SDLC Jobs in the North West

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 93 38 60
Rank change year-on-year -55 +22 -1
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 262 530 487
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.46% 7.17% 5.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 7.52% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 155 151 218
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,828 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +15.79% +3.26%
75th Percentile £74,869 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £96,539 £71,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,800 £65,000
% change year-on-year -1.32% -6.46% +13.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,616 7,048 9,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.75% 95.36% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,399 3,818 5,301
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SDLC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDLC in the North West.

Salary trend for SDLC in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for SDLC in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the North West 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
Manchester -71 119 £70,000 +27.27% 46
Lancashire -22 44 £57,500 -5.43% 11
Cheshire -15 43 £57,500 +4.55% 5
Merseyside -2 42 £50,000 +25.00% 3
Cumbria -9 11 £70,000 +15.13% 3
SDLC
England

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (3.05%) WebLogic
2 6 (2.29%) Confluence
3 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.38%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (3.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 7 (2.67%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.76%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (22.90%) Azure
2 59 (22.52%) AWS
3 15 (5.73%) SaaS
4 13 (4.96%) Amazon EC2
4 13 (4.96%) Amazon Kinesis
4 13 (4.96%) Amazon S3
5 10 (3.82%) Google Play
6 8 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
6 8 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
7 7 (2.67%) GitHub
8 6 (2.29%) GCP
9 4 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.15%) IBM Cloud
11 2 (0.76%) Collibra
11 2 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.76%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.38%) IaaS
12 1 (0.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.05%) BGP
1 8 (3.05%) DNS
1 8 (3.05%) SSL
1 8 (3.05%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.29%) Broadband
2 6 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.15%) Network Security
4 1 (0.38%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.69%) Data Warehouse
2 26 (9.92%) Relational Database
3 23 (8.78%) RDBMS
4 21 (8.02%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (6.87%) MySQL
6 17 (6.49%) Metadata
7 15 (5.73%) SQL Server
8 13 (4.96%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (3.05%) Oracle Database
10 7 (2.67%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (1.91%) MS Access
12 3 (1.15%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.76%) Data Lake
14 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 41 (15.65%) Git
2 30 (11.45%) JIRA
3 14 (5.34%) Postman
4 10 (3.82%) Appium
5 8 (3.05%) GitLab
6 5 (1.91%) InstallShield
7 4 (1.53%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.15%) Selenium
8 3 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.76%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.38%) Maven
10 1 (0.38%) TestCafe
10 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 65 (24.81%) Finance
2 60 (22.90%) Social Skills
3 32 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.25%) Aerospace
5 13 (4.96%) Banking
5 13 (4.96%) Legal
5 13 (4.96%) Retail
6 9 (3.44%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.67%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.91%) Automotive
10 4 (1.53%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.15%) Electronics
11 3 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Aviation
12 2 (0.76%) iGaming
12 2 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.76%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.38%) Police
13 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (20.23%) Developer
2 45 (17.18%) Project Manager
3 44 (16.79%) Senior
4 33 (12.60%) Architect
5 28 (10.69%) Lead
6 27 (10.31%) Software Engineer
7 26 (9.92%) Presales Manager
8 17 (6.49%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (6.49%) Senior Developer
9 15 (5.73%) Data Architect
10 14 (5.34%) Analyst
10 14 (5.34%) Senior Architect
10 14 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.96%) Technical Leader
12 12 (4.58%) Head of IT
13 11 (4.20%) .NET Developer
13 11 (4.20%) Senior Data Architect
13 11 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (3.82%) Software Tester
14 10 (3.82%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (16.41%) .NET
2 29 (11.07%) JSON
3 24 (9.16%) REST
4 21 (8.02%) Spring Boot
5 19 (7.25%) Spring
6 17 (6.49%) .NET Framework
7 16 (6.11%) ASP.NET
8 14 (5.34%) .NET Core
9 12 (4.58%) RabbitMQ
10 10 (3.82%) Android SDK
10 10 (3.82%) AngularJS
10 10 (3.82%) React
11 9 (3.44%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (3.44%) SOAP
12 8 (3.05%) Node.js
12 8 (3.05%) RESTful
13 7 (2.67%) Entity Framework
13 7 (2.67%) Vue
14 6 (2.29%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (2.29%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 45 (17.18%) Management Information System
2 23 (8.78%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (6.11%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.96%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.82%) Security Posture
6 8 (3.05%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.67%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (2.67%) Cyberattack
7 7 (2.67%) Life Science
8 6 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (2.29%) Social Network
8 6 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.91%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.15%) Algorithms
11 3 (1.15%) Blockchain
11 3 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.15%) PMI
12 2 (0.76%) e-Health
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.50%) Linux
2 24 (9.16%) Windows
3 13 (4.96%) Android
4 8 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.29%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (2.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (66.03%) Agile
2 90 (34.35%) Project Management
3 64 (24.43%) DevOps
4 59 (22.52%) CI/CD
4 59 (22.52%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (20.99%) Software Engineering
6 49 (18.70%) Actionable Insight
7 48 (18.32%) Project Delivery
8 45 (17.18%) Agile Project Management
8 45 (17.18%) Roadmaps
9 44 (16.79%) Computer Science
10 40 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (15.27%) Scrum
11 38 (14.50%) Design Patterns
12 34 (12.98%) Data Modelling
13 30 (11.45%) Kanban
13 30 (11.45%) Software Delivery
14 29 (11.07%) Presales
15 26 (9.92%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (9.92%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 40 (15.27%) C#
2 36 (13.74%) Java
3 29 (11.07%) SQL
4 26 (9.92%) JavaScript
5 14 (5.34%) PHP
6 11 (4.20%) C++
7 10 (3.82%) Kotlin
8 8 (3.05%) Python
9 5 (1.91%) VB
10 2 (0.76%) Ada
10 2 (0.76%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.76%) Scala
10 2 (0.76%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.38%) RPG
11 1 (0.38%) XAML
Qualifications
1 49 (18.70%) Degree
2 38 (14.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (12.21%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.49%) DV Cleared
5 13 (4.96%) SC Cleared
6 10 (3.82%) AWS Certification
6 10 (3.82%) PMI Certification
7 9 (3.44%) Azure Certification
8 8 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.91%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 4 (1.53%) CISSP
10 4 (1.53%) PMP
11 3 (1.15%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.15%) HND
11 3 (1.15%) PgMP
12 2 (0.76%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 1 (0.38%) CCA
13 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (14.89%) QA
2 17 (6.49%) Data Quality
3 14 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (3.82%) ISO 9000
4 10 (3.82%) NIST
5 9 (3.44%) SLA
6 7 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 4 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.38%) NCSC
9 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (7.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (11.83%) Terraform
2 24 (9.16%) Kubernetes
3 17 (6.49%) Ansible
4 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (7.63%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.73%) Google
3 10 (3.82%) Oracle
4 8 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 8 (3.05%) Sparx
5 7 (2.67%) MuleSoft
6 6 (2.29%) Veeam
7 5 (1.91%) BT
8 3 (1.15%) IBM
8 3 (1.15%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.76%) Twitter
10 1 (0.38%) Databricks
10 1 (0.38%) IFS
10 1 (0.38%) SAP