SLA Job Trends in the West Midlands

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring SLA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 59 91
Rank change year-on-year -88 +32 +10
Permanent jobs citing SLA 58 129 183
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.69% 4.10% 2.48%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.81% 21.61% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 30 100 157
10th Percentile - - £23,500
25th Percentile £30,580 £28,822 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,580 £28,119
Median % change year-on-year +47.16% +8.75% -25.02%
75th Percentile £63,750 £49,125 £47,500
90th Percentile £74,375 £67,500 £66,625
England median annual salary £40,000 £33,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +21.21% +1.54% -18.75%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 852 597 1,165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.07% 18.98% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 431 376 879
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,139 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,900 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.13% -1.12% +3.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,813 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

SLA job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

SLA
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SLA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing SLA

SLA
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SLA in the West Midlands

SLA
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Staffordshire -32 18 £30,580 +6.10% 1
Birmingham -11 17 £62,500 -3.85% 10
Warwickshire -23 17 £70,000 +137.29% 2
Shropshire - 1 - - 3
SLA
England

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (6.90%) SAP CO
2 4 (6.90%) SAP FI
2 4 (6.90%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (5.17%) SAP FSCM
3 3 (5.17%) SAP HR
3 3 (5.17%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 19 (32.76%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (8.62%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (3.45%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.72%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (24.14%) Firewall
1 14 (24.14%) LAN
1 14 (24.14%) WAN
2 4 (6.90%) DHCP
2 4 (6.90%) DNS
3 3 (5.17%) VLAN
4 2 (3.45%) VPN
5 1 (1.72%) BGP
5 1 (1.72%) IPFIX
5 1 (1.72%) OSPF
5 1 (1.72%) SNMP
5 1 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.90%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.72%) Oracle Database
General
1 8 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.07%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.62%) Retail
5 3 (5.17%) Law
6 1 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.72%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (34.48%) Support Engineer
2 14 (24.14%) Technical Engineer
2 14 (24.14%) Technical Support
2 14 (24.14%) Technical Support Engineer
3 11 (18.97%) Analyst
3 11 (18.97%) Business Development Manager
3 11 (18.97%) Business Manager
3 11 (18.97%) Development Manager
4 7 (12.07%) Service Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) IT Manager
5 6 (10.34%) SAP Support
5 6 (10.34%) Service Desk Analyst
5 6 (10.34%) Service Manager
6 5 (8.62%) IT Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) IT Support
6 5 (8.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (8.62%) Senior
7 4 (6.90%) IT Services Manager
7 4 (6.90%) Lead
7 4 (6.90%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) Onboarding
2 14 (24.14%) Data Centre
3 5 (8.62%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.17%) Private Cloud
4 3 (5.17%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) NHS
5 1 (1.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (51.72%) Windows
2 7 (12.07%) Windows Server
3 6 (10.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.72%) Android
4 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.72%) Linux
4 1 (1.72%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (29.31%) ITIL
3 14 (24.14%) Proactive Monitoring
3 14 (24.14%) SIEM
4 12 (20.69%) CRM
4 12 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (18.97%) Active Listening
5 11 (18.97%) B2B
5 11 (18.97%) Business Development
5 11 (18.97%) Deadline-Driven
5 11 (18.97%) ITSM
5 11 (18.97%) Value Proposition
6 9 (15.52%) Coaching
7 7 (12.07%) Change Management
8 6 (10.34%) Customer Service
9 5 (8.62%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (8.62%) Ticket Management
10 4 (6.90%) Infrastructure Maintenance
10 4 (6.90%) Mentoring
10 4 (6.90%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.72%) Python
2 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) Degree
2 4 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 15 (25.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (18.97%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.17%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.72%) Grafana
2 1 (1.72%) Nagios
2 1 (1.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (32.76%) SAP
2 15 (25.86%) Microsoft
2 15 (25.86%) VMware
3 14 (24.14%) Cisco
3 14 (24.14%) Dell
3 14 (24.14%) Juniper
3 14 (24.14%) McAfee
4 11 (18.97%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.72%) Oracle
6 1 (1.72%) Veeam