SDLC Contract Job Trends in Peterborough

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Peterborough requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 23 38
Rank change year-on-year +12 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing SDLC 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Peterborough 1.82% 2.33% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 2.70% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £581 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +56.67% - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £588 £456 £550
% change year-on-year +28.77% -17.05% +12.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.50
Median hourly rate - - £36.00
75th Percentile - - £36.50
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate - - £36.00

All Process & Methodology Skills
Peterborough

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 Peterborough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 41 74 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Peterborough 74.55% 86.05% 78.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 15 19
10th Percentile £323 £186 £170
25th Percentile £563 £195 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £200 £220
Median % change year-on-year +193.75% -9.09% -45.00%
75th Percentile £594 £447 £346
90th Percentile £665 £473 £492
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £475 £475 £440
% change year-on-year - +7.95% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 45 152
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £13.45 £14.99 £14.48
Median hourly rate £14.22 £15.44 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% +2.93% +3.45%
75th Percentile £15.87 £18.22 £16.85
90th Percentile £33.95 £23.19 £28.63
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £15.50 £16.23 £16.00
% change year-on-year -4.50% +1.44% +10.34%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Peterborough

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Daily Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing SDLC

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Hourly Rate Trend in Peterborough

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Peterborough citing SDLC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Development Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Development Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Software Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum