SDLC Contracts in London

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 55 71
Rank change year-on-year -18 +16 +3
Contract jobs citing SDLC 547 1,115 1,391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.09% 4.17% 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 4.58% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 775 994
10th Percentile £406 £425 £438
25th Percentile £500 £513 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £605
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +7.44% +10.00%
75th Percentile £775 £763 £729
90th Percentile £875 £860 £800
England median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 8
10th Percentile - £44.63 £15.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £45.00 £32.74
Median hourly rate £47.50 £51.49 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.74% +22.58% -6.67%
75th Percentile £48.75 £73.44 £46.50
90th Percentile - £78.13 £66.08
England median hourly rate £48.00 £55.50 £54.78
% change year-on-year -13.51% +1.31% -0.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,690 24,329 35,947
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.98% 92.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,247 17,488 26,241
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 276 422
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.50 £17.28
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.48 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +6.12% +12.47%
75th Percentile £47.34 £63.81 £50.94
90th Percentile £65.68 £80.00 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
Central London -16 87 £625 -3.85% 17
South London +19 19 £620 +12.73% 1
East London 0 16 £585 +9.55% 10
West London +21 8 £506 -23.15% 8
SDLC
England

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (4.20%) Confluence
2 16 (2.93%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.19%) IIS
3 12 (2.19%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.83%) Apache
5 9 (1.65%) BizTalk Server
6 4 (0.73%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.55%) CMS
7 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.37%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.18%) Drupal
9 1 (0.18%) GemFire
9 1 (0.18%) JBoss
9 1 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.18%) SAS
9 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.38%) Endur
2 7 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.91%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.37%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.37%) SAP EWM
4 2 (0.37%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.37%) SAP R/3
5 1 (0.18%) Actimize
5 1 (0.18%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.18%) Magento
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 120 (21.94%) Azure
2 95 (17.37%) AWS
3 40 (7.31%) Serverless
4 30 (5.48%) GCP
5 28 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.39%) PaaS
6 24 (4.39%) SaaS
7 22 (4.02%) GitHub
8 19 (3.47%) Power Platform
9 17 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (2.93%) Azure Functions
11 15 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 15 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (2.56%) IaaS
13 13 (2.38%) Slack
14 12 (2.19%) PowerApps
15 11 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (2.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (1.83%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.46%) Firewall
1 8 (1.46%) Internet
2 5 (0.91%) SD-WAN
2 5 (0.91%) SNA
2 5 (0.91%) SSH
2 5 (0.91%) VSAN
2 5 (0.91%) WAN
3 3 (0.55%) ATM
4 2 (0.37%) DNS
4 2 (0.37%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) AMQP
5 1 (0.18%) Broadband
5 1 (0.18%) HTTP
5 1 (0.18%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.18%) SSL
5 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (11.88%) SQL Server
2 35 (6.40%) Relational Database
3 31 (5.67%) Data Lake
4 22 (4.02%) Big Data
5 20 (3.66%) NoSQL
6 19 (3.47%) Oracle Database
7 18 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (3.11%) MongoDB
8 17 (3.11%) Power BI
9 16 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (2.56%) KDB
11 12 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.65%) MySQL
13 7 (1.28%) Delta Lake
13 7 (1.28%) Sybase ASE
13 7 (1.28%) Tableau
14 5 (0.91%) Crystal Reports
14 5 (0.91%) Parquet
15 4 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.73%) Looker
Development Applications
1 63 (11.52%) JIRA
2 61 (11.15%) Jenkins
3 51 (9.32%) Git
4 29 (5.30%) GitLab
5 23 (4.20%) Cucumber
6 22 (4.02%) JUnit
7 19 (3.47%) Selenium
8 16 (2.93%) Mockito
9 13 (2.38%) Maven
10 12 (2.19%) git-flow
10 12 (2.19%) TeamCity
11 11 (2.01%) JMeter
12 10 (1.83%) SonarQube
13 6 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (1.10%) TestRail
14 5 (0.91%) Gradle
14 5 (0.91%) MLflow
14 5 (0.91%) Pylint
15 4 (0.73%) Deequ
15 4 (0.73%) WebDriver
General
1 187 (34.19%) Finance
2 161 (29.43%) Social Skills
3 104 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (16.09%) Banking
5 33 (6.03%) Investment Banking
5 33 (6.03%) Marketing
6 31 (5.67%) Front Office
7 28 (5.12%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (2.93%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (2.19%) Retail
11 11 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.01%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.28%) Retail Banking
14 6 (1.10%) Corporate Banking
14 6 (1.10%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.73%) Electronics
17 3 (0.55%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 181 (33.09%) Developer
2 111 (20.29%) Senior
3 58 (10.60%) Analyst
4 51 (9.32%) Java Developer
5 49 (8.96%) Senior Developer
6 45 (8.23%) Architect
7 40 (7.31%) Lead
8 34 (6.22%) Business Analyst
9 33 (6.03%) Project Manager
10 27 (4.94%) Software Engineer
11 24 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (4.20%) Data Engineer
13 22 (4.02%) Cloud Architect
13 22 (4.02%) Full Stack Developer
13 22 (4.02%) Senior Java Developer
14 19 (3.47%) Consultant
15 17 (3.11%) SQL Developer
16 16 (2.93%) Python Developer
16 16 (2.93%) Security Architect
17 15 (2.74%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (11.88%) .NET
2 52 (9.51%) React
3 34 (6.22%) HTML
4 33 (6.03%) CSS
5 30 (5.48%) Web Services
6 28 (5.12%) REST
6 28 (5.12%) Spring Boot
7 27 (4.94%) .NET Framework
8 25 (4.57%) Kafka
9 24 (4.39%) XML
10 23 (4.20%) JSON
11 22 (4.02%) Spring
12 21 (3.84%) AngularJS
13 17 (3.11%) JPA
13 17 (3.11%) WebSockets
14 16 (2.93%) .NET Core
14 16 (2.93%) Hibernate
15 15 (2.74%) ASP.NET
16 14 (2.56%) Middleware
16 14 (2.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.48%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (4.75%) Mobile App
3 23 (4.20%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.20%) Management Information System
4 22 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (4.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (3.66%) Algorithms
6 17 (3.11%) Product Ownership
7 16 (2.93%) Derivative
7 16 (2.93%) IoT
8 15 (2.74%) Fixed Income
9 13 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
10 12 (2.19%) Credit Derivative
10 12 (2.19%) Data Structures
11 11 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (2.01%) Video\Live Streaming
12 9 (1.65%) Mobile Banking
12 9 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 7 (1.28%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.41%) Linux
2 36 (6.58%) Windows
3 21 (3.84%) Unix
4 10 (1.83%) Android
5 5 (0.91%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (46.62%) Agile
2 137 (25.05%) DevOps
3 131 (23.95%) CI/CD
4 110 (20.11%) Software Engineering
5 100 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (18.10%) Scrum
7 59 (10.79%) Analytics
8 53 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 52 (9.51%) Microservices
9 52 (9.51%) Project Management
9 52 (9.51%) Test Automation
10 50 (9.14%) Design Patterns
11 49 (8.96%) User Acceptance Testing
12 45 (8.23%) ITIL
13 43 (7.86%) Continuous Integration
14 41 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
15 40 (7.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (7.31%) Migration
16 39 (7.13%) Computer Science
17 36 (6.58%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 140 (25.59%) SQL
2 137 (25.05%) Java
3 102 (18.65%) Python
4 88 (16.09%) C#
5 77 (14.08%) JavaScript
6 54 (9.87%) PowerShell
7 36 (6.58%) TypeScript
8 21 (3.84%) Go
8 21 (3.84%) PL/SQL
8 21 (3.84%) T-SQL
9 17 (3.11%) C++
10 16 (2.93%) Shell Script
11 14 (2.56%) Scala
12 13 (2.38%) Perl
13 9 (1.65%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.28%) VB.NET
15 6 (1.10%) Bicep
16 5 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.73%) ABAP
18 3 (0.55%) PHP
Qualifications
1 77 (14.08%) Degree
2 62 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 56 (10.24%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (4.20%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.38%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.38%) PMP
8 12 (2.19%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.10%) CISM
9 6 (1.10%) CISSP
10 4 (0.73%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.37%) IIBA
12 2 (0.37%) ISEB
12 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.37%) SAP Certification
13 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.23%) QA
2 17 (3.11%) NIST
3 13 (2.38%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.83%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.83%) PMO
5 8 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.28%) EMIR
7 6 (1.10%) MiFID
8 5 (0.91%) Accessibility
8 5 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (0.91%) SEPA
9 2 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
9 2 (0.37%) GAAP
9 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
10 1 (0.18%) Basel III
10 1 (0.18%) COBIT
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) HL7
10 1 (0.18%) IFRS
10 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 39 (7.13%) Docker
2 15 (2.74%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.91%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) GridGain
7 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 67 (12.25%) Kubernetes
2 51 (9.32%) Terraform
3 33 (6.03%) Ansible
4 24 (4.39%) Puppet
5 6 (1.10%) Grafana
5 6 (1.10%) vRealize
6 5 (0.91%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.73%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.55%) Kibana
8 3 (0.55%) Netcool
8 3 (0.55%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.55%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.37%) Argo
9 2 (0.37%) logstash
10 1 (0.18%) Control-M
10 1 (0.18%) Istio
10 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.18%) VxRail
Vendors
1 67 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 64 (11.70%) Oracle
3 24 (4.39%) Databricks
4 20 (3.66%) SAP
5 13 (2.38%) MuleSoft
6 12 (2.19%) IBM
6 12 (2.19%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.19%) VMware
7 11 (2.01%) Bloomberg
7 11 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.65%) Refinitiv
9 8 (1.46%) OpenLink
9 8 (1.46%) Solace
9 8 (1.46%) Sybase
10 7 (1.28%) Google
10 7 (1.28%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.10%) TIBCO
12 5 (0.91%) Apple
12 5 (0.91%) Citrix
13 4 (0.73%) Conga