SDLC Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bracknell requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 14 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 -
Contract jobs citing SDLC 7 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bracknell 5.60% 6.59% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.42% 7.41% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £563 £403 -
25th Percentile £572 £406 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% - -
75th Percentile - £494 -
90th Percentile - £528 -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £625 £584
% change year-on-year -8.00% +7.07% -2.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bracknell

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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 109 81 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 87.20% 89.01% 92.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 44 60
10th Percentile £204 £236 £141
25th Percentile £462 £383 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £488
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -10.26% -1.52%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £691
90th Percentile £650 £625 £794
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 7
10th Percentile £63.10 £21.98 £18.95
25th Percentile £65.88 £26.00 £26.98
Median hourly rate £71.00 £28.50 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year +149.12% -34.23% +76.86%
75th Percentile £75.75 £41.00 £56.73
90th Percentile £78.30 £42.13 £65.93
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Bracknell

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Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing SDLC

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing SDLC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bracknell 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Camunda
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Test Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Strategy Manager
2 3 (42.86%) Test Strategy Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Release Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Software Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) JWT
1 4 (57.14%) OAuth
1 4 (57.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (14.29%) IoT
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Conflict Management
2 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
2 5 (71.43%) Matrix Organization
2 5 (71.43%) Test Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Test Management
2 5 (71.43%) Test Strategy
2 5 (71.43%) Waterfall
3 4 (57.14%) Code Quality
3 4 (57.14%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Event-Driven
3 4 (57.14%) Integration Patterns
3 4 (57.14%) Microservices
3 4 (57.14%) OWASP
3 4 (57.14%) Resilience Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Scenario Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Secure Coding
3 4 (57.14%) Static Application Security Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Threat Modelling
3 4 (57.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) SAP