SDLC Job Trends in Surrey

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 74 96
Rank change year-on-year -10 +22 -44
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 19 16 28
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.97% 1.60% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.74% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 14 11 11
10th Percentile - £46,250 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £49,053 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% - -11.11%
75th Percentile - £70,625 £63,750
90th Percentile - £77,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,532 919 1,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 78.32% 92.18% 89.00%
Number of salaries quoted 904 485 1,213
10th Percentile £29,225 £31,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,375 £86,250 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,430 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.39% +12.86% -9.09%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Surrey

SDLC
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SDLC

SDLC
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Surrey over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Salary histogram for SDLC in Surrey

SDLC
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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
Woking -1 8 £100,000 - 3
Redhill -3 1 - - 1
Guildford -16 1 - - 1
Camberley - 1 £62,500 -
SDLC
South East

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) AWS
2 9 (47.37%) SaaS
3 4 (21.05%) Figma
4 3 (15.79%) Azure
4 3 (15.79%) GCP
5 1 (5.26%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (5.26%) Copilot Studio
5 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.26%) GitHub
5 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.26%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
2 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Git
2 4 (21.05%) Babel
2 4 (21.05%) rollup.js
3 2 (10.53%) GitLab
3 2 (10.53%) JIRA
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (5.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) .NET Development Manager
1 8 (42.11%) Development Manager
1 8 (42.11%) Software Development Manager
1 8 (42.11%) Software Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) React Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Business Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Business IT Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (5.26%) IT Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Lead
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (42.11%) .NET
2 4 (21.05%) CSS
2 4 (21.05%) HTML
2 4 (21.05%) Jest
2 4 (21.05%) Node.js
2 4 (21.05%) React
3 1 (5.26%) JSON
3 1 (5.26%) LangChain
3 1 (5.26%) LangGraph
3 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Video\Live Streaming
2 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (78.95%) Agile
2 10 (52.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (47.37%) Software Engineering
4 8 (42.11%) Product Vision
4 8 (42.11%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (21.05%) Issue Tracking
5 4 (21.05%) Responsive Web Design
6 2 (10.53%) AI
6 2 (10.53%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 2 (10.53%) Customer Experience
6 2 (10.53%) Decision-Making
6 2 (10.53%) Kanban
6 2 (10.53%) LLM
6 2 (10.53%) Machine Learning
6 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (10.53%) Prototyping
7 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.26%) Customer Service
7 1 (5.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) C#
2 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
2 4 (21.05%) TypeScript
3 3 (15.79%) Python
4 2 (10.53%) Java
5 1 (5.26%) C++
5 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Argo
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Google
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Foundry