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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 148 220
Rank change year-on-year +3 +72 -29
Permanent jobs citing SLA 2,053 2,316 3,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.95% 2.44% 1.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.93% 13.34% 11.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 1,504 2,160
10th Percentile £23,500 £25,500 £23,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £30,000 £27,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +6.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £48,750 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £73,750 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £30,000 £39,475 £35,000
% change year-on-year -24.00% +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 13,751 17,364 29,149
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.07% 18.32% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,220 8,453 13,464
10th Percentile £26,500 £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% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,100 £93,650 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.17% +1.05%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +12 1,842 £32,500 -18.75% 440
UK excluding London -11 1,625 £30,000 -24.00% 362
South East +2 498 £31,000 -21.47% 83
Work from Home -77 417 £48,500 +6.59% 133
London +3 385 £45,000 - 100
North of England -7 373 £29,500 -21.33% 89
Midlands +5 275 £28,500 -17.39% 70
West Midlands -2 188 £28,119 -25.02% 50
South West -11 165 £37,500 +0.22% 35
North West -19 163 £28,500 -36.67% 49
East of England -44 141 £32,500 -40.91% 48
Yorkshire -7 137 £37,500 +15.38% 25
Scotland -40 101 £24,811 -37.97% 19
East Midlands -2 87 £28,500 -13.64% 20
North East +20 73 £24,960 -30.67% 15
Wales +15 69 £26,500 -17.19% 12
Northern Ireland +11 7 £28,000 -37.78% 17

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 (9.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 83 (4.04%) SharePoint
3 70 (3.41%) WebLogic
4 44 (2.14%) Oracle Service Bus
5 32 (1.56%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.49%) CMS
7 7 (0.34%) Confluence
7 7 (0.34%) IIS
8 5 (0.24%) JBoss
9 3 (0.15%) IBM Notes
9 3 (0.15%) Moodle
9 3 (0.15%) WordPress
10 2 (0.097%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.097%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.097%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.049%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.049%) OpenEdge
11 1 (0.049%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.049%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.049%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 333 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
2 122 (5.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (2.48%) MS Visio
4 29 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.097%) Trello
9 1 (0.049%) 1Password
Business Applications
1 48 (2.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 42 (2.05%) Salesforce CRM
3 18 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
4 17 (0.83%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 13 (0.63%) Infor SunSystems
5 13 (0.63%) iTrent
6 5 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.24%) Fidessa
6 5 (0.24%) Temenos T24
7 4 (0.19%) Endur
7 4 (0.19%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.15%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.097%) assyst
9 2 (0.097%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.097%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.097%) SAP ERP
10 1 (0.049%) Oracle Cash Management
10 1 (0.049%) Oracle E-Business Tax
10 1 (0.049%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.049%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 503 (24.50%) Microsoft 365
2 308 (15.00%) Azure
3 156 (7.60%) SaaS
4 132 (6.43%) AWS
5 63 (3.07%) Entra ID
6 34 (1.66%) Power Platform
7 29 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
8 28 (1.36%) Mimecast
9 25 (1.22%) OneDrive
10 22 (1.07%) GCP
11 21 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
12 20 (0.97%) Power Automate
12 20 (0.97%) Snowflake
13 17 (0.83%) IaaS
14 16 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (0.63%) Google Workspace
15 13 (0.63%) PaaS
16 7 (0.34%) Azure AKS
17 6 (0.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 6 (0.29%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 168 (8.18%) Firewall
2 123 (5.99%) DNS
3 113 (5.50%) LAN
4 110 (5.36%) DHCP
5 108 (5.26%) VPN
6 104 (5.07%) WAN
7 96 (4.68%) TCP/IP
8 95 (4.63%) Wi-Fi
9 60 (2.92%) SAN
10 58 (2.83%) Internet
11 57 (2.78%) Wireless
12 35 (1.70%) VoIP
13 27 (1.32%) SD-WAN
14 26 (1.27%) MPLS
15 25 (1.22%) VLAN
16 24 (1.17%) Network Security
17 21 (1.02%) OSPF
17 21 (1.02%) WLAN
18 19 (0.93%) Broadband
19 18 (0.88%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (3.80%) SQL Server
2 50 (2.44%) Oracle Database
3 44 (2.14%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (2.14%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (2.14%) VLDB
4 38 (1.85%) Tableau
5 32 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
6 30 (1.46%) Big Data
7 27 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
8 25 (1.22%) DB2
9 19 (0.93%) MongoDB
9 19 (0.93%) MySQL
10 18 (0.88%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.68%) Apache Hive
11 14 (0.68%) Hadoop
11 14 (0.68%) Impala
12 13 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
12 13 (0.63%) Power BI
13 8 (0.39%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 57 (2.78%) JIRA
2 6 (0.29%) SonarQube
3 5 (0.24%) Octopus Deploy
3 5 (0.24%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.19%) Git
4 4 (0.19%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.097%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.097%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.097%) GitLab
5 2 (0.097%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (0.097%) Postman
5 2 (0.097%) Subversion
6 1 (0.049%) git-flow
6 1 (0.049%) MSI
6 1 (0.049%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.049%) Sourcetree
6 1 (0.049%) Toad
6 1 (0.049%) Visual Studio
General
1 979 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 457 (22.26%) Finance
3 326 (15.88%) Analytical Skills
4 242 (11.79%) Law
5 221 (10.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 142 (6.92%) Retail
7 132 (6.43%) Organisational Skills
8 96 (4.68%) Billing
9 92 (4.48%) Telecoms
10 91 (4.43%) Banking
11 71 (3.46%) Legal
12 63 (3.07%) Marketing
13 49 (2.39%) Public Sector
14 44 (2.14%) Manufacturing
15 43 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.51%) Back Office
17 30 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
18 29 (1.41%) Financial Institution
19 27 (1.32%) Police
20 24 (1.17%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 379 (18.46%) Analyst
2 249 (12.13%) Senior
3 233 (11.35%) Service Manager
4 219 (10.67%) Support Engineer
5 188 (9.16%) Support Analyst
6 186 (9.06%) IT Support
7 153 (7.45%) Service Delivery Manager
8 152 (7.40%) Delivery Manager
9 141 (6.87%) Applications Support
10 135 (6.58%) Lead
11 124 (6.04%) Service Analyst
12 122 (5.94%) Service Desk Analyst
13 103 (5.02%) Senior Manager
14 101 (4.92%) IT Engineer
15 100 (4.87%) Senior Service Manager
16 98 (4.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 95 (4.63%) Senior Delivery Manager
17 95 (4.63%) Senior Service Delivery Manager
18 92 (4.48%) Applications Support Analyst
19 83 (4.04%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.48%) Spring
2 30 (1.46%) HTML
3 29 (1.41%) AngularJS
4 28 (1.36%) React
5 26 (1.27%) .NET
5 26 (1.27%) CSS
5 26 (1.27%) J2EE
5 26 (1.27%) Java EE
5 26 (1.27%) RESTful
6 24 (1.17%) Spring Boot
7 16 (0.78%) Kafka
8 11 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (0.44%) LDAP
10 7 (0.34%) ADSI
10 7 (0.34%) ARM Templates
10 7 (0.34%) Web Services
11 6 (0.29%) Azure Blueprints
11 6 (0.29%) EDI
11 6 (0.29%) OLE
11 6 (0.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 207 (10.08%) Self-Motivation
2 131 (6.38%) Driving Licence
3 112 (5.46%) Management Information System
4 101 (4.92%) Video Conferencing
5 90 (4.38%) Digital Signage
5 90 (4.38%) Video\Live Streaming
6 69 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 64 (3.12%) Public Cloud
8 56 (2.73%) Cloud Native
9 43 (2.09%) Onboarding
10 33 (1.61%) EPoS
11 30 (1.46%) Product Ownership
12 26 (1.27%) Clustering
13 22 (1.07%) Life Science
14 20 (0.97%) Replication
15 19 (0.93%) IoT
16 17 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 13 (0.63%) BYOD
17 13 (0.63%) PKI
18 11 (0.54%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 583 (28.40%) Windows
2 256 (12.47%) Windows Server
3 156 (7.60%) Windows 10
4 149 (7.26%) Linux
5 99 (4.82%) Unix
6 54 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 49 (2.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 47 (2.29%) Solaris
8 47 (2.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 43 (2.09%) Apple iOS
10 36 (1.75%) Android
11 24 (1.17%) AIX
12 14 (0.68%) Mac OS
13 13 (0.63%) Windows 7
14 11 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (0.39%) CentOS
15 8 (0.39%) Ubuntu
15 8 (0.39%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.29%) Windows 8
17 4 (0.19%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 693 (33.76%) Customer Service
2 543 (26.45%) ITIL
3 524 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
4 370 (18.02%) Service Delivery
5 256 (12.47%) Service Management
6 243 (11.84%) Incident Management
7 194 (9.45%) Mentoring
8 172 (8.38%) ITSM
9 163 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 159 (7.74%) Continuous Improvement
11 140 (6.82%) Asset Management
12 134 (6.53%) Agile
13 133 (6.48%) Contract Negotiation
14 132 (6.43%) Time Management
15 128 (6.23%) Decision-Making
16 122 (5.94%) Change Management
17 119 (5.80%) Performance Management
18 118 (5.75%) Presales
19 110 (5.36%) Logistics
20 108 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 218 (10.62%) SQL
2 85 (4.14%) Java
3 69 (3.36%) PowerShell
4 64 (3.12%) Python
5 63 (3.07%) PL/SQL
6 43 (2.09%) JavaScript
7 30 (1.46%) Scala
8 29 (1.41%) Shell Script
9 25 (1.22%) C#
10 22 (1.07%) Bash
11 20 (0.97%) T-SQL
12 12 (0.58%) ActionScript
12 12 (0.58%) VB
13 6 (0.29%) Bicep
13 6 (0.29%) Perl
14 5 (0.24%) Ruby
15 2 (0.097%) PHP
16 1 (0.049%) C
16 1 (0.049%) Progress 4GL
16 1 (0.049%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 242 (11.79%) Degree
2 237 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 133 (6.48%) SC Cleared
4 76 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 63 (3.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 60 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 59 (2.87%) ITIL Certification
8 52 (2.53%) CCNA
9 36 (1.75%) CCNP
10 33 (1.61%) MCP
11 32 (1.56%) DBS Check
11 32 (1.56%) DV Cleared
12 29 (1.41%) A+ Certification
13 28 (1.36%) Azure Certification
14 21 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
15 19 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 18 (0.88%) HND
17 16 (0.78%) MCSE
17 16 (0.78%) Network+ Certification
18 12 (0.58%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (2.39%) GDPR
2 46 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (2.14%) PCI DSS
4 28 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (1.22%) QA
6 16 (0.78%) PMO
7 15 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 15 (0.73%) ISO 9001
8 11 (0.54%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.29%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.24%) NIST
11 2 (0.097%) COBIT
11 2 (0.097%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.097%) Disclosure Scotland
11 2 (0.097%) GRC
11 2 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (0.097%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.049%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.049%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.049%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 456 (22.21%) Active Directory
2 123 (5.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (3.75%) Hyper-V
4 44 (2.14%) Oracle RAC
5 39 (1.90%) KVM
6 35 (1.70%) Firmware
7 23 (1.12%) vSphere
8 18 (0.88%) XenApp
9 17 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
9 17 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
10 12 (0.58%) OpenSSH
11 8 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
12 6 (0.29%) Docker
13 5 (0.24%) VMware Workstation
13 5 (0.24%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.15%) LXC
15 3 (0.15%) Squid
16 1 (0.049%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 1 (0.049%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 103 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 65 (3.17%) SCCM
3 45 (2.19%) Oracle RMAN
4 44 (2.14%) Data Guard
5 28 (1.36%) Kubernetes
6 27 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (1.27%) OpenSSO
8 20 (0.97%) vCenter Server
9 18 (0.88%) WSUS
10 14 (0.68%) NetBackup
11 12 (0.58%) Backup Exec
11 12 (0.58%) IBM BigFix
11 12 (0.58%) PowerCLI
11 12 (0.58%) Terraform
12 10 (0.49%) FortiGate
13 8 (0.39%) Ansible
14 6 (0.29%) Istio
14 6 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
14 6 (0.29%) Nessus
14 6 (0.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 806 (39.26%) Microsoft
2 202 (9.84%) VMware
3 187 (9.11%) Dell
4 176 (8.57%) ServiceNow
5 127 (6.19%) Cisco
5 127 (6.19%) Oracle
6 89 (4.34%) SAP
7 84 (4.09%) Citrix
8 77 (3.75%) Remedy
9 71 (3.46%) HP
10 56 (2.73%) IBM
11 53 (2.58%) Apple
12 52 (2.53%) Salesforce
13 49 (2.39%) Sun
14 39 (1.90%) NetApp
15 36 (1.75%) Meraki
16 32 (1.56%) Sophos
16 32 (1.56%) Veeam
17 25 (1.22%) Google
18 22 (1.07%) Fortinet