SLA Jobs with Work from Home Options

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SLA over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 200 249
Rank change year-on-year -60 +49 +3
Permanent jobs citing SLA 409 718 1,060
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.21% 1.73% 1.55%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.54% 11.83% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 341 509 756
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,000 £22,625
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year -18.75% +5.26% -5.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

SLA is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,286 6,071 10,878
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.69% 14.64% 15.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,243 4,106 5,993
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

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

SLA
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 9 May 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 56 (13.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (5.13%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.47%) IIS
4 2 (0.49%) Confluence
4 2 (0.49%) Oracle Service Bus
4 2 (0.49%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.24%) CMS
5 1 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 61 (14.91%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 23 (5.62%) Salesforce CRM
2 13 (3.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 13 (3.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (2.44%) Infor SunSystems
3 10 (2.44%) iTrent
4 3 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.24%) Cognos Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.24%) Maximo
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 115 (28.12%) Microsoft 365
2 83 (20.29%) Azure
3 24 (5.87%) Entra ID
3 24 (5.87%) SaaS
4 22 (5.38%) AWS
5 20 (4.89%) Snowflake
6 16 (3.91%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (2.69%) OneDrive
8 10 (2.44%) IaaS
9 8 (1.96%) Mimecast
9 8 (1.96%) Power Platform
10 7 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.47%) PaaS
11 6 (1.47%) Power Automate
11 6 (1.47%) PowerApps
12 5 (1.22%) Azure Storage
12 5 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.73%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.73%) Taleo
14 1 (0.24%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 45 (11.00%) Firewall
2 41 (10.02%) WAN
3 39 (9.54%) LAN
4 30 (7.33%) VPN
5 23 (5.62%) DHCP
6 22 (5.38%) TCP/IP
7 21 (5.13%) DNS
8 19 (4.65%) Internet
9 17 (4.16%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (3.67%) SAN
11 14 (3.42%) SD-WAN
12 12 (2.93%) MPLS
12 12 (2.93%) Wireless
13 9 (2.20%) BGP
14 8 (1.96%) OSPF
15 7 (1.71%) LTE
15 7 (1.71%) Unified Communications
15 7 (1.71%) VLAN
15 7 (1.71%) VoIP
15 7 (1.71%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.05%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.13%) Tableau
3 10 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
3 10 (2.44%) MySQL
4 8 (1.96%) Power BI
5 7 (1.71%) DB2
6 6 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.22%) RDBMS
7 5 (1.22%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.98%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (0.49%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.49%) VLDB
10 1 (0.24%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI EE
10 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (6.60%) JIRA
2 3 (0.73%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.73%) Git
2 3 (0.73%) Subversion
3 2 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.49%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
General
1 174 (42.54%) Social Skills
2 97 (23.72%) Finance
3 51 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.11%) Marketing
5 23 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (4.40%) Legal
7 15 (3.67%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.69%) Banking
9 11 (2.69%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.44%) Law
10 10 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.96%) Retail
12 6 (1.47%) Advertising
12 6 (1.47%) Financial Institution
12 6 (1.47%) Games
12 6 (1.47%) Military
13 5 (1.22%) Fire and Rescue
13 5 (1.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 52 (12.71%) Support Engineer
2 51 (12.47%) Senior
3 46 (11.25%) Analyst
4 45 (11.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (11.00%) Service Manager
5 39 (9.54%) Lead
6 32 (7.82%) IT Manager
7 24 (5.87%) Business Development Manager
7 24 (5.87%) Business Manager
7 24 (5.87%) Development Manager
7 24 (5.87%) Support Analyst
8 23 (5.62%) Infrastructure Support
9 22 (5.38%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 21 (5.13%) Applications Support
11 20 (4.89%) 2nd Line Support
11 20 (4.89%) IT Support
12 18 (4.40%) IT Services Manager
12 18 (4.40%) Team Leader
13 17 (4.16%) Network Engineer
14 16 (3.91%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (6.11%) HTML
2 24 (5.87%) CSS
3 7 (1.71%) .NET
4 4 (0.98%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.98%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (0.73%) EDI
6 2 (0.49%) JSON
6 2 (0.49%) Middleware
6 2 (0.49%) Software Packaging
6 2 (0.49%) XML
7 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.24%) Apache Camel
7 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.24%) BREW
7 1 (0.24%) Node.js
7 1 (0.24%) REST
7 1 (0.24%) SAML
7 1 (0.24%) SOAP
7 1 (0.24%) Spring
7 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.09%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (5.38%) Driving Licence
3 20 (4.89%) Life Science
4 16 (3.91%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.44%) Blackberry
6 10 (2.44%) Clustering
6 10 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (2.44%) PKI
7 9 (2.20%) BYOD
7 9 (2.20%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.20%) Replication
8 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.22%) CMDB
9 5 (1.22%) iPad
10 4 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (0.98%) Equities
10 4 (0.98%) Low-Code
11 3 (0.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (0.73%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 106 (25.92%) Windows
2 51 (12.47%) Windows Server
3 33 (8.07%) Windows 10
4 27 (6.60%) Linux
5 13 (3.18%) Apple iOS
6 12 (2.93%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (1.96%) Android
8 6 (1.47%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.22%) Unix
10 4 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.49%) AIX
12 2 (0.49%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.49%) Solaris
12 2 (0.49%) VMS
12 2 (0.49%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (30.32%) ITIL
2 111 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
3 95 (23.23%) Customer Service
4 71 (17.36%) Service Delivery
5 67 (16.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 48 (11.74%) Incident Management
7 42 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
8 39 (9.54%) Problem Management
9 38 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (9.29%) Service Management
10 37 (9.05%) CRM
11 32 (7.82%) Release Management
12 31 (7.58%) Business Development
12 31 (7.58%) ITSM
12 31 (7.58%) Mentoring
13 29 (7.09%) Change Management
13 29 (7.09%) Decision-Making
13 29 (7.09%) Roadmaps
14 28 (6.85%) Agile
15 27 (6.60%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 57 (13.94%) SQL
2 32 (7.82%) PowerShell
3 27 (6.60%) JavaScript
4 20 (4.89%) T-SQL
5 10 (2.44%) Bash
6 9 (2.20%) ActionScript
6 9 (2.20%) VB
7 7 (1.71%) C#
8 6 (1.47%) Python
9 5 (1.22%) Java
10 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (15.40%) Degree
2 25 (6.11%) Security Cleared
3 24 (5.87%) Cisco Certification
4 23 (5.62%) CCNA
5 20 (4.89%) CCNP
6 18 (4.40%) Azure Certification
7 17 (4.16%) ITIL Certification
8 16 (3.91%) SC Cleared
9 13 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (1.96%) DBS Check
12 6 (1.47%) GCSC
13 5 (1.22%) MCSE
14 3 (0.73%) CCDA
14 3 (0.73%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.73%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.73%) MCP
15 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.49%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (4.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.47%) GDPR
4 5 (1.22%) QA
5 3 (0.73%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.49%) PMO
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
System Software
1 97 (23.72%) Active Directory
2 35 (8.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (3.91%) Hyper-V
4 11 (2.69%) vSphere
5 9 (2.20%) OpenSSH
5 9 (2.20%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (2.20%) XenApp
6 8 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.49%) Docker
8 2 (0.49%) Firmware
8 2 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.24%) Lustre
9 1 (0.24%) NFS
9 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 49 (11.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.18%) SCCM
3 9 (2.20%) IBM BigFix
3 9 (2.20%) PowerCLI
3 9 (2.20%) Terraform
3 9 (2.20%) vCenter Server
4 7 (1.71%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.22%) Ansible
6 4 (0.98%) Kubernetes
7 3 (0.73%) Nessus
7 3 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.49%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.49%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.24%) Icinga
9 1 (0.24%) Kibana
9 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 168 (41.08%) Microsoft
2 54 (13.20%) VMware
3 50 (12.22%) SAP
4 45 (11.00%) Cisco
5 24 (5.87%) Salesforce
6 21 (5.13%) Fortinet
7 19 (4.65%) HP
8 16 (3.91%) Meraki
9 15 (3.67%) ServiceNow
10 13 (3.18%) Citrix
10 13 (3.18%) IBM
11 11 (2.69%) Dell
11 11 (2.69%) Oracle
12 10 (2.44%) Infor
13 9 (2.20%) Sun
14 7 (1.71%) F5
15 6 (1.47%) ConnectWise
15 6 (1.47%) Palo Alto
15 6 (1.47%) Ubiquiti
16 5 (1.22%) Google