SDLC Contracts in England

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 79 80
Rank change year-on-year -14 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing SDLC 860 1,443 2,228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.35% 3.01% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 3.34% 3.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 980 1,550
10th Percentile £380 £413 £406
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +10.58%
75th Percentile £706 £725 £688
90th Percentile £838 £825 £763
UK median daily rate £570 £600 £573
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.76% +12.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 36 47
10th Percentile £35.50 £45.00 £21.85
25th Percentile - £48.29 £35.00
Median hourly rate £48.00 £53.99 £52.59
Median % change year-on-year -11.09% +2.65% -8.54%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £64.38
90th Percentile £67.02 £68.46 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £48.00 £56.25 £54.89
% change year-on-year -14.67% +2.48% -2.85%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,427 43,202 64,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.97% 90.01% 90.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,583 30,310 45,616
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,283 1,523 1,720
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.93 £15.86 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +9.28%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SDLC in England over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SDLC in England

SDLC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SDLC in England

SDLC
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SDLC in England over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SDLC in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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
London -13 550 £600 -7.69% 303
North of England +34 100 £475 -9.52% 119
South East -2 92 £575 +11.92% 165
North West +30 72 £463 -9.76% 79
South West +12 43 £625 +4.17% 73
Midlands -15 33 £575 +15.00% 93
Yorkshire +5 24 £493 -7.51% 28
West Midlands -17 22 £675 +27.00% 57
East of England -4 18 £400 -23.81% 33
East Midlands +4 11 £468 +3.89% 35
North East +11 4 - - 13
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 32 (3.72%) Confluence
2 15 (1.74%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.40%) Apache
4 10 (1.16%) IIS
4 10 (1.16%) SharePoint
5 8 (0.93%) Apache Solr
5 8 (0.93%) nginx
6 7 (0.81%) BizTalk Server
6 7 (0.81%) CMS
7 5 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.47%) Drupal
8 4 (0.47%) SharePoint 2013
9 3 (0.35%) Gunicorn
9 3 (0.35%) OpenEdge
9 3 (0.35%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.35%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.23%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.23%) Mule
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.12%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.12%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 12 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (1.40%) Endur
2 10 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.81%) SAP PM
4 4 (0.47%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.47%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.47%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.35%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.23%) FLEXCUBE
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.23%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.23%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.12%) Fidessa
7 1 (0.12%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 191 (22.21%) Azure
2 143 (16.63%) AWS
3 73 (8.49%) Serverless
4 43 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (4.88%) GCP
6 41 (4.77%) GitHub
7 36 (4.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 34 (3.95%) SaaS
9 32 (3.72%) Azure Functions
10 30 (3.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 29 (3.37%) Azure Monitor
12 27 (3.14%) PaaS
13 26 (3.02%) Entra ID
14 23 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
15 22 (2.56%) Power Platform
16 17 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (1.86%) AWS CloudFormation
17 16 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
18 15 (1.74%) IaaS
18 15 (1.74%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.05%) Firewall
1 9 (1.05%) SSH
2 8 (0.93%) DNS
3 7 (0.81%) Internet
3 7 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.70%) WAN
5 5 (0.58%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.47%) HTTPS
6 4 (0.47%) IPsec
7 3 (0.35%) ATM
7 3 (0.35%) BGP
7 3 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (0.35%) IOS XR
7 3 (0.35%) Network Security
7 3 (0.35%) SNA
7 3 (0.35%) SSL
7 3 (0.35%) VSAN
8 2 (0.23%) AMQP
8 2 (0.23%) Broadband
8 2 (0.23%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.19%) SQL Server
2 57 (6.63%) NoSQL
3 44 (5.12%) Relational Database
4 29 (3.37%) Data Lake
5 28 (3.26%) MySQL
6 27 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
7 25 (2.91%) Big Data
8 24 (2.79%) MongoDB
9 19 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 17 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
10 17 (1.98%) Oracle Database
11 16 (1.86%) Power BI
12 15 (1.74%) KDB
13 8 (0.93%) Couchbase
13 8 (0.93%) Metadata
14 7 (0.81%) Delta Lake
14 7 (0.81%) Sybase ASE
14 7 (0.81%) Tableau
15 6 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
15 6 (0.70%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 94 (10.93%) Git
2 85 (9.88%) JIRA
3 68 (7.91%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.95%) Selenium
5 30 (3.49%) GitLab
6 29 (3.37%) Cucumber
7 27 (3.14%) JUnit
8 16 (1.86%) git-flow
9 15 (1.74%) Mockito
9 15 (1.74%) TeamCity
10 14 (1.63%) Maven
11 13 (1.51%) Cypress.io
12 12 (1.40%) SonarQube
13 10 (1.16%) JMeter
14 9 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
15 8 (0.93%) Artifactory
16 7 (0.81%) Visual Studio
17 6 (0.70%) Postman
17 6 (0.70%) Subversion
17 6 (0.70%) WebDriver
General
1 250 (29.07%) Social Skills
2 246 (28.60%) Finance
3 144 (16.74%) Analytical Skills
4 113 (13.14%) Banking
5 50 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.19%) Investment Banking
6 36 (4.19%) Marketing
7 32 (3.72%) Front Office
8 25 (2.91%) Aerospace
9 23 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
10 21 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.21%) Retail
12 18 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.51%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.93%) Automotive
15 7 (0.81%) Corporate Banking
15 7 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.81%) Retail Banking
15 7 (0.81%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 253 (29.42%) Developer
2 146 (16.98%) Senior
3 104 (12.09%) Analyst
4 80 (9.30%) Architect
5 70 (8.14%) Software Engineer
6 60 (6.98%) Java Developer
7 58 (6.74%) Business Analyst
8 50 (5.81%) Full Stack Developer
8 50 (5.81%) Senior Developer
9 46 (5.35%) Solutions Architect
10 42 (4.88%) Lead
11 38 (4.42%) Project Manager
12 32 (3.72%) DevOps Engineer
13 30 (3.49%) Python Developer
14 27 (3.14%) Consultant
15 26 (3.02%) Data Engineer
16 24 (2.79%) Azure Developer
17 21 (2.44%) Senior Java Developer
18 20 (2.33%) Cloud Architect
18 20 (2.33%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (11.16%) React
2 85 (9.88%) .NET
3 43 (5.00%) HTML
3 43 (5.00%) REST
3 43 (5.00%) Web Services
4 40 (4.65%) JSON
5 39 (4.53%) Spring
6 38 (4.42%) XML
7 37 (4.30%) CSS
8 35 (4.07%) AngularJS
9 34 (3.95%) .NET Framework
10 33 (3.84%) Spring Boot
11 29 (3.37%) Kafka
12 25 (2.91%) RESTful
13 24 (2.79%) JPA
14 22 (2.56%) Hibernate
15 21 (2.44%) .NET Core
16 20 (2.33%) WebSockets
17 19 (2.21%) ASP.NET
18 18 (2.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.74%) Product Ownership
2 38 (4.42%) Enterprise Software
3 37 (4.30%) Management Information System
3 37 (4.30%) Mobile App
4 31 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (3.49%) Cloud Native
6 23 (2.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 22 (2.56%) Algorithms
8 20 (2.33%) IoT
8 20 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
9 17 (1.98%) Derivative
10 16 (1.86%) Public Cloud
11 15 (1.74%) Fixed Income
11 15 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.40%) Credit Derivative
13 12 (1.40%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.40%) Video\Live Streaming
14 10 (1.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 84 (9.77%) Linux
2 49 (5.70%) Windows
3 34 (3.95%) Unix
4 25 (2.91%) Android
5 14 (1.63%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.47%) CentOS
8 4 (0.47%) SafeRTOS
9 2 (0.23%) VMS
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (48.37%) Agile
2 239 (27.79%) DevOps
3 210 (24.42%) CI/CD
4 182 (21.16%) Software Engineering
5 158 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
6 149 (17.33%) Scrum
7 97 (11.28%) Microservices
8 83 (9.65%) Test Automation
9 77 (8.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 75 (8.72%) Full Stack Development
11 71 (8.26%) Computer Science
12 67 (7.79%) Stakeholder Management
13 66 (7.67%) Project Management
14 64 (7.44%) Analytics
15 58 (6.74%) Change Management
16 57 (6.63%) Migration
17 56 (6.51%) TDD
18 55 (6.40%) Continuous Integration
18 55 (6.40%) Waterfall
19 54 (6.28%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 214 (24.88%) Java
2 176 (20.47%) SQL
3 171 (19.88%) Python
4 111 (12.91%) JavaScript
5 109 (12.67%) C#
6 62 (7.21%) PowerShell
7 47 (5.47%) TypeScript
8 33 (3.84%) C
9 26 (3.02%) C++
10 24 (2.79%) Go
11 22 (2.56%) T-SQL
12 19 (2.21%) Kotlin
12 19 (2.21%) Shell Script
13 18 (2.09%) PL/SQL
14 14 (1.63%) Bash
14 14 (1.63%) Perl
14 14 (1.63%) Scala
15 10 (1.16%) ABAP
15 10 (1.16%) VB
16 8 (0.93%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 134 (15.58%) Degree
2 94 (10.93%) Security Cleared
3 68 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 45 (5.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (4.19%) DV Cleared
6 22 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 18 (2.09%) PMP
8 16 (1.86%) PMI Certification
9 15 (1.74%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.51%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.70%) CISM
11 6 (0.70%) CISSP
12 5 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.47%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.47%) CBAP
14 3 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.35%) HNC
14 3 (0.35%) ISEB
15 2 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (9.77%) QA
2 25 (2.91%) NIST
3 18 (2.09%) Data Quality
3 18 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.40%) Accessibility
5 11 (1.28%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.28%) PMO
6 7 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (0.70%) SEPA
8 5 (0.58%) EMIR
8 5 (0.58%) GDPR
9 4 (0.47%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.47%) HL7
9 4 (0.47%) IFRS
9 4 (0.47%) MiFID
10 3 (0.35%) Basel III
11 2 (0.23%) COBIT
11 2 (0.23%) GAAP
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 57 (6.63%) Docker
2 35 (4.07%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.12%) GridGain
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 84 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 74 (8.60%) Terraform
3 49 (5.70%) Ansible
4 22 (2.56%) Puppet
5 15 (1.74%) Grafana
6 6 (0.70%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.47%) Kibana
7 4 (0.47%) vRealize
7 4 (0.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 3 (0.35%) Argo
8 3 (0.35%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.35%) Netcool
8 3 (0.35%) Podman
8 3 (0.35%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.23%) Kustomize
9 2 (0.23%) logstash
9 2 (0.23%) Rancher
9 2 (0.23%) SCOM
9 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.44%) Oracle
3 49 (5.70%) SAP
4 28 (3.26%) Databricks
5 26 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.67%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.98%) Google
8 13 (1.51%) IBM
8 13 (1.51%) MuleSoft
9 12 (1.40%) VMware
10 11 (1.28%) Bloomberg
11 9 (1.05%) Adobe
11 9 (1.05%) Refinitiv
12 8 (0.93%) Solace
13 7 (0.81%) OpenLink
13 7 (0.81%) Sybase
13 7 (0.81%) TIBCO
14 6 (0.70%) Micro Focus
14 6 (0.70%) Red Hat
14 6 (0.70%) Splunk