SOLID Principles
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOLID skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOLID over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 307 289
Rank change year-on-year -56 -18 -50
Permanent jobs citing SOLID 741 1,203 2,173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 1.15% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.20% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 457 890 1,037
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £41,150
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.77% +10.83% +3.45%
75th Percentile £81,250 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,125 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,173 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.72% +13.64% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SOLID is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

SOLID
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SOLID in the UK

SOLID
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SOLID in the UK

SOLID
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOLID over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOLID in the UK

SOLID
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOLID within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -34 675 £60,000 -14.29% 110
UK excluding London -20 560 £55,173 -11.72% 84
Work from Home -134 235 £57,500 -11.54% 78
South East -43 157 £60,000 -7.69% 19
North of England +16 151 £57,500 -11.54% 29
London -60 150 £80,000 -0.37% 36
North West +17 123 £57,500 -11.54% 21
Midlands +56 114 £50,000 -16.67% 14
East Midlands +40 81 £50,000 -9.09% 8
South West +32 77 £55,000 - 5
Scotland -53 34 £55,000 -8.33% 7
West Midlands +22 33 £55,173 -11.72% 6
Yorkshire +53 20 £57,500 -17.86% 5
East of England -41 12 £65,000 -23.53% 7
Wales +17 11 £45,000 -18.18% 6
North East -4 8 £55,173 +5.09% 5
Northern Ireland +19 4 £55,000 +13.40%

SOLID
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 21 (2.83%) CMS
2 13 (1.75%) IIS
3 5 (0.67%) Confluence
3 5 (0.67%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.54%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.54%) WordPress
5 3 (0.40%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.40%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.27%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.27%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (1.89%) Photoshop
2 3 (0.40%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 15 (2.02%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 468 (63.16%) Azure
2 231 (31.17%) IBM Cloud
3 204 (27.53%) Azure DevOps
4 166 (22.40%) Azure Service Bus
5 162 (21.86%) Serverless
6 150 (20.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 136 (18.35%) Azure API Management
7 136 (18.35%) Azure Functions
8 116 (15.65%) AWS
9 66 (8.91%) SaaS
10 26 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (3.51%) Power Platform
11 23 (3.10%) GCP
12 21 (2.83%) GitHub
13 14 (1.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 14 (1.89%) NuGet
14 13 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
15 12 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (0.81%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.67%) Internet
2 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.27%) DNS
3 2 (0.27%) Network Security
3 2 (0.27%) SSL
3 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.13%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 245 (33.06%) NoSQL
2 238 (32.12%) PostgreSQL
3 229 (30.90%) MongoDB
4 221 (29.82%) DB2
5 143 (19.30%) Relational Database
6 124 (16.73%) SQL Server
7 38 (5.13%) MySQL
8 28 (3.78%) Redis
9 17 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.21%) GIS
11 6 (0.81%) Big Data
12 5 (0.67%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 2 (0.27%) SQLite
15 1 (0.13%) Neo4j
15 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 147 (19.84%) Git
2 42 (5.67%) Visual Studio
3 39 (5.26%) Postman
4 35 (4.72%) JIRA
5 26 (3.51%) Jenkins
6 22 (2.97%) NUnit
6 22 (2.97%) TeamCity
7 21 (2.83%) Moq
7 21 (2.83%) Octopus Deploy
8 19 (2.56%) Maven
9 18 (2.43%) Selenium
9 18 (2.43%) SpecFlow
10 17 (2.29%) GitLab
11 15 (2.02%) Android Studio
12 14 (1.89%) git-flow
12 14 (1.89%) Sourcetree
13 11 (1.48%) CircleCI
14 9 (1.21%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.94%) JUnit
15 7 (0.94%) REST Assured
General
1 244 (32.93%) Public Sector
2 138 (18.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 108 (14.57%) Social Skills
4 96 (12.96%) Finance
5 43 (5.80%) Games
6 28 (3.78%) Law
7 26 (3.51%) Analytical Skills
8 24 (3.24%) Marketing
9 19 (2.56%) Retail
10 17 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.48%) Legal
12 10 (1.35%) Banking
13 9 (1.21%) Advertising
14 7 (0.94%) Aviation
14 7 (0.94%) Military
14 7 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (0.94%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.81%) Investment Banking
15 6 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 488 (65.86%) Developer
2 167 (22.54%) Full Stack Developer
2 167 (22.54%) Senior
3 131 (17.68%) Azure Developer
4 121 (16.33%) .NET Developer
5 111 (14.98%) Full Stack Engineer
6 106 (14.30%) Azure Engineer
7 102 (13.77%) Senior Developer
8 84 (11.34%) C# Developer
9 77 (10.39%) Lead
10 75 (10.12%) Software Developer
11 62 (8.37%) Lead Developer
12 51 (6.88%) Software Engineer
13 48 (6.48%) Senior .NET Developer
14 36 (4.86%) Senior C# Developer
15 27 (3.64%) Architect
15 27 (3.64%) Technical Architect
16 26 (3.51%) Dynamics 365 Developer
16 26 (3.51%) Power Platform Developer
17 24 (3.24%) Senior Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 555 (74.90%) .NET
2 320 (43.18%) React
3 316 (42.65%) AngularJS
4 313 (42.24%) REST
5 312 (42.11%) CSS
6 310 (41.84%) HTML
7 308 (41.57%) ASP.NET
8 296 (39.95%) Web Services
9 260 (35.09%) Vue
10 251 (33.87%) jQuery
11 244 (32.93%) ASP.NET Core
12 239 (32.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 221 (29.82%) Backbone.js
13 221 (29.82%) Ember.js
14 135 (18.22%) .NET Core
15 130 (17.54%) Node.js
16 103 (13.90%) .NET Framework
17 76 (10.26%) Entity Framework
18 65 (8.77%) RESTful
19 47 (6.34%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 237 (31.98%) Algorithms
2 232 (31.31%) Blockchain
3 231 (31.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 223 (30.09%) Data Structures
5 112 (15.11%) e-Learning
6 40 (5.40%) Product Ownership
7 36 (4.86%) Management Information System
8 28 (3.78%) Cloud Native
8 28 (3.78%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.02%) Legacy Code
10 13 (1.75%) Client/Server
10 13 (1.75%) IoT
11 12 (1.62%) Mobile App
12 10 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (0.94%) Oculus
14 7 (0.94%) Virtual Reality
15 6 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
16 5 (0.67%) 3D Graphics
16 5 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 256 (34.55%) Windows
2 245 (33.06%) Android
3 242 (32.66%) Linux
4 226 (30.50%) Apple iOS
5 20 (2.70%) Unix
6 5 (0.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (53.04%) MVC
2 382 (51.55%) Agile
3 367 (49.53%) Design Patterns
4 340 (45.88%) Full Stack Development
5 306 (41.30%) OO
6 301 (40.62%) OOP
7 283 (38.19%) DevOps
8 268 (36.17%) User Experience
9 266 (35.90%) MVVM
10 249 (33.60%) Web Development
11 243 (32.79%) Responsive Web Design
12 242 (32.66%) Artificial Intelligence
13 221 (29.82%) Co-Creation
13 221 (29.82%) Design Thinking
14 216 (29.15%) TDD
15 214 (28.88%) Mentoring
16 156 (21.05%) API Management
17 151 (20.38%) Code Quality
18 144 (19.43%) Coaching
19 137 (18.49%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 586 (79.08%) C#
2 412 (55.60%) JavaScript
3 405 (54.66%) SQL
4 188 (25.37%) Java
5 129 (17.41%) Python
6 95 (12.82%) TypeScript
7 34 (4.59%) PHP
7 34 (4.59%) T-SQL
8 25 (3.37%) C
9 22 (2.97%) VB.NET
10 20 (2.70%) Kotlin
10 20 (2.70%) XAML
11 19 (2.56%) C++
12 17 (2.29%) Shell Script
13 14 (1.89%) XPath
14 13 (1.75%) Ada
15 5 (0.67%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.67%) R
16 2 (0.27%) Ruby
16 2 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 94 (12.69%) Degree
2 31 (4.18%) Master's Degree
3 26 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (2.43%) SC Cleared
4 18 (2.43%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.40%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
6 2 (0.27%) CISSP
7 1 (0.13%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.05%) QA
2 4 (0.54%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.27%) SEPA
4 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (7.15%) Docker
2 4 (0.54%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 40 (5.40%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.29%) Terraform
3 5 (0.67%) Control-M
4 4 (0.54%) Kibana
5 2 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 231 (31.17%) IBM
1 231 (31.17%) Red Hat
2 130 (17.54%) Microsoft
3 17 (2.29%) Adobe
4 14 (1.89%) Cognizant
5 12 (1.62%) Google
6 9 (1.21%) Databricks
6 9 (1.21%) Xamarin
7 6 (0.81%) Oracle
8 4 (0.54%) Splunk
9 3 (0.40%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.40%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.40%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.27%) Northgate
11 1 (0.13%) Monzo
11 1 (0.13%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.13%) Twitter
11 1 (0.13%) Zend