SDLC Manager Contracts

SDLC Manager
UK

The median SDLC Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 625 824
Rank change year-on-year +80 +199 +10
Contract jobs requiring an SDLC Manager 4 2 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.004% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.005% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile £553 - £535
25th Percentile £556 £725 £597
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £750 £663
Median % change year-on-year -23.33% +13.21% +32.50%
75th Percentile £588 £775 £700
90th Percentile - - £711
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 - £625
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,956 44,250 77,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 93.82% 95.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,486 30,168 54,199
10th Percentile £300 £300 £316
25th Percentile £411 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,295 1,536 1,766
10th Percentile £15.08 £14.89 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.27 £19.06 £16.50
Median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £71.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
% change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%

SDLC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SDLC Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC Manager in the UK

SDLC Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC Manager in the UK

SDLC Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC Manager in the UK

SDLC Manager
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Work from Home +79 3 £575 -23.33%
England +76 3 £575 -23.33%
Midlands - 2 £575 -
West Midlands - 2 £575 -
UK excluding London - 2 £575 -
London +49 1 - -

SDLC Manager Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, SDLC Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SDLC Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills

SDLC Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA