SDLC Jobs in England

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 47 63
Rank change year-on-year -64 +16 +9
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 2,084 5,671 6,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.48% 5.97% 5.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.88% 6.24% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,354 2,583 3,732
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SDLC is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,450 90,857 124,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 86.08% 95.70% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 53,748 53,506 74,331
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,250
25th Percentile £39,759 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDLC in England.

Salary trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SDLC in England

SDLC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. 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
London -72 597 £80,000 +2.38% 219
North of England -68 429 £57,500 - 120
South East -58 369 £57,500 - 82
South West -16 287 £57,500 +4.55% 54
North West -55 260 £60,000 +14.29% 76
Midlands -92 240 £57,500 +4.55% 64
East of England -37 146 £50,000 -13.04% 42
West Midlands -86 144 £57,500 +2.68% 35
Yorkshire -62 125 £50,000 -13.04% 32
East Midlands -61 98 £50,000 -9.09% 29
North East +4 44 £61,250 +6.52% 13
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 50 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (1.87%) nginx
3 38 (1.82%) Apache
4 35 (1.68%) SharePoint
5 30 (1.44%) Camunda
5 30 (1.44%) WebLogic
6 27 (1.30%) Apache Spark
7 25 (1.20%) Confluence
8 18 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
9 16 (0.77%) SAS
10 9 (0.43%) OpenStack
11 8 (0.38%) Apache Pig
12 6 (0.29%) IIS
13 5 (0.24%) OpenEdge
14 4 (0.19%) CMS
14 4 (0.19%) Drupal
15 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
15 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
16 2 (0.096%) IBM Domino
16 2 (0.096%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 58 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
4 22 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.72%) SPSS
7 6 (0.29%) Simulink
8 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (2.21%) Endur
2 30 (1.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.67%) NetSuite
4 9 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 9 (0.43%) OpenLink RightAngle
5 5 (0.24%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.19%) Relativity
7 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.096%) Adaptiv
8 2 (0.096%) SAP MII
8 2 (0.096%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.096%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.096%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 1 (0.048%) Data Workbench
9 1 (0.048%) Postilion
9 1 (0.048%) Ringtail
9 1 (0.048%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.048%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 552 (26.49%) Azure
2 459 (22.02%) AWS
3 147 (7.05%) Azure DevOps
4 121 (5.81%) SaaS
5 98 (4.70%) GCP
6 77 (3.69%) GitHub
7 70 (3.36%) Serverless
8 62 (2.98%) Power Platform
9 49 (2.35%) PaaS
10 48 (2.30%) Amazon S3
11 46 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
11 46 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
12 45 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
13 42 (2.02%) IBM Cloud
14 39 (1.87%) Amazon Kinesis
15 36 (1.73%) IaaS
16 33 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (1.58%) PowerApps
17 32 (1.54%) OpenShift
18 30 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 69 (3.31%) TCP/IP
2 67 (3.21%) DNS
3 32 (1.54%) HTTP
4 30 (1.44%) SSL
5 29 (1.39%) DHCP
6 28 (1.34%) BGP
7 20 (0.96%) VPN
8 19 (0.91%) Internet
8 19 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
9 16 (0.77%) Network Security
9 16 (0.77%) Wireless
10 15 (0.72%) Firewall
10 15 (0.72%) NGFW
11 14 (0.67%) Bluetooth
12 10 (0.48%) VoIP
13 8 (0.38%) Broadband
14 7 (0.34%) RS-485
15 6 (0.29%) AMQP
15 6 (0.29%) ZigBee
16 5 (0.24%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (11.04%) SQL Server
2 177 (8.49%) Relational Database
3 111 (5.33%) RDBMS
4 99 (4.75%) MySQL
5 73 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
6 67 (3.21%) NoSQL
7 66 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
8 64 (3.07%) Oracle Database
9 57 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
9 57 (2.74%) Big Data
10 56 (2.69%) MongoDB
11 43 (2.06%) Power BI
12 39 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
13 26 (1.25%) Metadata
14 25 (1.20%) Redis
15 24 (1.15%) Hadoop
16 23 (1.10%) Apache Hive
17 21 (1.01%) Data Lake
18 18 (0.86%) BigQuery
19 15 (0.72%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 176 (8.45%) Git
1 176 (8.45%) JIRA
2 97 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 40 (1.92%) Postman
4 37 (1.78%) Visual Studio
5 35 (1.68%) GitLab
6 30 (1.44%) JUnit
7 26 (1.25%) Selenium
8 25 (1.20%) SonarQube
9 20 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
10 18 (0.86%) Maven
11 17 (0.82%) Bitbucket
11 17 (0.82%) Cucumber
12 14 (0.67%) LabVIEW
12 14 (0.67%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.62%) Cypress.io
13 13 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
14 12 (0.58%) Eclipse
14 12 (0.58%) NUnit
15 11 (0.53%) Appium
General
1 581 (27.88%) Social Skills
2 442 (21.21%) Finance
3 251 (12.04%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 137 (6.57%) Banking
6 102 (4.89%) Marketing
7 77 (3.69%) Public Sector
8 73 (3.50%) Retail
9 71 (3.41%) Aerospace
10 68 (3.26%) Legal
11 64 (3.07%) Law
12 61 (2.93%) Games
13 41 (1.97%) Electronics
14 34 (1.63%) Manufacturing
15 33 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.49%) Investment Banking
17 28 (1.34%) Telecoms
18 27 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
19 22 (1.06%) Back Office
20 20 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 549 (26.34%) Developer
2 368 (17.66%) Senior
3 249 (11.95%) Software Engineer
4 239 (11.47%) Lead
5 210 (10.08%) Project Manager
6 169 (8.11%) Architect
7 155 (7.44%) Analyst
8 127 (6.09%) Senior Developer
9 118 (5.66%) .NET Developer
10 108 (5.18%) Software Developer
11 105 (5.04%) Presales Manager
12 98 (4.70%) Business Analyst
13 93 (4.46%) Java Developer
14 83 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
15 79 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
16 74 (3.55%) Technical Leader
17 70 (3.36%) Software Manager
18 66 (3.17%) Full Stack Developer
19 64 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
20 61 (2.93%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 415 (19.91%) .NET
2 189 (9.07%) React
3 170 (8.16%) AngularJS
4 156 (7.49%) HTML
5 147 (7.05%) Spring Boot
6 136 (6.53%) .NET Framework
7 134 (6.43%) Spring
8 126 (6.05%) ASP.NET
9 116 (5.57%) .NET Core
10 115 (5.52%) REST
11 106 (5.09%) JSON
12 95 (4.56%) Node.js
13 94 (4.51%) CSS
14 93 (4.46%) Kafka
15 85 (4.08%) RESTful
16 80 (3.84%) Web Services
17 64 (3.07%) Entity Framework
18 63 (3.02%) ASP.NET Web API
18 63 (3.02%) Vue
19 61 (2.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 152 (7.29%) Product Ownership
2 102 (4.89%) Self-Motivation
3 99 (4.75%) Management Information System
4 93 (4.46%) Cloud Native
5 77 (3.69%) Enterprise Software
6 72 (3.45%) Mobile App
7 63 (3.02%) Public Cloud
8 57 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
9 55 (2.64%) Virtual Team
10 53 (2.54%) Algorithms
11 49 (2.35%) Blockchain
11 49 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
12 46 (2.21%) Swaptions
13 42 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
14 39 (1.87%) Cyberattack
14 39 (1.87%) e-Learning
15 31 (1.49%) Social Network
16 29 (1.39%) Client/Server
17 25 (1.20%) IoT
18 22 (1.06%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 183 (8.78%) Linux
2 67 (3.21%) Windows
3 32 (1.54%) Android
3 32 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 22 (1.06%) Apple iOS
5 18 (0.86%) Unix
6 17 (0.82%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.24%) ThreadX
9 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.096%) VMS
10 2 (0.096%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.096%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.096%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.048%) Debian
11 1 (0.048%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.048%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.048%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,238 (59.40%) Agile
2 538 (25.82%) Software Engineering
3 534 (25.62%) DevOps
4 472 (22.65%) Problem-Solving
5 421 (20.20%) Project Management
6 335 (16.07%) CI/CD
7 280 (13.44%) Scrum
8 268 (12.86%) Full Stack Development
9 263 (12.62%) Roadmaps
10 250 (12.00%) Computer Science
11 242 (11.61%) Mentoring
12 218 (10.46%) Continuous Improvement
13 210 (10.08%) Microservices
14 206 (9.88%) Project Delivery
15 203 (9.74%) Test Automation
16 193 (9.26%) Actionable Insight
17 159 (7.63%) Kanban
18 158 (7.58%) Agile Project Management
19 151 (7.25%) Data Modelling
20 145 (6.96%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 473 (22.70%) Java
2 383 (18.38%) C#
3 371 (17.80%) SQL
4 345 (16.55%) JavaScript
5 268 (12.86%) Python
6 104 (4.99%) C++
7 83 (3.98%) TypeScript
8 82 (3.93%) C
9 75 (3.60%) PHP
10 68 (3.26%) VB
11 57 (2.74%) PowerShell
12 56 (2.69%) Kotlin
13 52 (2.50%) Bash
14 49 (2.35%) Go
15 35 (1.68%) Scala
16 30 (1.44%) Lua
17 21 (1.01%) RPG
18 20 (0.96%) T-SQL
19 18 (0.86%) Ruby
20 14 (0.67%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 355 (17.03%) Degree
2 248 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 140 (6.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 101 (4.85%) SC Cleared
5 85 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 76 (3.65%) AWS Certification
7 60 (2.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 50 (2.40%) Azure Certification
9 37 (1.78%) PMI Certification
10 32 (1.54%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.20%) ISTQB
12 21 (1.01%) DBS Check
13 20 (0.96%) ISEB
14 17 (0.82%) PMP
15 12 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.58%) CISSP
16 10 (0.48%) HNC
17 9 (0.43%) CISM
17 9 (0.43%) PhD
18 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (9.17%) QA
2 41 (1.97%) Data Quality
3 32 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.25%) PMO
5 19 (0.91%) NIST
6 12 (0.58%) SLA
7 9 (0.43%) ISO 13485
7 9 (0.43%) ISO 9000
7 9 (0.43%) ISO 9001
8 8 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.38%) IEC 62304
9 7 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (0.29%) TickIT
11 5 (0.24%) GDPR
11 5 (0.24%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.24%) SEPA
12 4 (0.19%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.14%) ISO 26262
13 3 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 288 (13.82%) Docker
2 39 (1.87%) Firmware
3 22 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
4 20 (0.96%) vSphere
5 18 (0.86%) HDFS
5 18 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 17 (0.82%) Active Directory
7 15 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 15 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.29%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.048%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 215 (10.32%) Kubernetes
2 182 (8.73%) Terraform
3 85 (4.08%) Ansible
4 17 (0.82%) Grafana
5 14 (0.67%) Progress Chef
5 14 (0.67%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.53%) Puppet
7 7 (0.34%) Control-M
8 6 (0.29%) Kibana
9 5 (0.24%) Argo
9 5 (0.24%) Functional Safety
9 5 (0.24%) Packer
10 3 (0.14%) Salt
10 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.096%) Wonderware InTouch
12 1 (0.048%) Consul
Vendors
1 250 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 150 (7.20%) Oracle
3 78 (3.74%) Google
4 61 (2.93%) IBM
5 47 (2.26%) Sybase
6 46 (2.21%) OpenLink
6 46 (2.21%) TIBCO
7 43 (2.06%) Red Hat
8 41 (1.97%) Salesforce
9 34 (1.63%) SAP
10 30 (1.44%) Sparx
11 28 (1.34%) Databricks
12 22 (1.06%) VMware
13 20 (0.96%) Citrix
14 10 (0.48%) Apple
14 10 (0.48%) Atlassian
14 10 (0.48%) Cloudera
15 9 (0.43%) MuleSoft
15 9 (0.43%) ServiceNow
15 9 (0.43%) WSO2