SDLC Contracts with Work from Home Options

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 86 77 87
Rank change year-on-year -9 +10 +11
Contract jobs citing SDLC 361 710 1,298
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.46% 2.90% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 3.23% 3.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 489 938
10th Percentile £391 £413 £400
25th Percentile £456 £488 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £699 £713 £638
90th Percentile £825 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £554
% change year-on-year -4.17% +8.30% +9.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 28
10th Percentile - £45.26 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £47.36 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year - +2.80% -13.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.88 £63.69
90th Percentile £66.00 £63.75 £65.54
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
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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,922 21,983 40,479
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.64% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,713 15,568 29,399
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 508 539
10th Percentile £14.74 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC.

SDLC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

SDLC daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC.

SDLC hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

SDLC hourly rate 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 19 (5.26%) Confluence
2 8 (2.22%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.94%) Apache Solr
3 7 (1.94%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.66%) nginx
5 5 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (1.11%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.83%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.83%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.83%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.55%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.28%) Apache
9 1 (0.28%) Appian
9 1 (0.28%) CMS
9 1 (0.28%) IIS
9 1 (0.28%) JBoss
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Endur
2 4 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.83%) SAP Hybris
3 3 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.55%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.55%) Shopify
5 1 (0.28%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 76 (21.05%) Azure
2 71 (19.67%) AWS
3 22 (6.09%) GCP
4 16 (4.43%) SaaS
5 14 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (2.77%) Serverless
7 9 (2.49%) GitHub
7 9 (2.49%) PaaS
8 8 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (2.22%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (2.22%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (1.94%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.94%) Slack
10 6 (1.66%) Azure Functions
11 5 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.39%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.94%) ATM
2 5 (1.39%) DNS
2 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.11%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.11%) IPsec
4 3 (0.83%) BGP
4 3 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.83%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.55%) Firewall
5 2 (0.55%) Internet
5 2 (0.55%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.28%) HTTP
6 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.28%) Network Security
6 1 (0.28%) SSL
6 1 (0.28%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.31%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.48%) Relational Database
3 19 (5.26%) NoSQL
4 15 (4.16%) Oracle Database
5 14 (3.88%) MySQL
6 7 (1.94%) Big Data
6 7 (1.94%) KDB
7 6 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.39%) Couchbase
8 5 (1.39%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.11%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.11%) DB2
9 4 (1.11%) Metadata
10 3 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.83%) Delta Lake
10 3 (0.83%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.83%) Power BI
10 3 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (10.25%) Git
1 37 (10.25%) Jenkins
2 36 (9.97%) JIRA
3 25 (6.93%) GitLab
4 15 (4.16%) JUnit
5 13 (3.60%) Cucumber
5 13 (3.60%) git-flow
5 13 (3.60%) Mockito
6 9 (2.49%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (2.22%) Selenium
8 7 (1.94%) Maven
8 7 (1.94%) Visual Studio
9 6 (1.66%) MLflow
10 4 (1.11%) JMeter
10 4 (1.11%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.83%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.83%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.83%) Gradle
11 3 (0.83%) HP UFT
11 3 (0.83%) Katalon Studio
General
1 115 (31.86%) Finance
2 107 (29.64%) Social Skills
3 63 (17.45%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (12.74%) Banking
5 28 (7.76%) Marketing
6 27 (7.48%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.09%) Front Office
8 15 (4.16%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.05%) Investment Banking
9 11 (3.05%) Retail
10 10 (2.77%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.49%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (1.66%) Tech for Good
13 4 (1.11%) Electronics
13 4 (1.11%) Legal
13 4 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 97 (26.87%) Developer
2 68 (18.84%) Senior
3 44 (12.19%) Analyst
4 42 (11.63%) Java Developer
5 30 (8.31%) Architect
5 30 (8.31%) Business Analyst
5 30 (8.31%) Senior Developer
6 28 (7.76%) Lead
7 27 (7.48%) Project Manager
8 22 (6.09%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
10 19 (5.26%) Senior Java Developer
11 15 (4.16%) Consultant
12 13 (3.60%) Full Stack Developer
12 13 (3.60%) Test Engineer
13 12 (3.32%) SQL Developer
14 11 (3.05%) Azure Developer
14 11 (3.05%) Data Engineer
15 10 (2.77%) JavaScript Engineer
15 10 (2.77%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.25%) .NET
2 34 (9.42%) Spring Boot
3 32 (8.86%) React
4 26 (7.20%) Spring
5 21 (5.82%) JSON
6 20 (5.54%) REST
6 20 (5.54%) RESTful
7 18 (4.99%) AngularJS
8 17 (4.71%) CSS
9 16 (4.43%) Web Services
9 16 (4.43%) XML
10 15 (4.16%) .NET Framework
10 15 (4.16%) HTML
11 14 (3.88%) Kafka
12 12 (3.32%) Hibernate
12 12 (3.32%) JPA
12 12 (3.32%) SOAP
12 12 (3.32%) WebSockets
13 11 (3.05%) Middleware
13 11 (3.05%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.20%) Product Ownership
2 25 (6.93%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (5.54%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.32%) Credit Derivative
6 11 (3.05%) Fixed Income
6 11 (3.05%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.05%) Video\Live Streaming
7 9 (2.49%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 8 (2.22%) IoT
8 8 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.22%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.22%) Over-the-Top Content
9 7 (1.94%) Derivative
9 7 (1.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.66%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.39%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.39%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.39%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.76%) Linux
2 19 (5.26%) Windows
3 9 (2.49%) Android
4 7 (1.94%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.94%) Unix
5 4 (1.11%) CentOS
6 2 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.28%) VMS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (49.31%) Agile
2 114 (31.58%) DevOps
3 93 (25.76%) CI/CD
4 66 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (17.17%) Microservices
5 62 (17.17%) Software Engineering
6 54 (14.96%) Scrum
7 48 (13.30%) Test Automation
8 35 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
9 27 (7.48%) Software Testing
10 26 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (7.20%) Waterfall
11 25 (6.93%) Project Management
12 24 (6.65%) Business Analysis
12 24 (6.65%) Configuration Management
12 24 (6.65%) Information Security
12 24 (6.65%) Migration
13 23 (6.37%) User Acceptance Testing
13 23 (6.37%) User Experience
14 22 (6.09%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 96 (26.59%) Java
2 68 (18.84%) SQL
3 67 (18.56%) Python
4 48 (13.30%) JavaScript
5 37 (10.25%) C#
6 17 (4.71%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.88%) Go
7 14 (3.88%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.60%) Scala
9 10 (2.77%) Bash
9 10 (2.77%) T-SQL
10 9 (2.49%) PL/SQL
10 9 (2.49%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.22%) PHP
12 7 (1.94%) C++
12 7 (1.94%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.39%) C
14 3 (0.83%) Ruby
14 3 (0.83%) VB
14 3 (0.83%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (11.63%) Degree
2 29 (8.03%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.54%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.05%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.49%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.94%) ISTQB
8 6 (1.66%) CISSP
8 6 (1.66%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.66%) PMP
9 4 (1.11%) CISM
10 3 (0.83%) CRISC
10 3 (0.83%) ISEB
10 3 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.28%) HNC
11 1 (0.28%) PhD
11 1 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.28%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.59%) QA
2 8 (2.22%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.22%) NIST
3 7 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.39%) GDPR
4 5 (1.39%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.39%) PMO
5 4 (1.11%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.55%) COBIT
6 2 (0.55%) HL7
6 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.55%) MiFID
6 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.28%) EMIR
7 1 (0.28%) GAAP
7 1 (0.28%) MISRA
7 1 (0.28%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (8.03%) Docker
2 12 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.83%) vCloud
3 3 (0.83%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.83%) vSphere
4 1 (0.28%) GridGain
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 32 (8.86%) Terraform
3 23 (6.37%) Ansible
4 5 (1.39%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.11%) Argo
5 4 (1.11%) Puppet
6 3 (0.83%) Autotask
6 3 (0.83%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.83%) Zipkin
7 2 (0.55%) Grafana
7 2 (0.55%) Kibana
7 2 (0.55%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.28%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.28%) logstash
8 1 (0.28%) Nmap
8 1 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 39 (10.80%) Oracle
2 36 (9.97%) Microsoft
3 22 (6.09%) SAP
4 11 (3.05%) Databricks
5 10 (2.77%) IBM
6 9 (2.49%) Google
6 9 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.94%) TOWER Software
8 4 (1.11%) Adobe
8 4 (1.11%) Conga
8 4 (1.11%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.11%) Micro Focus
8 4 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.83%) Apple
9 3 (0.83%) Arista
9 3 (0.83%) BMC
9 3 (0.83%) Cisco
9 3 (0.83%) Informatica
9 3 (0.83%) OpenLink
9 3 (0.83%) Remedy