SLA Job Trends in West Sussex

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring SLA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 42 47
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 +32
Permanent jobs citing SLA 4 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 1.01% 0.33% 2.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.70% 1.39% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 10
10th Percentile £35,175 - £24,850
25th Percentile £41,813 £25,750 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £26,500 £35,250
Median % change year-on-year +110.38% -24.82% +28.18%
75th Percentile £71,813 £27,250 £39,000
90th Percentile £79,725 - -
South East median annual salary £41,250 £42,713 £32,500
% change year-on-year -3.42% +31.42% -4.41%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 46 72 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 11.56% 23.45% 18.02%
Number of salaries quoted 38 34 51
10th Percentile £30,225 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £51,563 £43,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £71,875 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,990 £75,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £58,250 £52,147
% change year-on-year -9.87% +11.70% -1.61%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

SLA job vacancy trend in West Sussex

SLA
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SLA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SLA

SLA
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA in West Sussex over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SLA in West Sussex

SLA
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Crawley - 2 - - 2
Worthing +2 1 £31,500 +18.87%
SLA
South East

SLA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Contracts Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Line Management
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle