SDLC Contracts in Preston

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston requiring SDLC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SDLC over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 16 24
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -
Contract jobs citing SDLC 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 1.33% 1.72% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.89% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £619 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - -
75th Percentile £656 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £638 - £475
% change year-on-year - - -32.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.75
Median hourly rate - £48.00 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year - -1.03% -
75th Percentile - - £50.25
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate - £48.00 £48.50
% change year-on-year - -1.03% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 70 53 89
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 93.33% 91.38% 98.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 19 33
10th Percentile £350 £350 £288
25th Percentile £447 £456 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £593 £403
Median % change year-on-year -10.61% +47.30% +15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £695 £490
90th Percentile £671 £978 £735
Lancashire median daily rate £538 £519 £500
% change year-on-year +3.71% +3.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 31 44
10th Percentile £24.76 £11.77 £25.75
25th Percentile £26.88 - £29.30
Median hourly rate £28.75 £16.06 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +79.02% -62.21% +7.59%
75th Percentile £31.07 - £49.70
90th Percentile £43.39 £46.18 £56.38
Lancashire median hourly rate £28.75 £25.60 £42.50
% change year-on-year +12.30% -39.76% +15.65%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in Preston

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC in Preston

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in Preston

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF