Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
West Midlands > Coventry
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Coventry requiring SDLC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SDLC over the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 11 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +17 | +3 |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing SDLC | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry | - | 10.00% | 2.82% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 11.11% | 3.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £533 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £375 | £536 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £400 | £556 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -28.09% | +23.61% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £463 | £583 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £575 | £589 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £575 | £570 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.39% | +0.88% | +13.43% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Coventry
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 Coventry.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 114 | 81 | 176 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry | 95.80% | 90.00% | 82.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 59 | 60 | 121 |
| 10th Percentile | £206 | £313 | £263 |
| 25th Percentile | £283 | £375 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | - | +5.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £566 | £616 | £544 |
| 90th Percentile | £640 | £675 | £675 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £495 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £23.50 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £15.50 | £23.92 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £17.00 | £25.11 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -32.30% | +52.18% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £18.50 | £26.81 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £27.52 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £24.34 | £21.00 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.90% | -23.64% | +63.45% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry
Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Coventry.
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Daily Rate Trend in Coventry
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing SDLC.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing SDLC.
