SDLC Jobs in the South East

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 68 51
Rank change year-on-year -52 -17 +27
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 379 651 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.28% 4.32% 5.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 4.57% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 226 394 772
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,713 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year - - +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,075 14,250 18,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.77% 94.50% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 9,899 8,257 12,075
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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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 27 April 2024.

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 27 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
Hampshire +51 157 £60,000 +4.35% 24
Thames Valley -71 136 £52,501 +3.60% 29
Berkshire -24 76 £58,000 +10.48% 15
West Sussex +55 40 £72,500 +7.41% 6
Oxfordshire -48 32 £54,500 +9.00% 6
Buckinghamshire -48 28 £49,500 -1.00% 9
Surrey -88 20 £60,000 -14.29% 15
Kent -16 15 £32,500 -10.34% 6
East Sussex -23 13 £72,500 +42.16% 1
Sussex - 3 £60,000 -
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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 36 (9.50%) nginx
2 34 (8.97%) Camunda
3 17 (4.49%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.58%) Apache
4 6 (1.58%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.06%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.79%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.53%) Confluence
7 2 (0.53%) IBM Domino
8 1 (0.26%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) Kinematics
Applications
1 23 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.96%) MS Visio
4 13 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.53%) Simulink
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (1.85%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 87 (22.96%) Azure
2 56 (14.78%) AWS
3 41 (10.82%) IBM Cloud
3 41 (10.82%) SaaS
4 34 (8.97%) OpenShift
5 25 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (3.69%) GitHub
6 14 (3.69%) Power Platform
7 13 (3.43%) Amazon EKS
7 13 (3.43%) OneDrive
8 10 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (2.37%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (2.37%) Power Automate
9 9 (2.37%) PowerApps
9 9 (2.37%) ShareGate
10 8 (2.11%) Serverless
11 7 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (1.85%) GCP
12 5 (1.32%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.32%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.06%) BGP
1 4 (1.06%) DNS
1 4 (1.06%) SSL
1 4 (1.06%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.53%) Modbus
2 2 (0.53%) RS-485
2 2 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (10.03%) Oracle Database
2 36 (9.50%) MongoDB
3 32 (8.44%) SQL Server
4 27 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (4.22%) Relational Database
6 11 (2.90%) Power BI
7 9 (2.37%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.85%) MySQL
9 6 (1.58%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.79%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.79%) Looker
12 2 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.53%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.53%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.53%) Impala
12 2 (0.53%) Redis
12 2 (0.53%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 29 (7.65%) Git
2 22 (5.80%) JIRA
3 19 (5.01%) Jenkins
4 15 (3.96%) JUnit
5 12 (3.17%) Bitbucket
5 12 (3.17%) GitLab
6 10 (2.64%) Eclipse
7 7 (1.85%) Maven
8 5 (1.32%) MSTest
8 5 (1.32%) NUnit
9 4 (1.06%) JMeter
10 3 (0.79%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.53%) Balsamiq
11 2 (0.53%) Mockito
11 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.53%) Subversion
12 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.26%) eggPlant
12 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 103 (27.18%) Social Skills
2 62 (16.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 59 (15.57%) Public Sector
4 37 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (6.86%) Finance
6 15 (3.96%) Marketing
7 12 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (2.11%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.85%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.85%) Electronics
10 7 (1.85%) Retail
11 6 (1.58%) Banking
11 6 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.32%) Military
13 4 (1.06%) Legal
13 4 (1.06%) Wearables
14 3 (0.79%) Agriculture
14 3 (0.79%) Aviation
14 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 110 (29.02%) Developer
2 61 (16.09%) Senior
3 52 (13.72%) Software Engineer
4 40 (10.55%) Full Stack Engineer
5 34 (8.97%) Java Developer
6 32 (8.44%) Project Manager
7 28 (7.39%) Analyst
8 27 (7.12%) Full Stack Developer
8 27 (7.12%) Software Developer
9 24 (6.33%) Lead
9 24 (6.33%) Senior Developer
10 17 (4.49%) Architect
10 17 (4.49%) C++ Developer
10 17 (4.49%) Development Manager
10 17 (4.49%) Senior Software Engineer
11 16 (4.22%) .NET Developer
12 15 (3.96%) Presales Manager
12 15 (3.96%) Senior Java Developer
13 14 (3.69%) Business Analyst
14 12 (3.17%) C++ Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (22.43%) .NET
2 78 (20.58%) React
3 48 (12.66%) Node.js
4 40 (10.55%) Swagger
5 38 (10.03%) HTML
6 34 (8.97%) KeystoneJS
7 33 (8.71%) CSS
8 27 (7.12%) AngularJS
9 24 (6.33%) ASP.NET
9 24 (6.33%) REST
9 24 (6.33%) Spring
10 22 (5.80%) Web Services
11 19 (5.01%) ASP.NET MVC
11 19 (5.01%) Kafka
11 19 (5.01%) XML
12 17 (4.49%) .NET Framework
12 17 (4.49%) JSON
12 17 (4.49%) Spring Boot
13 16 (4.22%) Hibernate
13 16 (4.22%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.82%) Blockchain
1 41 (10.82%) e-Learning
1 41 (10.82%) Hybrid Cloud
2 38 (10.03%) Product Ownership
3 26 (6.86%) Mobile App
4 23 (6.07%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (5.54%) Algorithms
6 18 (4.75%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (3.96%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.90%) FMCG
8 11 (2.90%) IoT
9 10 (2.64%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (1.58%) Social Network
12 5 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.32%) PMI
13 4 (1.06%) Low-Code
13 4 (1.06%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.06%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.39%) Linux
2 8 (2.11%) Windows
3 7 (1.85%) Unix
4 4 (1.06%) Android
4 4 (1.06%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.53%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (51.45%) Agile
2 118 (31.13%) DevOps
3 107 (28.23%) Software Engineering
4 91 (24.01%) Full Stack Development
5 77 (20.32%) Mentoring
6 58 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (14.78%) Coaching
8 55 (14.51%) CI/CD
8 55 (14.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (13.19%) Project Management
10 45 (11.87%) Artificial Intelligence
10 45 (11.87%) Computer Science
11 43 (11.35%) Customer Service
11 43 (11.35%) Microservices
11 43 (11.35%) Roadmaps
12 41 (10.82%) Scrum
13 37 (9.76%) TDD
14 36 (9.50%) Technology Transformation
15 35 (9.23%) Project Delivery
16 33 (8.71%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 124 (32.72%) JavaScript
2 122 (32.19%) Java
3 73 (19.26%) C#
4 62 (16.36%) SQL
5 53 (13.98%) Python
6 38 (10.03%) C
7 35 (9.23%) C++
8 34 (8.97%) Lua
9 17 (4.49%) Bash
10 16 (4.22%) Kotlin
11 14 (3.69%) Go
11 14 (3.69%) PHP
12 13 (3.43%) TypeScript
13 10 (2.64%) RPG
14 7 (1.85%) Fortran
14 7 (1.85%) PowerShell
15 6 (1.58%) Shell Script
16 5 (1.32%) Ruby
16 5 (1.32%) Scala
17 3 (0.79%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 67 (17.68%) Degree
2 44 (11.61%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (5.28%) SC Cleared
5 19 (5.01%) Master's Degree
6 15 (3.96%) DBS Check
7 13 (3.43%) Azure Certification
8 10 (2.64%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.37%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.85%) PhD
11 5 (1.32%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.06%) CSPO
12 4 (1.06%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.53%) CBAP
14 2 (0.53%) IIBA
14 2 (0.53%) ISEB
15 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 1 (0.26%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.17%) QA
2 4 (1.06%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.06%) GDPR
3 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
System Software
1 83 (21.90%) Docker
2 23 (6.07%) Firmware
3 21 (5.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (2.37%) Active Directory
5 6 (1.58%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.53%) HDFS
6 2 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (8.44%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.69%) Ansible
3 9 (2.37%) Terraform
4 3 (0.79%) Kibana
5 2 (0.53%) Grafana
5 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (19.00%) Microsoft
2 41 (10.82%) IBM
2 41 (10.82%) Red Hat
3 39 (10.29%) Oracle
4 12 (3.17%) SAP
5 9 (2.37%) Nintex
6 8 (2.11%) IFS
7 6 (1.58%) WSO2
8 4 (1.06%) BT
8 4 (1.06%) Sparx
8 4 (1.06%) Splunk
9 3 (0.79%) Google
9 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.53%) Cloudera
10 2 (0.53%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.53%) Informatica
10 2 (0.53%) MicroStrategy
11 1 (0.26%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.26%) Thales
11 1 (0.26%) Xamarin