SDLC Contracts in Edinburgh

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring SDLC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SDLC over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 73 72
Rank change year-on-year +10 -1 -17
Contract jobs citing SDLC 9 30 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.02% 2.53% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 2.70% 3.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 17 29
10th Percentile £431 £420 £423
25th Percentile £473 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £550 £490
Median % change year-on-year +1.36% +12.24% +15.29%
75th Percentile £616 £625 £575
90th Percentile £656 £825 £640
Scotland median daily rate £450 £550 £490
% change year-on-year -18.18% +12.24% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £48.46
25th Percentile - - £49.26
Median hourly rate - - £52.81
75th Percentile - - £55.39
90th Percentile - - £55.61
Scotland median hourly rate £21.64 £64.52 £54.50
% change year-on-year -66.46% +18.38% +21.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

SDLC falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 743 1,110 1,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 84.24% 93.59% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 780 1,233
10th Percentile £219 £225 £280
25th Percentile £366 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -2.06% +14.12%
75th Percentile £559 £538 £570
90th Percentile £652 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £464 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 7 12
10th Percentile £13.30 £12.10 £15.29
25th Percentile £16.25 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £22.45
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -5.30% -58.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £32.71 £48.75
90th Percentile - £47.75 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
% change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SDLC in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Reports
General
1 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Test Leader
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Life and Pensions Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
2 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 3 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
2 3 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (22.22%) Digital Identity
3 2 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Robotic Process Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) NCSC
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle