Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
London > East London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring SDLC skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | 8 | 32 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +24 | +5 |
| Contract jobs citing SDLC | 4 | 24 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London | 3.57% | 15.58% | 2.69% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.77% | 16.00% | 2.94% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 24 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £300 | £414 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £380 | £436 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £495 | £439 | £472 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.82% | -7.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £541 | £484 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £585 | £490 |
| London median daily rate | £600 | £556 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.87% | -11.00% | +4.17% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
East London
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 East London.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 106 | 150 | 238 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London | 94.64% | 97.40% | 91.54% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 89 | 132 | 204 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £301 | £201 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £413 | £459 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £521 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.08% | -3.47% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £585 | £596 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £690 | £685 | £750 |
| London median daily rate | £538 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.27% | -4.35% | -0.86% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £23.33 | £21.11 | £14.98 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.79 | £21.13 | £16.18 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.58 | £21.80 | £17.89 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +31.11% | +21.83% | -33.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £54.88 | £23.09 | £23.20 |
| 90th Percentile | £84.82 | £23.48 | £30.88 |
| London median hourly rate | £32.00 | £35.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.57% | -12.50% | +7.47% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in East London
Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in East London.
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Daily Rate Trend in East London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing SDLC.
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Hourly Rate Trend in East London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing SDLC.
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Contract Job Locations in East London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the East London region over the 6 months to 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Hamlets | -4 | 4 | £495 | -14.66% | |
| SDLC London |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East London 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:
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