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 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 261 197 254
Rank change year-on-year -64 +57 0
Permanent jobs citing SLA 409 718 1,117
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.19% 1.81% 1.52%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.52% 12.40% 9.40%
Number of salaries quoted 334 491 767
10th Percentile £28,119 £25,000 £23,000
25th Percentile £34,089 £32,000 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,625 £80,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -18.75% +6.67% -6.67%

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 4,297 5,789 11,883
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.51% 14.56% 16.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,225 3,892 6,210
10th Percentile £34,905 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £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% +4.75%

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

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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 28 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 46 (11.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.22%) 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 49 (11.98%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.22%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
6 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
6 1 (0.24%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 99 (24.21%) Microsoft 365
2 80 (19.56%) Azure
3 24 (5.87%) Entra ID
3 24 (5.87%) SaaS
4 20 (4.89%) AWS
4 20 (4.89%) Snowflake
5 15 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (2.20%) OneDrive
7 8 (1.96%) IaaS
8 7 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.47%) Mimecast
9 6 (1.47%) PaaS
9 6 (1.47%) Power Platform
10 5 (1.22%) Azure Storage
10 5 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (0.73%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.73%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.73%) Taleo
12 2 (0.49%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.24%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 42 (10.27%) Firewall
2 39 (9.54%) WAN
3 37 (9.05%) LAN
4 26 (6.36%) VPN
5 22 (5.38%) Internet
6 20 (4.89%) DNS
7 19 (4.65%) DHCP
7 19 (4.65%) TCP/IP
8 16 (3.91%) SD-WAN
8 16 (3.91%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (2.93%) MPLS
9 12 (2.93%) SAN
9 12 (2.93%) Wireless
10 9 (2.20%) BGP
11 8 (1.96%) OSPF
11 8 (1.96%) VLAN
12 7 (1.71%) LTE
12 7 (1.71%) VoIP
13 6 (1.47%) 3G
13 6 (1.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 21 (5.13%) Tableau
3 12 (2.93%) MySQL
4 10 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
5 9 (2.20%) DB2
6 6 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (1.47%) Power BI
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 28 (6.85%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.49%) Git
2 2 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (0.49%) Subversion
2 2 (0.49%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle APEX
General
1 171 (41.81%) Social Skills
2 99 (24.21%) Finance
3 50 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (6.11%) Marketing
5 22 (5.38%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (3.91%) Legal
7 15 (3.67%) Telecoms
8 14 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
9 11 (2.69%) Public Sector
10 10 (2.44%) Law
10 10 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (1.96%) Financial Institution
11 8 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.71%) Banking
13 6 (1.47%) Advertising
13 6 (1.47%) Military
13 6 (1.47%) Retail
14 5 (1.22%) Fire and Rescue
14 5 (1.22%) Games
14 5 (1.22%) Police
Job Titles
1 53 (12.96%) Support Engineer
2 51 (12.47%) Senior
3 49 (11.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 46 (11.25%) Analyst
5 45 (11.00%) Service Manager
6 40 (9.78%) Lead
7 32 (7.82%) IT Manager
8 29 (7.09%) Applications Support
8 29 (7.09%) Infrastructure Support
9 28 (6.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 24 (5.87%) Business Development Manager
10 24 (5.87%) Business Manager
10 24 (5.87%) Development Manager
10 24 (5.87%) Support Analyst
11 20 (4.89%) IT Services Manager
11 20 (4.89%) VMware Engineer
11 20 (4.89%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (4.89%) VMware Support Engineer
12 19 (4.65%) IT Support
12 19 (4.65%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.60%) HTML
2 25 (6.11%) CSS
3 9 (2.20%) .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%) 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%) Middleware
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 26 (6.36%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (4.89%) Life Science
3 18 (4.40%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.67%) Data Centre
5 14 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 13 (3.18%) Clustering
6 13 (3.18%) PKI
7 10 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 8 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.71%) Replication
10 6 (1.47%) Blackberry
11 5 (1.22%) BYOD
11 5 (1.22%) CMDB
11 5 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (0.98%) Equities
13 3 (0.73%) iPhone
13 3 (0.73%) IVR
13 3 (0.73%) NHS
13 3 (0.73%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 88 (21.52%) Windows
2 46 (11.25%) Windows Server
3 29 (7.09%) Linux
4 27 (6.60%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (2.44%) Apple iOS
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 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
12 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (29.34%) ITIL
2 112 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
3 94 (22.98%) Customer Service
4 70 (17.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 70 (17.11%) Service Delivery
5 47 (11.49%) Incident Management
6 42 (10.27%) Problem Management
7 41 (10.02%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (9.29%) CRM
9 37 (9.05%) Service Management
10 36 (8.80%) Mentoring
11 33 (8.07%) ITSM
12 32 (7.82%) Agile
12 32 (7.82%) Release Management
13 30 (7.33%) Business Development
13 30 (7.33%) Change Management
14 28 (6.85%) Decision-Making
15 27 (6.60%) Roadmaps
16 26 (6.36%) Active Listening
Programming Languages
1 61 (14.91%) SQL
2 33 (8.07%) PowerShell
3 28 (6.85%) JavaScript
4 20 (4.89%) T-SQL
5 12 (2.93%) ActionScript
5 12 (2.93%) VB
6 10 (2.44%) Bash
7 9 (2.20%) C#
8 6 (1.47%) Python
9 5 (1.22%) Java
10 3 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (15.40%) Degree
2 24 (5.87%) Security Cleared
3 23 (5.62%) Cisco Certification
4 22 (5.38%) CCNA
5 20 (4.89%) CCNP
6 19 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
7 18 (4.40%) Azure Certification
8 13 (3.18%) SC Cleared
9 10 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (2.20%) 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
15 2 (0.49%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
15 2 (0.49%) MCP
15 2 (0.49%) Network+ Certification
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
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.24%) NIST
7 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 81 (19.80%) Active Directory
2 31 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (3.67%) Hyper-V
4 14 (3.42%) vSphere
5 12 (2.93%) OpenSSH
5 12 (2.93%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (2.93%) XenApp
6 8 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.49%) Docker
7 2 (0.49%) Firmware
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.24%) Lustre
8 1 (0.24%) NFS
8 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.24%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 47 (11.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.93%) IBM BigFix
2 12 (2.93%) PowerCLI
2 12 (2.93%) vCenter Server
3 9 (2.20%) SCCM
3 9 (2.20%) Terraform
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
9 1 (0.24%) OfficeScan
9 1 (0.24%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.24%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 152 (37.16%) Microsoft
2 51 (12.47%) VMware
3 50 (12.22%) SAP
4 46 (11.25%) Cisco
5 24 (5.87%) Salesforce
6 21 (5.13%) Fortinet
7 16 (3.91%) HP
8 15 (3.67%) Citrix
8 15 (3.67%) IBM
8 15 (3.67%) Meraki
9 13 (3.18%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.69%) Oracle
11 10 (2.44%) Infor
12 9 (2.20%) Dell
13 7 (1.71%) F5
14 6 (1.47%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.47%) Sun
14 6 (1.47%) Ubiquiti
15 5 (1.22%) CheckPoint
15 5 (1.22%) Google