SDLC Contracts with Work from Home Options

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 25 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 81 90
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +8
Contract jobs citing SDLC 354 656 1,264
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.40% 2.75% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 3.07% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 446 912
10th Percentile £390 £413 £400
25th Percentile £450 £495 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £656
90th Percentile £825 £791 £750
UK median daily rate £560 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -6.67% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 29
10th Percentile - £46.25 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £51.25 £55.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -16.03%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.50 £63.75 £68.15
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £52.97 £54.89
% change year-on-year -9.38% -3.50% -2.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

SDLC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SDLC trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC.

SDLC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 25 June 2024.

SDLC daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC.

SDLC hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 25 June 2024.

SDLC hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (5.37%) Confluence
2 8 (2.26%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.98%) Apache Solr
4 6 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.69%) nginx
5 5 (1.41%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (1.13%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.85%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.85%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.85%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.56%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.56%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.28%) Apache
9 1 (0.28%) Appian
9 1 (0.28%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) IIS
9 1 (0.28%) JBoss
9 1 (0.28%) MTS
Applications
1 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 6 (1.69%) Endur
2 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.85%) SAP Hybris
2 3 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.56%) SAP APO
3 2 (0.56%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.56%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.56%) SAP IBP
3 2 (0.56%) SAP MM
3 2 (0.56%) Shopify
4 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.28%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.28%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.77%) AWS
2 67 (18.93%) Azure
3 19 (5.37%) GCP
4 13 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.39%) SaaS
6 10 (2.82%) PaaS
7 9 (2.54%) GitHub
7 9 (2.54%) Serverless
8 7 (1.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 7 (1.98%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (1.98%) Power Platform
8 7 (1.98%) Slack
9 6 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (1.69%) Entra ID
10 5 (1.41%) Azure Functions
10 5 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.41%) OpenShift
10 5 (1.41%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.98%) ATM
2 5 (1.41%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.13%) DNS
3 4 (1.13%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.13%) IPsec
4 3 (0.85%) BGP
4 3 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.85%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.56%) Network Security
6 1 (0.28%) 4G
6 1 (0.28%) 5G
6 1 (0.28%) Firewall
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.28%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (10.17%) SQL Server
2 29 (8.19%) Relational Database
3 17 (4.80%) Oracle Database
4 16 (4.52%) NoSQL
5 13 (3.67%) MySQL
6 8 (2.26%) Big Data
7 7 (1.98%) KDB
8 6 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.41%) Couchbase
10 4 (1.13%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.13%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.13%) DB2
10 4 (1.13%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.85%) Metadata
11 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
11 3 (0.85%) Power BI
11 3 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 38 (10.73%) JIRA
2 36 (10.17%) Git
2 36 (10.17%) Jenkins
3 23 (6.50%) GitLab
4 15 (4.24%) JUnit
5 14 (3.95%) git-flow
6 13 (3.67%) Mockito
7 11 (3.11%) Cucumber
8 9 (2.54%) Selenium
8 9 (2.54%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (1.98%) Maven
9 7 (1.98%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.69%) MLflow
11 4 (1.13%) Cypress.io
11 4 (1.13%) JMeter
11 4 (1.13%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.85%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.85%) Gradle
12 3 (0.85%) HP UFT
12 3 (0.85%) Katalon Studio
General
1 111 (31.36%) Finance
2 107 (30.23%) Social Skills
3 63 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.99%) Banking
5 28 (7.91%) Marketing
6 24 (6.78%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.65%) Front Office
8 16 (4.52%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.39%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.54%) Retail
11 9 (2.54%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.69%) Tech for Good
13 4 (1.13%) Electronics
13 4 (1.13%) Legal
13 4 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 93 (26.27%) Developer
2 67 (18.93%) Senior
3 44 (12.43%) Analyst
4 40 (11.30%) Java Developer
5 31 (8.76%) Business Analyst
6 30 (8.47%) Senior Developer
7 29 (8.19%) Architect
8 27 (7.63%) Lead
9 24 (6.78%) Project Manager
10 21 (5.93%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
11 18 (5.08%) Consultant
11 18 (5.08%) Senior Java Developer
12 13 (3.67%) Test Engineer
13 11 (3.11%) Data Engineer
13 11 (3.11%) Full Stack Developer
13 11 (3.11%) JavaScript Engineer
13 11 (3.11%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.11%) UI Engineer
14 10 (2.82%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.73%) .NET
2 32 (9.04%) React
2 32 (9.04%) Spring Boot
3 27 (7.63%) Spring
4 21 (5.93%) REST
5 20 (5.65%) RESTful
6 19 (5.37%) JSON
7 18 (5.08%) CSS
8 17 (4.80%) AngularJS
9 16 (4.52%) .NET Framework
9 16 (4.52%) Web Services
10 14 (3.95%) HTML
10 14 (3.95%) Kafka
10 14 (3.95%) XML
11 13 (3.67%) WebSockets
12 12 (3.39%) OpenFin
12 12 (3.39%) Sass
12 12 (3.39%) SOAP
13 11 (3.11%) Jest
13 11 (3.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.91%) Enterprise Software
2 21 (5.93%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.93%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.39%) Fixed Income
5 11 (3.11%) Video\Live Streaming
6 10 (2.82%) Credit Derivative
7 9 (2.54%) IoT
7 9 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.54%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 8 (2.26%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.26%) Over-the-Top Content
8 8 (2.26%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.98%) Derivative
9 7 (1.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 6 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.41%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 26 (7.34%) Linux
2 20 (5.65%) Windows
3 10 (2.82%) Android
4 7 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.69%) Unix
6 4 (1.13%) CentOS
7 2 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.28%) VMS
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (48.87%) Agile
2 101 (28.53%) DevOps
3 89 (25.14%) CI/CD
4 68 (19.21%) Software Engineering
5 64 (18.08%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (15.25%) Microservices
7 49 (13.84%) Scrum
8 43 (12.15%) Test Automation
9 32 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (7.34%) Waterfall
11 25 (7.06%) Software Testing
12 24 (6.78%) Configuration Management
12 24 (6.78%) User Acceptance Testing
12 24 (6.78%) User Experience
13 23 (6.50%) Business Analysis
13 23 (6.50%) Migration
14 22 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 22 (6.21%) Continuous Integration
14 22 (6.21%) Information Security
14 22 (6.21%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 94 (26.55%) Java
2 69 (19.49%) SQL
3 63 (17.80%) Python
4 45 (12.71%) JavaScript
5 39 (11.02%) C#
6 15 (4.24%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.95%) Go
7 14 (3.95%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.67%) Scala
9 10 (2.82%) Bash
9 10 (2.82%) T-SQL
10 9 (2.54%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.26%) C++
11 8 (2.26%) PL/SQL
11 8 (2.26%) VB
12 7 (1.98%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.98%) PHP
13 5 (1.41%) C
14 3 (0.85%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (11.58%) Degree
2 28 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.65%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.54%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.26%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.98%) CISSP
8 6 (1.69%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.41%) CISM
10 4 (1.13%) CRISC
10 4 (1.13%) PMI Certification
10 4 (1.13%) PMP
11 3 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.56%) ISEB
13 1 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.91%) QA
2 8 (2.26%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.98%) NIST
4 5 (1.41%) GDPR
4 5 (1.41%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.85%) COBIT
7 2 (0.56%) HL7
7 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.56%) PMO
7 2 (0.56%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.28%) Dodd-Frank
8 1 (0.28%) EMIR
8 1 (0.28%) GAAP
8 1 (0.28%) MISRA
8 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 29 (8.19%) Docker
2 10 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.85%) vCloud
3 3 (0.85%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.85%) vSphere
4 1 (0.28%) GridGain
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (11.86%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.04%) Terraform
3 22 (6.21%) Ansible
4 5 (1.41%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.13%) Argo
5 4 (1.13%) Puppet
6 3 (0.85%) Autotask
6 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.85%) Zipkin
7 2 (0.56%) Grafana
7 2 (0.56%) Kibana
7 2 (0.56%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.28%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.28%) logstash
8 1 (0.28%) Nmap
8 1 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 44 (12.43%) Oracle
2 30 (8.47%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.50%) SAP
4 11 (3.11%) Databricks
4 11 (3.11%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.54%) Google
6 8 (2.26%) IBM
7 7 (1.98%) TOWER Software
8 4 (1.13%) Adobe
8 4 (1.13%) Conga
8 4 (1.13%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.13%) Micro Focus
8 4 (1.13%) OpenLink
8 4 (1.13%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.85%) Apple
9 3 (0.85%) Arista
9 3 (0.85%) BMC
9 3 (0.85%) Cisco
9 3 (0.85%) Informatica
9 3 (0.85%) Remedy