SDLC Contracts in Edinburgh

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 74 70
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 -13
Contract jobs citing SDLC 11 30 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.36% 2.32% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 2.44% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 33
10th Percentile £413 £405 £403
25th Percentile £422 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £520 £494
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +16.24%
75th Percentile £641 £625 £575
90th Percentile £699 £825 £633
Scotland median daily rate £500 £520 £499
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.26% +21.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £48.46
25th Percentile - - £49.26
Median hourly rate - - £52.81
75th Percentile - - £55.39
90th Percentile - - £55.61
Scotland median hourly rate £21.64 £65.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -66.71% +19.27% +21.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

SDLC 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 advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 714 1,230 1,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.04% 95.20% 93.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 880 1,260
10th Percentile £233 £260 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £545 £557
90th Percentile £674 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £465
% change year-on-year - +2.15% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 13 19
10th Percentile £14.94 £14.07 £14.94
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.13
Median hourly rate £21.02 £21.26 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -35.58% -39.42%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £51.25
90th Percentile - £64.90 £53.86
Scotland median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £31.50
% change year-on-year +9.11% -43.75% -27.59%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) OCI
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle Reports
General
1 8 (72.73%) Public Sector
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Banking
4 1 (9.09%) Electronics
4 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Lead
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
4 1 (9.09%) Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Life and Pensions Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Software Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
3 3 (27.27%) Backlog Management
3 3 (27.27%) Business Case
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Impact Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Product Backlog
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Impact Assessments
4 2 (18.18%) Integration Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Regression Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Roadmaps
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Test Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Ada
1 1 (9.09%) C
1 1 (9.09%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft