Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 50 49
Rank change year-on-year -59 -1 +11
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1,348 4,535 6,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.58% 4.61% 5.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 5.36% 6.21%
Number of salaries quoted 869 1,567 2,903
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,869 £47,500 £50,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,466
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the UK

SDLC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SDLC in the UK

SDLC
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for SDLC in the UK

SDLC
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +8 1,223 £60,000 -4.00% 1,028
UK excluding London -80 912 £55,000 - 603
Work from Home -27 424 £65,000 +8.33% 597
London +9 391 £80,000 - 530
North of England +8 310 £50,055 -12.95% 165
North West -3 245 £50,055 -16.58% 105
Midlands +40 205 £55,000 -4.35% 82
South East +3 197 £60,000 +4.35% 119
West Midlands +35 129 £59,125 +2.83% 57
South West -19 81 £55,000 -4.35% 78
East Midlands +29 76 £55,000 +10.00% 24
Scotland -85 58 £75,780 +16.58% 76
Yorkshire +7 43 £70,000 +40.00% 36
East of England -31 38 £47,500 -5.00% 46
North East +28 22 £55,000 -8.33% 24
Wales -19 21 £65,000 +30.00% 13
Northern Ireland +3 5 - - 28

SDLC
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 38 (2.82%) Confluence
2 35 (2.60%) Apache
3 33 (2.45%) CMS
4 18 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.26%) Apache Spark
5 17 (1.26%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.67%) Drupal
6 9 (0.67%) WordPress
7 8 (0.59%) Camunda
7 8 (0.59%) nginx
7 8 (0.59%) OpenStack
7 8 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.59%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.37%) Liferay
8 5 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 4 (0.30%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.30%) IIS
9 4 (0.30%) Kentico
9 4 (0.30%) Kinematics
10 3 (0.22%) EPiServer
Applications
1 15 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.59%) Trello
6 7 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.15%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.074%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.074%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 17 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.82%) Endur
3 9 (0.67%) Shopify
4 7 (0.52%) Magento
4 7 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.15%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
8 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.15%) SimCorp Dimension
9 1 (0.074%) Fidessa
9 1 (0.074%) iTrent
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.074%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.074%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.074%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.074%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.074%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 292 (21.66%) Azure
2 226 (16.77%) AWS
3 99 (7.34%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (5.93%) GCP
5 73 (5.42%) Serverless
6 55 (4.08%) SaaS
7 53 (3.93%) Power Platform
8 44 (3.26%) GitHub
9 40 (2.97%) Amazon S3
10 32 (2.37%) Cloud Computing
11 31 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
13 29 (2.15%) IBM Cloud
14 24 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (1.78%) Dynamics 365
14 24 (1.78%) PaaS
15 22 (1.63%) Power Automate
16 19 (1.41%) PowerApps
17 18 (1.34%) Azure Monitor
18 17 (1.26%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.04%) Firewall
1 14 (1.04%) HTTP
2 13 (0.96%) Network Security
3 12 (0.89%) 5G
4 10 (0.74%) Multicast
5 8 (0.59%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.59%) VPN
5 8 (0.59%) WAN
6 6 (0.45%) DNS
7 5 (0.37%) Wireless
7 5 (0.37%) ZigBee
8 4 (0.30%) 3GPP
8 4 (0.30%) Internet
8 4 (0.30%) IPv6
8 4 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
8 4 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.15%) 4G
10 2 (0.15%) FTP
11 1 (0.074%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (8.38%) SQL Server
2 54 (4.01%) NoSQL
3 39 (2.89%) Relational Database
4 37 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (2.52%) MongoDB
6 30 (2.23%) Amazon Aurora
7 27 (2.00%) DynamoDB
8 21 (1.56%) Power BI
9 15 (1.11%) RDBMS
9 15 (1.11%) Redis
9 15 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 13 (0.96%) Apache Hive
11 12 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
11 12 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
11 12 (0.89%) Oracle Database
12 9 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.52%) Big Data
13 7 (0.52%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 143 (10.61%) Git
2 142 (10.53%) JIRA
3 80 (5.93%) Jenkins
4 55 (4.08%) JUnit
5 50 (3.71%) Selenium
6 37 (2.74%) Maven
7 33 (2.45%) Mockito
7 33 (2.45%) Visual Studio
8 29 (2.15%) Eclipse
9 28 (2.08%) Cucumber
9 28 (2.08%) GitLab
10 26 (1.93%) Eclipse RCP
10 26 (1.93%) Postman
11 23 (1.71%) JMeter
12 19 (1.41%) Cypress.io
13 17 (1.26%) SonarQube
14 16 (1.19%) Oracle Forms
15 14 (1.04%) IntelliJ
16 12 (0.89%) SoapUI
16 12 (0.89%) SpecFlow
General
1 327 (24.26%) Finance
2 276 (20.47%) Social Skills
3 152 (11.28%) Aerospace
4 125 (9.27%) Analytical Skills
5 121 (8.98%) Banking
6 111 (8.23%) Avionics
7 96 (7.12%) Law
8 91 (6.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 89 (6.60%) Public Sector
10 55 (4.08%) Marketing
11 49 (3.64%) Retail
12 31 (2.30%) Financial Institution
12 31 (2.30%) Legal
13 28 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.71%) Games
15 20 (1.48%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.41%) Front Office
16 19 (1.41%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (0.89%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 378 (28.04%) Senior
2 243 (18.03%) Developer
3 206 (15.28%) Software Engineer
4 139 (10.31%) Lead
5 114 (8.46%) Systems Engineer
6 111 (8.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 99 (7.34%) Analyst
8 86 (6.38%) Principal Engineer
9 71 (5.27%) Senior Developer
10 66 (4.90%) Architect
11 65 (4.82%) Senior Software Engineer
12 61 (4.53%) Java Developer
13 54 (4.01%) .NET Developer
13 54 (4.01%) Java Engineer
14 47 (3.49%) Full-Stack Developer
15 45 (3.34%) Software Manager
16 42 (3.12%) Business Analyst
16 42 (3.12%) Senior Java Engineer
16 42 (3.12%) Software Developer
17 37 (2.74%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (13.50%) .NET
2 135 (10.01%) React
3 125 (9.27%) HTML
4 112 (8.31%) CSS
5 101 (7.49%) Spring
6 91 (6.75%) AngularJS
7 86 (6.38%) Node.js
8 77 (5.71%) Spring Boot
9 69 (5.12%) REST
10 56 (4.15%) Middleware
11 51 (3.78%) ASP.NET
12 45 (3.34%) XML
13 44 (3.26%) GraphQL
13 44 (3.26%) Web Services
14 41 (3.04%) Kafka
15 38 (2.82%) RESTful
16 37 (2.74%) .NET Framework
17 35 (2.60%) SOAP
18 31 (2.30%) .NET Core
19 27 (2.00%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.42%) Product Ownership
2 58 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
3 54 (4.01%) Hybrid Cloud
4 53 (3.93%) Algorithms
5 46 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 40 (2.97%) Mobile App
7 38 (2.82%) Cloud Native
8 37 (2.74%) Security Posture
9 31 (2.30%) Public Cloud
10 29 (2.15%) Blockchain
11 26 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
11 26 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
12 24 (1.78%) e-Learning
12 24 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
13 23 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
14 22 (1.63%) Reinsurance
15 21 (1.56%) Data Structures
16 18 (1.34%) Onboarding
17 16 (1.19%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 122 (9.05%) Linux
2 51 (3.78%) Windows
3 26 (1.93%) Unix
4 13 (0.96%) Android
5 9 (0.67%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.37%) Rocky
7 4 (0.30%) Robot Operating System
7 4 (0.30%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.15%) VMS
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.074%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.074%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (47.33%) Agile
2 452 (33.53%) Software Engineering
3 286 (21.22%) DevOps
4 258 (19.14%) CI/CD
5 242 (17.95%) Mentoring
6 224 (16.62%) Problem-Solving
7 217 (16.10%) Software Testing
8 206 (15.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 188 (13.95%) Computer Science
10 172 (12.76%) Test Automation
11 147 (10.91%) Customer Requirements
12 139 (10.31%) Artificial Intelligence
12 139 (10.31%) Waterfall
13 137 (10.16%) Microservices
14 129 (9.57%) Scrum
15 122 (9.05%) Project Management
16 120 (8.90%) Business Case
17 117 (8.68%) Roadmaps
18 115 (8.53%) Feasibility Study
19 113 (8.38%) Requirements Management
Programming Languages
1 363 (26.93%) Java
2 296 (21.96%) SQL
3 253 (18.77%) Python
4 238 (17.66%) C#
5 200 (14.84%) JavaScript
6 77 (5.71%) C++
7 62 (4.60%) TypeScript
8 55 (4.08%) C
9 52 (3.86%) Ada
10 44 (3.26%) PowerShell
11 33 (2.45%) Rust
12 29 (2.15%) Go
12 29 (2.15%) PHP
13 28 (2.08%) Bash
14 20 (1.48%) Shell Script
15 19 (1.41%) T-SQL
16 15 (1.11%) Scala
17 14 (1.04%) PL/SQL
18 10 (0.74%) Fortran
19 9 (0.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 495 (36.72%) Degree
2 261 (19.36%) BPSS Clearance
3 88 (6.53%) Security Cleared
4 77 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 56 (4.15%) Master's Degree
6 48 (3.56%) SC Cleared
7 22 (1.63%) Azure Certification
8 21 (1.56%) DV Cleared
9 19 (1.41%) PhD
10 18 (1.34%) ISTQB
11 17 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
13 13 (0.96%) CISSP
14 11 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 11 (0.82%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.52%) AWS Certification
16 6 (0.45%) CCSP
16 6 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (0.45%) PMP
17 5 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (7.64%) QA
2 55 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 47 (3.49%) GDPR
4 44 (3.26%) NIST
5 23 (1.71%) Accessibility
6 21 (1.56%) NCSC
7 18 (1.34%) SOC 2
8 17 (1.26%) HIPAA
9 15 (1.11%) PMO
10 14 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 7 (0.52%) Data Quality
11 7 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
12 6 (0.45%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.22%) COBIT
13 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.22%) GRC
13 3 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.22%) PMBOK
13 3 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 159 (11.80%) Docker
2 13 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.67%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.45%) Firmware
5 5 (0.37%) Apache Flume
6 4 (0.30%) vSphere
7 3 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.074%) HDFS
8 1 (0.074%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 157 (11.65%) Kubernetes
2 59 (4.38%) Terraform
3 27 (2.00%) Ansible
4 14 (1.04%) Grafana
5 10 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.52%) Kibana
7 5 (0.37%) CA Endevor
7 5 (0.37%) HP Fortify
7 5 (0.37%) Oozie
8 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.30%) Puppet
9 3 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
9 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.15%) Argo
11 1 (0.074%) CASB
11 1 (0.074%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.074%) Packer
11 1 (0.074%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 165 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 91 (6.75%) Oracle
3 72 (5.34%) Siemens
4 46 (3.41%) IBM
5 41 (3.04%) Google
6 35 (2.60%) Red Hat
7 22 (1.63%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.34%) SAP
9 14 (1.04%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.04%) Splunk
10 13 (0.96%) Dynatrace
11 11 (0.82%) OpenAI
11 11 (0.82%) OpenLink
12 10 (0.74%) Databricks
13 7 (0.52%) Sybase
14 6 (0.45%) Alibaba
14 6 (0.45%) Intel
15 5 (0.37%) Atlassian
15 5 (0.37%) Cloudera
15 5 (0.37%) Xamarin