SDLC Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 22 40
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 -3
Contract jobs citing SDLC 7 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 2.72% 3.27% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.91% 4.39% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.03%
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £698 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +32.86% -8.70% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £67.02
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -25.40% +21.85%
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - £53.00 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £67.02
% change year-on-year +10.00% -25.40% +24.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 179 114 238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 69.65% 74.51% 90.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 59 90
10th Percentile £313 £378 £396
25th Percentile £450 £427 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -6.09% +15.00%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £662
90th Percentile £750 £675 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 26 104
10th Percentile £13.48 £32.10 £51.06
25th Percentile £45.90 £41.00 £53.40
Median hourly rate £52.43 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -16.67% +3.09%
75th Percentile £61.92 £58.75 £70.11
90th Percentile £68.55 £63.13 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £37.00 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -26.00% -12.82% +4.27%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

SDLC
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing SDLC

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Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing SDLC

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) HTTPS
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
2 2 (28.57%) Git
General
1 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Java Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Hibernate
1 2 (28.57%) RESTful
1 2 (28.57%) Spring
1 2 (28.57%) Spring Boot
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Design Patterns
3 2 (28.57%) Issue Tracking
3 2 (28.57%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (28.57%) SysML
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) UML
4 1 (14.29%) Agile Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Business Case
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Project Management
4 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Map
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared