SDLC Contracts in Edinburgh

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 81 77
Rank change year-on-year +23 -4 -24
Contract jobs citing SDLC 13 31 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.60% 2.41% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 2.54% 2.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 19 29
10th Percentile £413 £405 £413
25th Percentile £422 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £520 £494
Median % change year-on-year +7.21% +5.26% +16.24%
75th Percentile £641 £625 £575
90th Percentile £699 £825 £640
Scotland median daily rate £500 £538 £496
% change year-on-year -6.98% +8.42% +17.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £48.46
25th Percentile - - £49.26
Median hourly rate - - £52.81
75th Percentile - - £55.39
90th Percentile - - £55.61
Scotland median hourly rate £21.64 £64.52 £54.50
% change year-on-year -66.46% +18.38% +21.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

SDLC is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 716 1,219 1,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 88.29% 94.94% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 870 1,255
10th Percentile £220 £250 £263
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £570
90th Percentile £669 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 11 16
10th Percentile £13.48 £13.16 £16.27
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.72 £19.94
Median hourly rate £21.02 £21.26 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -47.18% -26.11%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile - £54.50 £54.03
Scotland median hourly rate £18.79 £16.86 £40.00
% change year-on-year +11.48% -57.86% -0.01%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
1 3 (23.08%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (23.08%) OCI
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle Reports
General
1 10 (76.92%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Lead
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Security Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Test Leader
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Business IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) IT Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Life and Pensions Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
2 2 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (30.77%) Test Automation
4 3 (23.08%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (23.08%) Backlog Management
4 3 (23.08%) Business Case
4 3 (23.08%) Cloud Security
4 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (23.08%) Impact Analysis
4 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
4 3 (23.08%) Privileged Access Management
4 3 (23.08%) Product Backlog
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) Security Operations
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) Digital Identity
5 2 (15.38%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Azure Certification
2 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (15.38%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Oracle
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft