SDLC Contracts in the UK excluding London

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 128 116 98
Rank change year-on-year -12 -18 -6
Contract jobs citing SDLC 367 510 840
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.81% 2.23% 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 2.49% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 308 594
10th Percentile £312 £391 £375
25th Percentile £402 £448 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £588
90th Percentile £694 £692 £661
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £554
% change year-on-year -4.17% +8.30% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 29 38
10th Percentile £35.50 £46.65 £35.00
25th Percentile - £50.00 £45.31
Median hourly rate £48.00 £56.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% +2.27% -2.65%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £64.69
90th Percentile £62.50 £65.75 £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
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,041 20,494 27,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.15% 89.42% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,189 14,100 19,120
10th Percentile £250 £259 £236
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,063 1,256 1,368
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.30
25th Percentile £15.34 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.21%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.29
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.73 £61.50
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 the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate histogram for SDLC in the UK excluding London

SDLC
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
North of England +28 98 £469 -10.71% 116
South East -2 92 £575 +11.65% 80
Scotland +16 74 £469 -14.77% 46
North West +26 70 £456 -12.05% 76
South West +6 42 £625 +3.09% 62
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
Wales +14 11 £509 +7.11% 14
East Midlands +5 11 £468 +3.89% 30
North East +6 3 - - 8
Isle of Man - 2 - -
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 9 (2.45%) Confluence
2 8 (2.18%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.63%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (1.63%) Apache Solr
4 5 (1.36%) SAS
5 4 (1.09%) CMS
5 4 (1.09%) nginx
6 3 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.82%) Drupal
6 3 (0.82%) OpenEdge
7 2 (0.54%) Apache
7 2 (0.54%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.54%) Mule
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 22 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.27%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.27%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.27%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (1.91%) SAP PM
3 4 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.54%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.54%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.54%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.27%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.27%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 104 (28.34%) Azure
2 90 (24.52%) AWS
3 28 (7.63%) Serverless
4 25 (6.81%) GCP
5 23 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (4.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 18 (4.90%) Azure Data Factory
6 18 (4.90%) GitHub
7 17 (4.63%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (4.36%) Entra ID
9 15 (4.09%) Azure Functions
10 10 (2.72%) SaaS
11 8 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (1.91%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.91%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.36%) BrowserStack
14 5 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (1.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.18%) DNS
1 8 (2.18%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.36%) ATM
2 5 (1.36%) Fibre Channel
2 5 (1.36%) iSCSI
3 4 (1.09%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.09%) IPsec
3 4 (1.09%) SAN
4 3 (0.82%) BGP
4 3 (0.82%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.82%) IOS XR
4 3 (0.82%) SSL
5 2 (0.54%) Firewall
5 2 (0.54%) Tactical Data Link
6 1 (0.27%) DHCP
6 1 (0.27%) Network Security
6 1 (0.27%) RS-422
6 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.99%) NoSQL
2 22 (5.99%) MySQL
3 19 (5.18%) Relational Database
4 18 (4.90%) SQL Server
5 11 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.45%) DB2
6 9 (2.45%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.63%) Big Data
8 6 (1.63%) Couchbase
8 6 (1.63%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (0.82%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.82%) CockroachDB
9 3 (0.82%) Power BI
9 3 (0.82%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.54%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.54%) OLAP
10 2 (0.54%) OLTP
10 2 (0.54%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 39 (10.63%) Git
2 36 (9.81%) JIRA
3 14 (3.81%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.00%) Selenium
5 10 (2.72%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.91%) Subversion
7 6 (1.63%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.36%) JUnit
9 4 (1.09%) Artifactory
9 4 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.82%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.82%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.82%) TestRail
11 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.54%) Cucumber
11 2 (0.54%) GitLab
11 2 (0.54%) Liquibase
11 2 (0.54%) Log4j
11 2 (0.54%) Maven
11 2 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
General
1 92 (25.07%) Social Skills
2 70 (19.07%) Finance
3 38 (10.35%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.99%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.90%) Banking
6 25 (6.81%) Aerospace
7 23 (6.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.18%) Automotive
8 8 (2.18%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.36%) Retail
11 5 (1.36%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.09%) Law
12 4 (1.09%) Legal
12 4 (1.09%) Marketing
12 4 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.54%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 97 (26.43%) Developer
2 45 (12.26%) Analyst
3 44 (11.99%) Software Engineer
4 34 (9.26%) Full Stack Developer
5 33 (8.99%) Architect
6 28 (7.63%) Java Developer
7 26 (7.08%) Business Analyst
8 25 (6.81%) Senior
9 20 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (4.90%) Azure Developer
11 17 (4.63%) Lead
12 16 (4.36%) Project Manager
13 14 (3.81%) Full Stack Engineer
14 13 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
14 13 (3.54%) Java Engineer
15 10 (2.72%) Test Engineer
16 9 (2.45%) PLC Software Engineer
16 9 (2.45%) Python Engineer
16 9 (2.45%) Senior DevOps
17 8 (2.18%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (11.99%) React
2 40 (10.90%) Spring
3 33 (8.99%) REST
4 28 (7.63%) Spring Boot
5 26 (7.08%) RESTful
6 25 (6.81%) AngularJS
7 23 (6.27%) .NET
7 23 (6.27%) HTML
8 18 (4.90%) CSS
9 15 (4.09%) JSON
9 15 (4.09%) Kafka
10 14 (3.81%) JPA
11 11 (3.00%) XML
12 9 (2.45%) .NET Framework
12 9 (2.45%) Web Services
13 8 (2.18%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (2.18%) Middleware
13 8 (2.18%) PySpark
14 7 (1.91%) OpenTracing
15 6 (1.63%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.45%) Product Ownership
2 19 (5.18%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.27%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.00%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (2.72%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.18%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.91%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.63%) Client/Server
8 6 (1.63%) Security Posture
8 6 (1.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.36%) Device Driver
9 5 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.36%) NVMe
10 4 (1.09%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.09%) IoT
10 4 (1.09%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.90%) Linux
2 28 (7.63%) Windows
3 20 (5.45%) Unix
4 8 (2.18%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.63%) Android
5 6 (1.63%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.36%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.09%) CentOS
7 4 (1.09%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.09%) SafeRTOS
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (53.95%) Agile
2 102 (27.79%) DevOps
3 90 (24.52%) CI/CD
4 89 (24.25%) Software Engineering
5 72 (19.62%) Microservices
6 60 (16.35%) Scrum
7 59 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (14.99%) Full Stack Development
9 51 (13.90%) Test Automation
10 40 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 34 (9.26%) Computer Science
12 28 (7.63%) Waterfall
13 27 (7.36%) Operational Stability
13 27 (7.36%) Project Management
14 26 (7.08%) Decision-Making
14 26 (7.08%) Roadmaps
15 25 (6.81%) Change Management
15 25 (6.81%) Product Backlog
16 24 (6.54%) Migration
16 24 (6.54%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 93 (25.34%) Java
2 73 (19.89%) Python
3 66 (17.98%) SQL
4 34 (9.26%) JavaScript
5 28 (7.63%) C
6 25 (6.81%) C#
7 23 (6.27%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.81%) VB
9 13 (3.54%) Kotlin
9 13 (3.54%) PHP
10 12 (3.27%) Scala
11 11 (3.00%) Bash
11 11 (3.00%) PowerShell
11 11 (3.00%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.18%) C++
13 7 (1.91%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.91%) VBScript
14 6 (1.63%) ABAP
14 6 (1.63%) Perl
15 4 (1.09%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (19.07%) Degree
2 38 (10.35%) Security Cleared
3 24 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (4.90%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.09%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.72%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.45%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.09%) CBAP
9 4 (1.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 4 (1.09%) PMP
10 3 (0.82%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.82%) HNC
10 3 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.82%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.54%) PhD
11 2 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.27%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (10.90%) QA
2 12 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.45%) NIST
4 7 (1.91%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.36%) GDPR
6 4 (1.09%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.09%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.82%) HL7
8 2 (0.54%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (0.54%) NCSC
8 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) COBIT
9 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.27%) MISRA
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.27%) SEPA
9 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (7.36%) Docker
2 17 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.36%) NFS
4 4 (1.09%) GPFS
5 1 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 32 (8.72%) Kubernetes
2 21 (5.72%) Terraform
3 20 (5.45%) Ansible
4 9 (2.45%) Prometheus
5 8 (2.18%) Argo
6 7 (1.91%) Grafana
6 7 (1.91%) Zipkin
7 4 (1.09%) Veritas Storage Foundation
8 3 (0.82%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.54%) Kibana
9 2 (0.54%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.54%) Puppet
9 2 (0.54%) SCOM
10 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.27%) Nmap
10 1 (0.27%) Rancher
10 1 (0.27%) SCCM
10 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.99%) Oracle
2 22 (5.99%) SAP
3 15 (4.09%) Google
4 14 (3.81%) ServiceNow
5 11 (3.00%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.45%) Atlassian
7 7 (1.91%) IBM
8 4 (1.09%) Adobe
8 4 (1.09%) Brocade
8 4 (1.09%) EMC
8 4 (1.09%) Infragistics
8 4 (1.09%) NetApp
8 4 (1.09%) Sybase
8 4 (1.09%) Veritas
9 3 (0.82%) Cisco
9 3 (0.82%) Sage
9 3 (0.82%) Splunk
9 3 (0.82%) TOWER Software
9 3 (0.82%) VMware