SDLC Contracts in the UK excluding London

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 109 95
Rank change year-on-year -23 -14 -1
Contract jobs citing SDLC 358 536 851
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.75% 2.28% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 2.55% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 323 603
10th Percentile £312 £393 £375
25th Percentile £413 £447 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £699 £663
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £563
% change year-on-year -4.17% +6.67% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 37 40
10th Percentile £32.73 £46.55 £35.00
25th Percentile £43.20 £50.00 £44.75
Median hourly rate £48.00 £59.03 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.69% +7.33% -
75th Percentile £52.75 £65.00 £66.11
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £58.77 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.32% +6.85% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDLC in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDLC in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SDLC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +26 96 £475 -9.52% 106
South East -5 84 £590 +14.01% 87
Scotland +12 74 £465 -15.50% 40
North West +15 67 £463 -9.76% 62
South West +8 40 £625 +4.17% 59
Midlands -30 32 £575 +15.00% 76
Yorkshire +13 26 £500 -7.41% 35
West Midlands -26 23 £675 +25.46% 45
East of England -12 18 £550 +4.76% 34
Wales +15 15 £515 +8.42% 15
East Midlands +8 9 £514 +14.17% 31
North East +8 3 - - 9
Isle of Man - 2 - -
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (2.51%) Apache Spark
1 9 (2.51%) Confluence
2 6 (1.68%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (1.68%) Apache Solr
2 6 (1.68%) SAS
3 4 (1.12%) CMS
3 4 (1.12%) nginx
4 3 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 3 (0.84%) Apache
4 3 (0.84%) Drupal
4 3 (0.84%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.56%) Cloud Foundry
5 2 (0.56%) Mule
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 26 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.84%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.96%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.56%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.56%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.28%) Loan IQ
5 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.28%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.28%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 98 (27.37%) Azure
2 82 (22.91%) AWS
3 29 (8.10%) Serverless
4 22 (6.15%) GCP
5 21 (5.87%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (5.59%) GitHub
7 18 (5.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 18 (5.03%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (4.75%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (4.47%) Entra ID
10 15 (4.19%) Azure Functions
11 9 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (2.51%) SaaS
12 7 (1.96%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.40%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.40%) OpenShift
14 4 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.51%) DNS
1 9 (2.51%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.68%) Fibre Channel
2 6 (1.68%) iSCSI
3 5 (1.40%) ATM
4 4 (1.12%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.12%) IPsec
4 4 (1.12%) SAN
5 3 (0.84%) BGP
5 3 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.84%) IOS XR
5 3 (0.84%) SNA
5 3 (0.84%) SSL
5 3 (0.84%) VSAN
6 2 (0.56%) Tactical Data Link
7 1 (0.28%) DHCP
7 1 (0.28%) Network Security
7 1 (0.28%) RS-422
7 1 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (9.22%) NoSQL
2 23 (6.42%) MySQL
3 18 (5.03%) Relational Database
4 16 (4.47%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.51%) DB2
5 9 (2.51%) MongoDB
5 9 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.68%) Big Data
6 6 (1.68%) Couchbase
7 5 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.84%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.84%) CockroachDB
9 3 (0.84%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.84%) Power BI
10 2 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.56%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.56%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 40 (11.17%) Git
2 38 (10.61%) JIRA
3 13 (3.63%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.07%) Selenium
5 9 (2.51%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.96%) Subversion
6 7 (1.96%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.40%) JUnit
8 4 (1.12%) TestRail
9 3 (0.84%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.84%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.56%) GitLab
10 2 (0.56%) kappa
10 2 (0.56%) Liquibase
10 2 (0.56%) Log4j
10 2 (0.56%) Maven
10 2 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
10 2 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.56%) TeamCity
General
1 91 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 65 (18.16%) Finance
3 37 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.66%) Banking
5 30 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.70%) Aerospace
6 24 (6.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (2.23%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.96%) Automotive
10 6 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.40%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.40%) Retail
12 4 (1.12%) Law
12 4 (1.12%) Legal
12 4 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.84%) Marketing
13 3 (0.84%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.56%) Games
14 2 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 91 (25.42%) Developer
2 42 (11.73%) Software Engineer
3 40 (11.17%) Analyst
4 34 (9.50%) Full Stack Developer
5 30 (8.38%) Architect
6 27 (7.54%) Java Developer
7 24 (6.70%) Business Analyst
8 23 (6.42%) Lead
9 21 (5.87%) Senior
10 20 (5.59%) Project Manager
11 18 (5.03%) Azure Developer
11 18 (5.03%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.91%) Full Stack Engineer
13 13 (3.63%) Java Engineer
14 10 (2.79%) Test Engineer
15 9 (2.51%) AWS Engineer
15 9 (2.51%) Consultant
15 9 (2.51%) Migration Manager
15 9 (2.51%) Migration Project Manager
15 9 (2.51%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (12.01%) React
2 38 (10.61%) Spring
3 34 (9.50%) REST
4 27 (7.54%) AngularJS
4 27 (7.54%) Spring Boot
5 24 (6.70%) RESTful
6 22 (6.15%) HTML
7 21 (5.87%) .NET
8 17 (4.75%) CSS
9 15 (4.19%) JSON
10 14 (3.91%) JPA
10 14 (3.91%) Kafka
11 10 (2.79%) Web Services
12 9 (2.51%) XML
13 8 (2.23%) .NET Framework
13 8 (2.23%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (2.23%) Middleware
13 8 (2.23%) PySpark
14 7 (1.96%) OpenTracing
14 7 (1.96%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (9.22%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.03%) Public Cloud
3 14 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.07%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.07%) Data Structures
4 11 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
6 7 (1.96%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.68%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.40%) Device Driver
8 5 (1.40%) NVMe
8 5 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.12%) Mainframe
9 4 (1.12%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.84%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 34 (9.50%) Linux
2 26 (7.26%) Windows
3 14 (3.91%) Unix
4 8 (2.23%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.68%) Android
5 6 (1.68%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.40%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.12%) CentOS
7 4 (1.12%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (1.12%) SafeRTOS
8 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.28%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (54.75%) Agile
2 91 (25.42%) DevOps
3 87 (24.30%) CI/CD
4 85 (23.74%) Software Engineering
5 71 (19.83%) Microservices
6 61 (17.04%) Scrum
7 58 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (15.36%) Full Stack Development
9 48 (13.41%) Test Automation
10 40 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (8.66%) Project Management
12 29 (8.10%) Computer Science
13 28 (7.82%) Waterfall
14 27 (7.54%) Roadmaps
15 26 (7.26%) Operational Stability
15 26 (7.26%) Unit Testing
16 25 (6.98%) Change Management
16 25 (6.98%) Decision-Making
16 25 (6.98%) Migration
16 25 (6.98%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 90 (25.14%) Java
2 71 (19.83%) Python
3 60 (16.76%) SQL
4 31 (8.66%) JavaScript
5 26 (7.26%) C
6 25 (6.98%) C#
7 23 (6.42%) TypeScript
8 16 (4.47%) PHP
9 13 (3.63%) Kotlin
10 12 (3.35%) Scala
10 12 (3.35%) VB
11 11 (3.07%) PowerShell
12 9 (2.51%) Bash
13 8 (2.23%) Shell Script
14 6 (1.68%) ABAP
14 6 (1.68%) C++
14 6 (1.68%) Perl
15 5 (1.40%) VBScript
16 4 (1.12%) PL/SQL
16 4 (1.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (18.44%) Degree
2 39 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (5.31%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.91%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.79%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.51%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.68%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.12%) CBAP
9 4 (1.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.12%) PMP
10 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.84%) HNC
10 3 (0.84%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.56%) PhD
11 2 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.28%) APMG
12 1 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.28%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (11.17%) QA
2 12 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.51%) NIST
4 7 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.12%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (1.12%) GDPR
5 4 (1.12%) HIPAA
6 3 (0.84%) HL7
6 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.56%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.56%) NCSC
8 1 (0.28%) COBIT
8 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.28%) PMO
8 1 (0.28%) SEPA
8 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (5.59%) Docker
2 17 (4.75%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.68%) NFS
4 4 (1.12%) GPFS
5 3 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.84%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (6.70%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.87%) Terraform
3 20 (5.59%) Ansible
4 9 (2.51%) Argo
5 7 (1.96%) Prometheus
5 7 (1.96%) Zipkin
6 5 (1.40%) Grafana
7 4 (1.12%) Veritas Storage Foundation
8 3 (0.84%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.84%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.84%) vRealize
9 2 (0.56%) Kibana
9 2 (0.56%) SCOM
10 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.28%) Nmap
10 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.28%) Puppet
10 1 (0.28%) SCCM
10 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.31%) SAP
3 17 (4.75%) Oracle
4 14 (3.91%) ServiceNow
5 13 (3.63%) Google
6 12 (3.35%) Atlassian
7 10 (2.79%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.96%) IBM
9 6 (1.68%) VMware
10 4 (1.12%) Adobe
10 4 (1.12%) Brocade
10 4 (1.12%) EMC
10 4 (1.12%) Infragistics
10 4 (1.12%) NetApp
10 4 (1.12%) Sybase
10 4 (1.12%) Veritas
11 3 (0.84%) Cisco
11 3 (0.84%) Databricks
11 3 (0.84%) Splunk
11 3 (0.84%) TOWER Software