SDLC Contract Job Trends in Kent

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing SDLC 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 0.42% - 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% - 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £545 £517 £575
% change year-on-year +5.42% -10.09% +11.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 168 99 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 70.29% 87.61% 61.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 78 88
10th Percentile £180 £180 £204
25th Percentile £192 £220 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £333 £425
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -21.76% +16.84%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £648 £623 £662
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +3.00% -0.20% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 4 12
10th Percentile £21.00 £17.75 £11.36
25th Percentile £34.01 £19.84 £14.34
Median hourly rate £41.06 £21.43 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year +91.60% -27.97% -47.91%
75th Percentile £42.00 £21.82 £50.89
90th Percentile £86.00 £22.53 £62.96
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £47.50
% change year-on-year +108.75% -47.05% -5.00%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Kent

SDLC
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing SDLC

SDLC
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing SDLC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing SDLC

SDLC
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Kent region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
Dartford - 1 £625 - 1
SDLC
South East

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) PLM
1 1 (100.00%) QMS