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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 281 261 197
Rank change year-on-year -20 -64 +57
Permanent jobs citing SLA 211 409 718
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.13% 1.19% 1.81%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 6.69% 9.51% 12.40%
Number of salaries quoted 166 334 491
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,119 £25,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £34,089 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.53% +7.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £66,875 £69,625 £80,000
UK median annual salary £32,750 £32,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +0.77% -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 3,152 4,299 5,789
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.86% 12.51% 14.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,735 3,227 3,892
10th Percentile £36,600 £34,843 £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 £92,500 £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 29 May 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 33 (15.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.69%) SharePoint
3 11 (5.21%) IIS
4 4 (1.90%) Confluence
5 3 (1.42%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 26 (12.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) 1Password
3 1 (0.47%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.95%) Carpe Diem
2 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.95%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.47%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.47%) Magento
3 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 83 (39.34%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (26.54%) Azure
3 46 (21.80%) AWS
4 21 (9.95%) SaaS
5 14 (6.64%) IaaS
6 13 (6.16%) Entra ID
7 9 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (3.79%) PaaS
9 6 (2.84%) OneDrive
9 6 (2.84%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.90%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.90%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.42%) Azure AKS
11 3 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.42%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.42%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.42%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.95%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.95%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.80%) DNS
2 18 (8.53%) DHCP
3 13 (6.16%) TCP/IP
4 12 (5.69%) LAN
4 12 (5.69%) SAN
5 11 (5.21%) Remote Desktop
5 11 (5.21%) Wireless
6 10 (4.74%) WAN
6 10 (4.74%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (4.27%) Firewall
7 9 (4.27%) VPN
8 6 (2.84%) LoRaWAN
9 4 (1.90%) BGP
9 4 (1.90%) Cisco IOS
9 4 (1.90%) IPsec
9 4 (1.90%) Junos
9 4 (1.90%) MPLS
9 4 (1.90%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.90%) VoIP
10 3 (1.42%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.95%) Power BI
3 2 (0.95%) Tableau
4 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (5.21%) JIRA
2 4 (1.90%) AppScan
2 4 (1.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 4 (1.90%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.90%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.95%) Git
3 2 (0.95%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.47%) Hudson
4 1 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 81 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 61 (28.91%) Finance
3 27 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.00%) Legal
5 11 (5.21%) Back Office
6 10 (4.74%) Welsh Language
7 7 (3.32%) Law
8 6 (2.84%) Retail
9 5 (2.37%) Games
10 4 (1.90%) Banking
10 4 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.42%) Marketing
12 2 (0.95%) Advertising
12 2 (0.95%) Automotive
12 2 (0.95%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.95%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 37 (17.54%) Analyst
2 35 (16.59%) 2nd Line Support
3 34 (16.11%) Desktop Support
4 26 (12.32%) Support Technician
5 24 (11.37%) Desktop Support Technician
5 24 (11.37%) Desktop Technician
6 17 (8.06%) IT Support
7 16 (7.58%) Support Engineer
8 14 (6.64%) Lead
9 13 (6.16%) Service Manager
10 12 (5.69%) Server Engineer
11 11 (5.21%) Senior
12 10 (4.74%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
12 10 (4.74%) Support Analyst
13 9 (4.27%) 1st Line Support
14 8 (3.79%) Business Analyst
14 8 (3.79%) Infrastructure Support
14 8 (3.79%) Server Support
14 8 (3.79%) Service Desk Manager
15 7 (3.32%) Report Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.74%) .NET
2 5 (2.37%) SAML
3 4 (1.90%) HTML
4 2 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.47%) FreeMarker
5 1 (0.47%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.74%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.64%) IoT
3 12 (5.69%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.69%) Onboarding
4 11 (5.21%) Client/Server
5 10 (4.74%) Private Cloud
6 9 (4.27%) Clustering
6 9 (4.27%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.79%) Driving Licence
8 7 (3.32%) Social Media
9 6 (2.84%) NB-IoT
9 6 (2.84%) Smart City
9 6 (2.84%) Smart Meter
10 5 (2.37%) PKI
11 4 (1.90%) CMDB
11 4 (1.90%) Mobile Games
11 4 (1.90%) Replication
11 4 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
12 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 87 (41.23%) Windows
2 52 (24.64%) Windows Server
3 22 (10.43%) Linux
4 21 (9.95%) Windows 10
5 12 (5.69%) Android
6 7 (3.32%) AIX
6 7 (3.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (3.32%) Unix
7 5 (2.37%) Windows Vista
8 4 (1.90%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.42%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.95%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.95%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (49.76%) ITIL
2 74 (35.07%) Customer Service
3 64 (30.33%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (20.38%) Service Management
5 42 (19.91%) Change Management
6 37 (17.54%) Problem Management
7 32 (15.17%) ITSM
8 27 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (11.85%) Asset Management
10 23 (10.90%) Process Improvement
11 22 (10.43%) Collaborative Working
12 21 (9.95%) Service Delivery
13 20 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (9.00%) Disaster Recovery
15 18 (8.53%) Project Management
16 17 (8.06%) DevOps
16 17 (8.06%) Incident Management
17 16 (7.58%) Customer Experience
18 15 (7.11%) People Management
19 14 (6.64%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (5.69%) Python
1 12 (5.69%) SQL
2 11 (5.21%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.90%) PHP
3 4 (1.90%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.47%) Bash
4 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (14.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (13.74%) Degree
3 20 (9.48%) ITIL Certification
4 18 (8.53%) DBS Check
4 18 (8.53%) Security Cleared
5 16 (7.58%) Azure Certification
5 16 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (7.11%) MCITP
6 15 (7.11%) Network+ Certification
7 12 (5.69%) MCSA
7 12 (5.69%) SC Cleared
8 11 (5.21%) CCNA
9 10 (4.74%) AWS Certification
10 9 (4.27%) CCNP
11 8 (3.79%) CTC Cleared
11 8 (3.79%) MCSE
12 6 (2.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (2.37%) A+ Certification
13 5 (2.37%) IBM AIX Certification
13 5 (2.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.90%) GDPR
2 3 (1.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
System Software
1 65 (30.81%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (5.21%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.84%) Docker
5 6 (2.84%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.90%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.47%) Varnish
8 1 (0.47%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (7.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 15 (7.11%) SCCM
2 10 (4.74%) Ansible
3 8 (3.79%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (3.32%) Progress Chef
4 7 (3.32%) Puppet
5 6 (2.84%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.37%) AirWatch
7 4 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.42%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.95%) Kibana
9 2 (0.95%) logstash
9 2 (0.95%) SCOM
9 2 (0.95%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.95%) SCSM
10 1 (0.47%) Autotask
10 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.47%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.47%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.47%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 89 (42.18%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.80%) VMware
3 24 (11.37%) Cisco
4 16 (7.58%) Apple
5 11 (5.21%) Oracle
6 9 (4.27%) Citrix
7 7 (3.32%) Red Hat
7 7 (3.32%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.32%) Symantec
8 6 (2.84%) Veeam
9 4 (1.90%) Atlassian
9 4 (1.90%) Juniper
9 4 (1.90%) Veritas
10 3 (1.42%) EMC
10 3 (1.42%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.42%) Google
10 3 (1.42%) Remedy
10 3 (1.42%) SaltStack
10 3 (1.42%) SAP
11 2 (0.95%) DocuSign