SDLC Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 113 133
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 -77
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 381 361 557
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.84% 2.94% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 3.06% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 265 215 378
10th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £50,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
90th Percentile £140,000 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £68,510 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.40% +8.33% -1.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,875 11,788 21,300
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.41% 96.06% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11,349 7,191 15,883
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,411 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in London

SDLC
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SDLC

SDLC
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in London over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SDLC in London

SDLC
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the London region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Central London -10 52 £85,000 +6.25% 33
East London - 4 £60,000 - 3
South London +11 3 £55,000 - 5
West London -14 3 - - 4
SDLC
England

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 25 (6.56%) Confluence
2 23 (6.04%) Apache Spark
3 11 (2.89%) SAS
3 11 (2.89%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.84%) Apache
5 2 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.26%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) nginx
6 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (2.89%) SPSS
2 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Fidessa
2 3 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.79%) Markit EDM
2 3 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.52%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.52%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.52%) Misys Equation
3 2 (0.52%) Misys Midas
3 2 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) ION Anvil
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.26%) Relativity
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 120 (31.50%) Azure
2 105 (27.56%) AWS
3 47 (12.34%) GCP
4 44 (11.55%) Power Platform
5 39 (10.24%) GitHub
6 37 (9.71%) SaaS
7 30 (7.87%) Dynamics 365
8 29 (7.61%) Power Automate
8 29 (7.61%) PowerApps
9 24 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (2.89%) Amazon EKS
12 10 (2.62%) Dropbox
12 10 (2.62%) Serverless
13 9 (2.36%) BrowserStack
14 6 (1.57%) Copilot Studio
14 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (1.31%) dbt
15 5 (1.31%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (1.31%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.77%) Multicast
2 7 (1.84%) Broadband
3 6 (1.57%) Firewall
4 4 (1.05%) DNS
4 4 (1.05%) HTTPS
4 4 (1.05%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.79%) Network Security
6 2 (0.52%) BGP
6 2 (0.52%) FIX Connectivity
6 2 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.26%) AMQP
7 1 (0.26%) Internet
7 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (9.97%) Big Data
2 25 (6.56%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.51%) Power BI
4 15 (3.94%) BigQuery
5 14 (3.67%) Elasticsearch
6 11 (2.89%) EDRMS
7 10 (2.62%) Relational Database
8 9 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (1.84%) MongoDB
10 7 (1.84%) MySQL
10 7 (1.84%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.57%) Tableau
12 5 (1.31%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (1.05%) DB2
14 3 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
15 2 (0.52%) Hadoop
15 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 49 (12.86%) JIRA
2 39 (10.24%) Git
3 16 (4.20%) GitLab
4 15 (3.94%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.10%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.57%) Selenium
7 4 (1.05%) Cucumber
7 4 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.79%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.79%) webpack
8 3 (0.79%) XCUITest
9 2 (0.52%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.52%) Postman
9 2 (0.52%) Storybook
9 2 (0.52%) Subversion
9 2 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.52%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.26%) Maven
10 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 187 (49.08%) Finance
2 112 (29.40%) Social Skills
3 68 (17.85%) Banking
4 50 (13.12%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (8.14%) Law
6 30 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (6.04%) Public Sector
8 18 (4.72%) Front Office
9 17 (4.46%) Legal
10 15 (3.94%) Financial Institution
10 15 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
11 12 (3.15%) Retail
12 8 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.57%) Aviation
13 6 (1.57%) Spanish Language
14 5 (1.31%) Back Office
14 5 (1.31%) Games
15 3 (0.79%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (32.02%) Developer
2 99 (25.98%) Senior
3 52 (13.65%) Software Engineer
4 51 (13.39%) Lead
5 38 (9.97%) Analyst
6 31 (8.14%) Python Developer
7 30 (7.87%) Senior Developer
8 28 (7.35%) Senior Software Engineer
9 27 (7.09%) Power Platform Developer
10 25 (6.56%) Software Developer
11 24 (6.30%) Python Engineer
12 22 (5.77%) Python Software Engineer
13 20 (5.25%) Business Analyst
14 17 (4.46%) Architect
14 17 (4.46%) Security Engineer
15 16 (4.20%) C++ Software Engineer
16 15 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (3.94%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
17 14 (3.67%) Lead Developer
18 13 (3.41%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.55%) RESTful
2 31 (8.14%) .NET
2 31 (8.14%) React
3 28 (7.35%) Kafka
4 25 (6.56%) REST
5 22 (5.77%) FIX Protocol
6 17 (4.46%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 16 (4.20%) pytest
8 15 (3.94%) CSS
9 13 (3.41%) Django
9 13 (3.41%) HTML
10 10 (2.62%) OAuth
11 9 (2.36%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (2.36%) Node.js
11 9 (2.36%) Spring
12 8 (2.10%) .NET Core
12 8 (2.10%) AngularJS
13 7 (1.84%) GraphQL
13 7 (1.84%) Spring Boot
14 5 (1.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.12%) Cloud Native
2 40 (10.50%) Algorithms
3 34 (8.92%) Product Ownership
4 26 (6.82%) Equities
4 26 (6.82%) Fixed Income
5 19 (4.99%) Data Structures
5 19 (4.99%) Derivative
6 18 (4.72%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (4.20%) Security Posture
8 12 (3.15%) Low-Code
9 11 (2.89%) Cybercrime
9 11 (2.89%) Distributed Architecture
9 11 (2.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (2.89%) PropTech
10 10 (2.62%) Public Cloud
11 9 (2.36%) Management Information System
11 9 (2.36%) Onboarding
12 8 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.84%) AS400
14 6 (1.57%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.19%) Linux
2 15 (3.94%) Android
2 15 (3.94%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.62%) Windows
4 5 (1.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (39.11%) Agile
2 132 (34.65%) Software Engineering
3 112 (29.40%) Computer Science
4 107 (28.08%) CI/CD
5 88 (23.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 85 (22.31%) Microservices
7 83 (21.78%) DevOps
8 71 (18.64%) AI
9 64 (16.80%) Problem-Solving
10 57 (14.96%) Fintech
11 54 (14.17%) Stakeholder Management
12 49 (12.86%) Scrum
13 47 (12.34%) Test Automation
14 44 (11.55%) Analytics
14 44 (11.55%) Mentoring
15 37 (9.71%) Business Intelligence
15 37 (9.71%) Workflow
16 36 (9.45%) Infrastructure as Code
17 34 (8.92%) Application Security
18 33 (8.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 160 (41.99%) Python
2 59 (15.49%) Java
3 56 (14.70%) SQL
4 45 (11.81%) JavaScript
5 41 (10.76%) C#
5 41 (10.76%) C++
6 30 (7.87%) TypeScript
7 19 (4.99%) C
8 16 (4.20%) PowerShell
9 15 (3.94%) Bash
10 13 (3.41%) Go
11 9 (2.36%) RPG
12 6 (1.57%) COBOL
13 5 (1.31%) Bicep
14 4 (1.05%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.79%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.79%) Swift
16 2 (0.52%) R
16 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 86 (22.57%) Degree
2 37 (9.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 29 (7.61%) Security Cleared
4 19 (4.99%) SC Cleared
5 14 (3.67%) OSCP
6 12 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (2.62%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.62%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.36%) CREST Certified
8 9 (2.36%) PMI Certification
9 8 (2.10%) PMP
10 7 (1.84%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.57%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.31%) CISSP
13 4 (1.05%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (1.05%) CISM
13 4 (1.05%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.05%) PhD
14 3 (0.79%) CISA
14 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (14.17%) QA
2 21 (5.51%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.84%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.31%) PMO
5 4 (1.05%) NIST
6 3 (0.79%) ITGC
6 3 (0.79%) MiFID
6 3 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.79%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.52%) GDPR
7 2 (0.52%) WCAG
8 1 (0.26%) COBIT
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) EMIR
8 1 (0.26%) GRC
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (5.77%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.52%) vSphere
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 35 (9.19%) Kubernetes
2 33 (8.66%) Terraform
3 10 (2.62%) EnCase
3 10 (2.62%) FTK
4 9 (2.36%) Ansible
5 4 (1.05%) Argo
6 3 (0.79%) Control-M
6 3 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.52%) Grafana
7 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.52%) PowerCLI
7 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.52%) Puppet
7 2 (0.52%) Rancher
8 1 (0.26%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 63 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.77%) Google
3 13 (3.41%) Oracle
4 10 (2.62%) Cellebrite
5 9 (2.36%) IBM
6 7 (1.84%) Bloomberg
6 7 (1.84%) ION Trading
7 6 (1.57%) CQG
7 6 (1.57%) Databricks
7 6 (1.57%) Patsystems
7 6 (1.57%) Reuters
7 6 (1.57%) Trayport
8 4 (1.05%) TOWER Software
9 3 (0.79%) Ariba
9 3 (0.79%) Informatica
9 3 (0.79%) Intapp
9 3 (0.79%) SAP
10 2 (0.52%) iManage
10 2 (0.52%) SendGrid
10 2 (0.52%) Zscaler