SDLC Jobs in England

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 46 62
Rank change year-on-year -66 +16 +7
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 2,079 5,499 6,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.45% 5.94% 5.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 6.21% 5.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,345 2,485 3,731
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,958 £48,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,563
Median % change year-on-year - -0.10% +8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,100 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SDLC is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDLC in England.

Salary trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SDLC in England

SDLC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London -72 583 £80,000 +3.23% 249
North of England -71 425 £57,500 - 105
South East -58 381 £57,500 - 93
South West -20 294 £57,500 +4.55% 55
North West -57 261 £60,000 +15.38% 63
Midlands -103 235 £57,500 +4.55% 66
East of England -46 146 £50,000 -13.04% 33
West Midlands -93 143 £57,500 - 36
Yorkshire -63 119 £50,000 -13.04% 29
East Midlands -66 94 £50,000 -9.09% 30
North East +6 45 £60,000 +4.35% 14
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (2.16%) nginx
3 40 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 36 (1.73%) Camunda
5 35 (1.68%) Apache
6 30 (1.44%) WebLogic
7 27 (1.30%) Confluence
8 26 (1.25%) Apache Spark
9 18 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
10 16 (0.77%) SAS
11 9 (0.43%) OpenStack
12 8 (0.38%) Apache Pig
13 6 (0.29%) IIS
14 5 (0.24%) OpenEdge
15 4 (0.19%) CMS
15 4 (0.19%) Drupal
16 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
16 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
17 2 (0.096%) IBM Domino
17 2 (0.096%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 61 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 26 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.72%) SPSS
6 6 (0.29%) Simulink
7 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 42 (2.02%) Endur
2 30 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
5 8 (0.38%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 5 (0.24%) Elite 3E
6 5 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.19%) Relativity
8 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.096%) Adaptiv
9 2 (0.096%) CA PPM
9 2 (0.096%) SAP MII
9 2 (0.096%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.096%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.096%) Veritas eDiscovery
10 1 (0.048%) Data Workbench
10 1 (0.048%) Postilion
10 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
10 1 (0.048%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 545 (26.21%) Azure
2 470 (22.61%) AWS
3 147 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
4 124 (5.96%) SaaS
5 99 (4.76%) GCP
6 74 (3.56%) GitHub
7 68 (3.27%) Serverless
8 66 (3.17%) Power Platform
9 49 (2.36%) PaaS
10 48 (2.31%) IBM Cloud
10 48 (2.31%) Microsoft 365
11 47 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
11 47 (2.26%) Amazon S3
12 43 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
13 38 (1.83%) Amazon Kinesis
13 38 (1.83%) OpenShift
14 37 (1.78%) PowerApps
15 35 (1.68%) IaaS
16 32 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
17 30 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 68 (3.27%) TCP/IP
2 67 (3.22%) DNS
3 31 (1.49%) HTTP
4 30 (1.44%) SSL
5 29 (1.39%) DHCP
6 28 (1.35%) BGP
7 20 (0.96%) Network Security
8 19 (0.91%) VPN
8 19 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (0.82%) Internet
10 16 (0.77%) Wireless
11 15 (0.72%) Firewall
12 14 (0.67%) Bluetooth
12 14 (0.67%) NGFW
13 10 (0.48%) VoIP
14 8 (0.38%) Broadband
15 7 (0.34%) RS-485
16 6 (0.29%) AMQP
16 6 (0.29%) ZigBee
17 5 (0.24%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (10.82%) SQL Server
2 170 (8.18%) Relational Database
3 108 (5.19%) RDBMS
4 99 (4.76%) MySQL
5 72 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
6 70 (3.37%) Oracle Database
6 70 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
7 66 (3.17%) NoSQL
8 64 (3.08%) MongoDB
9 56 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
10 54 (2.60%) Big Data
11 47 (2.26%) Power BI
12 38 (1.83%) Amazon Redshift
13 27 (1.30%) Metadata
13 27 (1.30%) Redis
14 23 (1.11%) Hadoop
15 22 (1.06%) Apache Hive
16 21 (1.01%) Data Lake
17 18 (0.87%) BigQuery
18 15 (0.72%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 179 (8.61%) JIRA
2 176 (8.47%) Git
3 95 (4.57%) Jenkins
4 40 (1.92%) Postman
5 36 (1.73%) GitLab
5 36 (1.73%) Visual Studio
6 30 (1.44%) JUnit
7 25 (1.20%) Selenium
7 25 (1.20%) SonarQube
8 20 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (0.91%) Maven
10 18 (0.87%) Cucumber
11 16 (0.77%) Bitbucket
12 14 (0.67%) LabVIEW
12 14 (0.67%) NUnit
12 14 (0.67%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.63%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.63%) Octopus Deploy
14 12 (0.58%) Eclipse
15 11 (0.53%) Appium
General
1 587 (28.23%) Social Skills
2 424 (20.39%) Finance
3 257 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 175 (8.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (5.92%) Banking
6 107 (5.15%) Marketing
7 84 (4.04%) Public Sector
8 74 (3.56%) Aerospace
9 71 (3.42%) Retail
10 68 (3.27%) Law
11 65 (3.13%) Legal
12 57 (2.74%) Games
13 42 (2.02%) Electronics
14 36 (1.73%) Manufacturing
15 35 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
16 33 (1.59%) Investment Banking
17 29 (1.39%) Telecoms
18 26 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
19 21 (1.01%) Back Office
19 21 (1.01%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 541 (26.02%) Developer
2 369 (17.75%) Senior
3 247 (11.88%) Lead
4 244 (11.74%) Software Engineer
5 214 (10.29%) Project Manager
6 170 (8.18%) Architect
7 155 (7.46%) Analyst
8 124 (5.96%) Senior Developer
9 115 (5.53%) .NET Developer
10 105 (5.05%) Presales Manager
11 103 (4.95%) Software Developer
12 96 (4.62%) Business Analyst
13 90 (4.33%) Java Developer
14 83 (3.99%) DevOps Engineer
15 80 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
16 73 (3.51%) Technical Leader
17 69 (3.32%) Software Manager
18 68 (3.27%) Full Stack Developer
19 60 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
20 59 (2.84%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 405 (19.48%) .NET
2 195 (9.38%) React
3 169 (8.13%) AngularJS
4 146 (7.02%) HTML
4 146 (7.02%) Spring Boot
5 138 (6.64%) .NET Framework
6 130 (6.25%) Spring
7 123 (5.92%) ASP.NET
8 117 (5.63%) .NET Core
9 115 (5.53%) REST
10 103 (4.95%) JSON
11 102 (4.91%) Node.js
12 94 (4.52%) CSS
13 93 (4.47%) Kafka
14 81 (3.90%) RESTful
15 79 (3.80%) Web Services
16 67 (3.22%) Entity Framework
17 63 (3.03%) Vue
18 62 (2.98%) ASP.NET Web API
19 61 (2.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 153 (7.36%) Product Ownership
2 106 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
3 100 (4.81%) Cloud Native
4 95 (4.57%) Management Information System
5 78 (3.75%) Enterprise Software
6 73 (3.51%) Mobile App
7 66 (3.17%) Public Cloud
8 56 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
9 55 (2.65%) Blockchain
10 54 (2.60%) Algorithms
10 54 (2.60%) Virtual Team
11 48 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
11 48 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
12 45 (2.16%) e-Learning
13 42 (2.02%) Swaptions
14 38 (1.83%) Cyberattack
15 31 (1.49%) Social Network
16 29 (1.39%) Client/Server
17 25 (1.20%) IoT
18 22 (1.06%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 181 (8.71%) Linux
2 70 (3.37%) Windows
3 32 (1.54%) Android
3 32 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 18 (0.87%) Unix
6 17 (0.82%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.24%) ThreadX
9 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.096%) VMS
10 2 (0.096%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.096%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.096%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.048%) Debian
11 1 (0.048%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.048%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,226 (58.97%) Agile
2 536 (25.78%) DevOps
3 524 (25.20%) Software Engineering
4 475 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
5 423 (20.35%) Project Management
6 338 (16.26%) CI/CD
7 280 (13.47%) Scrum
8 272 (13.08%) Full Stack Development
9 265 (12.75%) Roadmaps
10 251 (12.07%) Computer Science
11 250 (12.03%) Mentoring
12 220 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 213 (10.25%) Project Delivery
14 209 (10.05%) Microservices
15 198 (9.52%) Test Automation
16 193 (9.28%) Actionable Insight
17 161 (7.74%) Kanban
18 157 (7.55%) Agile Project Management
19 151 (7.26%) Collaborative Working
20 148 (7.12%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 468 (22.51%) Java
2 380 (18.28%) C#
3 373 (17.94%) SQL
4 350 (16.84%) JavaScript
5 268 (12.89%) Python
6 106 (5.10%) C++
7 88 (4.23%) C
8 85 (4.09%) TypeScript
9 75 (3.61%) PHP
10 64 (3.08%) VB
11 56 (2.69%) Kotlin
12 54 (2.60%) PowerShell
13 50 (2.41%) Bash
14 49 (2.36%) Go
15 40 (1.92%) Scala
16 36 (1.73%) Lua
17 21 (1.01%) RPG
18 20 (0.96%) T-SQL
19 16 (0.77%) Ruby
20 14 (0.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 365 (17.56%) Degree
2 249 (11.98%) Security Cleared
3 144 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 102 (4.91%) SC Cleared
5 87 (4.18%) DV Cleared
6 76 (3.66%) AWS Certification
7 60 (2.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 50 (2.41%) Azure Certification
9 36 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 36 (1.73%) PMI Certification
10 24 (1.15%) ISTQB
11 21 (1.01%) DBS Check
12 20 (0.96%) ISEB
13 17 (0.82%) CISSP
13 17 (0.82%) PMP
14 13 (0.63%) CISM
15 12 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
17 10 (0.48%) HNC
18 9 (0.43%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (8.95%) QA
2 40 (1.92%) Data Quality
3 33 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (1.20%) PMO
5 23 (1.11%) NIST
6 12 (0.58%) SLA
7 10 (0.48%) ISO 9000
7 10 (0.48%) ISO 9001
8 9 (0.43%) ISO 13485
9 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.38%) IEC 62304
10 7 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (0.29%) TickIT
12 5 (0.24%) GDPR
12 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 4 (0.19%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.14%) ISO 26262
14 3 (0.14%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.096%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.096%) SEPA
System Software
1 283 (13.61%) Docker
2 39 (1.88%) Firmware
3 22 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
4 19 (0.91%) Active Directory
4 19 (0.91%) vSphere
5 18 (0.87%) HDFS
6 17 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
7 14 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.048%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 217 (10.44%) Kubernetes
2 182 (8.75%) Terraform
3 85 (4.09%) Ansible
4 17 (0.82%) Grafana
5 13 (0.63%) Progress Chef
5 13 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.48%) Puppet
7 7 (0.34%) Control-M
7 7 (0.34%) Kibana
8 5 (0.24%) Argo
8 5 (0.24%) Functional Safety
8 5 (0.24%) Packer
9 3 (0.14%) Salt
9 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.096%) Wonderware InTouch
11 1 (0.048%) Consul
Vendors
1 248 (11.93%) Microsoft
2 151 (7.26%) Oracle
3 77 (3.70%) Google
4 67 (3.22%) IBM
5 49 (2.36%) Red Hat
6 43 (2.07%) Sybase
7 42 (2.02%) OpenLink
7 42 (2.02%) TIBCO
8 41 (1.97%) Salesforce
9 35 (1.68%) SAP
10 30 (1.44%) Sparx
11 28 (1.35%) Databricks
12 21 (1.01%) VMware
13 19 (0.91%) Citrix
14 11 (0.53%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.53%) Nintex
15 10 (0.48%) Apple
15 10 (0.48%) Cloudera
15 10 (0.48%) ServiceNow
16 9 (0.43%) WSO2