Supply Chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SLSA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SLSA over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 23 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 976 | 1205 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +229 | - |
| Permanent jobs citing SLSA | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.002% | 0.006% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | - | 0.006% | 0.016% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £63,000 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £66,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | - | £81,000 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | - | - | £70,500 |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK
SLSA is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 20,983 | 32,058 | 61,781 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 21.47% | 30.33% | 40.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15,729 | 19,642 | 30,449 |
| 10th Percentile | £36,250 | £41,227 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £50,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £67,500 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +8.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £87,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.35% | +4.55% | +10.00% |
SLSA
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SLSA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.