SDLC Jobs in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 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 119 45 64
Rank change year-on-year -74 +19 +4
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 2,040 5,377 7,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.36% 6.08% 5.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 6.36% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,325 2,461 3,776
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,828 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,899 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -6.31% +13.04%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,750 £96,250 £97,928
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,800 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.32% -2.72% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,567 84,580 131,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.06% 95.60% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 53,896 50,324 73,626
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SDLC in England.

Salary trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SDLC in England

SDLC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -73 575 £80,000 +6.67% 256
North of England -79 409 £56,250 -2.17% 121
South East -53 382 £57,500 - 122
South West -35 265 £58,750 +6.82% 64
North West -71 250 £60,000 +9.09% 74
Midlands -98 243 £55,000 - 91
East of England -50 146 £50,000 -13.04% 28
West Midlands -100 144 £57,500 - 59
Yorkshire -69 113 £50,000 -13.04% 34
East Midlands -72 98 £50,000 -9.09% 32
North East 0 46 £61,250 +6.52% 14
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 49 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (2.21%) nginx
3 39 (1.91%) SharePoint
4 36 (1.76%) Camunda
5 31 (1.52%) Apache
6 30 (1.47%) WebLogic
7 29 (1.42%) Confluence
8 24 (1.18%) Apache Spark
9 18 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
10 16 (0.78%) SAS
11 9 (0.44%) OpenStack
12 7 (0.34%) Apache Pig
13 5 (0.25%) CMS
13 5 (0.25%) OpenEdge
14 4 (0.20%) Drupal
14 4 (0.20%) IIS
15 3 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
16 2 (0.098%) GlassFish
16 2 (0.098%) JCAPS
16 2 (0.098%) WinCC
Applications
1 61 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (1.18%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.74%) SPSS
7 6 (0.29%) Simulink
8 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.049%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 45 (2.21%) Endur
2 30 (1.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 14 (0.69%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.29%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 5 (0.25%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.20%) CA PPM
7 4 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.20%) Relativity
8 3 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.098%) Adaptiv
9 2 (0.098%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.098%) SAP MII
9 2 (0.098%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.098%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.098%) Veritas eDiscovery
10 1 (0.049%) SAP WM
10 1 (0.049%) Temenos T24
10 1 (0.049%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 539 (26.42%) Azure
2 440 (21.57%) AWS
3 145 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
4 121 (5.93%) SaaS
5 103 (5.05%) GCP
6 73 (3.58%) GitHub
7 66 (3.24%) Power Platform
8 62 (3.04%) Serverless
9 48 (2.35%) IBM Cloud
10 46 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
11 45 (2.21%) PaaS
12 43 (2.11%) Amazon S3
12 43 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
13 38 (1.86%) OpenShift
13 38 (1.86%) PowerApps
14 35 (1.72%) Amazon Kinesis
15 32 (1.57%) Amazon SQS
15 32 (1.57%) IaaS
16 31 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
17 30 (1.47%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.01%) TCP/IP
2 40 (1.96%) DNS
3 30 (1.47%) SSL
4 28 (1.37%) BGP
5 19 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (0.78%) Firewall
6 16 (0.78%) Network Security
6 16 (0.78%) Wireless
7 15 (0.74%) Internet
8 14 (0.69%) Bluetooth
8 14 (0.69%) VPN
9 9 (0.44%) NGFW
9 9 (0.44%) VoIP
10 8 (0.39%) Broadband
11 7 (0.34%) RS-485
12 6 (0.29%) AMQP
12 6 (0.29%) ZigBee
13 5 (0.25%) Multicast
13 5 (0.25%) RS-232
14 3 (0.15%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (11.32%) SQL Server
2 172 (8.43%) Relational Database
3 111 (5.44%) RDBMS
4 94 (4.61%) MySQL
5 75 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
6 69 (3.38%) Oracle Database
7 68 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
8 67 (3.28%) NoSQL
9 60 (2.94%) MongoDB
10 54 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
11 53 (2.60%) Big Data
12 46 (2.25%) Power BI
13 35 (1.72%) Amazon Redshift
14 32 (1.57%) Metadata
15 29 (1.42%) Redis
16 22 (1.08%) Data Lake
17 19 (0.93%) Apache Hive
17 19 (0.93%) Hadoop
18 18 (0.88%) BigQuery
19 15 (0.74%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 185 (9.07%) JIRA
2 177 (8.68%) Git
3 94 (4.61%) Jenkins
4 40 (1.96%) Postman
4 40 (1.96%) Visual Studio
5 38 (1.86%) GitLab
6 29 (1.42%) JUnit
7 24 (1.18%) Selenium
8 22 (1.08%) SonarQube
9 20 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
10 19 (0.93%) Maven
11 18 (0.88%) Cucumber
12 17 (0.83%) Bitbucket
13 15 (0.74%) NUnit
14 14 (0.69%) LabVIEW
14 14 (0.69%) TeamCity
15 13 (0.64%) Cypress.io
16 12 (0.59%) Eclipse
16 12 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
17 11 (0.54%) Mocha
General
1 553 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 383 (18.77%) Finance
3 256 (12.55%) Analytical Skills
4 148 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 122 (5.98%) Marketing
6 111 (5.44%) Banking
7 87 (4.26%) Retail
8 86 (4.22%) Public Sector
9 81 (3.97%) Aerospace
10 80 (3.92%) Legal
11 70 (3.43%) Law
12 59 (2.89%) Games
13 44 (2.16%) Electronics
14 41 (2.01%) Manufacturing
15 36 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
16 32 (1.57%) Investment Banking
16 32 (1.57%) Telecoms
17 26 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
18 25 (1.23%) Retail Banking
19 19 (0.93%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 539 (26.42%) Developer
2 357 (17.50%) Senior
3 258 (12.65%) Lead
4 247 (12.11%) Software Engineer
5 195 (9.56%) Project Manager
6 166 (8.14%) Analyst
7 151 (7.40%) Architect
8 117 (5.74%) Senior Developer
9 115 (5.64%) .NET Developer
10 109 (5.34%) Software Developer
11 103 (5.05%) Business Analyst
12 91 (4.46%) Java Developer
12 91 (4.46%) Presales Manager
13 85 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
14 82 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
15 76 (3.73%) Technical Leader
16 68 (3.33%) Software Manager
17 66 (3.24%) Full Stack Developer
18 64 (3.14%) C# Developer
19 61 (2.99%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 409 (20.05%) .NET
2 209 (10.25%) React
3 177 (8.68%) AngularJS
4 145 (7.11%) Spring Boot
5 134 (6.57%) .NET Framework
6 127 (6.23%) Spring
7 123 (6.03%) .NET Core
8 121 (5.93%) ASP.NET
9 112 (5.49%) REST
10 107 (5.25%) HTML
11 102 (5.00%) Node.js
12 99 (4.85%) CSS
13 98 (4.80%) JSON
14 86 (4.22%) Kafka
14 86 (4.22%) RESTful
15 78 (3.82%) Web Services
16 70 (3.43%) Vue
17 67 (3.28%) Entity Framework
18 65 (3.19%) ASP.NET Web API
19 60 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 160 (7.84%) Product Ownership
2 101 (4.95%) Self-Motivation
3 99 (4.85%) Management Information System
4 81 (3.97%) Enterprise Software
5 74 (3.63%) Mobile App
6 66 (3.24%) Cloud Native
7 62 (3.04%) Public Cloud
8 59 (2.89%) Greenfield Project
9 55 (2.70%) Blockchain
10 54 (2.65%) Algorithms
11 48 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 47 (2.30%) Virtual Team
13 45 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
13 45 (2.21%) Swaptions
14 44 (2.16%) e-Learning
15 32 (1.57%) Social Network
16 30 (1.47%) Client/Server
17 24 (1.18%) IoT
18 22 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
19 21 (1.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 183 (8.97%) Linux
2 72 (3.53%) Windows
3 32 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 31 (1.52%) Android
5 19 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 19 (0.93%) Unix
6 16 (0.78%) Windows Server
7 7 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
8 5 (0.25%) ThreadX
9 3 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Embedded Compact
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.098%) VMS
10 2 (0.098%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.098%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.098%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.049%) Debian
11 1 (0.049%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.049%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,170 (57.35%) Agile
2 535 (26.23%) DevOps
3 518 (25.39%) Software Engineering
4 463 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
5 411 (20.15%) Project Management
6 339 (16.62%) CI/CD
7 293 (14.36%) Scrum
8 273 (13.38%) Full Stack Development
9 256 (12.55%) Computer Science
10 254 (12.45%) Mentoring
10 254 (12.45%) Roadmaps
11 223 (10.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 210 (10.29%) Microservices
13 200 (9.80%) Project Delivery
14 195 (9.56%) Test Automation
15 174 (8.53%) Actionable Insight
16 167 (8.19%) Kanban
17 160 (7.84%) Collaborative Working
18 156 (7.65%) Data Modelling
19 141 (6.91%) Agile Project Management
Programming Languages
1 462 (22.65%) Java
2 387 (18.97%) C#
3 370 (18.14%) SQL
4 357 (17.50%) JavaScript
5 264 (12.94%) Python
6 112 (5.49%) C++
7 93 (4.56%) C
8 87 (4.26%) TypeScript
9 72 (3.53%) PHP
10 66 (3.24%) VB
11 58 (2.84%) Kotlin
12 54 (2.65%) Bash
13 48 (2.35%) Go
14 43 (2.11%) PowerShell
15 37 (1.81%) Scala
16 36 (1.76%) Lua
17 22 (1.08%) RPG
18 21 (1.03%) T-SQL
19 19 (0.93%) Perl
20 15 (0.74%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 388 (19.02%) Degree
2 218 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 147 (7.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 99 (4.85%) SC Cleared
5 63 (3.09%) DV Cleared
6 48 (2.35%) Azure Certification
7 47 (2.30%) AWS Certification
8 36 (1.76%) PMI Certification
9 35 (1.72%) Master's Degree
10 31 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 24 (1.18%) ISTQB
12 21 (1.03%) DBS Check
13 19 (0.93%) ISEB
14 18 (0.88%) PMP
15 16 (0.78%) CISSP
16 12 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (0.59%) CISM
17 11 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
18 9 (0.44%) HNC
18 9 (0.44%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (10.00%) QA
2 45 (2.21%) Data Quality
3 31 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.37%) PMO
5 20 (0.98%) NIST
6 12 (0.59%) ISO 9001
6 12 (0.59%) SLA
7 10 (0.49%) ISO 9000
8 9 (0.44%) ISO 13485
9 8 (0.39%) IEC 62304
10 7 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (0.34%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.29%) TickIT
12 5 (0.25%) Accessibility
12 5 (0.25%) GDPR
13 3 (0.15%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.098%) IEC 61508
14 2 (0.098%) ISO/IEC 12207
15 1 (0.049%) HIPAA
System Software
1 269 (13.19%) Docker
2 40 (1.96%) Firmware
3 22 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
4 18 (0.88%) Active Directory
5 17 (0.83%) HDFS
6 13 (0.64%) vSphere
7 12 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.29%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.098%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.049%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 214 (10.49%) Kubernetes
2 149 (7.30%) Terraform
3 86 (4.22%) Ansible
4 15 (0.74%) Grafana
5 13 (0.64%) Progress Chef
6 11 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.44%) Puppet
8 7 (0.34%) Kibana
9 6 (0.29%) Argo
10 5 (0.25%) Control-M
10 5 (0.25%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.20%) Packer
12 3 (0.15%) Salt
12 3 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.098%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 250 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 151 (7.40%) Oracle
3 75 (3.68%) Google
4 66 (3.24%) IBM
5 49 (2.40%) Red Hat
6 46 (2.25%) Sybase
7 45 (2.21%) OpenLink
7 45 (2.21%) TIBCO
8 40 (1.96%) Salesforce
9 38 (1.86%) SAP
10 30 (1.47%) Sparx
11 28 (1.37%) Databricks
12 15 (0.74%) VMware
13 12 (0.59%) Citrix
14 11 (0.54%) BT
14 11 (0.54%) Nintex
15 10 (0.49%) Apple
15 10 (0.49%) Atlassian
15 10 (0.49%) Cloudera
15 10 (0.49%) ServiceNow