SDLC Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 116 48
Rank change year-on-year +22 -68 +4
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 71 136 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.44% 2.02% 5.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 2.36% 5.84%
Number of salaries quoted 49 81 165
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £34,075
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,501 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.28% +5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £66,153 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £74,000 £87,500 £76,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,701 5,753 5,820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 92.82% 85.25% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,220 4,042 3,161
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,000 £38,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDLC in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for SDLC in the Thames Valley

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for SDLC in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Buckinghamshire +61 35 £60,000 +21.21% 9
Berkshire +1 29 £60,000 +3.45% 41
Oxfordshire +21 7 £70,000 +28.44% 25
SDLC
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (12.68%) CMS
1 9 (12.68%) SharePoint
2 6 (8.45%) OpenStack
3 3 (4.23%) Kentico
4 1 (1.41%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 17 (23.94%) AWS
2 16 (22.54%) Azure
3 15 (21.13%) Serverless
4 12 (16.90%) Amazon ECS
4 12 (16.90%) Amazon EKS
5 11 (15.49%) Power Platform
6 7 (9.86%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (8.45%) GCP
7 6 (8.45%) Google Analytics
8 5 (7.04%) Amazon S3
8 5 (7.04%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (4.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (4.23%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (4.23%) Azure Functions
9 3 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (4.23%) BigCommerce
9 3 (4.23%) ClickUp
9 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
9 3 (4.23%) Kontent
9 3 (4.23%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) FTP
1 2 (2.82%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (23.94%) SQL Server
2 15 (21.13%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (16.90%) Relational Database
4 7 (9.86%) RDBMS
5 3 (4.23%) MongoDB
5 3 (4.23%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.41%) DTS
6 1 (1.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (22.54%) Jenkins
2 15 (21.13%) Git
3 12 (16.90%) JUnit
4 10 (14.08%) JIRA
4 10 (14.08%) Mockito
5 7 (9.86%) JMeter
6 4 (5.63%) Subversion
7 3 (4.23%) GitLab
7 3 (4.23%) Visual Studio
8 1 (1.41%) Redmine
8 1 (1.41%) TestRail
General
1 28 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 10 (14.08%) Public Sector
3 9 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.68%) Marketing
4 7 (9.86%) Publishing
5 6 (8.45%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (7.04%) Finance
7 4 (5.63%) Aerospace
7 4 (5.63%) Aviation
7 4 (5.63%) Electronics
7 4 (5.63%) Manufacturing
7 4 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (4.23%) Retail
9 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.41%) Banking
10 1 (1.41%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (49.30%) Developer
2 15 (21.13%) Java Developer
3 14 (19.72%) Full-Stack Developer
4 13 (18.31%) .NET Developer
5 12 (16.90%) C# .NET Developer
5 12 (16.90%) C# Developer
6 11 (15.49%) Senior
7 10 (14.08%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 10 (14.08%) Software Engineer
8 9 (12.68%) .NET Software Developer
8 9 (12.68%) Angular Developer
8 9 (12.68%) C# Software Developer
8 9 (12.68%) Full-Stack C# Developer
8 9 (12.68%) Software Developer
9 6 (8.45%) Product Owner
10 5 (7.04%) Azure Developer
10 5 (7.04%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (5.63%) Electronics Engineer
11 4 (5.63%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 3 (4.23%) CMS Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (23.94%) .NET
2 15 (21.13%) Spring
2 15 (21.13%) Spring Boot
3 14 (19.72%) HTML
3 14 (19.72%) React
4 13 (18.31%) AngularJS
4 13 (18.31%) Web Services
5 12 (16.90%) REST
6 10 (14.08%) Hibernate
7 8 (11.27%) CSS
7 8 (11.27%) Kafka
7 8 (11.27%) Mustache
8 7 (9.86%) ActiveMQ
8 7 (9.86%) Apache Camel
8 7 (9.86%) jQuery
8 7 (9.86%) WireMock
9 6 (8.45%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (8.45%) RESTful
10 5 (7.04%) ASP.NET
10 5 (7.04%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Distributed Systems
1 12 (16.90%) Product Ownership
2 8 (11.27%) Algorithms
3 6 (8.45%) Marketing Technology
4 4 (5.63%) CPLD
4 4 (5.63%) FPGA
5 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.68%) Linux
2 8 (11.27%) Unix
3 1 (1.41%) Android
3 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (46.48%) Agile
2 23 (32.39%) CI/CD
3 22 (30.99%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (26.76%) Project Delivery
5 18 (25.35%) Microservices
6 16 (22.54%) Full-Stack Development
6 16 (22.54%) Scrum
7 15 (21.13%) TDD
7 15 (21.13%) User Experience
8 13 (18.31%) Software Engineering
9 12 (16.90%) DevOps
10 10 (14.08%) Software Testing
11 9 (12.68%) Business Analysis
11 9 (12.68%) CRM
11 9 (12.68%) Physics
11 9 (12.68%) Project Planning
11 9 (12.68%) SEO
11 9 (12.68%) Unit Testing
12 8 (11.27%) Open Source
12 8 (11.27%) Parallel Programming
Programming Languages
1 23 (32.39%) Python
2 18 (25.35%) C#
2 18 (25.35%) Java
2 18 (25.35%) JavaScript
3 15 (21.13%) SQL
4 13 (18.31%) C++
5 12 (16.90%) C
6 9 (12.68%) Fortran
7 8 (11.27%) Bash
8 7 (9.86%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.41%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.41%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.41%) R
Qualifications
1 18 (25.35%) SC Cleared
1 18 (25.35%) Security Cleared
2 17 (23.94%) Degree
3 9 (12.68%) Master's Degree
3 9 (12.68%) PhD
4 8 (11.27%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.41%) ISEB
5 1 (1.41%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.41%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.41%) GDPR
1 1 (1.41%) QA
System Software
1 15 (21.13%) Docker
2 3 (4.23%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (21.13%) Kubernetes
2 7 (9.86%) Kibana
3 2 (2.82%) Grafana
3 2 (2.82%) Prometheus
3 2 (2.82%) Terraform
4 1 (1.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 10 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.86%) Dynatrace
2 7 (9.86%) Splunk
3 6 (8.45%) Google
4 4 (5.63%) Agilent
5 2 (2.82%) Oracle
6 1 (1.41%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.41%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.41%) VMware