SDLC Jobs in South Wales

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 41 63
Rank change year-on-year -6 +22 -1
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 18 68 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 2.06% 4.45% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 5.80% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17 42 26
10th Percentile £53,750 £41,250 £37,144
25th Percentile £62,500 £43,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £47,500 £46,083
Median % change year-on-year +53.68% +3.08% -22.55%
75th Percentile - £52,827 £60,800
90th Percentile £73,800 £54,875 £74,375
Wales median annual salary £66,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +33.00% +11.11% -24.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 721 1,173 1,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 82.40% 76.72% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 429 767 561
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,290 £26,600
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,029 £46,898
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% +0.28% -6.20%
75th Percentile £66,000 £60,000 £64,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £71,250 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.59%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in South Wales

SDLC
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for SDLC in South Wales

SDLC
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in South Wales over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SDLC in South Wales

SDLC
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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
Newport -8 11 £73,000 +39.22% 6
Cardiff +23 7 £60,000 +26.32% 10
SDLC
Wales

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (11.11%) ColdFusion
1 2 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Retail
3 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Architect
1 8 (44.44%) Software Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Software Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Development Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Software Development Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Software Team Leader
3 2 (11.11%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.56%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Head of Engineering
4 1 (5.56%) Software Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) Middleware
2 2 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Educational Technology
2 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (72.22%) Agile
2 11 (61.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (55.56%) UML
4 9 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 9 (50.00%) DevOps
4 9 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 8 (44.44%) Configuration Management
5 8 (44.44%) Design Patterns
5 8 (44.44%) Open Source
5 8 (44.44%) Waterfall
6 4 (22.22%) Scrum
7 3 (16.67%) Project Management
7 3 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
7 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
8 2 (11.11%) Data Analysis
8 2 (11.11%) OO
8 2 (11.11%) OOD
8 2 (11.11%) Quality Management
8 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Ada
1 2 (11.11%) C
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (50.00%) Degree
3 8 (44.44%) Chartered Engineer
3 8 (44.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Atlassian
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle