SDLC Jobs with Work from Home Options

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC 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 84 77 59
Rank change year-on-year -7 -18 +24
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1,205 1,792 3,697
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.57% 4.15% 5.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.90% 4.32% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 686 1,365 2,157
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £74,688 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £96,250 £96,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

SDLC 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,928 41,467 64,681
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.65% 96.10% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 23,495 28,748 41,173
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

SDLC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SDLC trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC.

SDLC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

SDLC salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 46 (3.82%) WebLogic
2 42 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (1.33%) Confluence
4 15 (1.24%) SharePoint
5 9 (0.75%) Apache
6 7 (0.58%) nginx
6 7 (0.58%) SAS
7 6 (0.50%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.083%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.083%) Appian
10 1 (0.083%) GemFire
10 1 (0.083%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.083%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 19 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.50%) SPSS
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (3.98%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 39 (3.24%) Endur
3 7 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.25%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.25%) Relativity
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.083%) Data Workbench
8 1 (0.083%) Ringtail
8 1 (0.083%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 400 (33.20%) Azure
2 255 (21.16%) AWS
3 115 (9.54%) Azure DevOps
4 93 (7.72%) SaaS
5 53 (4.40%) GCP
6 52 (4.32%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.82%) Amazon SQS
8 45 (3.73%) PaaS
9 38 (3.15%) GitHub
9 38 (3.15%) Power Platform
10 36 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
11 29 (2.41%) Serverless
12 28 (2.32%) IaaS
13 25 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
14 14 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
14 14 (1.16%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
16 12 (1.00%) Entra ID
17 11 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 53 (4.40%) TCP/IP
2 50 (4.15%) DNS
3 46 (3.82%) BGP
3 46 (3.82%) SSL
4 15 (1.24%) Network Security
5 14 (1.16%) NGFW
5 14 (1.16%) VPN
6 8 (0.66%) Internet
6 8 (0.66%) VoIP
7 7 (0.58%) HTTP
7 7 (0.58%) MQTT
7 7 (0.58%) WAN
8 6 (0.50%) AMQP
9 5 (0.41%) 5G
9 5 (0.41%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.41%) RS-232
9 5 (0.41%) RS-485
9 5 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.41%) Wireless
9 5 (0.41%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (13.61%) SQL Server
2 135 (11.20%) Relational Database
3 88 (7.30%) RDBMS
4 56 (4.65%) MySQL
5 49 (4.07%) Oracle Database
6 48 (3.98%) Amazon RDS
7 26 (2.16%) Power BI
8 21 (1.74%) Big Data
9 18 (1.49%) MongoDB
10 17 (1.41%) Redis
11 15 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
12 13 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (1.00%) NoSQL
14 11 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (0.75%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
16 8 (0.66%) Couchbase
16 8 (0.66%) MS Access
16 8 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 6 (0.50%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 111 (9.21%) JIRA
2 63 (5.23%) Git
3 43 (3.57%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.24%) Maven
5 19 (1.58%) JUnit
6 17 (1.41%) Postman
7 14 (1.16%) GitLab
7 14 (1.16%) Selenium
8 13 (1.08%) Visual Studio
9 12 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.83%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.83%) Eclipse
10 10 (0.83%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.75%) NUnit
12 7 (0.58%) Spinnaker
13 6 (0.50%) JMeter
13 6 (0.50%) Mocha
14 5 (0.41%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.41%) InstallShield
14 5 (0.41%) LabVIEW
General
1 270 (22.41%) Social Skills
2 221 (18.34%) Finance
3 112 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
4 88 (7.30%) Banking
5 73 (6.06%) Marketing
6 58 (4.81%) Aerospace
7 54 (4.48%) Games
8 40 (3.32%) Law
9 39 (3.24%) Legal
10 35 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 32 (2.66%) Retail
12 27 (2.24%) Public Sector
13 25 (2.07%) Electronics
14 22 (1.83%) Investment Banking
15 21 (1.74%) Publishing
16 20 (1.66%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (1.00%) Aviation
19 11 (0.91%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 294 (24.40%) Developer
2 244 (20.25%) Project Manager
3 208 (17.26%) Senior
4 183 (15.19%) Presales Manager
5 169 (14.02%) Software Engineer
6 148 (12.28%) Lead
7 114 (9.46%) Architect
8 94 (7.80%) Senior Developer
9 90 (7.47%) .NET Developer
10 71 (5.89%) Solutions Architect
11 65 (5.39%) Analyst
12 64 (5.31%) DevOps Engineer
13 62 (5.15%) Software Developer
14 47 (3.90%) Lead Architect
14 47 (3.90%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 44 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
16 43 (3.57%) Business Analyst
16 43 (3.57%) Java Developer
17 38 (3.15%) C# Developer
18 37 (3.07%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (22.49%) .NET
2 130 (10.79%) AngularJS
3 118 (9.79%) React
4 108 (8.96%) ASP.NET
5 105 (8.71%) Spring Boot
6 95 (7.88%) .NET Framework
7 90 (7.47%) Spring
8 88 (7.30%) .NET Core
9 72 (5.98%) HTML
10 64 (5.31%) RESTful
11 60 (4.98%) ASP.NET Web API
12 59 (4.90%) REST
13 55 (4.56%) RabbitMQ
14 54 (4.48%) CSS
15 52 (4.32%) Entity Framework
16 49 (4.07%) ASP.NET MVC
17 48 (3.98%) Kafka
18 47 (3.90%) JSON
19 41 (3.40%) SOAP
20 40 (3.32%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.22%) Public Cloud
2 67 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
3 66 (5.48%) Product Ownership
4 40 (3.32%) Cloud Native
5 39 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
5 39 (3.24%) Swaptions
6 35 (2.90%) Virtual Team
7 34 (2.82%) Social Network
8 29 (2.41%) Mobile App
8 29 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (1.83%) Distributed Applications
10 21 (1.74%) Client/Server
11 20 (1.66%) Algorithms
12 19 (1.58%) Private Cloud
13 16 (1.33%) Management Information System
14 15 (1.24%) Data Structures
14 15 (1.24%) Onboarding
15 13 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (1.08%) IoT
16 12 (1.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 132 (10.95%) Linux
2 49 (4.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 39 (3.24%) Windows
4 12 (1.00%) Unix
5 9 (0.75%) FreeRTOS
6 8 (0.66%) Android
7 7 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.50%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.41%) ThreadX
10 4 (0.33%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.33%) VxWorks
11 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.083%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 805 (66.80%) Agile
2 348 (28.88%) Project Management
3 307 (25.48%) Software Engineering
4 304 (25.23%) DevOps
5 288 (23.90%) Actionable Insight
6 245 (20.33%) Project Delivery
7 225 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
8 206 (17.10%) Agile Project Management
9 205 (17.01%) Presales
10 203 (16.85%) Software Delivery
11 189 (15.68%) Scrum
12 178 (14.77%) CI/CD
13 166 (13.78%) Full Stack Development
14 135 (11.20%) Collaborative Working
15 129 (10.71%) Kanban
16 113 (9.38%) Microservices
17 103 (8.55%) Mentoring
18 95 (7.88%) Computer Science
19 88 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
19 88 (7.30%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 249 (20.66%) C#
2 230 (19.09%) SQL
3 219 (18.17%) JavaScript
4 200 (16.60%) Java
5 123 (10.21%) Python
6 61 (5.06%) TypeScript
7 50 (4.15%) C
7 50 (4.15%) VB
8 41 (3.40%) C++
9 33 (2.74%) T-SQL
10 31 (2.57%) PowerShell
11 19 (1.58%) PHP
12 17 (1.41%) Bash
13 16 (1.33%) Groovy
14 11 (0.91%) Go
15 10 (0.83%) RPG
16 9 (0.75%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.41%) Bicep
17 5 (0.41%) Ruby
17 5 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 176 (14.61%) Security Cleared
2 134 (11.12%) Degree
3 84 (6.97%) SC Cleared
4 59 (4.90%) Azure Certification
5 51 (4.23%) DV Cleared
6 50 (4.15%) AWS Certification
7 48 (3.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 43 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.83%) PMI Certification
10 20 (1.66%) ISTQB
11 19 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 17 (1.41%) DBS Check
12 17 (1.41%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.91%) ISEB
13 11 (0.91%) PMP
14 10 (0.83%) CISSP
14 10 (0.83%) GIAC
15 6 (0.50%) CISM
15 6 (0.50%) HNC
15 6 (0.50%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (7.55%) QA
2 18 (1.49%) PMO
3 13 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.00%) NIST
5 10 (0.83%) SEPA
6 7 (0.58%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.50%) COBIT
7 6 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.50%) ISO 9000
7 6 (0.50%) Web Application Security Consortium
8 5 (0.41%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 4 (0.33%) ISO 13485
9 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.25%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.083%) AQAP
12 1 (0.083%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.083%) TickIT
System Software
1 168 (13.94%) Docker
2 31 (2.57%) Firmware
3 17 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
3 17 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (1.41%) vSphere
4 14 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 14 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (0.66%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.083%) GridGain
7 1 (0.083%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 151 (12.53%) Kubernetes
2 98 (8.13%) Terraform
3 64 (5.31%) Ansible
4 18 (1.49%) Grafana
5 9 (0.75%) Kibana
5 9 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.41%) Argo
7 5 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.41%) Puppet
8 4 (0.33%) vRealize
8 4 (0.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
9 2 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.083%) Packer
Vendors
1 153 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 101 (8.38%) Oracle
3 48 (3.98%) Sparx
4 39 (3.24%) OpenLink
4 39 (3.24%) Sybase
4 39 (3.24%) TIBCO
5 33 (2.74%) Google
6 21 (1.74%) SAP
7 18 (1.49%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.49%) VMware
8 14 (1.16%) Citrix
9 9 (0.75%) NVIDIA
10 8 (0.66%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.58%) IBM
11 7 (0.58%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.50%) BT
13 5 (0.41%) Databricks
14 4 (0.33%) Facebook
14 4 (0.33%) QNX
14 4 (0.33%) Splunk