SDLC Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 78 59
Rank change year-on-year -8 -19 +22
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1,168 1,651 3,914
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.45% 4.08% 5.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.78% 4.25% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 666 1,253 2,193
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,860
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,794 £96,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.48% -2.56% +13.64%

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,859 38,849 68,120
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.22% 96.05% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,373 27,016 41,283
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SDLC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

SDLC salary 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 46 (3.94%) WebLogic
2 44 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.94%) Confluence
5 9 (0.77%) Apache
6 8 (0.68%) nginx
7 7 (0.60%) SAS
8 6 (0.51%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.086%) Appian
11 1 (0.086%) CMS
11 1 (0.086%) GemFire
11 1 (0.086%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.086%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 19 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.51%) SPSS
7 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (4.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 41 (3.51%) Endur
3 7 (0.60%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.26%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.26%) Relativity
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.086%) Data Workbench
8 1 (0.086%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.086%) Ringtail
8 1 (0.086%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 395 (33.82%) Azure
2 259 (22.17%) AWS
3 111 (9.50%) Azure DevOps
4 87 (7.45%) SaaS
5 56 (4.79%) GCP
6 52 (4.45%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.94%) Amazon SQS
8 43 (3.68%) PaaS
9 37 (3.17%) GitHub
10 35 (3.00%) Power Platform
11 33 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
12 26 (2.23%) IaaS
12 26 (2.23%) Serverless
13 21 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
14 13 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
14 13 (1.11%) Entra ID
14 13 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (1.11%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (0.86%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 55 (4.71%) TCP/IP
2 51 (4.37%) DNS
3 46 (3.94%) BGP
3 46 (3.94%) SSL
4 11 (0.94%) NGFW
4 11 (0.94%) VPN
5 8 (0.68%) Internet
5 8 (0.68%) VoIP
6 7 (0.60%) HTTP
6 7 (0.60%) MQTT
6 7 (0.60%) Network Security
7 6 (0.51%) AMQP
8 5 (0.43%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.43%) RS-232
8 5 (0.43%) RS-485
8 5 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.43%) Wireless
8 5 (0.43%) ZigBee
9 4 (0.34%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (14.55%) SQL Server
2 139 (11.90%) Relational Database
3 91 (7.79%) RDBMS
4 57 (4.88%) MySQL
5 48 (4.11%) Oracle Database
6 47 (4.02%) Amazon RDS
7 23 (1.97%) Power BI
8 18 (1.54%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.54%) Redis
9 15 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.20%) Big Data
10 14 (1.20%) NoSQL
11 11 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.77%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.68%) Couchbase
13 8 (0.68%) MS Access
13 8 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 7 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.51%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 103 (8.82%) JIRA
2 65 (5.57%) Git
3 41 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.31%) Maven
5 19 (1.63%) JUnit
6 17 (1.46%) Postman
7 16 (1.37%) Selenium
8 14 (1.20%) GitLab
9 12 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
10 10 (0.86%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.86%) Eclipse
11 9 (0.77%) NUnit
11 9 (0.77%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.60%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.51%) JMeter
13 6 (0.51%) Mocha
13 6 (0.51%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.43%) InstallShield
14 5 (0.43%) LabVIEW
General
1 272 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 197 (16.87%) Finance
3 104 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (6.76%) Marketing
5 64 (5.48%) Banking
6 61 (5.22%) Aerospace
7 55 (4.71%) Games
8 48 (4.11%) Retail
9 47 (4.02%) Legal
10 37 (3.17%) Law
11 31 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 28 (2.40%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.31%) Electronics
14 23 (1.97%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.71%) Investment Banking
15 20 (1.71%) Publishing
16 17 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (1.11%) Aviation
18 13 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 293 (25.09%) Developer
2 213 (18.24%) Project Manager
3 198 (16.95%) Senior
4 159 (13.61%) Presales Manager
5 157 (13.44%) Software Engineer
6 155 (13.27%) Lead
7 103 (8.82%) Architect
8 87 (7.45%) .NET Developer
8 87 (7.45%) Senior Developer
9 79 (6.76%) Analyst
10 67 (5.74%) Software Developer
11 66 (5.65%) DevOps Engineer
12 62 (5.31%) Solutions Architect
13 53 (4.54%) Business Analyst
14 48 (4.11%) Lead Architect
15 47 (4.02%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 42 (3.60%) C# Developer
16 42 (3.60%) Java Developer
16 42 (3.60%) Senior Software Engineer
17 39 (3.34%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (22.77%) .NET
2 132 (11.30%) AngularJS
3 125 (10.70%) React
4 103 (8.82%) ASP.NET
5 94 (8.05%) Spring Boot
6 93 (7.96%) .NET Framework
7 86 (7.36%) .NET Core
8 80 (6.85%) Spring
9 63 (5.39%) RESTful
10 62 (5.31%) ASP.NET Web API
10 62 (5.31%) HTML
11 59 (5.05%) REST
12 55 (4.71%) CSS
13 53 (4.54%) Entity Framework
14 52 (4.45%) RabbitMQ
15 50 (4.28%) ASP.NET MVC
16 44 (3.77%) JSON
17 40 (3.42%) Web Services
18 37 (3.17%) SOAP
19 36 (3.08%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.16%) Public Cloud
2 69 (5.91%) Enterprise Software
3 65 (5.57%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.51%) Swaptions
5 38 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
6 35 (3.00%) Social Network
7 33 (2.83%) Cloud Native
8 29 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 29 (2.48%) Virtual Team
9 26 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (1.97%) Client/Server
11 21 (1.80%) Distributed Applications
12 20 (1.71%) Algorithms
13 18 (1.54%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.46%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.46%) Management Information System
15 14 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
16 13 (1.11%) IoT
16 13 (1.11%) Onboarding
17 11 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 134 (11.47%) Linux
2 49 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 42 (3.60%) Windows
4 13 (1.11%) Unix
5 9 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
6 8 (0.68%) Android
7 7 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.51%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.43%) ThreadX
10 4 (0.34%) VxWorks
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 747 (63.96%) Agile
2 317 (27.14%) Project Management
3 301 (25.77%) DevOps
4 288 (24.66%) Software Engineering
5 259 (22.17%) Actionable Insight
6 221 (18.92%) Project Delivery
7 212 (18.15%) Problem-Solving
8 189 (16.18%) Scrum
9 179 (15.33%) Agile Project Management
9 179 (15.33%) Presales
9 179 (15.33%) Software Delivery
10 175 (14.98%) CI/CD
11 164 (14.04%) Full Stack Development
12 139 (11.90%) Collaborative Working
13 132 (11.30%) Kanban
14 106 (9.08%) Microservices
15 102 (8.73%) Mentoring
16 95 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 91 (7.79%) Computer Science
17 91 (7.79%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 251 (21.49%) C#
2 225 (19.26%) SQL
3 219 (18.75%) JavaScript
4 185 (15.84%) Java
5 112 (9.59%) Python
6 62 (5.31%) TypeScript
7 54 (4.62%) C
8 52 (4.45%) VB
9 39 (3.34%) C++
10 33 (2.83%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.23%) PowerShell
12 19 (1.63%) PHP
13 17 (1.46%) Groovy
14 15 (1.28%) Bash
15 12 (1.03%) Go
16 11 (0.94%) Kotlin
16 11 (0.94%) RPG
17 5 (0.43%) Bicep
17 5 (0.43%) VBA
18 4 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 173 (14.81%) Security Cleared
2 145 (12.41%) Degree
3 81 (6.93%) SC Cleared
4 57 (4.88%) Azure Certification
4 57 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 50 (4.28%) AWS Certification
6 48 (4.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 41 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 22 (1.88%) PMI Certification
9 20 (1.71%) ISTQB
10 17 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.46%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.11%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.94%) ISEB
12 11 (0.94%) PMP
13 10 (0.86%) CISSP
13 10 (0.86%) GIAC
14 6 (0.51%) CISM
14 6 (0.51%) SANS
15 5 (0.43%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (9.59%) QA
2 15 (1.28%) PMO
3 12 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.86%) NIST
5 7 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.51%) COBIT
6 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.51%) ISO 9000
6 6 (0.51%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 4 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.34%) ISO 13485
7 4 (0.34%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.34%) SEPA
8 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.086%) AQAP
9 1 (0.086%) TickIT
System Software
1 147 (12.59%) Docker
2 32 (2.74%) Firmware
3 17 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
4 14 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.20%) vSphere
5 11 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.60%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.086%) GridGain
8 1 (0.086%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 134 (11.47%) Kubernetes
2 97 (8.30%) Terraform
3 62 (5.31%) Ansible
4 17 (1.46%) Grafana
5 9 (0.77%) Kibana
6 8 (0.68%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.51%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.43%) Argo
8 5 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.43%) Puppet
9 2 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.086%) Packer
Vendors
1 153 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 103 (8.82%) Oracle
3 48 (4.11%) Sparx
4 41 (3.51%) OpenLink
4 41 (3.51%) Sybase
4 41 (3.51%) TIBCO
5 34 (2.91%) Google
6 23 (1.97%) SAP
7 17 (1.46%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.28%) VMware
9 11 (0.94%) Citrix
10 9 (0.77%) BT
10 9 (0.77%) NVIDIA
11 8 (0.68%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.60%) IBM
12 7 (0.60%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.43%) Databricks
14 4 (0.34%) Facebook
14 4 (0.34%) QNX
14 4 (0.34%) Splunk