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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 78 59
Rank change year-on-year -7 -19 +20
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1,177 1,741 3,795
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.48% 4.11% 5.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.80% 4.27% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 674 1,322 2,183
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,050 £95,000 £98,355
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.48% -2.56% +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 31,014 40,730 66,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.60% 96.10% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 23,557 28,305 41,490
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 6 May 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 (3.91%) WebLogic
2 39 (3.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.10%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.93%) Confluence
5 9 (0.76%) Apache
6 7 (0.59%) nginx
6 7 (0.59%) SAS
7 6 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.085%) Appian
10 1 (0.085%) GemFire
10 1 (0.085%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.085%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 18 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.51%) SPSS
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (4.08%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 36 (3.06%) Endur
3 7 (0.59%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.42%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.34%) 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 (0.085%) Data Workbench
8 1 (0.085%) Ringtail
8 1 (0.085%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 398 (33.81%) Azure
2 257 (21.84%) AWS
3 114 (9.69%) Azure DevOps
4 90 (7.65%) SaaS
5 54 (4.59%) GCP
6 52 (4.42%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.91%) Amazon SQS
7 46 (3.91%) PaaS
8 37 (3.14%) GitHub
8 37 (3.14%) Power Platform
9 35 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (2.38%) IaaS
10 28 (2.38%) Serverless
11 25 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (1.19%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
13 13 (1.10%) Entra ID
13 13 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
14 10 (0.85%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 53 (4.50%) TCP/IP
2 51 (4.33%) DNS
3 46 (3.91%) BGP
3 46 (3.91%) SSL
4 13 (1.10%) NGFW
4 13 (1.10%) VPN
5 9 (0.76%) Network Security
6 8 (0.68%) Internet
6 8 (0.68%) VoIP
7 7 (0.59%) HTTP
7 7 (0.59%) MQTT
8 6 (0.51%) AMQP
8 6 (0.51%) WAN
9 5 (0.42%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.42%) RS-232
9 5 (0.42%) RS-485
9 5 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.42%) Wireless
9 5 (0.42%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.34%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 161 (13.68%) SQL Server
2 133 (11.30%) Relational Database
3 85 (7.22%) RDBMS
4 56 (4.76%) MySQL
5 49 (4.16%) Oracle Database
6 47 (3.99%) Amazon RDS
7 26 (2.21%) Power BI
8 18 (1.53%) Big Data
8 18 (1.53%) MongoDB
9 17 (1.44%) Redis
10 15 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.02%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.76%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (0.68%) Couchbase
14 8 (0.68%) MS Access
14 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.51%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 107 (9.09%) JIRA
2 63 (5.35%) Git
3 41 (3.48%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.29%) Maven
5 20 (1.70%) JUnit
6 17 (1.44%) Postman
7 15 (1.27%) Selenium
8 13 (1.10%) GitLab
9 12 (1.02%) Visual Studio
10 11 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.85%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.85%) Eclipse
11 10 (0.85%) SoapUI
12 9 (0.76%) NUnit
13 6 (0.51%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.51%) JMeter
13 6 (0.51%) Mocha
13 6 (0.51%) Spinnaker
14 5 (0.42%) MSTest
14 5 (0.42%) SpecFlow
General
1 267 (22.68%) Social Skills
2 201 (17.08%) Finance
3 108 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (6.12%) Marketing
5 69 (5.86%) Banking
6 59 (5.01%) Aerospace
7 52 (4.42%) Games
8 41 (3.48%) Law
9 36 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 32 (2.72%) Legal
11 31 (2.63%) Retail
12 28 (2.38%) Public Sector
13 26 (2.21%) Electronics
14 22 (1.87%) Investment Banking
15 21 (1.78%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.78%) Publishing
16 19 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
18 12 (1.02%) Aviation
19 11 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 293 (24.89%) Developer
2 241 (20.48%) Project Manager
3 202 (17.16%) Senior
4 183 (15.55%) Presales Manager
5 155 (13.17%) Software Engineer
6 149 (12.66%) Lead
7 105 (8.92%) Architect
8 92 (7.82%) Senior Developer
9 89 (7.56%) .NET Developer
10 69 (5.86%) Analyst
11 65 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
12 64 (5.44%) DevOps Engineer
12 64 (5.44%) Software Developer
13 47 (3.99%) Lead Architect
13 47 (3.99%) Lead Solutions Architect
14 44 (3.74%) Business Analyst
14 44 (3.74%) Java Developer
15 43 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
16 40 (3.40%) C# Developer
17 36 (3.06%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 270 (22.94%) .NET
2 129 (10.96%) AngularJS
3 120 (10.20%) React
4 107 (9.09%) ASP.NET
5 98 (8.33%) Spring Boot
6 93 (7.90%) .NET Framework
7 87 (7.39%) .NET Core
8 84 (7.14%) Spring
9 63 (5.35%) RESTful
10 60 (5.10%) ASP.NET Web API
11 59 (5.01%) HTML
12 58 (4.93%) REST
13 55 (4.67%) RabbitMQ
14 52 (4.42%) CSS
14 52 (4.42%) Entity Framework
15 49 (4.16%) ASP.NET MVC
16 46 (3.91%) JSON
17 41 (3.48%) Kafka
18 40 (3.40%) SOAP
18 40 (3.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (6.29%) Public Cloud
2 69 (5.86%) Enterprise Software
3 66 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.31%) Greenfield Project
5 36 (3.06%) Swaptions
6 35 (2.97%) Cloud Native
7 34 (2.89%) Social Network
8 33 (2.80%) Virtual Team
9 29 (2.46%) Mobile App
10 27 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (1.87%) Distributed Applications
12 21 (1.78%) Client/Server
13 19 (1.61%) Algorithms
13 19 (1.61%) Private Cloud
14 16 (1.36%) Management Information System
15 15 (1.27%) Data Structures
15 15 (1.27%) Onboarding
16 13 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
16 13 (1.10%) IoT
17 11 (0.93%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 132 (11.21%) Linux
2 49 (4.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 38 (3.23%) Windows
4 12 (1.02%) Unix
5 9 (0.76%) FreeRTOS
6 8 (0.68%) Android
7 7 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.51%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.42%) ThreadX
10 4 (0.34%) VxWorks
11 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.17%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 780 (66.27%) Agile
2 345 (29.31%) Project Management
3 303 (25.74%) DevOps
4 289 (24.55%) Software Engineering
5 288 (24.47%) Actionable Insight
6 243 (20.65%) Project Delivery
7 218 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
8 205 (17.42%) Agile Project Management
9 204 (17.33%) Presales
9 204 (17.33%) Software Delivery
10 191 (16.23%) Scrum
11 175 (14.87%) CI/CD
12 165 (14.02%) Full Stack Development
13 136 (11.55%) Collaborative Working
14 131 (11.13%) Kanban
15 108 (9.18%) Microservices
16 103 (8.75%) Mentoring
17 91 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
18 89 (7.56%) Computer Science
19 87 (7.39%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 249 (21.16%) C#
2 227 (19.29%) SQL
3 217 (18.44%) JavaScript
4 180 (15.29%) Java
5 116 (9.86%) Python
6 62 (5.27%) TypeScript
7 50 (4.25%) C
8 47 (3.99%) VB
9 38 (3.23%) C++
10 33 (2.80%) T-SQL
11 30 (2.55%) PowerShell
12 19 (1.61%) PHP
13 16 (1.36%) Groovy
14 15 (1.27%) Bash
15 11 (0.93%) Go
15 11 (0.93%) RPG
16 9 (0.76%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.42%) Bicep
17 5 (0.42%) VBA
18 4 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 177 (15.04%) Security Cleared
2 130 (11.05%) Degree
3 83 (7.05%) SC Cleared
4 58 (4.93%) Azure Certification
5 53 (4.50%) DV Cleared
6 50 (4.25%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 39 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.87%) PMI Certification
10 19 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.61%) ISTQB
11 17 (1.44%) DBS Check
12 13 (1.10%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.93%) PMP
14 10 (0.85%) CISSP
14 10 (0.85%) GIAC
14 10 (0.85%) ISEB
15 6 (0.51%) CISM
15 6 (0.51%) HNC
15 6 (0.51%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (7.82%) QA
2 17 (1.44%) PMO
3 13 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (0.93%) NIST
5 7 (0.59%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.51%) COBIT
6 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.51%) ISO 9000
6 6 (0.51%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 5 (0.42%) Accessibility
7 5 (0.42%) SEPA
8 4 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.34%) ISO 13485
8 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.085%) AQAP
10 1 (0.085%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.085%) TickIT
System Software
1 152 (12.91%) Docker
2 31 (2.63%) Firmware
3 17 (1.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 16 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.36%) vSphere
5 13 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.59%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.085%) GridGain
8 1 (0.085%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 141 (11.98%) Kubernetes
2 97 (8.24%) Terraform
3 61 (5.18%) Ansible
4 17 (1.44%) Grafana
5 9 (0.76%) Kibana
6 8 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.42%) Argo
8 5 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.42%) Puppet
9 2 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.085%) Packer
Vendors
1 152 (12.91%) Microsoft
2 98 (8.33%) Oracle
3 48 (4.08%) Sparx
4 36 (3.06%) OpenLink
4 36 (3.06%) Sybase
4 36 (3.06%) TIBCO
5 34 (2.89%) Google
6 22 (1.87%) SAP
7 18 (1.53%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.44%) VMware
9 13 (1.10%) Citrix
10 9 (0.76%) NVIDIA
11 8 (0.68%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.59%) IBM
12 7 (0.59%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.51%) BT
14 5 (0.42%) Databricks
15 4 (0.34%) Facebook
15 4 (0.34%) QNX
15 4 (0.34%) Splunk