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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 104 | 89 | 91 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | +2 | -42 |
| Permanent jobs citing SDLC | 28 | 5 | 25 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey | 1.08% | 0.44% | 1.61% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.39% | 0.50% | 1.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 5 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £64,250 | £60,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £61,250 | £76,250 | £70,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £85,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.71% | +13.33% | +30.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £87,500 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £121,250 | - | £85,000 |
| South East median annual salary | £57,500 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.17% | - |
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.
| 6 months to 20 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,015 | 1,006 | 1,338 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey | 78.01% | 89.26% | 86.38% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,451 | 685 | 663 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £27,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £32,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £45,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -18.18% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £72,500 | £63,750 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £87,500 | £85,000 |
| South East median annual salary | £55,000 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.79% | -13.64% | - |
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 Salary Trend in Surrey
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 20 October 2026.
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 20 October 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 | -12 | 10 | £70,000 | -17.65% | 6 |
| Reigate | - | 8 | £112,500 | - | 3 |
| Redhill | - | 4 | £75,000 | - | 2 |
| Farnham | - | 3 | £80,000 | - | 2 |
| Staines | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| SDLC South East |
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SDLC Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Continuous Improvement | 50.0% | 14 |
| 2 | Software Engineering | 46.4% | 13 |
| 3 | AI | 39.3% | 11 |
| 3 | CI/CD | 39.3% | 11 |
| 5 | Change Management | 32.1% | 9 |
| 6 | Collaborative Culture | 28.6% | 8 |
| 6 | Roadmaps | 28.6% | 8 |
| 8 | Business Strategy | 21.4% | 6 |
| 8 | Line Management | 21.4% | 6 |
| 8 | Microservices | 21.4% | 6 |
| 8 | Observability | 21.4% | 6 |
| 8 | Stakeholder Management | 21.4% | 6 |
| 8 | Strategic Roadmap | 21.4% | 6 |
| 8 | Technology Transformation | 21.4% | 6 |
| 8 | Test Automation | 21.4% | 6 |
| 16 | Agile | 17.9% | 5 |
| 16 | Generative AI | 17.9% | 5 |
| 16 | LLM | 17.9% | 5 |
| 16 | Prompt Engineering | 17.9% | 5 |
| 16 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation | 17.9% | 5 |