SLA Jobs with Work from Home Options

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 233 196 263
Rank change year-on-year -37 +67 -16
Permanent jobs citing SLA 371 570 1,173
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.33% 1.74% 1.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.18% 12.16% 9.29%
Number of salaries quoted 297 413 806
10th Percentile £28,119 £26,250 £24,375
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,000 £71,701
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year -19.75% +2.53% -1.25%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,644 4,686 12,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 13.04% 14.28% 16.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,573 3,463 6,469
10th Percentile £35,050 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,457 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £73,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%

SLA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SLA trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SLA.

SLA salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SLA over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

SLA salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SLA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 30 (8.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (4.31%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.08%) IIS
4 2 (0.54%) Confluence
5 1 (0.27%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.27%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 33 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 44 (11.86%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (2.70%) Infor SunSystems
2 10 (2.70%) iTrent
3 9 (2.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 9 (2.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.54%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.27%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 83 (22.37%) Microsoft 365
2 61 (16.44%) Azure
3 27 (7.28%) SaaS
4 21 (5.66%) Entra ID
5 17 (4.58%) Cloud Computing
6 15 (4.04%) Snowflake
7 8 (2.16%) IaaS
8 7 (1.89%) AWS
8 7 (1.89%) PaaS
9 6 (1.62%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.35%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.08%) Power Platform
12 3 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (0.81%) Taleo
13 1 (0.27%) Azure Storage
13 1 (0.27%) ClickUp
13 1 (0.27%) GCP
13 1 (0.27%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.28%) WAN
2 26 (7.01%) Firewall
2 26 (7.01%) LAN
3 21 (5.66%) Internet
4 17 (4.58%) VPN
5 14 (3.77%) TCP/IP
6 12 (3.23%) DNS
6 12 (3.23%) SD-WAN
6 12 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (2.96%) DHCP
8 7 (1.89%) SAN
8 7 (1.89%) VoIP
8 7 (1.89%) Wireless
9 6 (1.62%) Network Security
9 6 (1.62%) VLAN
10 4 (1.08%) MPLS
10 4 (1.08%) SSL
11 3 (0.81%) PBX
11 3 (0.81%) WAAS
11 3 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.63%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.04%) Tableau
3 10 (2.70%) BusinessObjects
3 10 (2.70%) DB2
4 7 (1.89%) MySQL
5 5 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.35%) RDBMS
5 5 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.08%) Power BI
7 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.27%) Hazelcast
8 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.27%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 12 (3.23%) JIRA
2 2 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (0.54%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.27%) Git
3 1 (0.27%) Subversion
General
1 150 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 95 (25.61%) Finance
3 39 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.39%) Marketing
5 18 (4.85%) Legal
5 18 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (2.96%) Financial Institution
6 11 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (2.96%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.43%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (2.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.89%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
9 5 (1.35%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.35%) Retail
10 4 (1.08%) Billing
10 4 (1.08%) Front Office
10 4 (1.08%) Games
10 4 (1.08%) Law
11 3 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 46 (12.40%) Service Manager
2 45 (12.13%) Support Engineer
3 44 (11.86%) Analyst
3 44 (11.86%) Business Development Manager
3 44 (11.86%) Business Manager
3 44 (11.86%) Development Manager
4 37 (9.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 35 (9.43%) IT Manager
6 32 (8.63%) Senior
7 29 (7.82%) Lead
8 27 (7.28%) Infrastructure Support
9 26 (7.01%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 25 (6.74%) Support Analyst
11 24 (6.47%) VMware Engineer
11 24 (6.47%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (6.47%) VMware Support Engineer
12 22 (5.93%) IT Services Manager
13 19 (5.12%) Applications Support
14 18 (4.85%) IT Support
15 17 (4.58%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.20%) HTML
2 20 (5.39%) CSS
3 10 (2.70%) .NET
4 7 (1.89%) XML
5 6 (1.62%) BREW
6 4 (1.08%) ASP.NET
6 4 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (0.81%) EDI
7 3 (0.81%) Software Packaging
8 2 (0.54%) JSON
9 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.27%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.27%) ARM Templates
9 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.27%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.27%) Middleware
9 1 (0.27%) Node.js
9 1 (0.27%) REST
9 1 (0.27%) SAML
9 1 (0.27%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (4.31%) Clustering
2 16 (4.31%) Management Information System
2 16 (4.31%) PKI
3 15 (4.04%) Life Science
4 11 (2.96%) Driving Licence
5 7 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.89%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.62%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.35%) CMDB
7 5 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.08%) Equities
8 4 (1.08%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (0.81%) IVR
9 3 (0.81%) NHS
9 3 (0.81%) Photography
10 2 (0.54%) iPhone
10 2 (0.54%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 75 (20.22%) Windows
2 44 (11.86%) Windows Server
3 24 (6.47%) Windows 10
4 20 (5.39%) Linux
5 17 (4.58%) Windows Server 2012
6 9 (2.43%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.16%) Android
8 7 (1.89%) Mac OS
9 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.08%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.81%) Unix
10 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.54%) AIX
11 2 (0.54%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.27%) VMS
12 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (28.84%) ITIL
2 89 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
3 82 (22.10%) Customer Service
4 61 (16.44%) Service Delivery
5 59 (15.90%) CRM
5 59 (15.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 51 (13.75%) Business Development
7 47 (12.67%) Active Listening
8 44 (11.86%) B2B
8 44 (11.86%) Deadline-Driven
8 44 (11.86%) Value Proposition
9 43 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (10.78%) Cybersecurity
10 40 (10.78%) Problem Management
11 37 (9.97%) Service Management
12 31 (8.36%) Change Management
12 31 (8.36%) ITSM
12 31 (8.36%) Mentoring
13 28 (7.55%) Agile
13 28 (7.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 48 (12.94%) SQL
2 30 (8.09%) PowerShell
3 23 (6.20%) JavaScript
4 15 (4.04%) ActionScript
4 15 (4.04%) T-SQL
4 15 (4.04%) VB
5 9 (2.43%) C#
6 5 (1.35%) Bash
6 5 (1.35%) Java
6 5 (1.35%) Python
7 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (16.98%) Degree
2 26 (7.01%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (6.74%) CCNA
4 21 (5.66%) CCNP
4 21 (5.66%) ITIL Certification
5 19 (5.12%) Azure Certification
6 18 (4.85%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.89%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.89%) SC Cleared
9 6 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.35%) MCSE
11 3 (0.81%) CCDA
11 3 (0.81%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.54%) CWNA
12 2 (0.54%) CWTS
12 2 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (0.54%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.27%) GCSC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (5.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.89%) GDPR
4 3 (0.81%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.81%) QA
5 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.27%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.27%) NIST
6 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 62 (16.71%) Active Directory
2 31 (8.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.58%) vSphere
4 15 (4.04%) OpenSSH
4 15 (4.04%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (4.04%) XenApp
5 9 (2.43%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.54%) Docker
7 2 (0.54%) Firmware
7 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.27%) Lustre
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 34 (9.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (4.04%) IBM BigFix
2 15 (4.04%) PowerCLI
2 15 (4.04%) vCenter Server
3 5 (1.35%) SCCM
3 5 (1.35%) Terraform
4 4 (1.08%) Kubernetes
5 3 (0.81%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.81%) Nessus
6 2 (0.54%) Ansible
6 2 (0.54%) Rundeck
7 1 (0.27%) Icinga
7 1 (0.27%) Kibana
7 1 (0.27%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.27%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.27%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.27%) SCOM
7 1 (0.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (35.58%) Microsoft
2 66 (17.79%) SAP
3 46 (12.40%) Salesforce
4 42 (11.32%) VMware
5 33 (8.89%) Cisco
6 22 (5.93%) Fortinet
7 17 (4.58%) Citrix
7 17 (4.58%) IBM
8 13 (3.50%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.70%) Infor
9 10 (2.70%) Oracle
10 8 (2.16%) Meraki
11 5 (1.35%) HP
12 4 (1.08%) ConnectWise
12 4 (1.08%) Dell
12 4 (1.08%) Palo Alto
12 4 (1.08%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.08%) Remedy
12 4 (1.08%) Sun
13 3 (0.81%) Workday