SDLC Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bradford requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +11
Contract jobs citing SDLC 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 2.75% 2.70% 12.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 2.78% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £503 - -
25th Percentile £508 - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.50%
75th Percentile £545 - £388
90th Percentile - - £451
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -9.52%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bradford

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 Bradford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 98 36 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 89.91% 97.30% 84.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 15 35
10th Percentile £283 £305 £300
25th Percentile £347 £421 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% +4.21% -13.64%
75th Percentile £613 £609 £569
90th Percentile £655 £634 £651
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 0
10th Percentile £17.11 - -
25th Percentile £22.50 - -
Median hourly rate £24.77 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.88% - -
75th Percentile £27.39 - -
90th Percentile £28.00 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year +8.40% +64.00% -25.00%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Bradford

SDLC
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing SDLC

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Agile Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) Lead Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Software Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Web Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Web Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Manufacturing
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics
3 1 (33.33%) Order Management
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 1 (33.33%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CBAP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) APMG