SDLC Contracts in England

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 77 80
Rank change year-on-year -19 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing SDLC 853 1,482 2,248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.35% 3.09% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 3.43% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 1,003 1,582
10th Percentile £380 £413 £406
25th Percentile £450 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +11.00%
75th Percentile £706 £725 £688
90th Percentile £838 £825 £763
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £554
% change year-on-year -4.17% +8.30% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 37 45
10th Percentile £35.50 £44.84 £20.28
25th Percentile - £47.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £52.97 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +1.87% -7.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £67.02 £67.92 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £56.25 £54.64
% change year-on-year -14.67% +2.95% -3.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,359 43,239 64,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.26% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,563 30,348 45,861
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,528 1,759
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.02 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDLC in England.

Daily rate trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDLC in England.

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SDLC in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SDLC in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -17 544 £600 -7.69% 202
North of England +28 98 £469 -10.71% 116
South East -2 92 £575 +11.65% 80
North West +26 70 £456 -12.05% 76
South West +6 42 £625 +3.09% 64
Midlands -27 35 £575 +15.00% 85
Yorkshire +12 25 £493 -10.45% 33
West Midlands -20 24 £656 +29.63% 55
East of England -5 18 £400 -23.81% 24
East Midlands +5 11 £468 +3.89% 30
North East +6 3 - - 8
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 33 (3.87%) Confluence
2 15 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.41%) Apache
4 10 (1.17%) IIS
4 10 (1.17%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.94%) Apache Solr
5 8 (0.94%) BizTalk Server
5 8 (0.94%) nginx
6 7 (0.82%) CMS
7 5 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.47%) Drupal
8 4 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.35%) Gunicorn
9 3 (0.35%) OpenEdge
9 3 (0.35%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.35%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.23%) Mule
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 13 (1.52%) Endur
2 12 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (1.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.82%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.47%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.47%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
7 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.23%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.23%) SAP R/3
8 1 (0.12%) Actimize
8 1 (0.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 191 (22.39%) Azure
2 147 (17.23%) AWS
3 73 (8.56%) Serverless
4 44 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (5.04%) GCP
6 40 (4.69%) GitHub
7 35 (4.10%) Azure Data Factory
8 34 (3.99%) SaaS
9 32 (3.75%) Azure Functions
10 30 (3.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 28 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
11 28 (3.28%) PaaS
12 25 (2.93%) Entra ID
13 24 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (2.34%) Power Platform
15 18 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
16 17 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
17 16 (1.88%) AWS CloudFormation
18 15 (1.76%) IaaS
18 15 (1.76%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.06%) DNS
1 9 (1.06%) Firewall
2 8 (0.94%) Internet
3 7 (0.82%) SSH
3 7 (0.82%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.70%) WAN
5 5 (0.59%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.47%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.47%) IPsec
6 4 (0.47%) SSL
7 3 (0.35%) ATM
7 3 (0.35%) BGP
7 3 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.35%) IOS XR
7 3 (0.35%) Network Security
7 3 (0.35%) SNA
7 3 (0.35%) VSAN
8 2 (0.23%) AMQP
8 2 (0.23%) Broadband
8 2 (0.23%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.26%) SQL Server
2 51 (5.98%) NoSQL
3 43 (5.04%) Relational Database
4 30 (3.52%) Data Lake
5 27 (3.17%) MySQL
6 26 (3.05%) Big Data
6 26 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
7 24 (2.81%) MongoDB
8 19 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (2.11%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.99%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.64%) KDB
11 14 (1.64%) Power BI
12 8 (0.94%) Couchbase
13 7 (0.82%) Delta Lake
13 7 (0.82%) Metadata
13 7 (0.82%) Sybase ASE
14 6 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.70%) DB2
14 6 (0.70%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 91 (10.67%) Git
2 84 (9.85%) JIRA
3 69 (8.09%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.99%) Selenium
5 30 (3.52%) GitLab
6 27 (3.17%) Cucumber
7 25 (2.93%) JUnit
8 16 (1.88%) git-flow
9 15 (1.76%) Maven
9 15 (1.76%) Mockito
9 15 (1.76%) TeamCity
10 13 (1.52%) SonarQube
11 12 (1.41%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.17%) JMeter
13 9 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.94%) Artifactory
15 7 (0.82%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.82%) Postman
15 7 (0.82%) Subversion
15 7 (0.82%) Visual Studio
General
1 249 (29.19%) Social Skills
2 240 (28.14%) Finance
3 139 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
4 106 (12.43%) Banking
5 50 (5.86%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.22%) Marketing
7 33 (3.87%) Investment Banking
8 31 (3.63%) Front Office
9 24 (2.81%) Aerospace
10 23 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 19 (2.23%) Retail
13 18 (2.11%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.52%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.94%) Automotive
16 7 (0.82%) Corporate Banking
16 7 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
16 7 (0.82%) Retail Banking
16 7 (0.82%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 253 (29.66%) Developer
2 147 (17.23%) Senior
3 103 (12.08%) Analyst
4 79 (9.26%) Architect
5 68 (7.97%) Software Engineer
6 58 (6.80%) Java Developer
7 57 (6.68%) Business Analyst
8 50 (5.86%) Full Stack Developer
8 50 (5.86%) Senior Developer
9 45 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
10 43 (5.04%) Lead
11 37 (4.34%) Project Manager
12 31 (3.63%) DevOps Engineer
13 29 (3.40%) Python Developer
14 28 (3.28%) Data Engineer
15 26 (3.05%) Consultant
16 23 (2.70%) Azure Developer
17 20 (2.34%) Cloud Architect
17 20 (2.34%) Scrum Master
17 20 (2.34%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (11.02%) React
2 84 (9.85%) .NET
3 43 (5.04%) HTML
4 42 (4.92%) REST
5 41 (4.81%) Web Services
6 38 (4.45%) JSON
6 38 (4.45%) Spring
7 37 (4.34%) CSS
8 36 (4.22%) XML
9 35 (4.10%) AngularJS
10 34 (3.99%) Spring Boot
11 33 (3.87%) .NET Framework
12 28 (3.28%) Kafka
13 25 (2.93%) RESTful
14 22 (2.58%) JPA
15 20 (2.34%) .NET Core
15 20 (2.34%) Hibernate
15 20 (2.34%) WebSockets
16 19 (2.23%) ASP.NET
16 19 (2.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.68%) Product Ownership
2 37 (4.34%) Mobile App
3 36 (4.22%) Enterprise Software
4 35 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 32 (3.75%) Distributed Systems
6 31 (3.63%) Cloud Native
7 23 (2.70%) Algorithms
7 23 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 20 (2.34%) IoT
9 18 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (1.99%) Derivative
11 16 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.88%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.76%) Fixed Income
13 13 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (1.41%) Credit Derivative
14 12 (1.41%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.41%) Video\Live Streaming
15 11 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (1.17%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 82 (9.61%) Linux
2 50 (5.86%) Windows
3 32 (3.75%) Unix
4 25 (2.93%) Android
5 14 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.47%) CentOS
8 4 (0.47%) SafeRTOS
9 2 (0.23%) VMS
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (48.07%) Agile
2 238 (27.90%) DevOps
3 203 (23.80%) CI/CD
4 179 (20.98%) Software Engineering
5 158 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (17.23%) Scrum
7 97 (11.37%) Microservices
8 83 (9.73%) Test Automation
9 79 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 73 (8.56%) Full Stack Development
11 72 (8.44%) Computer Science
12 67 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
13 66 (7.74%) Project Management
14 62 (7.27%) Analytics
15 55 (6.45%) Change Management
15 55 (6.45%) Migration
15 55 (6.45%) Waterfall
16 54 (6.33%) Continuous Integration
17 53 (6.21%) TDD
18 52 (6.10%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 210 (24.62%) Java
2 173 (20.28%) Python
2 173 (20.28%) SQL
3 111 (13.01%) JavaScript
4 107 (12.54%) C#
5 62 (7.27%) PowerShell
6 46 (5.39%) TypeScript
7 32 (3.75%) C
8 27 (3.17%) C++
9 23 (2.70%) Go
9 23 (2.70%) T-SQL
10 19 (2.23%) Kotlin
10 19 (2.23%) PL/SQL
10 19 (2.23%) Shell Script
11 15 (1.76%) Bash
12 14 (1.64%) Scala
13 13 (1.52%) Perl
14 10 (1.17%) ABAP
14 10 (1.17%) VB
15 8 (0.94%) PHP
Qualifications
1 135 (15.83%) Degree
2 96 (11.25%) Security Cleared
3 70 (8.21%) SC Cleared
4 46 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (4.22%) DV Cleared
6 23 (2.70%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.11%) PMP
8 16 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.88%) PMI Certification
9 13 (1.52%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.59%) CISM
10 5 (0.59%) CISSP
10 5 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (0.47%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.47%) CBAP
12 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.35%) HNC
12 3 (0.35%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (9.50%) QA
2 25 (2.93%) NIST
3 18 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (1.88%) Data Quality
5 11 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.29%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.29%) PMO
6 7 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (0.70%) SEPA
8 5 (0.59%) EMIR
8 5 (0.59%) GDPR
9 4 (0.47%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.47%) HL7
9 4 (0.47%) IFRS
9 4 (0.47%) MiFID
10 3 (0.35%) Basel III
11 2 (0.23%) COBIT
11 2 (0.23%) GAAP
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
System Software
1 59 (6.92%) Docker
2 34 (3.99%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.12%) GridGain
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 84 (9.85%) Kubernetes
2 74 (8.68%) Terraform
3 51 (5.98%) Ansible
4 22 (2.58%) Puppet
5 14 (1.64%) Grafana
6 6 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.47%) Kibana
7 4 (0.47%) vRealize
7 4 (0.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.35%) Argo
8 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.35%) Netcool
8 3 (0.35%) Podman
8 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.23%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.23%) logstash
9 2 (0.23%) Rancher
9 2 (0.23%) SCOM
9 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 93 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.85%) Oracle
3 46 (5.39%) SAP
4 28 (3.28%) Databricks
5 26 (3.05%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.70%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.99%) Google
8 14 (1.64%) MuleSoft
9 13 (1.52%) IBM
10 12 (1.41%) VMware
11 11 (1.29%) Bloomberg
12 9 (1.06%) Adobe
12 9 (1.06%) Refinitiv
13 8 (0.94%) OpenLink
13 8 (0.94%) Red Hat
14 7 (0.82%) Solace
14 7 (0.82%) Sybase
15 6 (0.70%) Splunk
15 6 (0.70%) TIBCO
16 5 (0.59%) Micro Focus