0.83%) REST
7 12 (0.77%) J2EE
7 12 (0.77%) Java EE
7 12 (0.77%) Web Services
8 11 (0.70%) ASP.NET
9 10 (0.64%) SOAP
10 9 (0.57%) JSON
11 8 (0.51%) ARM Templates
11 8 (0.51%) JSP
11 8 (0.51%) Servlets
12 7 (0.45%) Azure Blueprints
12 7 (0.45%) FIX Protocol
13 6 (0.38%) BREW
14 5 (0.32%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 185 (11.80%) Self-Motivation
2 105 (6.70%) Driving Licence
3 95 (6.06%) Video Conferencing
4 90 (5.74%) Video\Live Streaming
5 89 (5.68%) Digital Signage
6 85 (5.42%) Management Information System
7 73 (4.66%) Data Centre
8 33 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 29 (1.85%) Clustering
9 29 (1.85%) EPoS
10 23 (1.47%) Public Cloud
11 18 (1.15%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.02%) PKI
13 15 (0.96%) Life Science
13 15 (0.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 12 (0.77%) IoT
15 11 (0.70%) BYOD
15 11 (0.70%) CMDB
16 9 (0.57%) Product Ownership
16 9 (0.57%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 456 (29.08%) Windows
2 189 (12.05%) Windows Server
3 131 (8.35%) Windows 10
4 116 (7.40%) Linux
5 59 (3.76%) Unix
6 52 (3.32%) Windows Server 2012
7 49 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
8 43 (2.74%) Apple iOS
9 42 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 32 (2.04%) Android
11 31 (1.98%) Solaris
12 24 (1.53%) AIX
13 14 (0.89%) Windows 7
14 12 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 11 (0.70%) Mac OS
16 6 (0.38%) Windows 8
16 6 (0.38%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2008
18 4 (0.26%) CentOS
19 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (34.76%) Customer Service
2 430 (27.42%) ITIL
3 401 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
4 242 (15.43%) Service Delivery
5 207 (13.20%) Service Management
6 171 (10.91%) Incident Management
7 132 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 130 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 126 (8.04%) ITSM
10 119 (7.59%) CRM
11 108 (6.89%) Time Management
12 105 (6.70%) Presales
13 100 (6.38%) Logistics
14 97 (6.19%) Customer Experience
15 96 (6.12%) Cybersecurity
15 96 (6.12%) Decision-Making
16 95 (6.06%) Preventative Maintenance
17 94 (5.99%) Problem Management
18 92 (5.87%) Change Management
18 92 (5.87%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 170 (10.84%) SQL
2 55 (3.51%) PowerShell
3 40 (2.55%) Python
4 37 (2.36%) JavaScript
5 32 (2.04%) Java
6 31 (1.98%) PL/SQL
7 22 (1.40%) C#
8 16 (1.02%) Shell Script
9 15 (0.96%) ActionScript
9 15 (0.96%) T-SQL
9 15 (0.96%) VB
10 14 (0.89%) Scala
11 13 (0.83%) Bash
12 7 (0.45%) Bicep
13 6 (0.38%) Progress 4GL
14 2 (0.13%) Perl
14 2 (0.13%) PHP
15 1 (0.064%) C
15 1 (0.064%) C++
15 1 (0.064%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 222 (14.16%) Degree
2 165 (10.52%) Security Cleared
3 82 (5.23%) SC Cleared
4 60 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
4 60 (3.83%) ITIL Certification
5 51 (3.25%) CCNA
6 50 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 47 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
8 36 (2.30%) CCNP
9 28 (1.79%) Azure Certification
10 23 (1.47%) DBS Check
11 19 (1.21%) APMP
12 18 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (1.15%) DV Cleared
13 13 (0.83%) A+ Certification
13 13 (0.83%) MCP
14 12 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 12 (0.77%) MCSE
15 11 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
16 9 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (2.61%) GDPR
3 27 (1.72%) PCI DSS
4 26 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 23 (1.47%) PMO
6 19 (1.21%) QA
7 16 (1.02%) Data Quality
8 12 (0.77%) Accessibility
9 10 (0.64%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.32%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.26%) NIST
12 2 (0.13%) COBIT
12 2 (0.13%) GRC
12 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.13%) NEBOSH
13 1 (0.064%) COSHH
13 1 (0.064%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.064%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.064%) ISO 22301
13 1 (0.064%) SOC 2
System Software
1 341 (21.75%) Active Directory
2 113 (7.21%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (3.25%) Hyper-V
4 43 (2.74%) Firmware
5 27 (1.72%) Oracle RAC
6 24 (1.53%) vSphere
7 23 (1.47%) KVM
7 23 (1.47%) XenApp
8 19 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (0.96%) OpenSSH
10 13 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
11 9 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
12 8 (0.51%) XenDesktop
13 7 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
14 6 (0.38%) Docker
15 4 (0.26%) LXC
15 4 (0.26%) Squid
15 4 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
16 1 (0.064%) Lustre
16 1 (0.064%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 87 (5.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 48 (3.06%) SCCM
3 28 (1.79%) Oracle RMAN
4 27 (1.72%) Data Guard
5 23 (1.47%) vCenter Server
6 15 (0.96%) IBM BigFix
6 15 (0.96%) PowerCLI
7 14 (0.89%) NetBackup
8 13 (0.83%) Kubernetes
9 12 (0.77%) Backup Exec
9 12 (0.77%) OpenSSO
9 12 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
10 10 (0.64%) Terraform
10 10 (0.64%) WSUS
11 7 (0.45%) Ansible
11 7 (0.45%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) Nessus
13 4 (0.26%) Cacti
13 4 (0.26%) Opsview
13 4 (0.26%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 579 (36.93%) Microsoft
2 180 (11.48%) VMware
3 118 (7.53%) Cisco
4 97 (6.19%) SAP
5 92 (5.87%) Oracle
6 70 (4.46%) Salesforce
7 68 (4.34%) Dell
7 68 (4.34%) HP
8 67 (4.27%) Citrix
9 65 (4.15%) ServiceNow
10 54 (3.44%) IBM
11 49 (3.13%) Remedy
12 40 (2.55%) Apple
13 38 (2.42%) NetApp
14 32 (2.04%) Sun
15 26 (1.66%) Red Hat
16 24 (1.53%) Fortinet
17 19 (1.21%) Juniper
18 18 (1.15%) CheckPoint
18 18 (1.15%) Veeam