SDLC Jobs in the North West

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring SDLC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SDLC over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 88 34
Rank change year-on-year +13 -54 +29
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 346 262 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 4.41% 2.52% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.60% 3.11% 8.04%
Number of salaries quoted 197 155 150
10th Percentile - £42,500 £36,125
25th Percentile £48,869 £47,500 £37,828
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £58,943 £74,869 £61,250
90th Percentile £69,750 £96,539 £70,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -1.32% -6.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,516 8,426 7,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.78% 80.99% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,815 6,336 3,833
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for SDLC in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in the North West over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SDLC in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Lancashire -5 189 £50,055 -12.95% 32
Manchester +25 85 £67,500 -3.57% 94
Cheshire +16 59 £60,000 +4.35% 18
Merseyside +2 11 £65,000 +30.00% 7
Cumbria -77 2 £55,000 -21.43% 4
SDLC
England

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 53 (15.32%) Confluence
2 4 (1.16%) IIS
3 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.45%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 135 (39.02%) Azure
2 119 (34.39%) AWS
3 50 (14.45%) GCP
4 9 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (1.16%) Figma
5 4 (1.16%) Firebase
5 4 (1.16%) Google Workspace
5 4 (1.16%) Miro
5 4 (1.16%) Slack
6 3 (0.87%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (0.58%) SaaS
8 1 (0.29%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.58%) HTTP
2 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.29%) FlexRay
2 1 (0.29%) MQTT
2 1 (0.29%) Wireless
2 1 (0.29%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (34.97%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.16%) KDB
3 4 (1.16%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.87%) Data Lake
4 3 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.87%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.87%) Power BI
4 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 130 (37.57%) JIRA
2 118 (34.10%) SonarQube
3 111 (32.08%) Selenium
4 110 (31.79%) Cucumber
5 109 (31.50%) Bitbucket
5 109 (31.50%) GitLab
5 109 (31.50%) Maven
5 109 (31.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 22 (6.36%) Git
7 5 (1.45%) Jenkins
8 4 (1.16%) Balsamiq
9 3 (0.87%) JMeter
10 1 (0.29%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.29%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.29%) Eclipse RCP
10 1 (0.29%) Postman
10 1 (0.29%) SoapUI
General
1 160 (46.24%) Aerospace
2 137 (39.60%) Finance
3 131 (37.86%) Avionics
4 119 (34.39%) Banking
5 113 (32.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 70 (20.23%) Corporate Banking
6 70 (20.23%) Investment Banking
6 70 (20.23%) Retail
7 36 (10.40%) Social Skills
8 15 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.16%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.87%) Military
10 3 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Law
11 2 (0.58%) Legal
11 2 (0.58%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.58%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.29%) Automotive
12 1 (0.29%) Cantonese Language
Job Titles
1 146 (42.20%) Senior
2 132 (38.15%) Systems Engineer
3 131 (37.86%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 125 (36.13%) Software Engineer
5 31 (8.96%) Lead
6 19 (5.49%) Developer
7 11 (3.18%) Analyst
7 11 (3.18%) Senior Developer
8 8 (2.31%) Business Analyst
9 5 (1.45%) .NET Developer
9 5 (1.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (1.45%) Java Developer
9 5 (1.45%) Senior Java Developer
9 5 (1.45%) Software Developer
10 4 (1.16%) Digital Product Owner
10 4 (1.16%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
10 4 (1.16%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (1.16%) Java Engineer
10 4 (1.16%) Product Owner
11 3 (0.87%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (35.26%) Spring
2 119 (34.39%) CSS
2 119 (34.39%) HTML
3 115 (33.24%) React
4 113 (32.66%) Kafka
5 112 (32.37%) Spring Boot
6 109 (31.50%) JPA
6 109 (31.50%) Redux
7 77 (22.25%) RESTful
8 74 (21.39%) Sass
9 72 (20.81%) REST
10 70 (20.23%) CSS3
10 70 (20.23%) HTML5
10 70 (20.23%) Jest
11 39 (11.27%) Hibernate
12 12 (3.47%) .NET
13 9 (2.60%) Node.js
14 8 (2.31%) ASP.NET
14 8 (2.31%) XML
15 7 (2.02%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 120 (34.68%) Product Ownership
2 111 (32.08%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (1.73%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (1.16%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 3 (0.87%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.58%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.29%) Infotainment
7 1 (0.29%) Life Science
7 1 (0.29%) PDA
7 1 (0.29%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.45%) Windows
2 4 (1.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (45.09%) Agile
2 139 (40.17%) DevOps
3 135 (39.02%) Customer Requirements
4 132 (38.15%) Business Case
4 132 (38.15%) Feasibility Study
5 131 (37.86%) Hazard Analysis
5 131 (37.86%) Requirements Management
5 131 (37.86%) Systems Engineering
6 129 (37.28%) Software Engineering
7 128 (36.99%) Microservices
8 120 (34.68%) CI/CD
9 117 (33.82%) Full-Stack Development
9 117 (33.82%) Test Automation
10 114 (32.95%) Containerisation
11 110 (31.79%) Front End Development
12 109 (31.50%) Performance Optimisation
13 91 (26.30%) Mentoring
14 83 (23.99%) User Experience
15 73 (21.10%) Continuous Improvement
16 71 (20.52%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 164 (47.40%) Java
2 156 (45.09%) SQL
3 121 (34.97%) JavaScript
4 75 (21.68%) TypeScript
5 13 (3.76%) C#
6 12 (3.47%) Python
7 5 (1.45%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.87%) PHP
8 3 (0.87%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.58%) Go
10 1 (0.29%) Ada
10 1 (0.29%) Assembly Language
10 1 (0.29%) Bash
10 1 (0.29%) Bicep
10 1 (0.29%) C
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) Rust
10 1 (0.29%) XAML
Qualifications
1 178 (51.45%) Degree
2 135 (39.02%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (1.45%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.29%) CCSP
6 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.29%) CISSP
6 1 (0.29%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (32.66%) QA
2 70 (20.23%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.16%) GDPR
3 4 (1.16%) HIPAA
3 4 (1.16%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.29%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.29%) NIST
4 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 130 (37.57%) Docker
2 4 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 127 (36.71%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 113 (32.66%) Solace
2 32 (9.25%) Oracle
3 15 (4.34%) Google
4 11 (3.18%) Microsoft
5 10 (2.89%) Bloomberg
6 4 (1.16%) TIBCO
7 3 (0.87%) AppDynamics
7 3 (0.87%) IBM
7 3 (0.87%) Moogsoft
7 3 (0.87%) Splunk
8 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.29%) Facebook
9 1 (0.29%) Revolut