SDLC Job Trends in Leicestershire

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 39 39
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 -25
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 6 19 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicestershire 1.06% 4.37% 4.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 4.76% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3 18 20
10th Percentile £43,300 £32,000 £35,363
25th Percentile £46,750 £39,375 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,500 £58,625 £57,750
East Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - +3.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 462 399 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 81.34% 91.72% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 326 157 314
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,575
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -14.98% +5.24%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

SDLC
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing SDLC

SDLC
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SDLC in Leicestershire

SDLC
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Leicester -18 4 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Lutterworth - 2 - -
SDLC
East Midlands

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Instrumentation Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Business IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Electrical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) IT Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
3 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
4 1 (16.67%) Kanban
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Siemens
3 1 (16.67%) Conga
3 1 (16.67%) Jitterbit
3 1 (16.67%) Pardot
3 1 (16.67%) Salesforce