SDLC Jobs in Wales

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

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 65 72
Rank change year-on-year +22 +7 -18
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 90 66 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.40% 4.00% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.60% 4.16% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 54 46 30
10th Percentile £38,625 £37,144 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,625 £41,319 £44,848
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -24.37% +40.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £58,438 £66,313
90th Percentile £53,750 £63,375 £70,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,899 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.48% -2.56% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,608 1,586 1,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 78.67% 96.18% 94.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 796 1,141
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,391 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,125 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in Wales

SDLC
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for SDLC in Wales

SDLC
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC in Wales over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SDLC in Wales

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Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the Wales region over the 6 months to 10 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
South Wales +16 69 £47,500 - 12
Mid Wales - 8 £50,000 -
West Wales -5 5 £50,000 +11.11% 1
North Wales - 4 - - 1
SDLC
UK

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 4 (4.44%) WebLogic
2 2 (2.22%) Apache
2 2 (2.22%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 12 (13.33%) Azure
2 4 (4.44%) Amazon EKS
2 4 (4.44%) Amazon SQS
2 4 (4.44%) AWS
2 4 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (3.33%) Power Automate
3 3 (3.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.33%) PowerApps
3 3 (3.33%) WhatsApp
4 2 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.89%) Ethernet
1 8 (8.89%) Profibus
2 4 (4.44%) BGP
2 4 (4.44%) DNS
2 4 (4.44%) SSL
2 4 (4.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.44%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (4.44%) Oracle Database
1 4 (4.44%) RDBMS
1 4 (4.44%) Relational Database
1 4 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (16.67%) Git
2 5 (5.56%) JIRA
3 4 (4.44%) Cypress.io
3 4 (4.44%) Postman
3 4 (4.44%) Visual Studio
4 3 (3.33%) GitLab
5 2 (2.22%) DBeaver
5 2 (2.22%) Jenkins
General
1 24 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
1 24 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (15.56%) Finance
3 13 (14.44%) Electronics
4 5 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.44%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.44%) Retail
6 3 (3.33%) Welsh Language
7 2 (2.22%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (40.00%) Senior
2 21 (23.33%) Developer
3 17 (18.89%) Project Manager
4 14 (15.56%) Presales Manager
5 12 (13.33%) Software Engineer
6 10 (11.11%) Senior Developer
7 9 (10.00%) Applications Engineer
8 8 (8.89%) Embedded Engineer
8 8 (8.89%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) Full Stack Engineer
9 6 (6.67%) Lead
9 6 (6.67%) Senior Full Stack Engineer
10 5 (5.56%) Senior Applications Engineer
10 5 (5.56%) Test Engineer
11 4 (4.44%) Architect
11 4 (4.44%) Development Engineer
11 4 (4.44%) Junior
11 4 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
11 4 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.44%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (18.89%) WinForms
2 12 (13.33%) WPF
3 11 (12.22%) .NET
4 6 (6.67%) Apache Camel
5 4 (4.44%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (4.44%) Spring Boot
5 4 (4.44%) Web Services
6 3 (3.33%) .NET Framework
6 3 (3.33%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (2.22%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.22%) Kafka
7 2 (2.22%) NestJS
7 2 (2.22%) Node.js
7 2 (2.22%) RESTful
8 1 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
8 1 (1.11%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.44%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (7.78%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.44%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (4.44%) FMCG
3 4 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.44%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.33%) Housing Association
5 2 (2.22%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.22%) Linux
2 4 (4.44%) FreeRTOS
2 4 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (4.44%) VxWorks
3 1 (1.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (48.89%) Agile
2 25 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (24.44%) Project Management
4 21 (23.33%) Test Automation
5 19 (21.11%) Project Delivery
5 19 (21.11%) Software Engineering
6 18 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
7 16 (17.78%) Software Delivery
8 14 (15.56%) Agile Project Management
8 14 (15.56%) Presales
9 12 (13.33%) DevOps
10 11 (12.22%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (12.22%) Scrum
11 10 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
11 10 (11.11%) Integration Testing
12 9 (10.00%) Fintech
12 9 (10.00%) Software Testing
13 8 (8.89%) Embedded Software Development
13 8 (8.89%) Mathematics
13 8 (8.89%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 37 (41.11%) C#
2 29 (32.22%) C
3 21 (23.33%) C++
4 15 (16.67%) SQL
5 7 (7.78%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.67%) Java
6 6 (6.67%) PL/SQL
6 6 (6.67%) Python
7 4 (4.44%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 7 (7.78%) Degree
2 4 (4.44%) AWS Certification
2 4 (4.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 4 (4.44%) Azure Certification
2 4 (4.44%) HND
2 4 (4.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.44%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 8 (8.89%) ISO 13485
2 4 (4.44%) MISRA
3 2 (2.22%) QA
4 1 (1.11%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.11%) PMBOK
System Software
1 8 (8.89%) Docker
1 8 (8.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.22%) Kibana
1 2 (2.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 11 (12.22%) Oracle
2 7 (7.78%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.44%) QNX
3 4 (4.44%) Renesas
3 4 (4.44%) Sparx
4 1 (1.11%) Salesforce