SDLC Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 54 66
Rank change year-on-year -60 +12 0
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 2,120 4,560 7,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.33% 5.42% 5.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 5.68% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,338 2,355 3,772
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,800 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -6.46% +13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £96,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,800 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.32% -2.72% +9.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,066 80,344 135,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.60% 95.49% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,107 48,707 73,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,294
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDLC in England.

Salary trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SDLC in England

SDLC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -71 577 £80,000 +6.67% 225
North of England -62 427 £55,000 -4.35% 88
South East -54 394 £57,500 - 71
Midlands -82 286 £55,000 -0.90% 80
South West -31 270 £57,500 - 59
North West -55 262 £60,000 +9.09% 66
West Midlands -96 156 £57,500 - 51
East of England -47 146 £50,000 -13.04% 21
East Midlands -43 129 £50,000 -9.09% 28
Yorkshire -58 119 £50,000 -13.04% 14
North East -11 46 £61,250 +6.52% 9
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 45 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 45 (2.12%) nginx
2 38 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 36 (1.70%) Camunda
4 30 (1.42%) Apache
4 30 (1.42%) WebLogic
5 26 (1.23%) Confluence
6 22 (1.04%) Apache Spark
7 16 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 16 (0.75%) SAS
8 9 (0.42%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.28%) Apache Pig
10 5 (0.24%) CMS
10 5 (0.24%) OpenEdge
11 4 (0.19%) Drupal
11 4 (0.19%) IIS
12 3 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
13 2 (0.094%) EPiServer
13 2 (0.094%) GlassFish
13 2 (0.094%) WebSphere
Applications
1 61 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 28 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 22 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.71%) SPSS
7 6 (0.28%) Simulink
8 3 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.047%) Trello
9 1 (0.047%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 41 (1.93%) Endur
2 30 (1.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.66%) NetSuite
4 13 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
5 5 (0.24%) Elite 3E
5 5 (0.24%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 4 (0.19%) CA PPM
6 4 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.19%) Relativity
7 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 3 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.094%) Adaptiv
8 2 (0.094%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.094%) SAP MII
8 2 (0.094%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.094%) Unit4 Business World
8 2 (0.094%) Veritas eDiscovery
9 1 (0.047%) SAP S/4HANA
9 1 (0.047%) SAP WM
9 1 (0.047%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 542 (25.57%) Azure
2 454 (21.42%) AWS
3 144 (6.79%) Azure DevOps
4 130 (6.13%) SaaS
5 102 (4.81%) GCP
6 68 (3.21%) GitHub
7 61 (2.88%) Power Platform
7 61 (2.88%) Serverless
8 48 (2.26%) IBM Cloud
9 46 (2.17%) Amazon EKS
10 44 (2.08%) PaaS
11 43 (2.03%) Amazon S3
12 40 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
13 38 (1.79%) OpenShift
14 37 (1.75%) PowerApps
15 35 (1.65%) Amazon Kinesis
16 32 (1.51%) Amazon SQS
17 31 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
17 31 (1.46%) IaaS
18 29 (1.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.93%) TCP/IP
2 40 (1.89%) DNS
3 30 (1.42%) SSL
4 28 (1.32%) BGP
5 19 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (0.80%) Network Security
7 16 (0.75%) Firewall
7 16 (0.75%) Internet
7 16 (0.75%) Wireless
8 14 (0.66%) Bluetooth
9 13 (0.61%) VPN
10 8 (0.38%) Broadband
10 8 (0.38%) NGFW
10 8 (0.38%) VoIP
11 7 (0.33%) RS-485
12 6 (0.28%) AMQP
12 6 (0.28%) ZigBee
13 5 (0.24%) Multicast
13 5 (0.24%) RS-232
14 3 (0.14%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (10.66%) SQL Server
2 172 (8.11%) Relational Database
3 107 (5.05%) RDBMS
4 94 (4.43%) MySQL
5 75 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
6 69 (3.25%) Oracle Database
7 68 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
8 66 (3.11%) NoSQL
9 60 (2.83%) MongoDB
10 54 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
11 53 (2.50%) Big Data
12 43 (2.03%) Power BI
13 35 (1.65%) Amazon Redshift
14 32 (1.51%) Metadata
15 29 (1.37%) Redis
16 22 (1.04%) Data Lake
17 18 (0.85%) BigQuery
18 17 (0.80%) Apache Hive
18 17 (0.80%) Hadoop
19 15 (0.71%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 187 (8.82%) JIRA
2 178 (8.40%) Git
3 89 (4.20%) Jenkins
4 42 (1.98%) Visual Studio
5 40 (1.89%) Postman
6 37 (1.75%) GitLab
7 31 (1.46%) JUnit
8 20 (0.94%) Selenium
8 20 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
9 19 (0.90%) Cucumber
9 19 (0.90%) SonarQube
10 17 (0.80%) Bitbucket
10 17 (0.80%) Maven
10 17 (0.80%) NUnit
11 15 (0.71%) LabVIEW
12 14 (0.66%) TeamCity
13 13 (0.61%) Mocha
14 12 (0.57%) Eclipse
14 12 (0.57%) Octopus Deploy
15 11 (0.52%) Cypress.io
General
1 564 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 379 (17.88%) Finance
3 261 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (5.80%) Retail
6 120 (5.66%) Marketing
7 116 (5.47%) Legal
8 108 (5.09%) Banking
9 86 (4.06%) Public Sector
10 85 (4.01%) Aerospace
11 70 (3.30%) Law
12 54 (2.55%) Games
13 46 (2.17%) Electronics
14 43 (2.03%) Manufacturing
15 37 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
16 33 (1.56%) Telecoms
17 32 (1.51%) Investment Banking
18 29 (1.37%) Retail Banking
19 26 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
20 19 (0.90%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 555 (26.18%) Developer
2 378 (17.83%) Senior
3 274 (12.92%) Software Engineer
4 272 (12.83%) Lead
5 192 (9.06%) Project Manager
6 191 (9.01%) Analyst
7 153 (7.22%) Architect
8 127 (5.99%) Business Analyst
9 123 (5.80%) Senior Developer
10 119 (5.61%) .NET Developer
11 108 (5.09%) Software Developer
12 100 (4.72%) Java Developer
13 97 (4.58%) Senior Software Engineer
14 91 (4.29%) Presales Manager
15 84 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
16 74 (3.49%) Technical Leader
17 71 (3.35%) Full Stack Developer
18 69 (3.25%) C# Developer
19 67 (3.16%) Software Manager
20 60 (2.83%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 427 (20.14%) .NET
2 219 (10.33%) React
3 185 (8.73%) AngularJS
4 149 (7.03%) Spring Boot
5 137 (6.46%) .NET Framework
6 132 (6.23%) Spring
7 128 (6.04%) ASP.NET
8 125 (5.90%) .NET Core
9 111 (5.24%) REST
10 107 (5.05%) HTML
10 107 (5.05%) Node.js
11 102 (4.81%) CSS
12 97 (4.58%) JSON
13 90 (4.25%) RESTful
14 86 (4.06%) Kafka
15 80 (3.77%) Web Services
16 75 (3.54%) Vue
17 68 (3.21%) Entity Framework
18 65 (3.07%) ASP.NET Web API
19 61 (2.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 159 (7.50%) Product Ownership
2 101 (4.76%) Management Information System
2 101 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 83 (3.92%) Enterprise Software
4 75 (3.54%) Mobile App
5 67 (3.16%) Algorithms
6 64 (3.02%) Cloud Native
7 60 (2.83%) Greenfield Project
8 59 (2.78%) Public Cloud
9 55 (2.59%) Blockchain
10 48 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
11 47 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
12 44 (2.08%) e-Learning
13 43 (2.03%) Virtual Team
14 41 (1.93%) Swaptions
15 32 (1.51%) Social Network
16 30 (1.42%) Client/Server
17 25 (1.18%) IoT
18 22 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
19 21 (0.99%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 198 (9.34%) Linux
2 74 (3.49%) Windows
3 34 (1.60%) Android
3 34 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 30 (1.42%) Unix
5 20 (0.94%) Apple iOS
6 15 (0.71%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.24%) ThreadX
9 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.14%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.094%) VMS
10 2 (0.094%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.094%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.047%) Debian
11 1 (0.047%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,190 (56.13%) Agile
2 557 (26.27%) Software Engineering
3 543 (25.61%) DevOps
4 473 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
5 411 (19.39%) Project Management
6 349 (16.46%) CI/CD
7 301 (14.20%) Scrum
8 279 (13.16%) Full Stack Development
9 267 (12.59%) Computer Science
10 263 (12.41%) Roadmaps
11 255 (12.03%) Mentoring
12 225 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 224 (10.57%) Microservices
14 201 (9.48%) Project Delivery
15 192 (9.06%) Test Automation
16 183 (8.63%) Software Testing
17 173 (8.16%) Actionable Insight
18 172 (8.11%) Kanban
19 169 (7.97%) Coaching
20 161 (7.59%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 472 (22.26%) Java
2 397 (18.73%) C#
3 383 (18.07%) SQL
4 367 (17.31%) JavaScript
5 283 (13.35%) Python
6 127 (5.99%) C++
7 109 (5.14%) C
8 87 (4.10%) TypeScript
9 70 (3.30%) PHP
10 65 (3.07%) Bash
11 61 (2.88%) VB
12 58 (2.74%) Kotlin
13 49 (2.31%) Go
14 42 (1.98%) PowerShell
15 39 (1.84%) Scala
16 36 (1.70%) Lua
17 23 (1.08%) Fortran
17 23 (1.08%) Perl
17 23 (1.08%) RPG
18 21 (0.99%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 434 (20.47%) Degree
2 236 (11.13%) Security Cleared
3 147 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 100 (4.72%) SC Cleared
5 69 (3.25%) DV Cleared
6 50 (2.36%) Azure Certification
7 47 (2.22%) AWS Certification
8 44 (2.08%) Master's Degree
9 37 (1.75%) PMI Certification
10 31 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 25 (1.18%) ISTQB
12 23 (1.08%) DBS Check
13 20 (0.94%) ISEB
14 19 (0.90%) PhD
15 18 (0.85%) PMP
16 16 (0.75%) CISSP
17 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
17 12 (0.57%) CISM
18 11 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
19 8 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 235 (11.08%) QA
2 41 (1.93%) Data Quality
3 30 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.32%) PMO
5 20 (0.94%) NIST
6 13 (0.61%) ISO 9001
7 12 (0.57%) SLA
8 10 (0.47%) ISO 13485
8 10 (0.47%) ISO 9000
9 9 (0.42%) IEC 62304
10 8 (0.38%) GDPR
11 7 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (0.33%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.28%) TickIT
13 5 (0.24%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.14%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.14%) IEC 61508
14 3 (0.14%) ISO 26262
14 3 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 282 (13.30%) Docker
2 41 (1.93%) Firmware
3 22 (1.04%) Embedded Firmware
4 17 (0.80%) Active Directory
5 15 (0.71%) HDFS
6 11 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.52%) vSphere
7 8 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.047%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 221 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 154 (7.26%) Terraform
3 88 (4.15%) Ansible
4 15 (0.71%) Grafana
5 11 (0.52%) Progress Chef
5 11 (0.52%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.33%) Kibana
6 7 (0.33%) Puppet
7 5 (0.24%) Control-M
8 4 (0.19%) Argo
8 4 (0.19%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.19%) Packer
9 3 (0.14%) Salt
9 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.047%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 259 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 147 (6.93%) Oracle
3 74 (3.49%) Google
4 66 (3.11%) IBM
5 49 (2.31%) Red Hat
6 42 (1.98%) Sybase
7 41 (1.93%) OpenLink
7 41 (1.93%) TIBCO
8 38 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 38 (1.79%) SAP
9 30 (1.42%) Sparx
10 27 (1.27%) Databricks
11 14 (0.66%) BT
12 13 (0.61%) VMware
13 11 (0.52%) Citrix
13 11 (0.52%) Nintex
13 11 (0.52%) ServiceNow
14 10 (0.47%) Apple
14 10 (0.47%) Atlassian
15 9 (0.42%) Cloudera