Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 151 213
Rank change year-on-year +6 +62 -20
Permanent jobs citing SLA 2,000 2,339 3,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.95% 2.40% 1.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.67% 12.97% 11.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,483 1,510 2,159
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,024 £30,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +6.67% -6.67%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,270 £73,750 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,500 £39,475 £35,000
% change year-on-year -22.74% +12.79% -6.67%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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 requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,629 18,029 28,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.28% 18.52% 17.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 8,543 13,451
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,825
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.55% +0.68%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SLA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SLA.

Salary trend for SLA in the UK

SLA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SLA over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SLA in the UK

SLA
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +6 1,787 £32,500 -18.75% 466
UK excluding London -10 1,571 £30,500 -22.74% 377
South East +6 489 £31,000 -21.47% 91
Work from Home -64 409 £48,500 +7.78% 134
London +8 386 £45,000 - 106
North of England -23 336 £32,750 -12.67% 94
Midlands +5 271 £28,119 -18.50% 76
West Midlands -1 189 £28,119 -25.02% 50
South West -4 163 £37,500 +0.22% 35
North West -8 161 £28,500 -36.67% 56
Yorkshire +2 137 £35,000 +8.70% 27
East of England -46 137 £32,500 -40.91% 60
Scotland -27 105 £24,811 -37.97% 20
East Midlands -7 82 £28,500 -10.94% 26
Wales +17 67 £26,000 -18.75% 14
North East -6 38 £35,000 -2.78% 11
Northern Ireland +12 7 £28,000 -37.78% 2

SLA
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:

Application Platforms
1 193 (9.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 70 (3.50%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.20%) Oracle Service Bus
5 36 (1.80%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.50%) CMS
7 7 (0.35%) Confluence
7 7 (0.35%) IIS
8 5 (0.25%) JBoss
9 3 (0.15%) IBM Notes
9 3 (0.15%) Moodle
9 3 (0.15%) WordPress
10 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.050%) Apache
11 1 (0.050%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.050%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.050%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.050%) OpenStack
Applications
1 336 (16.80%) Microsoft Office
2 122 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (2.55%) MS Visio
4 29 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.10%) Trello
9 1 (0.050%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 48 (2.40%) Remedy ITSM
2 43 (2.15%) Salesforce CRM
3 18 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (0.85%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 13 (0.65%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.65%) iTrent
6 5 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.25%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.25%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.20%) Endur
7 4 (0.20%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.10%) assyst
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.10%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.050%) Cognos Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.050%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.050%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 495 (24.75%) Microsoft 365
2 298 (14.90%) Azure
3 156 (7.80%) SaaS
4 136 (6.80%) AWS
5 59 (2.95%) Entra ID
6 34 (1.70%) Power Platform
7 28 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (1.40%) Mimecast
8 26 (1.30%) OneDrive
9 21 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
9 21 (1.05%) GCP
9 21 (1.05%) Power Automate
10 20 (1.00%) Snowflake
11 17 (0.85%) IaaS
12 16 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (0.65%) Google Workspace
13 13 (0.65%) PaaS
14 7 (0.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (0.35%) Azure AKS
15 6 (0.30%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 166 (8.30%) Firewall
2 120 (6.00%) DNS
3 108 (5.40%) LAN
4 107 (5.35%) DHCP
5 106 (5.30%) VPN
6 99 (4.95%) WAN
7 93 (4.65%) TCP/IP
8 90 (4.50%) Wi-Fi
9 58 (2.90%) Internet
9 58 (2.90%) SAN
10 55 (2.75%) Wireless
11 35 (1.75%) VoIP
12 26 (1.30%) SD-WAN
13 25 (1.25%) MPLS
13 25 (1.25%) VLAN
14 23 (1.15%) Network Security
15 21 (1.05%) WLAN
16 20 (1.00%) OSPF
17 19 (0.95%) Broadband
18 18 (0.90%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 48 (2.40%) Oracle Database
3 44 (2.20%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (2.20%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (2.20%) VLDB
4 39 (1.95%) Tableau
5 33 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
5 33 (1.65%) Big Data
6 27 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (1.30%) DB2
8 20 (1.00%) MongoDB
9 19 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.95%) MySQL
10 16 (0.80%) Apache Hive
10 16 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 16 (0.80%) Impala
11 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
11 13 (0.65%) Power BI
12 9 (0.45%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 60 (3.00%) JIRA
2 6 (0.30%) SonarQube
3 5 (0.25%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
3 5 (0.25%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.20%) Git
5 3 (0.15%) Postman
6 2 (0.10%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.10%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.10%) GitLab
6 2 (0.10%) Subversion
7 1 (0.050%) git-flow
7 1 (0.050%) MSI
7 1 (0.050%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.050%) Sourcetree
7 1 (0.050%) Toad
7 1 (0.050%) Visual Studio
General
1 937 (46.85%) Social Skills
2 464 (23.20%) Finance
3 325 (16.25%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (12.30%) Law
5 225 (11.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 128 (6.40%) Organisational Skills
7 105 (5.25%) Retail
8 96 (4.80%) Billing
9 93 (4.65%) Banking
10 90 (4.50%) Telecoms
11 72 (3.60%) Legal
12 64 (3.20%) Marketing
13 49 (2.45%) Public Sector
14 44 (2.20%) Manufacturing
15 42 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.55%) Back Office
17 30 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 30 (1.50%) Financial Institution
18 27 (1.35%) Police
19 25 (1.25%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 358 (17.90%) Analyst
2 249 (12.45%) Senior
3 227 (11.35%) Service Manager
4 218 (10.90%) Support Engineer
5 185 (9.25%) Support Analyst
6 184 (9.20%) IT Support
7 151 (7.55%) Service Delivery Manager
8 150 (7.50%) Delivery Manager
9 139 (6.95%) Applications Support
10 138 (6.90%) Lead
11 123 (6.15%) Service Analyst
12 121 (6.05%) Service Desk Analyst
13 103 (5.15%) Senior Manager
14 101 (5.05%) IT Engineer
15 100 (5.00%) Senior Service Manager
16 95 (4.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 95 (4.75%) Senior Delivery Manager
16 95 (4.75%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
17 91 (4.55%) Applications Support Analyst
18 84 (4.20%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (2.60%) Spring
2 30 (1.50%) AngularJS
3 29 (1.45%) HTML
3 29 (1.45%) React
4 27 (1.35%) RESTful
5 26 (1.30%) J2EE
5 26 (1.30%) Java EE
6 25 (1.25%) .NET
6 25 (1.25%) CSS
6 25 (1.25%) Spring Boot
7 17 (0.85%) Kafka
8 11 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
9 7 (0.35%) ADSI
9 7 (0.35%) ARM Templates
9 7 (0.35%) LDAP
10 6 (0.30%) Azure Blueprints
10 6 (0.30%) EDI
10 6 (0.30%) OLE
10 6 (0.30%) REST
10 6 (0.30%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 204 (10.20%) Self-Motivation
2 130 (6.50%) Driving Licence
3 111 (5.55%) Management Information System
4 99 (4.95%) Video Conferencing
5 90 (4.50%) Digital Signage
5 90 (4.50%) Video\Live Streaming
6 68 (3.40%) Public Cloud
7 65 (3.25%) Data Centre
8 60 (3.00%) Cloud Native
9 42 (2.10%) Onboarding
10 33 (1.65%) Product Ownership
11 32 (1.60%) EPoS
12 27 (1.35%) Clustering
13 22 (1.10%) Life Science
14 19 (0.95%) IoT
14 19 (0.95%) Replication
15 18 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 14 (0.70%) BYOD
17 13 (0.65%) PKI
18 11 (0.55%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 580 (29.00%) Windows
2 251 (12.55%) Windows Server
3 161 (8.05%) Windows 10
4 146 (7.30%) Linux
5 100 (5.00%) Unix
6 55 (2.75%) Windows Server 2019
7 50 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 48 (2.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 46 (2.30%) Solaris
10 44 (2.20%) Apple iOS
11 36 (1.80%) Android
12 23 (1.15%) AIX
13 16 (0.80%) Mac OS
14 14 (0.70%) Windows 7
15 10 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 8 (0.40%) CentOS
16 8 (0.40%) Ubuntu
16 8 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
17 7 (0.35%) Windows 8
18 4 (0.20%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 689 (34.45%) Customer Service
2 536 (26.80%) ITIL
3 487 (24.35%) Problem-Solving
4 331 (16.55%) Service Delivery
5 257 (12.85%) Service Management
6 243 (12.15%) Incident Management
7 191 (9.55%) Mentoring
8 173 (8.65%) ITSM
9 160 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 160 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 142 (7.10%) Asset Management
11 137 (6.85%) Agile
12 134 (6.70%) Contract Negotiation
13 132 (6.60%) Decision-Making
14 128 (6.40%) Time Management
15 121 (6.05%) Change Management
16 119 (5.95%) Performance Management
17 117 (5.85%) Presales
18 110 (5.50%) Logistics
19 108 (5.40%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 215 (10.75%) SQL
2 87 (4.35%) Java
3 69 (3.45%) Python
4 68 (3.40%) PowerShell
5 64 (3.20%) PL/SQL
6 41 (2.05%) JavaScript
7 33 (1.65%) Scala
8 28 (1.40%) Shell Script
9 24 (1.20%) C#
10 22 (1.10%) Bash
11 20 (1.00%) T-SQL
12 12 (0.60%) ActionScript
12 12 (0.60%) VB
13 6 (0.30%) Bicep
13 6 (0.30%) Perl
14 5 (0.25%) Ruby
15 2 (0.10%) PHP
16 1 (0.050%) C
16 1 (0.050%) VB.NET
16 1 (0.050%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 236 (11.80%) Degree
1 236 (11.80%) Security Cleared
2 132 (6.60%) SC Cleared
3 77 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 62 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 57 (2.85%) ITIL Certification
6 56 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
7 48 (2.40%) CCNA
8 35 (1.75%) CCNP
9 32 (1.60%) DV Cleared
10 31 (1.55%) MCP
11 30 (1.50%) DBS Check
12 29 (1.45%) A+ Certification
12 29 (1.45%) Azure Certification
13 22 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
14 19 (0.95%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 18 (0.90%) HND
16 16 (0.80%) MCSE
16 16 (0.80%) Network+ Certification
17 12 (0.60%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (2.40%) GDPR
2 44 (2.20%) PCI DSS
3 43 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 26 (1.30%) QA
6 15 (0.75%) Accessibility
6 15 (0.75%) PMO
7 14 (0.70%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.25%) NIST
10 2 (0.10%) COBIT
10 2 (0.10%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.10%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.10%) GRC
10 2 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 2 (0.10%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.050%) COSHH
11 1 (0.050%) FISMA
11 1 (0.050%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.050%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 451 (22.55%) Active Directory
2 119 (5.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (3.75%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.20%) Oracle RAC
5 39 (1.95%) KVM
6 34 (1.70%) Firmware
7 23 (1.15%) vSphere
8 17 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 17 (0.85%) XenApp
9 16 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (0.60%) OpenSSH
11 8 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
12 6 (0.30%) Docker
13 4 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
13 4 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.20%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.10%) LXC
14 2 (0.10%) Squid
15 1 (0.050%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.050%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 101 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 66 (3.30%) SCCM
3 45 (2.25%) Oracle RMAN
4 44 (2.20%) Data Guard
5 29 (1.45%) Kubernetes
6 27 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (1.30%) OpenSSO
8 20 (1.00%) vCenter Server
9 18 (0.90%) WSUS
10 14 (0.70%) NetBackup
11 12 (0.60%) Backup Exec
11 12 (0.60%) IBM BigFix
11 12 (0.60%) PowerCLI
11 12 (0.60%) Terraform
12 11 (0.55%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.40%) SCOM
14 7 (0.35%) Ansible
15 6 (0.30%) Istio
15 6 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.30%) Nessus
Vendors
1 796 (39.80%) Microsoft
2 195 (9.75%) VMware
3 184 (9.20%) Dell
4 173 (8.65%) ServiceNow
5 126 (6.30%) Oracle
6 124 (6.20%) Cisco
7 90 (4.50%) SAP
8 84 (4.20%) Citrix
9 77 (3.85%) Remedy
10 66 (3.30%) HP
11 54 (2.70%) IBM
12 53 (2.65%) Apple
12 53 (2.65%) Salesforce
13 49 (2.45%) Sun
14 38 (1.90%) NetApp
15 36 (1.80%) Meraki
16 32 (1.60%) Sophos
16 32 (1.60%) Veeam
17 24 (1.20%) Google
18 22 (1.10%) Fortinet