Service-Level Objectives (SLO)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Service-Level Objective skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service-Level Objective over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 562 | 678 | 795 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +116 | +117 | -109 |
| Contract jobs citing Service-Level Objective | 16 | 38 | 72 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.037% | 0.064% | 0.081% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.043% | 0.072% | 0.090% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 23 | 51 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | £438 | £431 |
| 25th Percentile | £513 | £475 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £623 | £525 | £700 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.57% | -25.00% | +23.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £638 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £698 | £775 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £623 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.50% | -9.09% | +29.41% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £66.25 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £67.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68.75 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £67.50 | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
Service-Level Objective is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 37,480 | 53,073 | 80,381 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.37% | 89.85% | 90.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 24,166 | 36,804 | 56,457 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £340 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +8.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,447 | 1,751 | 1,910 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.25 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £36.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.11% | +44.00% | +2.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.14% | +75.00% | -6.98% |
Service-Level Objective
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Service-Level Objective as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service-Level Objective.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service-Level Objective over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service-Level Objective.
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Top 7 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service-Level Objective within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +59 | 10 | £623 | +24.50% | 5 |
| England | +84 | 8 | £550 | +10.00% | 10 |
| Scotland | - | 8 | £623 | - | |
| London | +96 | 6 | £575 | +4.55% | 3 |
| Work from Home | +110 | 2 | £525 | -4.55% | 6 |
| North of England | +28 | 2 | £525 | +20.00% | 3 |
| North West | +27 | 2 | £525 | +20.00% | 2 |
Service-Level Objective
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: