SDLC Job Trends in Leicester

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 19 29
Rank change year-on-year -16 +10 -20
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 5 15 22
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 1.36% 8.33% 6.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 8.82% 7.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 17
10th Percentile £41,450 £34,025 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,125 £39,375 £39,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +36.99%
75th Percentile £59,375 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,750 £60,125 £58,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £50,000 £50,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.48% +19.41% +13.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 303 170 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 82.56% 94.44% 85.20%
Number of salaries quoted 222 96 257
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,688 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,938 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Leicester

SDLC
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing SDLC

SDLC
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Leicester over the 6 months to 25 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SDLC in Leicester

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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 (40.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Business Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Developer
3 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Mid Level C# .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Mid Level C# Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Mid-Level .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) Visualforce
1 1 (20.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Code
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (60.00%) Data Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 1 (20.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Apex Code
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) Conga
3 1 (20.00%) Jitterbit
3 1 (20.00%) Pardot
3 1 (20.00%) Salesforce