SDLC Contract Job Trends in Bolton

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SDLC 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bolton 12.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Manchester median daily rate £450 £470 £523
% change year-on-year -4.15% -10.14% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.16 - -
Median hourly rate £22.32 - -
75th Percentile £22.47 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median hourly rate £22.32 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35 19 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton 89.74% 86.36% 85.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 16
10th Percentile £319 £155 £400
25th Percentile £506 £164 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £608 £215 £492
Median % change year-on-year +182.56% -56.26% -7.48%
75th Percentile £621 £414 £500
90th Percentile £624 £489 -
Manchester median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 5
10th Percentile £20.43 £32.10 -
25th Percentile £22.16 £33.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £37.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.84% +4.23% -45.38%
75th Percentile £35.50 £60.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £76.00 £49.60
Manchester median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £24.75
% change year-on-year -29.80% +31.31% -33.65%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SDLC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton.

SDLC job vacancy trend in Bolton

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Daily Rate Trend in Bolton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing SDLC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing SDLC

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bolton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing SDLC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing SDLC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Administrator
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Administrator
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Change Management
1 5 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) SAP