SDLC Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring SDLC skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 41 43
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 +18
Contract jobs citing SDLC 5 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.45% 1.16% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.44% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £525 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +12.82% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £579 £506
90th Percentile - £581 £585
East of England median daily rate £513 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +7.89% -9.52% -16.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 303 348 491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 87.83% 80.74% 91.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 115 204
10th Percentile £250 £225 £226
25th Percentile £395 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.78% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £558 £550
90th Percentile £700 £638 £599
East of England median daily rate £500 £442 £500
% change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 140 194
10th Percentile £14.26 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.84 £15.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £19.63 £16.85 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £38.18 £26.73
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £19.81
% change year-on-year -34.02% +92.43% -3.37%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in Cambridgeshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing SDLC

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing SDLC

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Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterborough - 4 - - 5
Cambridge -5 1 - - 11
SDLC
East of England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 3 (60.00%) FactoryTalk
General
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Design Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (20.00%) Service Design
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Rockwell
1 3 (60.00%) Siemens