SDLC Jobs with Work from Home Options

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 77 59
Rank change year-on-year -9 -18 +20
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1,174 1,714 3,810
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.47% 4.12% 5.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.79% 4.29% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 668 1,300 2,178
10th Percentile £40,875 £42,500 £37,640
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,265 £95,000 £98,355
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.48% -2.56% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,965 39,955 66,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.45% 96.10% 96.96%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 27,739 41,261
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

SDLC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SDLC trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC.

SDLC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

SDLC salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.92%) WebLogic
2 39 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.11%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.94%) Confluence
5 9 (0.77%) Apache
6 7 (0.60%) nginx
6 7 (0.60%) SAS
7 6 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.085%) Appian
10 1 (0.085%) CMS
10 1 (0.085%) GemFire
10 1 (0.085%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 18 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.60%) MS Visio
5 6 (0.51%) SPSS
6 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (4.09%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 36 (3.07%) Endur
3 7 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.26%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.26%) Relativity
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.085%) Data Workbench
8 1 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.085%) Ringtail
8 1 (0.085%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 399 (33.99%) Azure
2 259 (22.06%) AWS
3 112 (9.54%) Azure DevOps
4 89 (7.58%) SaaS
5 53 (4.51%) GCP
6 52 (4.43%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.92%) Amazon SQS
8 45 (3.83%) PaaS
9 38 (3.24%) GitHub
10 36 (3.07%) Power Platform
11 34 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
12 28 (2.39%) Serverless
13 27 (2.30%) IaaS
14 23 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
15 14 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.19%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
16 13 (1.11%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
17 10 (0.85%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 53 (4.51%) TCP/IP
2 51 (4.34%) DNS
3 46 (3.92%) BGP
3 46 (3.92%) SSL
4 12 (1.02%) NGFW
4 12 (1.02%) VPN
5 9 (0.77%) Network Security
6 8 (0.68%) Internet
6 8 (0.68%) VoIP
7 7 (0.60%) HTTP
7 7 (0.60%) MQTT
8 6 (0.51%) AMQP
8 6 (0.51%) WAN
9 5 (0.43%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.43%) RS-232
9 5 (0.43%) RS-485
9 5 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.43%) Wireless
9 5 (0.43%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.34%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (13.88%) SQL Server
2 134 (11.41%) Relational Database
3 85 (7.24%) RDBMS
4 56 (4.77%) MySQL
5 49 (4.17%) Oracle Database
6 47 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
7 25 (2.13%) Power BI
8 18 (1.53%) MongoDB
9 17 (1.45%) Redis
10 15 (1.28%) Big Data
10 15 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.02%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.77%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.68%) Couchbase
14 8 (0.68%) MS Access
14 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 7 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.51%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 107 (9.11%) JIRA
2 63 (5.37%) Git
3 40 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.30%) Maven
5 20 (1.70%) JUnit
6 17 (1.45%) Postman
7 16 (1.36%) Selenium
8 13 (1.11%) GitLab
9 12 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
9 12 (1.02%) Visual Studio
10 10 (0.85%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.85%) Eclipse
10 10 (0.85%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.77%) NUnit
12 6 (0.51%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.51%) JMeter
12 6 (0.51%) Mocha
13 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.43%) SpecFlow
13 5 (0.43%) Spinnaker
General
1 266 (22.66%) Social Skills
2 199 (16.95%) Finance
3 104 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (6.13%) Marketing
5 64 (5.45%) Banking
6 60 (5.11%) Aerospace
7 52 (4.43%) Games
8 41 (3.49%) Law
9 35 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (2.64%) Retail
11 30 (2.56%) Legal
12 29 (2.47%) Public Sector
13 26 (2.21%) Electronics
14 21 (1.79%) Investment Banking
14 21 (1.79%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.79%) Publishing
15 19 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
17 12 (1.02%) Aviation
18 11 (0.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 294 (25.04%) Developer
2 240 (20.44%) Project Manager
3 200 (17.04%) Senior
4 183 (15.59%) Presales Manager
5 158 (13.46%) Software Engineer
6 149 (12.69%) Lead
7 102 (8.69%) Architect
8 91 (7.75%) Senior Developer
9 88 (7.50%) .NET Developer
10 68 (5.79%) Analyst
11 67 (5.71%) Software Developer
12 65 (5.54%) DevOps Engineer
13 63 (5.37%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (4.00%) Lead Architect
14 47 (4.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 44 (3.75%) Java Developer
15 44 (3.75%) Senior Software Engineer
16 43 (3.66%) Business Analyst
17 41 (3.49%) C# Developer
18 35 (2.98%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (23.08%) .NET
2 133 (11.33%) AngularJS
3 125 (10.65%) React
4 105 (8.94%) ASP.NET
5 96 (8.18%) Spring Boot
6 94 (8.01%) .NET Framework
7 88 (7.50%) .NET Core
8 83 (7.07%) Spring
9 63 (5.37%) HTML
9 63 (5.37%) RESTful
10 60 (5.11%) ASP.NET Web API
11 59 (5.03%) REST
12 56 (4.77%) CSS
13 53 (4.51%) RabbitMQ
14 52 (4.43%) Entity Framework
15 49 (4.17%) ASP.NET MVC
16 47 (4.00%) JSON
17 41 (3.49%) Web Services
18 39 (3.32%) SOAP
19 36 (3.07%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 73 (6.22%) Public Cloud
2 69 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 66 (5.62%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.32%) Greenfield Project
5 36 (3.07%) Swaptions
6 35 (2.98%) Cloud Native
7 34 (2.90%) Social Network
8 32 (2.73%) Virtual Team
9 28 (2.39%) Mobile App
10 27 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (1.87%) Distributed Applications
12 21 (1.79%) Client/Server
13 19 (1.62%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.62%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.45%) Management Information System
15 15 (1.28%) Data Structures
15 15 (1.28%) Onboarding
16 13 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
16 13 (1.11%) IoT
17 11 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 133 (11.33%) Linux
2 49 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 39 (3.32%) Windows
4 12 (1.02%) Unix
5 9 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
6 8 (0.68%) Android
7 7 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.51%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.43%) ThreadX
10 4 (0.34%) VxWorks
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (66.10%) Agile
2 346 (29.47%) Project Management
3 302 (25.72%) DevOps
4 290 (24.70%) Software Engineering
5 288 (24.53%) Actionable Insight
6 242 (20.61%) Project Delivery
7 214 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
8 204 (17.38%) Agile Project Management
8 204 (17.38%) Software Delivery
9 203 (17.29%) Presales
10 190 (16.18%) Scrum
11 172 (14.65%) CI/CD
12 166 (14.14%) Full Stack Development
13 136 (11.58%) Collaborative Working
14 132 (11.24%) Kanban
15 106 (9.03%) Microservices
16 103 (8.77%) Mentoring
17 91 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
18 88 (7.50%) Computer Science
19 86 (7.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 251 (21.38%) C#
2 226 (19.25%) SQL
3 221 (18.82%) JavaScript
4 179 (15.25%) Java
5 113 (9.63%) Python
6 63 (5.37%) TypeScript
7 50 (4.26%) C
8 47 (4.00%) VB
9 38 (3.24%) C++
10 33 (2.81%) T-SQL
11 29 (2.47%) PowerShell
12 19 (1.62%) PHP
13 17 (1.45%) Bash
14 16 (1.36%) Groovy
15 11 (0.94%) Go
15 11 (0.94%) Kotlin
15 11 (0.94%) RPG
16 5 (0.43%) Bicep
16 5 (0.43%) VBA
17 4 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 177 (15.08%) Security Cleared
2 129 (10.99%) Degree
3 82 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 58 (4.94%) Azure Certification
5 55 (4.68%) DV Cleared
6 50 (4.26%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 39 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.87%) PMI Certification
10 19 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.62%) ISTQB
11 17 (1.45%) DBS Check
12 13 (1.11%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.94%) PMP
14 10 (0.85%) CISSP
14 10 (0.85%) GIAC
14 10 (0.85%) ISEB
15 6 (0.51%) CISM
15 6 (0.51%) HNC
15 6 (0.51%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (8.01%) QA
2 17 (1.45%) PMO
3 13 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (0.94%) NIST
5 7 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.51%) COBIT
6 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.51%) ISO 9000
6 6 (0.51%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 5 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.34%) ISO 13485
8 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.34%) SEPA
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.085%) AQAP
10 1 (0.085%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.085%) TickIT
System Software
1 148 (12.61%) Docker
2 31 (2.64%) Firmware
3 17 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
4 15 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.28%) vSphere
5 12 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.60%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.085%) GridGain
8 1 (0.085%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 136 (11.58%) Kubernetes
2 97 (8.26%) Terraform
3 62 (5.28%) Ansible
4 17 (1.45%) Grafana
5 9 (0.77%) Kibana
6 8 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.43%) Argo
8 5 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.43%) Puppet
9 2 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.085%) Packer
Vendors
1 152 (12.95%) Microsoft
2 98 (8.35%) Oracle
3 48 (4.09%) Sparx
4 36 (3.07%) OpenLink
4 36 (3.07%) Sybase
4 36 (3.07%) TIBCO
5 33 (2.81%) Google
6 22 (1.87%) SAP
7 18 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.36%) VMware
9 12 (1.02%) Citrix
10 9 (0.77%) NVIDIA
11 8 (0.68%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.60%) IBM
12 7 (0.60%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.51%) BT
14 5 (0.43%) Databricks
15 4 (0.34%) Facebook
15 4 (0.34%) QNX
15 4 (0.34%) Splunk