SDLC Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 85 80
Rank change year-on-year -17 -5 -21
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 650 1,168 1,652
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.42% 3.45% 4.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.63% 3.78% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 284 666 1,255
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £81,188 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £95,794 £95,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -1.32% -2.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,926 30,860 38,962
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.30% 91.20% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,764 23,358 27,133
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,450 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,410 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

SDLC
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SDLC trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SDLC
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing SDLC over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

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
1 179 (27.54%) Confluence
2 28 (4.31%) CMS
3 9 (1.38%) Drupal
3 9 (1.38%) WordPress
4 6 (0.92%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.77%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.62%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.46%) Apache
7 3 (0.46%) Kentico
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.31%) ColdFusion
8 2 (0.31%) Kinematics
8 2 (0.31%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.31%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.15%) Appian
9 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.15%) Mendix
Applications
1 5 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.62%) Trello
3 3 (0.46%) Blender
3 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (1.54%) Shopify
2 7 (1.08%) Magento
3 3 (0.46%) Endur
4 2 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.15%) Sage 1000
5 1 (0.15%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 362 (55.69%) Azure
2 325 (50.00%) AWS
3 198 (30.46%) GCP
4 38 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (4.92%) SaaS
5 32 (4.92%) Serverless
6 22 (3.38%) GitHub
7 20 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (2.92%) Amazon S3
9 18 (2.77%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (2.62%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (2.46%) Datadog
12 14 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (1.69%) PaaS
14 9 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.38%) BigCommerce
14 9 (1.38%) Power Automate
15 6 (0.92%) Azure Functions
15 6 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (0.92%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.31%) 5G
2 11 (1.69%) SD-WAN
2 11 (1.69%) WAN
3 4 (0.62%) 3GPP
3 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.46%) Internet
5 2 (0.31%) Broadband
5 2 (0.31%) Firewall
5 2 (0.31%) Wireless
5 2 (0.31%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.15%) LoRaWAN
6 1 (0.15%) Network Security
6 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 274 (42.15%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.38%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.08%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.08%) Redis
5 6 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.62%) MySQL
8 3 (0.46%) Couchbase
8 3 (0.46%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.46%) Power BI
8 3 (0.46%) QGIS
8 3 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.31%) CouchDB
9 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 288 (44.31%) JIRA
2 268 (41.23%) GitLab
3 267 (41.08%) Maven
4 265 (40.77%) Selenium
5 264 (40.62%) Cucumber
5 264 (40.62%) SonarQube
6 250 (38.46%) Bitbucket
7 248 (38.15%) Sonatype Nexus
8 56 (8.62%) Git
9 36 (5.54%) Jenkins
10 24 (3.69%) JUnit
11 21 (3.23%) Mockito
12 15 (2.31%) IntelliJ
13 13 (2.00%) Visual Studio
14 10 (1.54%) Cypress.io
15 9 (1.38%) Oracle Forms
16 6 (0.92%) Postman
17 5 (0.77%) TeamCity
18 4 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
18 4 (0.62%) SoapUI
General
1 348 (53.54%) Finance
2 289 (44.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 285 (43.85%) Banking
4 107 (16.46%) Retail
5 102 (15.69%) Social Skills
6 90 (13.85%) Corporate Banking
6 90 (13.85%) Investment Banking
7 39 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
8 36 (5.54%) Law
9 24 (3.69%) Marketing
10 17 (2.62%) Public Sector
11 15 (2.31%) Legal
12 12 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.69%) Tech for Good
13 11 (1.69%) Telecoms
14 8 (1.23%) Games
15 6 (0.92%) Advertising
15 6 (0.92%) Publishing
16 5 (0.77%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.77%) Police
Job Titles
1 328 (50.46%) Software Engineer
2 99 (15.23%) Developer
3 66 (10.15%) Senior
4 41 (6.31%) Lead
5 34 (5.23%) Analyst
6 33 (5.08%) Senior Developer
7 32 (4.92%) Java Developer
8 23 (3.54%) Architect
9 22 (3.38%) Senior Java Developer
10 21 (3.23%) Software Developer
11 18 (2.77%) Business Analyst
11 18 (2.77%) Lead Developer
12 17 (2.62%) Senior DevOps
13 16 (2.46%) AWS DevOps
13 16 (2.46%) Java Pricing Developer
13 16 (2.46%) Pricing Developer
14 15 (2.31%) AWS Developer
14 15 (2.31%) DevOps Developer
14 15 (2.31%) Product Manager
15 14 (2.15%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 300 (46.15%) React
2 298 (45.85%) Spring
3 288 (44.31%) HTML
4 283 (43.54%) CSS
5 280 (43.08%) Spring Boot
6 271 (41.69%) Kafka
7 254 (39.08%) JPA
8 250 (38.46%) Redux
9 163 (25.08%) Hibernate
10 116 (17.85%) REST
11 99 (15.23%) RESTful
12 94 (14.46%) CSS3
12 94 (14.46%) HTML5
12 94 (14.46%) Sass
13 90 (13.85%) Jest
14 69 (10.62%) .NET
15 35 (5.38%) Node.js
16 22 (3.38%) AngularJS
17 17 (2.62%) ActiveMQ
18 15 (2.31%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 282 (43.38%) Product Ownership
2 269 (41.38%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.38%) Mobile App
5 17 (2.62%) Algorithms
5 17 (2.62%) Cloud Native
5 17 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.46%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.31%) Credit Derivative
8 11 (1.69%) GNSS
8 11 (1.69%) Self-Driving Car
9 10 (1.54%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.54%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.38%) Housing Association
10 9 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.23%) NHS
11 8 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.08%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.08%) Cyber Security Posture
12 7 (1.08%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.85%) Linux
2 16 (2.46%) Unix
3 11 (1.69%) Windows
4 9 (1.38%) Android
5 8 (1.23%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.77%) Rocky
7 2 (0.31%) Robot Operating System
7 2 (0.31%) VMS
7 2 (0.31%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 452 (69.54%) Agile
2 392 (60.31%) Software Engineering
3 362 (55.69%) DevOps
4 350 (53.85%) CI/CD
5 321 (49.38%) Test Automation
6 302 (46.46%) Microservices
7 276 (42.46%) Full-Stack Development
8 266 (40.92%) Front End Development
9 255 (39.23%) Containerisation
10 251 (38.62%) Performance Optimisation
11 217 (33.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 184 (28.31%) TDD
13 171 (26.31%) Mentoring
14 170 (26.15%) Clean Code
15 118 (18.15%) User Experience
16 97 (14.92%) Strategic Thinking
17 92 (14.15%) Migration
18 90 (13.85%) Responsive Web Design
19 63 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
20 57 (8.77%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 355 (54.62%) Java
2 335 (51.54%) JavaScript
3 329 (50.62%) SQL
4 119 (18.31%) TypeScript
5 87 (13.38%) Python
6 68 (10.46%) C#
7 42 (6.46%) C++
8 23 (3.54%) C
9 22 (3.38%) PHP
10 17 (2.62%) Bash
11 11 (1.69%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.54%) Fortran
12 10 (1.54%) Go
13 9 (1.38%) T-SQL
14 8 (1.23%) PL/SQL
15 7 (1.08%) Scala
16 6 (0.92%) Delphi
16 6 (0.92%) Shell Script
17 5 (0.77%) Clojure
17 5 (0.77%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 90 (13.85%) Degree
2 37 (5.69%) Security Cleared
3 30 (4.62%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (2.15%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.00%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.38%) PhD
7 6 (0.92%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.62%) CISSP
8 4 (0.62%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.46%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 2 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.31%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (42.62%) QA
2 104 (16.00%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.46%) GDPR
5 12 (1.85%) NIST
6 10 (1.54%) PMO
7 8 (1.23%) NCSC
8 4 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.46%) COBIT
9 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.46%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.46%) PMBOK
10 2 (0.31%) GRC
10 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.15%) CDISC
11 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.15%) WCAG
System Software
1 300 (46.15%) Docker
2 2 (0.31%) Firmware
2 2 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.15%) KVM
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.15%) vSphere
3 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 306 (47.08%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.08%) Terraform
3 16 (2.46%) Ansible
4 5 (0.77%) Grafana
4 5 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.46%) CA Endevor
6 1 (0.15%) Argo
6 1 (0.15%) CFEngine
6 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 248 (38.15%) Solace
2 50 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 26 (4.00%) Google
4 23 (3.54%) Oracle
5 15 (2.31%) IBM
6 8 (1.23%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.08%) SAP
8 5 (0.77%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.77%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.62%) Intel
9 4 (0.62%) Splunk
10 3 (0.46%) Databricks
10 3 (0.46%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.46%) Guidewire
10 3 (0.46%) OpenLink
11 2 (0.31%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.31%) Optimizely
11 2 (0.31%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.31%) VMware
11 2 (0.31%) Xamarin