SDLC Contract Job Trends in Coventry

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
West Midlands > Coventry

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Coventry requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing SDLC 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Coventry 0.68% - 2.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% - 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £511
25th Percentile £650 - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £570
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.33%
75th Percentile £750 - £594
90th Percentile - - £598
West Midlands median daily rate £538 £580 £675
% change year-on-year -7.25% -14.15% +25.46%

All Process & 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 250 86 138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Coventry 84.46% 87.76% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 60 109
10th Percentile £292 £207 £373
25th Percentile £353 £363 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £525 £550 £625
90th Percentile £633 £639 £678
West Midlands median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.24 £18.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +51.33% -20.00% +26.98%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Coventry

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Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

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.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Coventry citing SDLC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 2 (100.00%) Observability
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Release Management
1 2 (100.00%) Secrets Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) OutSystems