SDLC Job Trends in West Malling

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Kent > West Malling

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Malling requiring SDLC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Malling 14.29% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £67,000 - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £80,000 - -
90th Percentile £83,000 - -
Kent median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +20.83% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Malling

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 West Malling.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Malling 85.71% 60.00% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 9
10th Percentile £30,600 - £29,100
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% -14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £54,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £59,300 £68,600
Kent median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +22.22% -10.00%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in West Malling

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SDLC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Malling.

SDLC job vacancy trend in West Malling

SDLC
Salary Trend in West Malling

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing SDLC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Malling citing SDLC

SDLC
Salary Histogram in West Malling

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in West Malling over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SDLC in West Malling

SDLC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Malling by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Service Fabric
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (50.00%) OpenID
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) SOAP
2 1 (50.00%) WCF
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Delphi
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) VB
1 1 (50.00%) VB6
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CASB
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler