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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 83 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 -21 +11
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1,211 1,493 4,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.43% 3.96% 5.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.83% 4.12% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 652 1,139 2,224
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,650 £38,750
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% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,436 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,800 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.32% -2.72% +8.70%

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 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 9 June 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 (3.80%) WebLogic
2 39 (3.22%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.99%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.66%) Apache
4 8 (0.66%) nginx
5 7 (0.58%) Confluence
5 7 (0.58%) SAS
6 5 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.33%) CMS
8 3 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.083%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.083%) Appian
10 1 (0.083%) GemFire
10 1 (0.083%) IIS
10 1 (0.083%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.083%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 20 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
3 13 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.50%) SPSS
7 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (3.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 36 (2.97%) Endur
3 7 (0.58%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.41%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.25%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.25%) Relativity
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.083%) Data Workbench
8 1 (0.083%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.083%) Ringtail
8 1 (0.083%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 398 (32.87%) Azure
2 275 (22.71%) AWS
3 110 (9.08%) Azure DevOps
4 91 (7.51%) SaaS
5 52 (4.29%) Amazon EKS
6 51 (4.21%) GCP
7 46 (3.80%) Amazon SQS
8 39 (3.22%) PaaS
9 30 (2.48%) GitHub
10 29 (2.39%) Power Platform
11 26 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (2.06%) Serverless
13 22 (1.82%) IaaS
14 18 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
16 12 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (0.99%) PowerApps
17 11 (0.91%) Entra ID
17 11 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
18 10 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 55 (4.54%) TCP/IP
2 51 (4.21%) DNS
3 46 (3.80%) BGP
3 46 (3.80%) SSL
4 9 (0.74%) Internet
5 8 (0.66%) Network Security
5 8 (0.66%) VoIP
6 7 (0.58%) NGFW
6 7 (0.58%) VPN
7 6 (0.50%) AMQP
7 6 (0.50%) HTTP
7 6 (0.50%) MQTT
8 5 (0.41%) Bluetooth
8 5 (0.41%) RS-232
8 5 (0.41%) RS-485
8 5 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.41%) Wireless
8 5 (0.41%) ZigBee
9 4 (0.33%) Ethernet
9 4 (0.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 165 (13.63%) SQL Server
2 139 (11.48%) Relational Database
3 87 (7.18%) RDBMS
4 57 (4.71%) MySQL
5 48 (3.96%) Oracle Database
6 47 (3.88%) Amazon RDS
7 18 (1.49%) Power BI
7 18 (1.49%) Redis
8 17 (1.40%) MongoDB
9 15 (1.24%) NoSQL
10 14 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (0.99%) Big Data
12 11 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.74%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.66%) Couchbase
14 8 (0.66%) MS Access
14 8 (0.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.50%) EDRMS
16 5 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 102 (8.42%) JIRA
2 63 (5.20%) Git
3 39 (3.22%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.82%) Maven
5 20 (1.65%) JUnit
6 17 (1.40%) Postman
7 14 (1.16%) GitLab
8 13 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.91%) Selenium
10 10 (0.83%) Eclipse
11 9 (0.74%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.74%) NUnit
11 9 (0.74%) SoapUI
11 9 (0.74%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.58%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.58%) JMeter
13 6 (0.50%) Mocha
13 6 (0.50%) SpecFlow
14 5 (0.41%) LabVIEW
14 5 (0.41%) MSTest
General
1 283 (23.37%) Social Skills
2 186 (15.36%) Finance
3 102 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (7.51%) Retail
5 83 (6.85%) Legal
6 75 (6.19%) Marketing
7 65 (5.37%) Aerospace
8 52 (4.29%) Banking
9 50 (4.13%) Games
10 36 (2.97%) Law
11 32 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (2.48%) Public Sector
13 27 (2.23%) Electronics
14 23 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.65%) Publishing
16 19 (1.57%) Investment Banking
17 17 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
18 14 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
19 13 (1.07%) Aviation
19 13 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 300 (24.77%) Developer
2 208 (17.18%) Senior
3 200 (16.52%) Project Manager
4 172 (14.20%) Lead
5 170 (14.04%) Software Engineer
6 147 (12.14%) Presales Manager
7 114 (9.41%) Analyst
8 97 (8.01%) Architect
9 93 (7.68%) Senior Developer
10 88 (7.27%) Business Analyst
11 85 (7.02%) .NET Developer
12 68 (5.62%) DevOps Engineer
13 67 (5.53%) Software Developer
14 61 (5.04%) Solutions Architect
15 48 (3.96%) Lead Architect
16 47 (3.88%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 47 (3.88%) Senior Software Engineer
17 46 (3.80%) Java Developer
18 41 (3.39%) C# Developer
18 41 (3.39%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (22.79%) .NET
2 144 (11.89%) AngularJS
3 134 (11.07%) React
4 103 (8.51%) ASP.NET
5 94 (7.76%) .NET Framework
6 89 (7.35%) Spring Boot
7 84 (6.94%) .NET Core
8 80 (6.61%) Spring
9 65 (5.37%) HTML
10 63 (5.20%) RESTful
11 62 (5.12%) ASP.NET Web API
12 60 (4.95%) CSS
13 53 (4.38%) Entity Framework
14 52 (4.29%) RabbitMQ
14 52 (4.29%) REST
15 49 (4.05%) ASP.NET MVC
16 42 (3.47%) Web Services
17 41 (3.39%) Node.js
18 40 (3.30%) Vue
19 37 (3.06%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 70 (5.78%) Enterprise Software
2 66 (5.45%) Public Cloud
3 64 (5.28%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
5 36 (2.97%) Swaptions
6 35 (2.89%) Social Network
7 30 (2.48%) Cloud Native
8 28 (2.31%) Mobile App
9 26 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (2.15%) Virtual Team
10 24 (1.98%) Client/Server
11 21 (1.73%) Distributed Applications
12 19 (1.57%) Algorithms
13 18 (1.49%) Management Information System
14 16 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (1.16%) Data Structures
16 13 (1.07%) IoT
17 12 (0.99%) Onboarding
17 12 (0.99%) Private Cloud
18 11 (0.91%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 139 (11.48%) Linux
2 51 (4.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 43 (3.55%) Windows
4 13 (1.07%) Unix
5 9 (0.74%) FreeRTOS
6 7 (0.58%) Android
7 6 (0.50%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (0.50%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.41%) ThreadX
9 4 (0.33%) VxWorks
10 3 (0.25%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.083%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 748 (61.77%) Agile
2 311 (25.68%) Project Management
3 307 (25.35%) Software Engineering
4 304 (25.10%) DevOps
5 247 (20.40%) Actionable Insight
6 223 (18.41%) Problem-Solving
7 214 (17.67%) Project Delivery
8 199 (16.43%) Scrum
9 194 (16.02%) CI/CD
10 171 (14.12%) Software Delivery
11 169 (13.96%) Presales
12 167 (13.79%) Agile Project Management
12 167 (13.79%) Full Stack Development
13 141 (11.64%) Collaborative Working
14 139 (11.48%) Kanban
15 106 (8.75%) Software Testing
16 105 (8.67%) Microservices
17 102 (8.42%) Coaching
18 101 (8.34%) Mentoring
19 96 (7.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 262 (21.64%) C#
2 231 (19.08%) JavaScript
3 227 (18.74%) SQL
4 183 (15.11%) Java
5 117 (9.66%) Python
6 61 (5.04%) TypeScript
7 58 (4.79%) C
8 47 (3.88%) VB
9 44 (3.63%) C++
10 32 (2.64%) T-SQL
11 24 (1.98%) PowerShell
12 22 (1.82%) PHP
13 17 (1.40%) Groovy
14 11 (0.91%) Bash
14 11 (0.91%) Go
14 11 (0.91%) Kotlin
14 11 (0.91%) RPG
15 5 (0.41%) Bicep
15 5 (0.41%) Rust
16 4 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 184 (15.19%) Security Cleared
2 183 (15.11%) Degree
3 85 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 63 (5.20%) DV Cleared
5 59 (4.87%) Azure Certification
6 50 (4.13%) AWS Certification
7 48 (3.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 45 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.82%) ISTQB
9 22 (1.82%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (1.24%) DBS Check
12 13 (1.07%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.91%) ISEB
13 11 (0.91%) PMP
14 10 (0.83%) CISSP
14 10 (0.83%) GIAC
15 6 (0.50%) CISM
15 6 (0.50%) SANS
16 5 (0.41%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (13.29%) QA
2 14 (1.16%) PMO
3 12 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (0.83%) NIST
5 7 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.50%) COBIT
6 6 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.50%) ISO 9000
6 6 (0.50%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 4 (0.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.33%) ISO 13485
7 4 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.25%) GDPR
9 2 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.17%) SEPA
9 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.083%) AQAP
10 1 (0.083%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.083%) TickIT
System Software
1 155 (12.80%) Docker
2 33 (2.73%) Firmware
3 17 (1.40%) Embedded Firmware
4 10 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.83%) vSphere
5 7 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.41%) Active Directory
7 4 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.083%) GridGain
9 1 (0.083%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 138 (11.40%) Kubernetes
2 100 (8.26%) Terraform
3 64 (5.28%) Ansible
4 17 (1.40%) Grafana
5 9 (0.74%) Kibana
6 8 (0.66%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.25%) Argo
8 3 (0.25%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.25%) Puppet
9 2 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.083%) Packer
Vendors
1 149 (12.30%) Microsoft
2 98 (8.09%) Oracle
3 48 (3.96%) Sparx
4 36 (2.97%) OpenLink
4 36 (2.97%) Sybase
4 36 (2.97%) TIBCO
5 28 (2.31%) Google
6 23 (1.90%) SAP
7 17 (1.40%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.24%) BT
9 11 (0.91%) VMware
10 8 (0.66%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.66%) NVIDIA
10 8 (0.66%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.58%) Citrix
12 6 (0.50%) Databricks
13 4 (0.33%) Facebook
13 4 (0.33%) IBM
13 4 (0.33%) QNX
13 4 (0.33%) Splunk