SDLC Job Trends in Birmingham

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 94 52
Rank change year-on-year +15 -42 -17
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 29 36 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.67% 2.00% 4.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 2.14% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 53
10th Percentile £51,250 £37,823 £45,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £46,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.96% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,625 £73,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £93,250 £115,000
West Midlands median annual salary £58,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.48% -12.50% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

SDLC falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,381 1,683 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.37% 93.29% 88.05%
Number of salaries quoted 979 784 1,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,875 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Birmingham

SDLC
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing SDLC

SDLC
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SDLC in Birmingham

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (13.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.45%) Integrated Workplace Management System
Cloud Services
1 21 (72.41%) Azure
2 10 (34.48%) AWS
3 7 (24.14%) SaaS
4 6 (20.69%) Power Platform
5 5 (17.24%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (17.24%) Power Automate
6 4 (13.79%) Azure Functions
6 4 (13.79%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (13.79%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (13.79%) PowerApps
6 4 (13.79%) Serverless
7 3 (10.34%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (6.90%) Azure API Management
8 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
8 2 (6.90%) GCP
9 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) DNS
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
1 2 (6.90%) HTTP
1 2 (6.90%) SSH
1 2 (6.90%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.90%) VPN
2 1 (3.45%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.90%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (24.14%) Maven
2 6 (20.69%) JUnit
2 6 (20.69%) Mockito
3 4 (13.79%) Git
4 2 (6.90%) MSTest
4 2 (6.90%) NUnit
5 1 (3.45%) Cucumber
5 1 (3.45%) Gatling
5 1 (3.45%) GitLab
5 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
5 1 (3.45%) Postman
5 1 (3.45%) Selenium
5 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (10.34%) Legal
5 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Senior
2 11 (37.93%) Developer
3 8 (27.59%) Senior Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Full-Stack Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Full-Stack Java Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Java Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
4 6 (20.69%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (13.79%) Lead
6 3 (10.34%) Project Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
7 2 (6.90%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Consultant
7 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Information Security Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Lead Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (31.03%) REST
2 6 (20.69%) .NET
3 3 (10.34%) AngularJS
3 3 (10.34%) React
4 2 (6.90%) .NET Core
4 2 (6.90%) .NET Framework
4 2 (6.90%) ARM Templates
4 2 (6.90%) ASP.NET
4 2 (6.90%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (6.90%) Entity Framework
4 2 (6.90%) RESTful
4 2 (6.90%) Spring
4 2 (6.90%) YAML
5 1 (3.45%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (3.45%) EDI
5 1 (3.45%) Playwright
5 1 (3.45%) RAML
5 1 (3.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (13.79%) Cloud Native
2 4 (13.79%) Security Posture
2 4 (13.79%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
3 3 (10.34%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.90%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.45%) AI Agents
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.45%) IoT
5 1 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.45%) Low-Code
5 1 (3.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) Agile
2 9 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (27.59%) CI/CD
3 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
3 8 (27.59%) TDD
4 7 (24.14%) DevOps
4 7 (24.14%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (24.14%) Microservices
4 7 (24.14%) Scrum
4 7 (24.14%) Unit Testing
5 6 (20.69%) Project Delivery
5 6 (20.69%) Sprint Planning
6 5 (17.24%) Computer Science
6 5 (17.24%) Containerisation
6 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (13.79%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (13.79%) Incident Response
7 4 (13.79%) Information Security
7 4 (13.79%) Resource Management
7 4 (13.79%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (31.03%) SQL
2 7 (24.14%) Java
3 6 (20.69%) PL/SQL
4 5 (17.24%) C#
5 4 (13.79%) Bash
5 4 (13.79%) C
5 4 (13.79%) JavaScript
5 4 (13.79%) R
6 2 (6.90%) Bicep
6 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
1 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) Degree
3 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (6.90%) CEH
4 2 (6.90%) CISSP
4 2 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (6.90%) GSEC
4 2 (6.90%) OSCP
5 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (31.03%) QA
2 4 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (13.79%) NIST
3 2 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.90%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (3.45%) COBIT
4 1 (3.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.90%) Nessus
2 2 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Oracle
2 5 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Databricks
3 2 (6.90%) Google
3 2 (6.90%) Qualys
4 1 (3.45%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.45%) Planon
4 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Siemens