SDLC Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets requiring SDLC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 5 22
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 -3
Contract jobs citing SDLC 4 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 8.00% 16.67% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.16% 19.15% 2.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 3
10th Percentile - £396 £519
25th Percentile - £495 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £528 £594
Median % change year-on-year -14.69% -11.20% -3.81%
75th Percentile - £595 £660
90th Percentile - £630 £699
East London median daily rate £450 £528 £750
% change year-on-year -14.69% -29.67% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
East London median hourly rate £55.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49 47 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 98.00% 87.04% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 43 127
10th Percentile £419 £453 £432
25th Percentile £450 £498 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £594
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -2.36% +13.14%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £650
90th Percentile £699 £638 £770
East London median daily rate £500 £533 £575
% change year-on-year -6.10% -7.39% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £15.13
25th Percentile - - £16.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +111.30% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East London median hourly rate £44.75 £28.60 £23.32
% change year-on-year +56.46% +22.64% +3.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

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Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing SDLC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing SDLC

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Hourly Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing SDLC.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing SDLC

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Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 22 February 2026. 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
Canary Wharf -7 4 £450 -14.69% 1
SDLC
East London

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Data Lake
1 3 (75.00%) Star Schema
2 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
1 3 (75.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
1 3 (75.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (25.00%) Backend Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) AI
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (75.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
1 3 (75.00%) Functional Testing
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Kimball Methodology
1 3 (75.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Testing
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (75.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft