SDLC Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 74 57 72
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 +3
Contract jobs citing SDLC 544 1,038 1,385
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.12% 4.03% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.52% 4.43% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 722 978
10th Percentile £400 £425 £425
25th Percentile £475 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £775 £763 £727
90th Percentile £875 £859 £800
England median daily rate £585 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £49.13 £44.63 £15.68
25th Percentile £53.44 £45.00 £16.09
Median hourly rate £61.25 £51.49 £40.83
Median % change year-on-year +18.97% +26.11% -9.28%
75th Percentile £68.44 £73.44 £49.36
90th Percentile £72.38 £78.13 £60.03
England median hourly rate £48.00 £52.97 £52.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% +1.87% -7.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,444 23,412 35,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.57% 90.89% 92.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,074 16,912 26,245
10th Percentile £345 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% +9.52%
75th Percentile £680 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 305 265 419
10th Percentile £15.68 £18.20 £17.23
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.41 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.81 £37.34 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.52% +2.55% +13.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £82.50 £67.63
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the London 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
Central London -7 88 £625 -3.85% 19
South London +14 19 £620 +12.73% 1
East London +1 15 £585 +10.48% 41
West London +17 11 £506 -24.44% 4
SDLC
England

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 23 (4.23%) Confluence
2 15 (2.76%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.84%) Apache
3 10 (1.84%) IIS
3 10 (1.84%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.47%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.74%) nginx
5 4 (0.74%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.55%) CMS
6 3 (0.55%) Gunicorn
6 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.55%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.37%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) JBoss
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.18%) SAS
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.39%) Endur
2 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.37%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.37%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.37%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.37%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.18%) Actimize
4 1 (0.18%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.18%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 111 (20.40%) Azure
2 93 (17.10%) AWS
3 42 (7.72%) Serverless
4 27 (4.96%) GCP
5 26 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.41%) PaaS
6 24 (4.41%) SaaS
7 21 (3.86%) GitHub
8 15 (2.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (2.76%) Azure Functions
9 14 (2.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (2.57%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (2.57%) IaaS
9 14 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (2.57%) Power Platform
10 13 (2.39%) Slack
11 10 (1.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 9 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.65%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.47%) Internet
2 7 (1.29%) Firewall
2 7 (1.29%) SSH
3 5 (0.92%) SD-WAN
3 5 (0.92%) WAN
4 3 (0.55%) ATM
4 3 (0.55%) SNA
4 3 (0.55%) VSAN
5 2 (0.37%) AMQP
5 2 (0.37%) DNS
5 2 (0.37%) Network Security
6 1 (0.18%) Broadband
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.21%) SQL Server
2 35 (6.43%) Relational Database
3 28 (5.15%) Data Lake
4 21 (3.86%) Big Data
5 17 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (2.94%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.94%) Oracle Database
7 15 (2.76%) MongoDB
7 15 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (2.57%) KDB
9 12 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.21%) Power BI
10 9 (1.65%) MySQL
11 7 (1.29%) Delta Lake
11 7 (1.29%) Sybase ASE
12 5 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.92%) Parquet
12 5 (0.92%) Tableau
13 4 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 59 (10.85%) JIRA
2 56 (10.29%) Jenkins
3 51 (9.38%) Git
4 28 (5.15%) GitLab
5 23 (4.23%) Cucumber
5 23 (4.23%) JUnit
6 20 (3.68%) Selenium
7 15 (2.76%) git-flow
7 15 (2.76%) Mockito
8 13 (2.39%) Maven
9 12 (2.21%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.84%) SonarQube
11 9 (1.65%) JMeter
12 6 (1.10%) Postman
12 6 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
12 6 (1.10%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.92%) Appium
13 5 (0.92%) Cypress.io
13 5 (0.92%) MLflow
13 5 (0.92%) WebDriver
General
1 188 (34.56%) Finance
2 160 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 102 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (14.89%) Banking
5 32 (5.88%) Marketing
6 30 (5.51%) Investment Banking
6 30 (5.51%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.33%) Front Office
8 17 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.39%) Retail
10 13 (2.39%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.02%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.29%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.10%) Corporate Banking
13 6 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.10%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.74%) Electronics
15 3 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 183 (33.64%) Developer
2 120 (22.06%) Senior
3 60 (11.03%) Analyst
4 52 (9.56%) Java Developer
5 49 (9.01%) Architect
6 47 (8.64%) Senior Developer
7 35 (6.43%) Business Analyst
8 32 (5.88%) Lead
9 31 (5.70%) Project Manager
10 28 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (4.78%) Software Engineer
12 23 (4.23%) Data Engineer
13 20 (3.68%) Cloud Architect
13 20 (3.68%) Full Stack Developer
13 20 (3.68%) Python Developer
13 20 (3.68%) Senior Java Developer
14 19 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
15 18 (3.31%) Consultant
16 17 (3.13%) SQL Developer
17 16 (2.94%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (11.76%) .NET
2 51 (9.38%) React
3 32 (5.88%) Web Services
4 31 (5.70%) HTML
5 30 (5.51%) CSS
6 27 (4.96%) REST
6 27 (4.96%) XML
7 26 (4.78%) Spring Boot
8 25 (4.60%) Kafka
9 24 (4.41%) .NET Framework
9 24 (4.41%) JSON
10 23 (4.23%) AngularJS
10 23 (4.23%) Spring
11 20 (3.68%) WebSockets
12 19 (3.49%) JPA
13 18 (3.31%) Hibernate
14 15 (2.76%) .NET Core
14 15 (2.76%) ASP.NET
15 14 (2.57%) RabbitMQ
15 14 (2.57%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
2 27 (4.96%) Enterprise Software
3 26 (4.78%) Product Ownership
4 24 (4.41%) Mobile App
5 23 (4.23%) Cloud Native
5 23 (4.23%) Management Information System
6 22 (4.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 19 (3.49%) Algorithms
8 16 (2.94%) IoT
9 15 (2.76%) Fixed Income
9 15 (2.76%) Linux Command Line
10 14 (2.57%) Derivative
11 12 (2.21%) Credit Derivative
11 12 (2.21%) Data Structures
12 11 (2.02%) Video\Live Streaming
13 10 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.65%) Mobile Banking
14 9 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 49 (9.01%) Linux
2 33 (6.07%) Windows
3 22 (4.04%) Unix
4 13 (2.39%) Android
5 7 (1.29%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (48.16%) Agile
2 139 (25.55%) DevOps
3 130 (23.90%) CI/CD
4 113 (20.77%) Software Engineering
5 101 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (18.20%) Scrum
7 55 (10.11%) Analytics
8 52 (9.56%) Microservices
9 51 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 48 (8.82%) Design Patterns
11 45 (8.27%) Continuous Integration
11 45 (8.27%) Project Management
11 45 (8.27%) Test Automation
12 44 (8.09%) ITIL
13 43 (7.90%) User Acceptance Testing
14 41 (7.54%) Computer Science
14 41 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 39 (7.17%) Migration
16 38 (6.99%) Business Intelligence
16 38 (6.99%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 144 (26.47%) Java
2 131 (24.08%) SQL
3 103 (18.93%) Python
4 85 (15.63%) C#
5 76 (13.97%) JavaScript
6 50 (9.19%) PowerShell
7 34 (6.25%) TypeScript
8 20 (3.68%) Go
9 19 (3.49%) T-SQL
10 18 (3.31%) PL/SQL
11 16 (2.94%) C++
12 15 (2.76%) Shell Script
13 13 (2.39%) Perl
13 13 (2.39%) Scala
14 12 (2.21%) Kotlin
15 7 (1.29%) VB.NET
16 5 (0.92%) Bicep
16 5 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
17 4 (0.74%) ABAP
17 4 (0.74%) Rust
Qualifications
1 73 (13.42%) Degree
2 57 (10.48%) Security Cleared
3 51 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 21 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (3.86%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.39%) Master's Degree
5 13 (2.39%) PMP
6 12 (2.21%) PMI Certification
7 11 (2.02%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.92%) CISM
8 5 (0.92%) CISSP
9 4 (0.74%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.37%) IIBA
11 2 (0.37%) ISEB
11 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.37%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CEH
12 1 (0.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.46%) QA
2 16 (2.94%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.94%) NIST
3 9 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.65%) PCI DSS
3 9 (1.65%) PMO
4 5 (0.92%) EMIR
4 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (0.92%) SEPA
5 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.74%) MiFID
6 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.37%) GAAP
6 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) Basel III
7 1 (0.18%) COBIT
7 1 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.18%) IFRS
7 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (8.27%) Docker
2 15 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) GridGain
7 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 67 (12.32%) Kubernetes
2 53 (9.74%) Terraform
3 32 (5.88%) Ansible
4 21 (3.86%) Puppet
5 7 (1.29%) Grafana
6 4 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.74%) vRealize
6 4 (0.74%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (0.55%) Kibana
7 3 (0.55%) Netcool
7 3 (0.55%) Podman
7 3 (0.55%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.37%) logstash
8 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.18%) Argo
9 1 (0.18%) Control-M
9 1 (0.18%) Istio
9 1 (0.18%) Rancher
9 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (12.32%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.03%) Oracle
3 25 (4.60%) Databricks
4 22 (4.04%) SAP
5 13 (2.39%) MuleSoft
6 12 (2.21%) IBM
6 12 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.02%) Bloomberg
8 10 (1.84%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.84%) VMware
9 9 (1.65%) Refinitiv
10 8 (1.47%) OpenLink
11 7 (1.29%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.29%) Solace
11 7 (1.29%) Sybase
12 6 (1.10%) Google
12 6 (1.10%) TIBCO
13 5 (0.92%) Apple
13 5 (0.92%) Citrix
14 4 (0.74%) Adobe