SDLC Manager Jobs

SDLC Manager
UK

The median SDLC Manager salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 911 950
Rank change year-on-year +205 +39 +268
Permanent jobs requiring an SDLC Manager 3 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.001% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.001% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £63,500 - £67,500
25th Percentile £74,375 £75,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £80,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% +58.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £117,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 - £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +14.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

SDLC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SDLC Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC Manager in the UK

SDLC Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDLC Manager.

Salary trend for SDLC Manager in the UK

SDLC Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC Manager over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SDLC Manager in the UK

SDLC Manager
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +160 3 £95,000 +18.75% 1
UK excluding London - 3 £95,000 - 1
East of England - 2 £95,000 -
South East - 1 £57,500 - 1

SDLC Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, SDLC Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring SDLC Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team Management
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 2 (66.67%) Project Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
2 2 (66.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) PMO

SDLC Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Budgeting
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team Management
2 2 (66.67%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) QA