SDLC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 39 49
Rank change year-on-year -47 +10 +14
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1,283 3,825 3,388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.23% 5.11% 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.49% 6.21% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 628 1,088 1,574
10th Percentile £41,025 £38,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £48,869 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,000 £68,750 £67,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,150 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -1.32% -2.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,721 61,614 54,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.53% 82.28% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,560 42,296 28,644
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDLC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +9 399 £50,055 -8.99% 194
North West +13 346 £50,055 -16.58% 130
Midlands +44 286 £56,000 +1.82% 114
South East +2 238 £64,000 +11.30% 157
West Midlands +58 167 £55,000 -4.35% 72
Scotland -43 167 £65,000 - 91
East Midlands +29 119 £57,500 +15.00% 40
South West +19 115 £57,500 - 98
East of England -27 55 £52,500 +5.00% 44
Yorkshire -20 34 £70,000 +40.00% 42
Wales -15 25 £69,750 +39.50% 15
North East +23 19 £65,000 +6.12% 25
Northern Ireland +11 2 - - 34
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 181 (14.11%) Confluence
2 33 (2.57%) Apache
3 15 (1.17%) Appian
4 14 (1.09%) CMS
5 12 (0.94%) Apache Spark
5 12 (0.94%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.55%) OpenStack
7 5 (0.39%) IIS
8 4 (0.31%) Camunda
8 4 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (0.31%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.23%) EPiServer
9 3 (0.23%) Kentico
9 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.16%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.16%) ColdFusion
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.16%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (0.78%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.31%) Trello
4 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.16%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.078%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 10 (0.78%) Magento
2 9 (0.70%) Shopify
3 8 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.16%) Sage 1000
5 2 (0.16%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.078%) Endur
6 1 (0.078%) iTrent
6 1 (0.078%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.078%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.078%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.078%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.078%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.078%) TrackWise
6 1 (0.078%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 406 (31.64%) Azure
2 350 (27.28%) AWS
3 198 (15.43%) GCP
4 61 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (2.81%) SaaS
6 26 (2.03%) Power Platform
6 26 (2.03%) Serverless
7 22 (1.71%) GitHub
8 19 (1.48%) PaaS
9 17 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (1.09%) Azure Functions
11 14 (1.09%) Power Automate
12 12 (0.94%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (0.94%) Figma
13 11 (0.86%) BigCommerce
13 11 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.78%) Amazon S3
15 9 (0.70%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (0.70%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.62%) 5G
2 5 (0.39%) Wireless
2 5 (0.39%) ZigBee
3 4 (0.31%) 3GPP
3 4 (0.31%) Internet
3 4 (0.31%) SD-WAN
3 4 (0.31%) WAN
3 4 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.23%) HTTP
5 2 (0.16%) Broadband
5 2 (0.16%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.16%) Modbus
5 2 (0.16%) MQTT
5 2 (0.16%) VPN
6 1 (0.078%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.078%) DNS
6 1 (0.078%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.078%) Intranet
6 1 (0.078%) SSL
6 1 (0.078%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 299 (23.30%) SQL Server
2 31 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (2.34%) NoSQL
3 30 (2.34%) Relational Database
4 19 (1.48%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.33%) Power BI
6 14 (1.09%) Big Data
7 13 (1.01%) MySQL
8 12 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
10 8 (0.62%) KDB
10 8 (0.62%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.62%) Redis
11 7 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.47%) RDBMS
12 6 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
13 5 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 313 (24.40%) JIRA
2 273 (21.28%) Selenium
3 259 (20.19%) SonarQube
4 256 (19.95%) GitLab
5 254 (19.80%) Maven
6 250 (19.49%) Cucumber
7 246 (19.17%) Bitbucket
7 246 (19.17%) Sonatype Nexus
8 71 (5.53%) Git
9 36 (2.81%) Jenkins
10 28 (2.18%) JUnit
11 27 (2.10%) Eclipse
12 25 (1.95%) Eclipse RCP
13 22 (1.71%) Visual Studio
14 13 (1.01%) Cypress.io
15 11 (0.86%) Postman
16 9 (0.70%) Oracle Forms
17 7 (0.55%) Mockito
18 6 (0.47%) JMeter
18 6 (0.47%) Subversion
General
1 464 (36.17%) Finance
2 370 (28.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 328 (25.57%) Banking
4 174 (13.56%) Social Skills
5 168 (13.09%) Aerospace
6 131 (10.21%) Avionics
6 131 (10.21%) Law
7 119 (9.28%) Retail
8 96 (7.48%) Investment Banking
9 90 (7.01%) Corporate Banking
10 76 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
11 63 (4.91%) Marketing
12 49 (3.82%) Public Sector
13 24 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.40%) Manufacturing
15 17 (1.33%) Legal
16 12 (0.94%) Telecoms
17 10 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
18 9 (0.70%) Publishing
19 8 (0.62%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 451 (35.15%) Software Engineer
2 273 (21.28%) Senior
3 163 (12.70%) Developer
4 132 (10.29%) Systems Engineer
5 131 (10.21%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 121 (9.43%) Lead
7 97 (7.56%) Java Engineer
8 84 (6.55%) Architect
9 77 (6.00%) Principal Engineer
10 67 (5.22%) Software Architect
11 62 (4.83%) Analyst
12 56 (4.36%) Java Software Engineer
13 46 (3.59%) Software Developer
14 39 (3.04%) .NET Developer
14 39 (3.04%) Senior Java Engineer
15 38 (2.96%) Java Developer
15 38 (2.96%) Senior Developer
16 36 (2.81%) Software Manager
17 34 (2.65%) C# Developer
18 33 (2.57%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 327 (25.49%) React
1 327 (25.49%) Spring
2 324 (25.25%) HTML
3 318 (24.79%) CSS
4 304 (23.69%) Kafka
5 293 (22.84%) Spring Boot
6 255 (19.88%) JPA
7 248 (19.33%) Redux
8 167 (13.02%) Hibernate
9 135 (10.52%) REST
10 123 (9.59%) RESTful
11 104 (8.11%) .NET
11 104 (8.11%) Middleware
12 96 (7.48%) HTML5
12 96 (7.48%) Sass
13 94 (7.33%) Jest
14 92 (7.17%) CSS3
15 46 (3.59%) AngularJS
16 38 (2.96%) Node.js
17 32 (2.49%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 299 (23.30%) Product Ownership
2 256 (19.95%) Enterprise Software
3 58 (4.52%) Algorithms
4 38 (2.96%) Cloud Native
5 34 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (1.95%) Public Cloud
8 24 (1.87%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
9 15 (1.17%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.09%) Acoustics
10 14 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
10 14 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (0.86%) Reference Data
12 10 (0.78%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.78%) Onboarding
13 9 (0.70%) Client/Server
13 9 (0.70%) EPoS
14 8 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
15 7 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 66 (5.14%) Linux
2 36 (2.81%) Windows
3 19 (1.48%) Unix
4 9 (0.70%) Android
5 7 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.39%) Rocky
7 3 (0.23%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.078%) Solaris
8 1 (0.078%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 806 (62.82%) Agile
2 635 (49.49%) Software Engineering
3 454 (35.39%) CI/CD
4 451 (35.15%) DevOps
5 373 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 338 (26.34%) Test Automation
7 317 (24.71%) Microservices
8 312 (24.32%) Full-Stack Development
9 275 (21.43%) Mentoring
10 270 (21.04%) Front End Development
11 266 (20.73%) Containerisation
12 250 (19.49%) Performance Optimisation
13 208 (16.21%) Software Testing
14 200 (15.59%) Waterfall
15 196 (15.28%) TDD
16 180 (14.03%) Clean Code
17 169 (13.17%) Computer Science
18 164 (12.78%) Customer Requirements
19 154 (12.00%) User Experience
20 136 (10.60%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 505 (39.36%) Java
2 449 (35.00%) SQL
3 362 (28.22%) JavaScript
4 163 (12.70%) C#
5 140 (10.91%) Python
6 132 (10.29%) TypeScript
7 50 (3.90%) Ada
8 40 (3.12%) C
9 28 (2.18%) C++
10 26 (2.03%) Rust
11 23 (1.79%) PowerShell
12 17 (1.33%) PHP
13 15 (1.17%) Bash
14 13 (1.01%) PL/SQL
15 10 (0.78%) Fortran
15 10 (0.78%) Go
15 10 (0.78%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.62%) Delphi
16 8 (0.62%) VB.NET
17 6 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 490 (38.19%) Degree
2 366 (28.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 100 (7.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (5.22%) Chartered Engineer
5 40 (3.12%) Security Cleared
6 29 (2.26%) SC Cleared
7 28 (2.18%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.09%) DV Cleared
9 9 (0.70%) PhD
10 8 (0.62%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.55%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.47%) AWS Certification
13 5 (0.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.16%) IIBA
14 2 (0.16%) ISEB
14 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.16%) PMP
14 2 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 302 (23.54%) QA
2 96 (7.48%) Accessibility
3 67 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 28 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (1.79%) NCSC
6 16 (1.25%) NIST
7 15 (1.17%) GDPR
8 9 (0.70%) PMO
9 5 (0.39%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.31%) COBIT
10 4 (0.31%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.23%) PMBOK
11 3 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.078%) GLP
13 1 (0.078%) GMP
13 1 (0.078%) GxP
13 1 (0.078%) JTAG
System Software
1 312 (24.32%) Docker
2 7 (0.55%) Firmware
3 5 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.23%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.16%) HDFS
6 1 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.078%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.078%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 334 (26.03%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.10%) Terraform
3 16 (1.25%) Grafana
4 8 (0.62%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.55%) Ansible
6 2 (0.16%) ITRS Geneos
6 2 (0.16%) Kibana
6 2 (0.16%) Netcool
6 2 (0.16%) Netcool/OMNIbus
6 2 (0.16%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.078%) Argo
7 1 (0.078%) CA Endevor
7 1 (0.078%) Puppet
Vendors
1 250 (19.49%) Solace
2 94 (7.33%) Microsoft
3 90 (7.01%) Oracle
4 89 (6.94%) Siemens
5 33 (2.57%) Google
6 18 (1.40%) Red Hat
6 18 (1.40%) Splunk
7 17 (1.33%) IBM
8 14 (1.09%) SAP
9 12 (0.94%) Dynatrace
10 11 (0.86%) Databricks
11 10 (0.78%) Bloomberg
11 10 (0.78%) Salesforce
11 10 (0.78%) ServiceNow
12 5 (0.39%) Facebook
12 5 (0.39%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.39%) Sybase
13 4 (0.31%) Agilent
13 4 (0.31%) Intel
13 4 (0.31%) TIBCO