SLA Contracts in Northern Ireland

Service Level Agreement (SLA)
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland with a requirement for SLA skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates 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 26 27 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing SLA 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 1.27% 2.13% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 12.50% 13.79% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £189 -
Median % change year-on-year +191.39% - -
UK median daily rate £338 £298 £375
% change year-on-year +13.45% -20.67% -5.89%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 16 29 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.19% 15.43% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 17 9
10th Percentile - £212 £274
25th Percentile £313 £252 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £375 £375
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -
75th Percentile £559 £510 £445
90th Percentile £569 £650 £505
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -2.86% +0.96% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
Median hourly rate £12.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.73
% change year-on-year -40.43% +35.23% +32.05%

SLA
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for SLA in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SLA in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for SLA in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SLA in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for SLA in Northern Ireland

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Remedy ITSM
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Change Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) BMC
1 2 (100.00%) Remedy