SDLC Contracts with Work from Home Options

Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 88 76 87
Rank change year-on-year -12 +11 +11
Contract jobs citing SDLC 352 683 1,289
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.40% 2.82% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 3.14% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 466 928
10th Percentile £399 £413 £400
25th Percentile £456 £492 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £650
90th Percentile £833 £779 £750
UK median daily rate £563 £595 £575
% change year-on-year -5.46% +3.48% +12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 15 28
10th Percentile - £46.25 -
25th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £51.25 £55.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% +2.80% -18.32%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.88 £63.69
90th Percentile £65.50 £63.75 £66.28
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £55.00 £54.78
% change year-on-year -12.73% +0.40% -3.04%

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 contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC.

SDLC daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

SDLC daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SDLC.

SDLC hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

SDLC hourly rate 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 18 (5.11%) Confluence
2 8 (2.27%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.99%) Apache Solr
4 6 (1.70%) nginx
5 5 (1.42%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.42%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 4 (1.14%) SharePoint 2013
7 3 (0.85%) OpenEdge
7 3 (0.85%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.85%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.57%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.57%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.28%) Apache
9 1 (0.28%) Appian
9 1 (0.28%) IIS
9 1 (0.28%) JBoss
9 1 (0.28%) MTS
9 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.28%) PlantUML
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Endur
2 4 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.85%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (0.57%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.57%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.57%) Shopify
5 1 (0.28%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 69 (19.60%) Azure
2 67 (19.03%) AWS
3 19 (5.40%) GCP
4 13 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (3.69%) SaaS
5 9 (2.56%) PaaS
6 8 (2.27%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (2.27%) GitHub
6 8 (2.27%) Serverless
7 7 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (1.99%) Power Platform
7 7 (1.99%) Slack
8 6 (1.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (1.70%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.70%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.42%) OpenShift
9 5 (1.42%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.14%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.99%) ATM
2 5 (1.42%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.14%) DNS
3 4 (1.14%) HTTPS
3 4 (1.14%) IPsec
4 3 (0.85%) BGP
4 3 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (0.85%) IOS XR
5 2 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.57%) Network Security
6 1 (0.28%) 4G
6 1 (0.28%) 5G
6 1 (0.28%) Firewall
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.28%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.67%) Relational Database
3 16 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 15 (4.26%) Oracle Database
5 14 (3.98%) MySQL
6 7 (1.99%) Big Data
6 7 (1.99%) KDB
7 6 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.42%) Couchbase
8 5 (1.42%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.42%) Metadata
9 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.14%) DB2
10 3 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.85%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.85%) Power BI
10 3 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (10.51%) Jenkins
2 36 (10.23%) JIRA
3 34 (9.66%) Git
4 25 (7.10%) GitLab
5 15 (4.26%) JUnit
6 13 (3.69%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.69%) git-flow
6 13 (3.69%) Mockito
7 9 (2.56%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (2.27%) Selenium
9 7 (1.99%) Maven
9 7 (1.99%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.70%) MLflow
11 4 (1.14%) JMeter
11 4 (1.14%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.85%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.85%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.85%) Gradle
12 3 (0.85%) HP UFT
12 3 (0.85%) Katalon Studio
General
1 112 (31.82%) Finance
2 107 (30.40%) Social Skills
3 63 (17.90%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (13.35%) Banking
5 27 (7.67%) Marketing
6 25 (7.10%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.25%) Front Office
8 15 (4.26%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.41%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.56%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.27%) Retail
13 6 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.70%) Tech for Good
14 5 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.14%) Electronics
15 4 (1.14%) Legal
15 4 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (25.85%) Developer
2 65 (18.47%) Senior
3 42 (11.93%) Analyst
4 40 (11.36%) Java Developer
5 32 (9.09%) Architect
6 30 (8.52%) Senior Developer
7 29 (8.24%) Business Analyst
8 27 (7.67%) Lead
9 25 (7.10%) Project Manager
10 21 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
11 19 (5.40%) Senior Java Developer
12 18 (5.11%) Consultant
13 13 (3.69%) Test Engineer
14 11 (3.13%) Data Engineer
14 11 (3.13%) SQL Developer
15 10 (2.84%) JavaScript Engineer
15 10 (2.84%) Software Engineer
15 10 (2.84%) UI Engineer
16 9 (2.56%) Business IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (10.23%) .NET
2 33 (9.38%) Spring Boot
3 30 (8.52%) React
4 25 (7.10%) Spring
5 20 (5.68%) REST
5 20 (5.68%) RESTful
6 19 (5.40%) JSON
7 17 (4.83%) AngularJS
7 17 (4.83%) CSS
8 16 (4.55%) .NET Framework
8 16 (4.55%) Web Services
9 15 (4.26%) HTML
10 14 (3.98%) Kafka
10 14 (3.98%) XML
11 12 (3.41%) SOAP
11 12 (3.41%) WebSockets
12 11 (3.13%) Hibernate
12 11 (3.13%) JPA
12 11 (3.13%) Middleware
12 11 (3.13%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 26 (7.39%) Enterprise Software
2 24 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 21 (5.97%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.98%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.41%) Credit Derivative
6 11 (3.13%) Fixed Income
6 11 (3.13%) Video\Live Streaming
7 9 (2.56%) IoT
7 9 (2.56%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.56%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 8 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (2.27%) Over-the-Top Content
9 7 (1.99%) Derivative
9 7 (1.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 7 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.70%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.42%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 27 (7.67%) Linux
2 19 (5.40%) Windows
3 8 (2.27%) Android
4 7 (1.99%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.70%) Unix
6 4 (1.14%) CentOS
7 2 (0.57%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.28%) VMS
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (48.30%) Agile
2 104 (29.55%) DevOps
3 88 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 66 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 62 (17.61%) Software Engineering
6 55 (15.63%) Microservices
7 50 (14.20%) Scrum
8 44 (12.50%) Test Automation
9 32 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (7.39%) Software Testing
10 26 (7.39%) Waterfall
11 24 (6.82%) Configuration Management
11 24 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (6.82%) Migration
11 24 (6.82%) User Acceptance Testing
12 23 (6.53%) Business Analysis
12 23 (6.53%) User Experience
13 22 (6.25%) Analytics
13 22 (6.25%) Information Security
13 22 (6.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 93 (26.42%) Java
2 64 (18.18%) SQL
3 63 (17.90%) Python
4 46 (13.07%) JavaScript
5 35 (9.94%) C#
6 15 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 14 (3.98%) Go
7 14 (3.98%) PowerShell
8 13 (3.69%) Scala
9 10 (2.84%) Bash
9 10 (2.84%) T-SQL
10 9 (2.56%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.27%) C++
11 8 (2.27%) PHP
11 8 (2.27%) PL/SQL
12 6 (1.70%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.70%) VB
13 5 (1.42%) C
14 3 (0.85%) Ruby
14 3 (0.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 40 (11.36%) Degree
2 29 (8.24%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.68%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.56%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.56%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.99%) CISSP
7 6 (1.70%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.42%) CISM
9 4 (1.14%) CRISC
9 4 (1.14%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.14%) PMP
10 3 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.57%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.57%) ISEB
12 1 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.28%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 1 (0.28%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (8.24%) QA
2 8 (2.27%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.27%) NIST
3 5 (1.42%) GDPR
3 5 (1.42%) HIPAA
4 4 (1.14%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.85%) COBIT
5 3 (0.85%) PMO
6 2 (0.57%) HL7
6 2 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.28%) EMIR
7 1 (0.28%) GAAP
7 1 (0.28%) MiFID
7 1 (0.28%) MISRA
7 1 (0.28%) SEPA
7 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (7.95%) Docker
2 10 (2.84%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.85%) vCloud
3 3 (0.85%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.85%) vSphere
4 1 (0.28%) GridGain
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (11.65%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.09%) Terraform
3 22 (6.25%) Ansible
4 5 (1.42%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.14%) Argo
5 4 (1.14%) Puppet
6 3 (0.85%) Autotask
6 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.85%) Zipkin
7 2 (0.57%) Grafana
7 2 (0.57%) Kibana
7 2 (0.57%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.28%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.28%) logstash
8 1 (0.28%) Nmap
8 1 (0.28%) SCOM
Vendors
1 41 (11.65%) Oracle
2 33 (9.38%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.53%) SAP
4 11 (3.13%) Databricks
5 10 (2.84%) IBM
5 10 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.56%) Google
7 7 (1.99%) TOWER Software
8 4 (1.14%) Adobe
8 4 (1.14%) Conga
8 4 (1.14%) DocuSign
8 4 (1.14%) Micro Focus
8 4 (1.14%) OpenLink
8 4 (1.14%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.85%) Apple
9 3 (0.85%) Arista
9 3 (0.85%) BMC
9 3 (0.85%) Cisco
9 3 (0.85%) Informatica
9 3 (0.85%) Remedy