SDLC Project Manager Jobs

SDLC Project Manager
UK

The median SDLC Project Manager salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 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
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 709 - 951
Rank change year-on-year - - +276
Permanent jobs requiring an SDLC Project Manager 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60,000
25th Percentile £92,500 - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.83%
75th Percentile £97,500 - £81,250
90th Percentile - - £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 - £60,000

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 49,648 95,634 90,119
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.38% 94.76% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 25,811 68,299 56,809
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,760 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.21% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,250
% change year-on-year +3.13% -6.10% +6.13%

SDLC Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC Project Manager in the UK

SDLC Project Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SDLC Project Manager in the UK

SDLC Project Manager
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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 - 2 £95,000 - 1
East of England - 2 £95,000 -
UK excluding London - 2 £95,000 - 1

SDLC Project Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 May 2025, SDLC Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Confluence
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 2 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team Management
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 2 (100.00%) Project Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting

SDLC Project 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Team Management
1 2 (100.00%) Waterfall