SDLC Contract Job Trends in Canary Wharf

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Canary Wharf requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 5 24
Rank change year-on-year -7 +19 -5
Contract jobs citing SDLC 4 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in Canary Wharf 8.00% 17.65% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.16% 20.45% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 3
10th Percentile - £396 £519
25th Percentile - £495 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £528 £594
Median % change year-on-year -14.69% -11.20% -3.81%
75th Percentile - £595 £660
90th Percentile - £630 £699
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £450 £528 £594
% change year-on-year -14.69% -11.20% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Canary Wharf

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 Canary Wharf.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 44 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 98.00% 86.27% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 41 126
10th Percentile £419 £463 £431
25th Percentile £450 £500 £515
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £590
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -1.61% +17.90%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £650
90th Percentile £699 £638 £770
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £500 £580 £594
% change year-on-year -13.79% -2.36% +13.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £15.13
25th Percentile - - £16.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +111.30% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £18.93
% change year-on-year +37.50% +111.30% -

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Canary Wharf

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Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing SDLC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing SDLC

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Hourly Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing SDLC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Canary Wharf citing SDLC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (75.00%) Star Schema
2 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
1 3 (75.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Backend Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Testing
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft