SDLC Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SDLC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SDLC over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 57 73
Rank change year-on-year -14 +16 +1
Contract jobs citing SDLC 542 1,045 1,387
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 3.10% 4.02% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 4.42% 3.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 728 979
10th Percentile £405 £425 £425
25th Percentile £494 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £775 £775 £728
90th Percentile £875 £860 £800
England median daily rate £585 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +11.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £49.13 £44.63 £15.68
25th Percentile £53.44 £45.00 £16.09
Median hourly rate £61.25 £51.49 £40.83
Median % change year-on-year +18.97% +26.11% -9.28%
75th Percentile £68.44 £73.44 £49.36
90th Percentile £72.38 £78.13 £60.03
England median hourly rate £48.00 £52.97 £52.00
% change year-on-year -9.38% +1.87% -7.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

SDLC is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,484 23,644 35,916
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.60% 90.88% 92.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,107 17,068 26,253
10th Percentile £340 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 267 420
10th Percentile £15.81 £18.30 £17.24
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.45 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.92 £37.34 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -25.23% +2.55% +13.78%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.88 £51.00
90th Percentile £66.83 £82.50 £67.56
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in London

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SDLC in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SDLC in London

SDLC
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the London region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -11 88 £638 -1.92% 17
South London +14 19 £620 +12.73% 1
East London +3 16 £585 +10.48% 44
West London +19 11 £506 -24.44% 4
SDLC
England

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 23 (4.24%) Confluence
2 15 (2.77%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.85%) Apache
3 10 (1.85%) IIS
3 10 (1.85%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.48%) BizTalk Server
5 4 (0.74%) nginx
5 4 (0.74%) SharePoint 2013
6 3 (0.55%) CMS
6 3 (0.55%) Gunicorn
6 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.55%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.37%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.37%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) JBoss
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.18%) SAS
8 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.11%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (2.40%) Endur
2 7 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (0.37%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.37%) SAP EWM
3 2 (0.37%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.37%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.18%) Actimize
4 1 (0.18%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.18%) FLEXCUBE
4 1 (0.18%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 112 (20.66%) Azure
2 92 (16.97%) AWS
3 41 (7.56%) Serverless
4 28 (5.17%) GCP
5 26 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (4.43%) PaaS
7 23 (4.24%) SaaS
8 21 (3.87%) GitHub
9 15 (2.77%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (2.77%) Azure Functions
10 14 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (2.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 14 (2.58%) IaaS
10 14 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (2.58%) Power Platform
11 13 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (2.40%) Slack
12 10 (1.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (1.66%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.48%) Internet
2 7 (1.29%) Firewall
2 7 (1.29%) SSH
3 5 (0.92%) SD-WAN
3 5 (0.92%) WAN
4 3 (0.55%) ATM
4 3 (0.55%) SNA
4 3 (0.55%) VSAN
5 2 (0.37%) AMQP
5 2 (0.37%) DNS
5 2 (0.37%) Network Security
6 1 (0.18%) Broadband
6 1 (0.18%) HTTP
6 1 (0.18%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.18%) SSL
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.25%) SQL Server
2 35 (6.46%) Relational Database
3 29 (5.35%) Data Lake
4 22 (4.06%) Big Data
5 17 (3.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (2.95%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.95%) Oracle Database
7 15 (2.77%) MongoDB
7 15 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (2.58%) KDB
9 12 (2.21%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.21%) Power BI
10 9 (1.66%) MySQL
11 7 (1.29%) Delta Lake
11 7 (1.29%) Sybase ASE
12 5 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.92%) Parquet
12 5 (0.92%) Tableau
13 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 60 (11.07%) JIRA
2 56 (10.33%) Jenkins
3 50 (9.23%) Git
4 28 (5.17%) GitLab
5 23 (4.24%) Cucumber
5 23 (4.24%) JUnit
6 20 (3.69%) Selenium
7 15 (2.77%) Mockito
8 14 (2.58%) git-flow
9 13 (2.40%) Maven
10 12 (2.21%) TeamCity
11 10 (1.85%) SonarQube
12 9 (1.66%) JMeter
13 6 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
14 5 (0.92%) Appium
14 5 (0.92%) Cypress.io
14 5 (0.92%) Gradle
14 5 (0.92%) Pylint
14 5 (0.92%) Visual Studio
14 5 (0.92%) WebDriver
General
1 187 (34.50%) Finance
2 159 (29.34%) Social Skills
3 102 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (15.50%) Banking
5 32 (5.90%) Investment Banking
6 31 (5.72%) Marketing
7 30 (5.54%) Front Office
7 30 (5.54%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.40%) Retail
10 13 (2.40%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.29%) Retail Banking
13 6 (1.11%) Corporate Banking
13 6 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.11%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.74%) Electronics
15 3 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 180 (33.21%) Developer
2 117 (21.59%) Senior
3 59 (10.89%) Analyst
4 51 (9.41%) Java Developer
5 50 (9.23%) Architect
6 46 (8.49%) Senior Developer
7 35 (6.46%) Business Analyst
8 33 (6.09%) Lead
9 31 (5.72%) Project Manager
10 29 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
11 27 (4.98%) Software Engineer
12 23 (4.24%) Data Engineer
13 21 (3.87%) Cloud Architect
14 20 (3.69%) Full Stack Developer
14 20 (3.69%) Python Developer
14 20 (3.69%) Senior Java Developer
15 18 (3.32%) Consultant
15 18 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
16 17 (3.14%) SQL Developer
17 16 (2.95%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (11.81%) .NET
2 50 (9.23%) React
3 32 (5.90%) Web Services
4 31 (5.72%) HTML
5 29 (5.35%) CSS
6 27 (4.98%) REST
6 27 (4.98%) XML
7 26 (4.80%) Spring Boot
8 25 (4.61%) Kafka
9 24 (4.43%) .NET Framework
9 24 (4.43%) JSON
10 23 (4.24%) AngularJS
10 23 (4.24%) Spring
11 19 (3.51%) JPA
11 19 (3.51%) WebSockets
12 18 (3.32%) Hibernate
13 15 (2.77%) .NET Core
13 15 (2.77%) ASP.NET
14 14 (2.58%) RabbitMQ
14 14 (2.58%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.90%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (4.80%) Enterprise Software
2 26 (4.80%) Product Ownership
3 24 (4.43%) Mobile App
4 23 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.06%) Cloud Native
5 22 (4.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 20 (3.69%) Algorithms
7 16 (2.95%) IoT
8 15 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
9 14 (2.58%) Derivative
9 14 (2.58%) Fixed Income
10 12 (2.21%) Credit Derivative
10 12 (2.21%) Data Structures
11 11 (2.03%) Video\Live Streaming
12 10 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.66%) Mobile Banking
13 9 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
14 8 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 50 (9.23%) Linux
2 33 (6.09%) Windows
3 22 (4.06%) Unix
4 11 (2.03%) Android
5 6 (1.11%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.18%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (48.34%) Agile
2 138 (25.46%) DevOps
3 129 (23.80%) CI/CD
4 113 (20.85%) Software Engineering
5 99 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
5 99 (18.27%) Scrum
6 55 (10.15%) Analytics
7 52 (9.59%) Microservices
8 51 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (8.86%) Design Patterns
10 47 (8.67%) Project Management
11 46 (8.49%) Test Automation
12 45 (8.30%) Continuous Integration
13 44 (8.12%) ITIL
13 44 (8.12%) User Acceptance Testing
14 43 (7.93%) Computer Science
15 41 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (7.20%) Migration
17 38 (7.01%) Business Intelligence
18 36 (6.64%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (26.20%) Java
2 132 (24.35%) SQL
3 102 (18.82%) Python
4 85 (15.68%) C#
5 75 (13.84%) JavaScript
6 51 (9.41%) PowerShell
7 33 (6.09%) TypeScript
8 20 (3.69%) Go
9 19 (3.51%) PL/SQL
9 19 (3.51%) T-SQL
10 16 (2.95%) C++
11 15 (2.77%) Shell Script
12 13 (2.40%) Perl
12 13 (2.40%) Scala
13 10 (1.85%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.29%) VB.NET
15 5 (0.92%) Bicep
15 5 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.74%) ABAP
16 4 (0.74%) Rust
Qualifications
1 74 (13.65%) Degree
2 58 (10.70%) Security Cleared
3 52 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 22 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (4.06%) DV Cleared
5 14 (2.58%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.40%) PMP
7 12 (2.21%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.21%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.92%) CISM
8 5 (0.92%) CISSP
9 4 (0.74%) ISTQB
10 3 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.37%) IIBA
11 2 (0.37%) ISEB
11 2 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.37%) SAP Certification
12 1 (0.18%) CEH
12 1 (0.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.49%) QA
2 16 (2.95%) NIST
3 15 (2.77%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.66%) PCI DSS
4 9 (1.66%) PMO
5 6 (1.11%) EMIR
6 5 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 5 (0.92%) MiFID
6 5 (0.92%) SEPA
7 4 (0.74%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.37%) GAAP
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) Basel III
9 1 (0.18%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) IFRS
9 1 (0.18%) SLA
System Software
1 43 (7.93%) Docker
2 15 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.55%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.18%) GridGain
7 1 (0.18%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 66 (12.18%) Kubernetes
2 52 (9.59%) Terraform
3 33 (6.09%) Ansible
4 22 (4.06%) Puppet
5 7 (1.29%) Grafana
6 4 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.74%) vRealize
6 4 (0.74%) vRealize Orchestrator
7 3 (0.55%) Kibana
7 3 (0.55%) Netcool
7 3 (0.55%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.37%) logstash
8 2 (0.37%) Podman
8 2 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.18%) Argo
9 1 (0.18%) Control-M
9 1 (0.18%) Istio
9 1 (0.18%) Rancher
9 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (12.36%) Microsoft
2 60 (11.07%) Oracle
3 24 (4.43%) Databricks
4 22 (4.06%) SAP
5 13 (2.40%) MuleSoft
6 12 (2.21%) IBM
6 12 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.03%) Bloomberg
8 10 (1.85%) ServiceNow
8 10 (1.85%) VMware
9 9 (1.66%) Refinitiv
10 8 (1.48%) OpenLink
11 7 (1.29%) Red Hat
11 7 (1.29%) Solace
11 7 (1.29%) Sybase
12 6 (1.11%) Google
12 6 (1.11%) TIBCO
13 5 (0.92%) Apple
13 5 (0.92%) Citrix
14 4 (0.74%) Adobe