SDLC Contract Job Trends in Crewe

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Cheshire > Crewe

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Crewe requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -
Contract jobs citing SDLC 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Crewe 4.88% 3.70% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.25% 3.85% 5.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £479 - -
25th Percentile £484 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £534 - -
90th Percentile £536 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £554 £469 £445
% change year-on-year +18.02% +5.39% -7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £83.50 -
Cheshire median hourly rate - £83.50 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Crewe

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 Crewe.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32 26 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Crewe 78.05% 96.30% 64.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 15 12
10th Percentile £313 £154 £515
25th Percentile £316 £194 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £355 £590
Median % change year-on-year +44.37% -39.83% +15.12%
75th Percentile £550 £415 £641
90th Percentile £577 £638 £650
Cheshire median daily rate £475 £438 £488
% change year-on-year +8.57% -10.26% -4.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - £27.55 -
25th Percentile £34.49 £29.13 -
Median hourly rate £35.82 £36.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% - -
75th Percentile £37.16 £51.31 -
90th Percentile - £71.68 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £33.61 £18.87 £35.00
% change year-on-year +78.13% -46.09% +14.60%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Crewe

SDLC
Daily Rate Trend in Crewe

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Crewe citing SDLC

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crewe 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Contingency Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Identification and Mitigation
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP