SDLC Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SDLC 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 4.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.03% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -2.56% -7.14% -27.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £63.63 - -
25th Percentile £65.88 - -
Median hourly rate £67.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £67.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +6.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 199 136 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 86.15% 75.14% 92.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 19 50
10th Percentile £389 £262 £258
25th Percentile £456 £290 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £345 £500
Median % change year-on-year +59.42% -31.00% -14.68%
75th Percentile £575 £506 £553
90th Percentile £765 £610 £639
Hertfordshire median daily rate £528 £425 £531
% change year-on-year +24.24% -20.00% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 66 129
10th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £42.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £60.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £91.25 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -31.20% -3.85% +8.33%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Stevenage

SDLC
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SDLC

SDLC
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Stevenage citing SDLC

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) npm
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (90.00%) Artifactory
1 9 (90.00%) GitLab
1 9 (90.00%) JIRA
1 9 (90.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Development Engineer
3 3 (30.00%) Software Development Engineer
4 2 (20.00%) Software Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Architect
5 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (90.00%) .NET
1 9 (90.00%) .NET Framework
1 9 (90.00%) AngularJS
1 9 (90.00%) CSS
1 9 (90.00%) HTML
1 9 (90.00%) Node.js
1 9 (90.00%) React
1 9 (90.00%) Svelte
1 9 (90.00%) Vue
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (90.00%) Algorithms
1 9 (90.00%) Data Structures
1 9 (90.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (90.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (90.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (90.00%) Containerisation
2 9 (90.00%) Design Patterns
2 9 (90.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 9 (90.00%) Microservices
2 9 (90.00%) OOP
2 9 (90.00%) Software Testing
2 9 (90.00%) TDD
3 7 (70.00%) DevOps
4 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (10.00%) Multithreading
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
5 1 (10.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) C#
1 9 (90.00%) JavaScript
1 9 (90.00%) TypeScript
2 7 (70.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (90.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce