SDLC Contracts in Surrey

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
South East > Surrey

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 58 53
Rank change year-on-year +25 -5 -5
Contract jobs citing SDLC 23 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Surrey 3.77% 1.78% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.67% 2.06% 3.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 15
10th Percentile £300 £392 £230
25th Percentile £350 £413 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% -7.37% -7.32%
75th Percentile £691 £513 £556
90th Percentile £734 £541 £599
South East median daily rate £575 £506 £550
% change year-on-year +13.58% -7.95% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £62.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - -
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £63.51 £52.50 £48.75
% change year-on-year +20.97% +7.69% -24.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 493 631 778
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 80.82% 86.56% 90.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 492 534
10th Percentile £250 £200 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £613
90th Percentile £700 £750 £700
South East median daily rate £510 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 29 19
10th Percentile £11.71 £33.30 £19.30
25th Percentile £14.75 £42.50 £29.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £45.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - +106.90%
75th Percentile £65.25 £61.99 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £64.00 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -17.81%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in Surrey

SDLC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC in Surrey

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Surrey over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in Surrey

SDLC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in Surrey

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Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Redhill -2 5 £350 -35.78% 2
Leatherhead - 3 - - 2
Staines - 3 £650 -
Guildford 0 2 £713 +107.27% 1
Chertsey -6 1 £300 -31.82%
Reigate -8 1 - -
SDLC
South East

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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 (34.78%) Confluence
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (8.70%) SAP Hybris
2 1 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Functions
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.35%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
1 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.04%) BGP
2 3 (13.04%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (13.04%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Relational Database
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (34.78%) JIRA
2 4 (17.39%) TestRail
3 1 (4.35%) NUnit
3 1 (4.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 8 (34.78%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 4 (17.39%) Automotive
3 4 (17.39%) Marketing
4 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Law
5 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Senior
2 4 (17.39%) Senior Analyst
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Systems Test Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Test Engineer
2 4 (17.39%) Test Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Automation Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Digital Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Digital Business Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) QA Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Senior QA Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Unix Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Unix Systems Engineer
4 2 (8.70%) E-Commerce Analyst
4 2 (8.70%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) JIRA Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) JSON
2 4 (17.39%) ADO
2 4 (17.39%) Web Services
3 3 (13.04%) .NET
3 3 (13.04%) Django
3 3 (13.04%) REST
3 3 (13.04%) RESTful
3 3 (13.04%) YANG
4 2 (8.70%) HTML
4 2 (8.70%) XML
5 1 (4.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.35%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (4.35%) Entity Framework
5 1 (4.35%) HTML5
5 1 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (13.04%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (13.04%) Public Cloud
2 2 (8.70%) Life Science
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.70%) NHS
3 1 (4.35%) Over-the-Top Content
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (34.78%) Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Unix
3 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) Agile
2 14 (60.87%) Test Automation
3 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
4 7 (30.43%) ERP
4 7 (30.43%) Scrum
4 7 (30.43%) Test Scripting
5 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (26.09%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (17.39%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
6 4 (17.39%) End-to-End Testing
6 4 (17.39%) Exploratory Testing
6 4 (17.39%) Functional Testing
6 4 (17.39%) OO
6 4 (17.39%) Project Planning
6 4 (17.39%) TDD
6 4 (17.39%) Test Strategy
6 4 (17.39%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (17.39%) User Stories
7 3 (13.04%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) Python
2 8 (34.78%) Java
2 8 (34.78%) SQL
3 6 (26.09%) JavaScript
4 4 (17.39%) C
4 4 (17.39%) Shell Script
4 4 (17.39%) T-SQL
4 4 (17.39%) VBScript
5 3 (13.04%) Bash
6 2 (8.70%) VB
7 1 (4.35%) C#
7 1 (4.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (56.52%) Degree
2 6 (26.09%) ISTQB
3 4 (17.39%) HNC
3 4 (17.39%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (17.39%) Master's Degree
4 3 (13.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (52.17%) QA
2 2 (8.70%) HL7
3 1 (4.35%) COBIT
3 1 (4.35%) PMO
Systems Management
1 3 (13.04%) Ansible
2 1 (4.35%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) SAP
2 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
3 4 (17.39%) Micro Focus
4 3 (13.04%) Cisco
4 3 (13.04%) TOWER Software
5 2 (8.70%) Adobe