SLA Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH 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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 266 199
Rank change year-on-year -1 -67 +68
Permanent jobs citing SLA 223 425 656
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.14% 1.19% 1.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.88% 9.65% 12.02%
Number of salaries quoted 168 348 453
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,119 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £33,875 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,094 £46,958 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.88% +3.20% +7.06%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £66,125 £70,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -18.75% +6.67%

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 3,239 4,404 5,459
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.62% 12.35% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,780 3,250 3,706
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% +5.26%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

SLA
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SLA trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing SLA over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.

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 35 (15.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (6.73%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.79%) IIS
4 3 (1.35%) Skype for Business
5 2 (0.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 28 (12.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) 1Password
3 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.45%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.90%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.90%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.90%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.45%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.45%) Magento
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 86 (38.57%) Microsoft 365
2 50 (22.42%) Azure
3 34 (15.25%) AWS
4 23 (10.31%) Entra ID
5 18 (8.07%) SaaS
6 14 (6.28%) IaaS
7 9 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.59%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.59%) PaaS
8 8 (3.59%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.69%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.24%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.24%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.79%) Azure AKS
11 4 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
12 3 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.35%) Google Workspace
13 2 (0.90%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.90%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (11.66%) DNS
2 17 (7.62%) DHCP
3 13 (5.83%) LAN
4 12 (5.38%) SAN
4 12 (5.38%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.38%) Wireless
5 11 (4.93%) Remote Desktop
5 11 (4.93%) WAN
6 10 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (4.04%) Firewall
8 8 (3.59%) VPN
9 6 (2.69%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (1.79%) BGP
10 4 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
10 4 (1.79%) IPsec
10 4 (1.79%) Junos
10 4 (1.79%) MPLS
10 4 (1.79%) Unified Communications
10 4 (1.79%) VoIP
11 3 (1.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.79%) Power BI
3 2 (0.90%) Tableau
4 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.45%) MySQL
4 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 9 (4.04%) JIRA
2 2 (0.90%) AppScan
2 2 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (0.90%) Git
2 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.90%) SonarQube
2 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.45%) Hudson
3 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 89 (39.91%) Social Skills
2 58 (26.01%) Finance
3 27 (12.11%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.52%) Back Office
4 19 (8.52%) Legal
5 10 (4.48%) Welsh Language
6 8 (3.59%) Law
7 6 (2.69%) Retail
8 5 (2.24%) Games
8 5 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.79%) Banking
9 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.35%) Automotive
10 3 (1.35%) Marketing
11 2 (0.90%) Advertising
11 2 (0.90%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 43 (19.28%) Analyst
2 42 (18.83%) Desktop Support
3 37 (16.59%) 2nd Line Support
4 34 (15.25%) Support Technician
5 32 (14.35%) Desktop Support Technician
5 32 (14.35%) Desktop Technician
6 21 (9.42%) IT Support
7 17 (7.62%) Support Engineer
8 15 (6.73%) Support Analyst
9 12 (5.38%) Server Engineer
10 11 (4.93%) Service Manager
11 10 (4.48%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
12 9 (4.04%) 1st Line Support
12 9 (4.04%) Lead
12 9 (4.04%) Senior
13 8 (3.59%) Business Analyst
13 8 (3.59%) IT Analyst
13 8 (3.59%) IT Engineer
14 7 (3.14%) Infrastructure Support
14 7 (3.14%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.24%) SAML
2 4 (1.79%) .NET
2 4 (1.79%) HTML
3 2 (0.90%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.45%) FreeMarker
4 1 (0.45%) Middleware
4 1 (0.45%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.52%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.28%) IoT
3 12 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.48%) Data Centre
5 8 (3.59%) Clustering
6 7 (3.14%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.14%) Smart Meter
6 7 (3.14%) Social Media
7 6 (2.69%) Client/Server
7 6 (2.69%) NB-IoT
7 6 (2.69%) Smart City
8 5 (2.24%) PKI
9 4 (1.79%) CMDB
9 4 (1.79%) Mobile Games
9 4 (1.79%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.35%) Replication
11 2 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 98 (43.95%) Windows
2 48 (21.52%) Windows Server
3 29 (13.00%) Windows 10
4 18 (8.07%) Linux
5 12 (5.38%) Android
6 7 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.14%) Unix
7 5 (2.24%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.24%) Windows Vista
8 4 (1.79%) AIX
8 4 (1.79%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.79%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.90%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (49.33%) ITIL
2 86 (38.57%) Customer Service
3 68 (30.49%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (17.94%) Change Management
5 37 (16.59%) Service Management
6 36 (16.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (14.80%) Problem Management
8 27 (12.11%) Customer Experience
9 26 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
10 25 (11.21%) ITSM
11 24 (10.76%) Service Delivery
12 20 (8.97%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (8.97%) Process Improvement
12 20 (8.97%) Ticket Management
13 19 (8.52%) Analytics
13 19 (8.52%) Asset Management
13 19 (8.52%) Project Management
14 18 (8.07%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (8.07%) Incident Management
15 17 (7.62%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.83%) Python
2 12 (5.38%) SQL
3 10 (4.48%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.79%) PHP
4 4 (1.79%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.45%) Bash
5 1 (0.45%) C++
5 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (17.04%) Degree
2 32 (14.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 27 (12.11%) Security Cleared
4 20 (8.97%) SC Cleared
5 19 (8.52%) DBS Check
6 17 (7.62%) MCITP
6 17 (7.62%) Network+ Certification
7 16 (7.17%) Azure Certification
7 16 (7.17%) CTC Cleared
8 15 (6.73%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (5.38%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (5.38%) MCSA
10 11 (4.93%) CCNA
11 10 (4.48%) CCNP
12 8 (3.59%) A+ Certification
12 8 (3.59%) AWS Certification
12 8 (3.59%) MCSE
13 6 (2.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (2.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (1.79%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.24%) GDPR
2 4 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 61 (27.35%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (4.48%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.69%) Docker
5 6 (2.69%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.79%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.90%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.45%) Varnish
8 1 (0.45%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (5.83%) SCCM
3 9 (4.04%) Ansible
4 8 (3.59%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.69%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.24%) AirWatch
6 5 (2.24%) Progress Chef
6 5 (2.24%) Puppet
7 4 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.35%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.90%) Kibana
9 2 (0.90%) logstash
9 2 (0.90%) SCOM
9 2 (0.90%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.90%) SCSM
10 1 (0.45%) Autotask
10 1 (0.45%) Avamar
10 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.45%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 90 (40.36%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.45%) Cisco
3 24 (10.76%) VMware
4 16 (7.17%) Apple
5 7 (3.14%) Red Hat
5 7 (3.14%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.14%) Symantec
6 6 (2.69%) Citrix
6 6 (2.69%) Veeam
7 5 (2.24%) Oracle
8 4 (1.79%) Juniper
8 4 (1.79%) SAP
8 4 (1.79%) Veritas
9 3 (1.35%) EMC
9 3 (1.35%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.35%) Google
9 3 (1.35%) Remedy
9 3 (1.35%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.90%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.90%) iManage