SDLC Job Trends in the East of England

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
England > East of England

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 114 96
Rank change year-on-year -23 -18 -46
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 47 53 146
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.75% 1.77% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.09% 1.92% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 27 30 119
10th Percentile £39,818 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,760 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% +15.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £68,510 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.40% +8.33% -1.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,328 2,764 5,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 69.50% 92.50% 77.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2,961 1,387 3,928
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,150 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,533 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,200 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in the East of England

SDLC
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SDLC

SDLC
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for SDLC in the East of England

SDLC
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridgeshire -23 20 £53,800 -6.43% 10
Bedfordshire +12 11 £41,739 -40.37% 6
Hertfordshire -19 9 £50,000 +4.71% 4
Essex -16 4 £65,000 +20.93% 2
Suffolk +17 2 £77,500 +47.62% 3
Norfolk -28 1 - - 2
SDLC
England

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.26%) EngageOne
Cloud Services
1 14 (29.79%) Azure
2 12 (25.53%) AWS
3 6 (12.77%) GCP
4 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.26%) Apigee
5 2 (4.26%) Azure AI
5 2 (4.26%) GitHub
5 2 (4.26%) SaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.13%) AWS CloudTrail
6 1 (2.13%) AWS KMS
6 1 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) DMZ
1 6 (12.77%) Firewall
1 6 (12.77%) Network Security
2 4 (8.51%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.15%) Relational Database
2 6 (12.77%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (8.51%) SQL Server
4 3 (6.38%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (6.38%) MongoDB
4 3 (6.38%) MySQL
4 3 (6.38%) Redis
5 2 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (2.13%) Data Lake
6 1 (2.13%) Power BI
6 1 (2.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Git
2 2 (4.26%) JIRA
3 1 (2.13%) GitLab
3 1 (2.13%) Qt Creator
General
1 13 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 9 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
4 7 (14.89%) Finance
5 4 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.13%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.13%) Electronics
7 1 (2.13%) Legal
7 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (36.17%) Software Engineer
2 16 (34.04%) Developer
3 8 (17.02%) Systems Developer
4 7 (14.89%) Analyst
4 7 (14.89%) Consultant
5 6 (12.77%) Senior
6 5 (10.64%) .NET Software Engineer
6 5 (10.64%) Analyst Developer
6 5 (10.64%) Systems Analyst
7 4 (8.51%) Lead
7 4 (8.51%) Senior Software Engineer
7 4 (8.51%) SQL Developer
8 3 (6.38%) .NET Developer
8 3 (6.38%) Applications Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) Delphi Developer
8 3 (6.38%) JavaScript Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) UI Engineer
8 3 (6.38%) UX Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Node.js Developer
9 2 (4.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (23.40%) .NET
2 10 (21.28%) CSS
2 10 (21.28%) HTML
3 8 (17.02%) React
4 5 (10.64%) HTML5
4 5 (10.64%) jQuery
4 5 (10.64%) Node.js
5 3 (6.38%) AngularJS
5 3 (6.38%) RESTful
5 3 (6.38%) Vue
6 2 (4.26%) .NET Core
6 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET
6 2 (4.26%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (4.26%) Blazor
6 2 (4.26%) Django
6 2 (4.26%) Flask
6 2 (4.26%) ML.NET
6 2 (4.26%) NestJS
6 2 (4.26%) Next.js
7 1 (2.13%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.28%) Cloud Native
2 7 (14.89%) Cloud Security Posture
2 7 (14.89%) Security Posture
3 6 (12.77%) Blog
3 6 (12.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 6 (12.77%) PKI
4 3 (6.38%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
5 2 (4.26%) Social Network
6 1 (2.13%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.13%) IoT
6 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.13%) Robotics
6 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Linux
1 1 (2.13%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (44.68%) Software Engineering
2 16 (34.04%) AI
3 15 (31.91%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (27.66%) Agile
5 9 (19.15%) Computer Science
5 9 (19.15%) Machine Learning
6 8 (17.02%) DevOps
7 7 (14.89%) CI/CD
7 7 (14.89%) Cloud Security
7 7 (14.89%) RBAC
7 7 (14.89%) Risk Management
7 7 (14.89%) Threat Modelling
7 7 (14.89%) Zero Trust
8 6 (12.77%) Containerisation
8 6 (12.77%) Cryptography
8 6 (12.77%) ISMS
8 6 (12.77%) Key Management
8 6 (12.77%) Test Automation
8 6 (12.77%) Use Case
8 6 (12.77%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 16 (34.04%) JavaScript
1 16 (34.04%) SQL
2 12 (25.53%) Python
3 6 (12.77%) C#
3 6 (12.77%) Java
4 3 (6.38%) C++
4 3 (6.38%) Delphi
4 3 (6.38%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.26%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.13%) Clojure
6 1 (2.13%) Embedded C++
6 1 (2.13%) Erlang
6 1 (2.13%) PHP
6 1 (2.13%) VB
6 1 (2.13%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.13%) VB6
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) Degree
2 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (12.77%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) HND
5 2 (4.26%) Postgraduate
6 1 (2.13%) CISA
6 1 (2.13%) CISM
6 1 (2.13%) CISSP
6 1 (2.13%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (2.13%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.13%) CRISC
6 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.13%) ISEB
6 1 (2.13%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) GRC
1 7 (14.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (14.89%) NIST
2 6 (12.77%) GDPR
2 6 (12.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 6 (12.77%) JSP 440
2 6 (12.77%) NCSC
2 6 (12.77%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.13%) ISO 31000
3 1 (2.13%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.13%) QA
3 1 (2.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (4.26%) Docker
2 1 (2.13%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Terraform
2 1 (2.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (12.77%) Google
2 5 (10.64%) Oracle
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.26%) Pega
5 1 (2.13%) Databricks