SDLC Jobs in the Midlands

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 26 74
Rank change year-on-year -93 +48 -34
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 237 848 455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.05% 8.79% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 9.10% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 185 256 305
10th Percentile £37,100 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £72,433 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,554 9,322 10,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.50% 96.59% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,115 4,635 7,010
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,500 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SDLC in the Midlands

SDLC
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SDLC in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 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
West Midlands -91 144 £57,500 - 37
East Midlands -69 95 £50,000 -9.09% 28
SDLC
England

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 4 (1.69%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) Confluence
3 1 (0.42%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.27%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 76 (32.07%) Azure
2 38 (16.03%) AWS
3 37 (15.61%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.59%) PaaS
5 17 (7.17%) SaaS
6 12 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.22%) IaaS
8 8 (3.38%) GCP
9 6 (2.53%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (2.11%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.69%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (1.69%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.69%) GitHub
11 4 (1.69%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 2 (0.84%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.64%) TCP/IP
2 10 (4.22%) NGFW
2 10 (4.22%) VPN
3 5 (2.11%) Bluetooth
3 5 (2.11%) RS-232
3 5 (2.11%) RS-485
3 5 (2.11%) VoIP
3 5 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.11%) Wireless
3 5 (2.11%) ZigBee
4 4 (1.69%) BGP
4 4 (1.69%) DNS
4 4 (1.69%) SSL
5 2 (0.84%) HTTP
5 2 (0.84%) Internet
5 2 (0.84%) Network Security
6 1 (0.42%) 5G
6 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.06%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.64%) RDBMS
4 9 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.38%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.95%) MySQL
7 6 (2.53%) Oracle Database
7 6 (2.53%) SQLite
8 4 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.27%) InterSystems Cache
9 3 (1.27%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.27%) Power BI
10 2 (0.84%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.84%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.42%) Looker
11 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 21 (8.86%) Git
2 14 (5.91%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.64%) Team Foundation Server
4 10 (4.22%) Postman
5 7 (2.95%) Visual Studio
6 6 (2.53%) Octopus Deploy
6 6 (2.53%) SonarQube
6 6 (2.53%) TeamCity
7 5 (2.11%) SoapUI
8 3 (1.27%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (1.27%) JIRA
9 2 (0.84%) Toad
10 1 (0.42%) GitLab
10 1 (0.42%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.42%) Moq
10 1 (0.42%) NUnit
10 1 (0.42%) Sourcetree
10 1 (0.42%) SpecFlow
General
1 63 (26.58%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.92%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (13.92%) Finance
3 20 (8.44%) Retail
4 9 (3.80%) Manufacturing
5 8 (3.38%) Electronics
6 7 (2.95%) Banking
7 5 (2.11%) Digital Healthcare
7 5 (2.11%) Marketing
7 5 (2.11%) Publishing
8 4 (1.69%) Law
8 4 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.27%) Automotive
9 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.84%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.84%) Legal
11 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (22.78%) Developer
2 35 (14.77%) Senior
3 30 (12.66%) Architect
4 29 (12.24%) Project Manager
5 28 (11.81%) Software Engineer
6 23 (9.70%) Lead
7 19 (8.02%) Senior Developer
8 17 (7.17%) Analyst
9 15 (6.33%) Presales Manager
10 13 (5.49%) Development Manager
11 12 (5.06%) .NET Developer
11 12 (5.06%) Business Analyst
11 12 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (4.64%) Citrix Architect
12 11 (4.64%) RPG Developer
12 11 (4.64%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (4.22%) Cloud Architect
13 10 (4.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
13 10 (4.22%) DevOps Architect
13 10 (4.22%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (30.80%) .NET
2 29 (12.24%) .NET Framework
3 24 (10.13%) JSON
4 20 (8.44%) .NET Core
5 19 (8.02%) React
6 18 (7.59%) AngularJS
7 17 (7.17%) REST
7 17 (7.17%) RESTful
7 17 (7.17%) SOAP
8 14 (5.91%) ASP.NET
9 12 (5.06%) Web Services
10 11 (4.64%) Vue
10 11 (4.64%) XML
11 10 (4.22%) ARM Templates
11 10 (4.22%) Spring Boot
11 10 (4.22%) YAML
12 9 (3.80%) WCF
13 7 (2.95%) RabbitMQ
14 6 (2.53%) HTML
14 6 (2.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.46%) Product Ownership
2 31 (13.08%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (10.97%) Mobile App
4 18 (7.59%) Public Cloud
5 15 (6.33%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (5.49%) Virtual Team
7 11 (4.64%) AS400
7 11 (4.64%) iSeries
8 10 (4.22%) Private Cloud
9 9 (3.80%) Cloud Native
9 9 (3.80%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.53%) Data Structures
11 5 (2.11%) ARM Cortex
11 5 (2.11%) Distributed Applications
12 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.84%) IoT
13 1 (0.42%) Algorithms
13 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.42%) Embedded Systems
13 1 (0.42%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.49%) Linux
2 7 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.11%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (2.11%) ThreadX
3 5 (2.11%) Windows
4 3 (1.27%) Unix
4 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (69.62%) Agile
2 76 (32.07%) DevOps
3 70 (29.54%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (28.27%) Software Engineering
5 53 (22.36%) Project Management
6 42 (17.72%) Test Automation
7 39 (16.46%) CI/CD
7 39 (16.46%) Computer Science
7 39 (16.46%) Mentoring
8 34 (14.35%) Project Delivery
9 33 (13.92%) Roadmaps
10 31 (13.08%) Scrum
11 30 (12.66%) Software Testing
12 29 (12.24%) Agile Project Management
12 29 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (11.81%) Presales
14 23 (9.70%) Software Delivery
15 20 (8.44%) Regression Testing
16 19 (8.02%) Actionable Insight
16 19 (8.02%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 67 (28.27%) SQL
2 60 (25.32%) C#
3 35 (14.77%) JavaScript
4 19 (8.02%) Python
5 16 (6.75%) Java
6 11 (4.64%) C
6 11 (4.64%) RPG
6 11 (4.64%) RPG IV
6 11 (4.64%) RPG/400
7 10 (4.22%) PowerShell
7 10 (4.22%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.11%) PHP
9 4 (1.69%) C++
9 4 (1.69%) Embedded C
10 3 (1.27%) Bash
11 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.84%) VB
12 1 (0.42%) Perl
12 1 (0.42%) Scala
12 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (21.94%) Degree
2 21 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (6.75%) Security Cleared
4 15 (6.33%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.49%) ISTQB
6 8 (3.38%) ISEB
7 5 (2.11%) HNC
8 4 (1.69%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.42%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.66%) QA
2 2 (0.84%) ISO 20022
2 2 (0.84%) PMO
2 2 (0.84%) SEPA
3 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.42%) ITGC
System Software
1 33 (13.92%) Docker
2 10 (4.22%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (4.22%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.22%) vSphere
3 5 (2.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.33%) Terraform
2 11 (4.64%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.53%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.42%) Kibana
Vendors
1 25 (10.55%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.91%) Google
2 14 (5.91%) IBM
3 11 (4.64%) Citrix
4 10 (4.22%) VMware
5 6 (2.53%) Apple
5 6 (2.53%) Oracle
6 5 (2.11%) SAP
7 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.69%) Sparx
8 3 (1.27%) InterSystems
9 2 (0.84%) Informatica
10 1 (0.42%) Sage
10 1 (0.42%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.42%) Splunk
10 1 (0.42%) Xamarin