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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 23 72
Rank change year-on-year -108 +49 -33
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 231 850 449
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.97% 9.17% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 9.50% 4.37%
Number of salaries quoted 181 265 298
10th Percentile £39,087 £37,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £39,333
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,899 £65,000
% change year-on-year +2.63% -6.31% +13.04%

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 9,629 8,947 10,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.08% 96.53% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,119 4,518 6,934
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,917 £38,357 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.87%
75th Percentile £62,200 £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 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SDLC in the Midlands

SDLC
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 7 May 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 -97 139 £57,500 - 56
East Midlands -73 92 £50,000 -9.09% 32
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 (1.73%) WebLogic
2 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
3 1 (0.43%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (1.30%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 72 (31.17%) Azure
2 36 (15.58%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (15.15%) AWS
4 16 (6.93%) PaaS
5 15 (6.49%) SaaS
6 12 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (4.33%) IaaS
8 6 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.60%) GCP
9 5 (2.16%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.16%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.73%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.73%) Amazon Kinesis
10 4 (1.73%) Amazon SQS
10 4 (1.73%) GitHub
10 4 (1.73%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.87%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.87%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.87%) Serverless
12 1 (0.43%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.76%) TCP/IP
2 10 (4.33%) NGFW
2 10 (4.33%) VPN
3 5 (2.16%) Bluetooth
3 5 (2.16%) RS-232
3 5 (2.16%) RS-485
3 5 (2.16%) VoIP
3 5 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.16%) Wireless
3 5 (2.16%) ZigBee
4 4 (1.73%) BGP
4 4 (1.73%) DNS
4 4 (1.73%) SSL
5 2 (0.87%) HTTP
5 2 (0.87%) Internet
5 2 (0.87%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.26%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.19%) Relational Database
3 11 (4.76%) RDBMS
4 8 (3.46%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (3.03%) MySQL
5 7 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.60%) Oracle Database
6 6 (2.60%) SQLite
7 4 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.30%) InterSystems Cache
8 3 (1.30%) Power BI
9 2 (0.87%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.87%) PowerCenter
9 2 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.43%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.43%) Event Store
10 1 (0.43%) Looker
Development Applications
1 21 (9.09%) Git
2 14 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 10 (4.33%) Postman
5 6 (2.60%) Octopus Deploy
5 6 (2.60%) SonarQube
5 6 (2.60%) TeamCity
5 6 (2.60%) Visual Studio
6 5 (2.16%) SoapUI
7 4 (1.73%) JIRA
8 3 (1.30%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.87%) Toad
10 1 (0.43%) GitLab
10 1 (0.43%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.43%) Moq
10 1 (0.43%) NUnit
10 1 (0.43%) Sourcetree
10 1 (0.43%) SpecFlow
General
1 65 (28.14%) Social Skills
2 31 (13.42%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (11.69%) Finance
4 20 (8.66%) Retail
5 9 (3.90%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.46%) Electronics
7 5 (2.16%) Digital Healthcare
7 5 (2.16%) Publishing
8 4 (1.73%) Law
8 4 (1.73%) Marketing
8 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.30%) Automotive
9 3 (1.30%) Banking
10 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 55 (23.81%) Developer
2 33 (14.29%) Senior
3 29 (12.55%) Project Manager
4 26 (11.26%) Architect
5 25 (10.82%) Software Engineer
6 23 (9.96%) Lead
7 18 (7.79%) Analyst
7 18 (7.79%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.49%) Presales Manager
9 13 (5.63%) Business Analyst
9 13 (5.63%) Development Manager
10 11 (4.76%) Citrix Architect
10 11 (4.76%) RPG Developer
11 10 (4.33%) .NET Developer
11 10 (4.33%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (4.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
11 10 (4.33%) DevOps Architect
11 10 (4.33%) Full Stack Developer
11 10 (4.33%) Senior Software Engineer
12 9 (3.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (30.74%) .NET
2 30 (12.99%) .NET Framework
3 24 (10.39%) JSON
4 21 (9.09%) .NET Core
4 21 (9.09%) React
5 18 (7.79%) AngularJS
6 17 (7.36%) RESTful
6 17 (7.36%) SOAP
7 16 (6.93%) REST
8 13 (5.63%) ASP.NET
9 12 (5.19%) Web Services
10 11 (4.76%) Vue
10 11 (4.76%) XML
11 10 (4.33%) ARM Templates
11 10 (4.33%) YAML
12 9 (3.90%) WCF
13 8 (3.46%) Spring Boot
14 6 (2.60%) HTML
15 5 (2.16%) jQuery
15 5 (2.16%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 39 (16.88%) Product Ownership
2 31 (13.42%) Self-Motivation
3 26 (11.26%) Mobile App
4 18 (7.79%) Public Cloud
5 15 (6.49%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (5.63%) Virtual Team
7 11 (4.76%) AS400
7 11 (4.76%) iSeries
8 10 (4.33%) Private Cloud
9 9 (3.90%) Cloud Native
9 9 (3.90%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.60%) Data Structures
11 5 (2.16%) ARM Cortex
11 5 (2.16%) Distributed Applications
12 2 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.87%) IoT
13 1 (0.43%) Algorithms
13 1 (0.43%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.43%) Embedded Systems
13 1 (0.43%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.19%) Linux
2 7 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.16%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (2.16%) ThreadX
3 5 (2.16%) Windows
4 3 (1.30%) Unix
4 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (68.40%) Agile
2 71 (30.74%) DevOps
3 68 (29.44%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (27.71%) Software Engineering
5 52 (22.51%) Project Management
6 42 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 40 (17.32%) Test Automation
8 38 (16.45%) Computer Science
9 37 (16.02%) CI/CD
10 35 (15.15%) Project Delivery
11 31 (13.42%) Roadmaps
12 30 (12.99%) Scrum
12 30 (12.99%) Software Testing
13 29 (12.55%) Agile Project Management
13 29 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (12.12%) Presales
15 23 (9.96%) Software Delivery
16 20 (8.66%) Regression Testing
17 19 (8.23%) Actionable Insight
17 19 (8.23%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 64 (27.71%) SQL
2 58 (25.11%) C#
3 37 (16.02%) JavaScript
4 13 (5.63%) Python
5 11 (4.76%) C
5 11 (4.76%) RPG
5 11 (4.76%) RPG IV
5 11 (4.76%) RPG/400
6 10 (4.33%) Java
6 10 (4.33%) PowerShell
7 9 (3.90%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.16%) PHP
9 4 (1.73%) Embedded C
10 3 (1.30%) C++
11 2 (0.87%) Bash
11 2 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.87%) VB
12 1 (0.43%) Scala
12 1 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 52 (22.51%) Degree
2 21 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (6.93%) Security Cleared
4 15 (6.49%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.19%) ISTQB
6 7 (3.03%) ISEB
7 5 (2.16%) HNC
8 4 (1.73%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.73%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.43%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.99%) QA
2 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.43%) ITGC
2 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (11.69%) Docker
2 10 (4.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 10 (4.33%) VMware ESXi
2 10 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (4.33%) vSphere
3 5 (2.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.49%) Terraform
2 7 (3.03%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.60%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.43%) Grafana
4 1 (0.43%) Kibana
Vendors
1 24 (10.39%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.06%) IBM
3 12 (5.19%) Google
4 11 (4.76%) Citrix
5 10 (4.33%) VMware
6 6 (2.60%) Apple
6 6 (2.60%) Oracle
7 5 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.16%) SAP
8 4 (1.73%) Sparx
9 3 (1.30%) InterSystems
10 2 (0.87%) Informatica
11 1 (0.43%) Sage
11 1 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.43%) Splunk
11 1 (0.43%) Xamarin