Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
South East > Berkshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring SDLC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SDLC over the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 74 | 81 | 92 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | +11 | -1 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing SDLC | 21 | 33 | 26 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire | 1.78% | 1.92% | 1.48% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.94% | 2.23% | 1.65% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 23 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £410 | £419 | £485 |
| 25th Percentile | £423 | £506 | £550 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £625 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.00% | +4.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £773 | £651 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £521 | £575 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.39% | +4.55% | +0.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £48.53 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £48.73 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £49.07 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £49.40 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £49.60 |
| South East median hourly rate | £50.00 | £63.51 | £53.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.27% | +18.16% | -17.31% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire
SDLC falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,080 | 1,483 | 1,571 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire | 91.76% | 86.42% | 89.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 666 | 782 | 995 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £325 | £312 |
| 25th Percentile | £420 | £450 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £516 | £550 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.18% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £638 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £700 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £517 | £520 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.34% | -0.53% | +3.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 41 | 75 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.75 | £16.10 | £18.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £41.50 | £47.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £61.60 | £60.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -47.97% | +2.67% | +130.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.24 | £72.04 | £72.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £87.25 | £87.46 | £75.67 |
| South East median hourly rate | £23.00 | £57.35 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -59.90% | +14.70% | +80.31% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire
Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SDLC.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Berkshire over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing SDLC.
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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Berkshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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 DemandTrendContract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | +10 | 12 | £517 | -17.28% | 6 |
| Bracknell | -1 | 3 | £600 | +41.18% | |
| Wokingham | -9 | 2 | - | - | |
| Maidenhead | - | 1 | - | - | 6 |
| Thatcham | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Windsor | - | 1 | £525 | - | 1 |
| SDLC South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:
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