SDLC Job Trends in Swansea

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
West Wales > Swansea

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 12 25
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 0
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1 12 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Swansea 1.06% 15.19% 4.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 15.58% 4.17%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £45,500
25th Percentile - - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile - - £58,125
90th Percentile - - £59,250
West Wales median annual salary - - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73 77 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 77.66% 97.47% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 47 37 93
10th Percentile £29,950 £32,800 £32,521
25th Percentile £37,082 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £49,104 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.45% +9.12% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
West Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +0.05%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

SDLC job vacancy trend in Swansea

SDLC
Salary Trend in Swansea

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing SDLC

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#