SDLC Jobs in the South East

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 123 70
Rank change year-on-year +20 -53 -6
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 272 404 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.83% 2.13% 4.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.09% 2.62% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 185 230 355
10th Percentile £45,350 £42,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £73,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.32% -6.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,802 15,444 12,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.56% 81.33% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 4,389 10,551 7,483
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,268 £85,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SDLC in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in the South East over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for SDLC in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
Isle of Wight - 132 £73,000 - 14
Thames Valley -16 60 £52,500 - 256
Hampshire -24 33 £55,000 -4.35% 103
Buckinghamshire +32 28 £57,500 +18.56% 63
Middlesex - 21 - -
Berkshire -36 20 £52,000 -10.34% 159
Oxfordshire +28 12 £60,000 +14.29% 35
West Sussex +7 9 £57,500 -20.69% 43
Kent +31 6 £47,500 +46.15% 29
Sussex +25 5 £42,500 -29.17% 12
Surrey +32 4 £52,713 -12.15% 53
East Sussex +15 2 £57,500 -20.69% 34
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England

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (2.94%) Confluence
1 8 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.57%) CMS
3 5 (1.84%) Apache
4 4 (1.47%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.10%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.47%) Sage 1000
2 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.37%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.37%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.37%) Shopify
2 1 (0.37%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.37%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.65%) Azure
2 25 (9.19%) AWS
3 21 (7.72%) Azure DevOps
4 16 (5.88%) PaaS
5 14 (5.15%) GCP
6 11 (4.04%) Power Platform
7 10 (3.68%) Serverless
8 7 (2.57%) GitHub
9 5 (1.84%) Amazon ECS
9 5 (1.84%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (1.84%) Azure Functions
9 5 (1.84%) Power Automate
9 5 (1.84%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.47%) Google Analytics
10 4 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.10%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (1.10%) BigCommerce
11 3 (1.10%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.74%) Broadband
2 1 (0.37%) Internet
2 1 (0.37%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.09%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (2.94%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.57%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.57%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.21%) Power BI
6 4 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.74%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.74%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.37%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.37%) DTS
8 1 (0.37%) MySQL
8 1 (0.37%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 21 (7.72%) Git
2 18 (6.62%) JIRA
3 17 (6.25%) Selenium
4 16 (5.88%) Jenkins
5 11 (4.04%) GitLab
5 11 (4.04%) SonarQube
6 10 (3.68%) Cucumber
7 8 (2.94%) Bitbucket
7 8 (2.94%) JUnit
7 8 (2.94%) Maven
7 8 (2.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (2.21%) Mockito
9 5 (1.84%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.84%) Eclipse RCP
10 4 (1.47%) Cypress.io
10 4 (1.47%) SpecFlow
10 4 (1.47%) Subversion
11 3 (1.10%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.74%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.74%) Spock
General
1 40 (14.71%) Finance
2 38 (13.97%) Social Skills
3 12 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (4.04%) Banking
5 9 (3.31%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.57%) Marketing
8 5 (1.84%) Aviation
8 5 (1.84%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.84%) Publishing
8 5 (1.84%) Swedish Language
9 4 (1.47%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.47%) Electronics
9 4 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.47%) Retail
9 4 (1.47%) Social Housing
10 3 (1.10%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.10%) Law
11 2 (0.74%) Billing
Job Titles
1 82 (30.15%) Architect
1 82 (30.15%) Software Architect
2 43 (15.81%) Software Engineer
3 38 (13.97%) Software Manager
4 37 (13.60%) Engineering Manager
4 37 (13.60%) Software Engineering Manager
5 35 (12.87%) Developer
6 32 (11.76%) Lead
7 30 (11.03%) Senior
8 18 (6.62%) Senior Software Engineer
9 16 (5.88%) Security Engineer
10 13 (4.78%) .NET Developer
11 12 (4.41%) Analyst
11 12 (4.41%) Software Team Leader
11 12 (4.41%) Team Leader
12 11 (4.04%) C# .NET Developer
12 11 (4.04%) C# Developer
13 8 (2.94%) Java Developer
14 7 (2.57%) Junior
14 7 (2.57%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (32.72%) Middleware
2 25 (9.19%) HTML
3 23 (8.46%) .NET
3 23 (8.46%) CSS
4 18 (6.62%) React
5 17 (6.25%) Kafka
5 17 (6.25%) Spring
5 17 (6.25%) Spring Boot
6 16 (5.88%) XML
6 16 (5.88%) YAML
7 13 (4.78%) Hibernate
8 10 (3.68%) ASP.NET
8 10 (3.68%) Redux
8 10 (3.68%) RESTful
9 8 (2.94%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.94%) JPA
9 8 (2.94%) REST
10 6 (2.21%) Node.js
10 6 (2.21%) SOAP
11 5 (1.84%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.35%) Product Ownership
2 16 (5.88%) Security Posture
3 14 (5.15%) Acoustics
4 12 (4.41%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.94%) Algorithms
7 7 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.47%) CPLD
8 4 (1.47%) FPGA
8 4 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (1.47%) Marketing Technology
8 4 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.10%) IoT
9 3 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.10%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.74%) Clustering
10 2 (0.74%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.74%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.37%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.15%) Linux
2 9 (3.31%) Unix
2 9 (3.31%) Windows
3 4 (1.47%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.10%) Android
5 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (59.19%) Computer Science
2 145 (53.31%) Agile
3 124 (45.59%) DevOps
4 111 (40.81%) Mentoring
5 110 (40.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 100 (36.76%) UML
7 94 (34.56%) Software Engineering
8 90 (33.09%) Open Source
9 85 (31.25%) Waterfall
10 84 (30.88%) Design Patterns
11 83 (30.51%) Configuration Management
12 52 (19.12%) CI/CD
13 45 (16.54%) Project Management
14 42 (15.44%) Test Automation
15 29 (10.66%) Software Testing
16 25 (9.19%) Problem-Solving
17 23 (8.46%) Coaching
17 23 (8.46%) OO
18 22 (8.09%) OOD
19 20 (7.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 45 (16.54%) SQL
2 44 (16.18%) C#
3 31 (11.40%) Ada
4 30 (11.03%) Python
5 27 (9.93%) Java
5 27 (9.93%) JavaScript
6 25 (9.19%) C
7 17 (6.25%) PowerShell
8 15 (5.51%) C++
9 9 (3.31%) Fortran
10 8 (2.94%) Bash
11 7 (2.57%) Rust
12 5 (1.84%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.84%) TypeScript
13 4 (1.47%) VB.NET
13 4 (1.47%) VBA
14 3 (1.10%) Go
14 3 (1.10%) PHP
15 2 (0.74%) Clojure
15 2 (0.74%) Scala
Qualifications
1 178 (65.44%) Degree
2 150 (55.15%) BPSS Clearance
3 100 (36.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 82 (30.15%) Chartered Engineer
5 27 (9.93%) Master's Degree
6 16 (5.88%) Security Cleared
7 14 (5.15%) SC Cleared
8 10 (3.68%) PhD
9 8 (2.94%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.37%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.37%) PMP
10 1 (0.37%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (30.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 17 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.25%) QA
3 16 (5.88%) NCSC
3 16 (5.88%) NIST
4 3 (1.10%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.10%) GDPR
4 3 (1.10%) PMO
4 3 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.37%) GLP
6 1 (0.37%) GMP
6 1 (0.37%) GRC
6 1 (0.37%) GxP
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (8.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 25 (9.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.47%) Grafana
2 4 (1.47%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.74%) Kibana
3 2 (0.74%) Terraform
4 1 (0.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 33 (12.13%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.94%) Solace
3 5 (1.84%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.47%) Agilent
4 4 (1.47%) Google
4 4 (1.47%) Sage
5 3 (1.10%) Oracle
5 3 (1.10%) SAP
6 2 (0.74%) Dynatrace
6 2 (0.74%) Splunk
7 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.37%) Snow
7 1 (0.37%) VMware
7 1 (0.37%) Workday