SDLC Job Trends in Bournemouth

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bournemouth requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 21 6
Rank change year-on-year -7 -15 +17
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 2 7 48
As % of all permanent jobs in Bournemouth 1.07% 5.26% 17.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 5.56% 19.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 42
10th Percentile - £37,000 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -22.45% +28.95%
75th Percentile £67,500 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile - £62,000 £77,500
Dorset median annual salary £65,000 £33,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +95.49% -44.58% +26.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 171 126 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 91.44% 94.74% 90.77%
Number of salaries quoted 112 74 214
10th Percentile £27,707 £39,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,000 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,500 £77,500
Dorset median annual salary £37,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -26.00% -4.76% +10.53%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

SDLC
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bournemouth citing SDLC

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) EDIFACT
1 1 (50.00%) IDoc
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA