SDLC Job Trends in Somerset

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 42 45
Rank change year-on-year -15 +3 +24
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 3 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.53% 1.08% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.40% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 4
10th Percentile £77,140 £46,500 -
25th Percentile £80,350 £48,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,700 £52,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +63.24% -23.64% -2.48%
75th Percentile £87,225 £60,000 £82,188
90th Percentile £88,140 £64,500 £83,875
South West median annual salary £58,250 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.91% -8.33% +9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 437 357 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 77.35% 77.11% 88.73%
Number of salaries quoted 198 134 254
10th Percentile £26,675 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,063 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £56,813 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +7.49%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Somerset

SDLC
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing SDLC

SDLC
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Bath -6 2 £81,250 +54.76% 24
Yeovil - 1 £85,700 - 1
SDLC
South West

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PP
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
1 1 (33.33%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cybercrime
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP