SDLC Job Trends in Hampshire

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire 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 106 93 75
Rank change year-on-year -13 -18 -2
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 15 62 53
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.60% 2.34% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 2.86% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 9 23 39
10th Percentile £55,750 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,672 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,772 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.71% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,250 £75,000 £75,250
90th Percentile £86,560 £77,500 £84,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,991 2,168 1,771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.12% 82.00% 88.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 1,281 1,203
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,000 £29,550
25th Percentile £33,313 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%
75th Percentile £62,825 £72,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SDLC
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SDLC

SDLC
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

Salary histogram for SDLC in Hampshire

SDLC
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Basingstoke +9 5 £57,772 +10.04% 6
Farnborough +2 3 - - 4
Southampton +9 2 £73,750 +22.92% 4
Portsmouth +1 2 £85,700 +101.65% 1
Winchester +2 1 £57,500 -
SDLC
South East

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (6.67%) CMS
1 1 (6.67%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 5 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DMZ
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Git
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
1 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Development Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Software Architect
1 4 (26.67%) Software Development Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Software Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Consultant
2 2 (13.33%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (6.67%) C# Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack C# Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Perl Software Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) Middleware
2 2 (13.33%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) .NET Core
2 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.67%) AngularJS
3 1 (6.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (6.67%) React
3 1 (6.67%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (6.67%) SAPUI5
3 1 (6.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Blog
1 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (13.33%) Cloud Security Posture
1 2 (13.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (13.33%) PKI
1 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Agile
2 6 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (40.00%) Design Patterns
2 6 (40.00%) DevOps
2 6 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
4 4 (26.67%) ITIL
4 4 (26.67%) Open Source
4 4 (26.67%) Product Requirements
4 4 (26.67%) Project Management
4 4 (26.67%) Translating Business Requirements
4 4 (26.67%) UML
4 4 (26.67%) Waterfall
5 3 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (13.33%) AI
6 2 (13.33%) Cryptography
6 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C#
1 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.67%) C++
2 1 (6.67%) Perl
2 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
2 1 (6.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (26.67%) Chartered Engineer
1 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (13.33%) GDPR
2 2 (13.33%) GRC
2 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 2 (13.33%) JSP 440
2 2 (13.33%) NCSC
2 2 (13.33%) NIST
2 2 (13.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) SAP