SDLC Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 78 59
Rank change year-on-year -6 -19 +18
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 1,157 1,698 3,850
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.43% 4.11% 5.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.76% 4.27% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 665 1,289 2,194
10th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £37,762
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,050 £95,250 £98,099
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
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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,803 39,731 67,272
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.37% 96.08% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23,360 27,643 41,432
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

SDLC salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SDLC
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SDLC over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

SDLC salary 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 46 (3.98%) WebLogic
2 40 (3.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.04%) SharePoint
4 11 (0.95%) Confluence
5 9 (0.78%) Apache
6 7 (0.61%) nginx
6 7 (0.61%) SAS
7 6 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.086%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.086%) Appian
10 1 (0.086%) CMS
10 1 (0.086%) GemFire
10 1 (0.086%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.086%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 19 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
3 14 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.52%) SPSS
7 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 48 (4.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 37 (3.20%) Endur
3 7 (0.61%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.43%) Elite 3E
5 4 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.26%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 3 (0.26%) Relativity
7 2 (0.17%) SAP MII
7 2 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.086%) Data Workbench
8 1 (0.086%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.086%) Ringtail
8 1 (0.086%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 391 (33.79%) Azure
2 252 (21.78%) AWS
3 110 (9.51%) Azure DevOps
4 90 (7.78%) SaaS
5 53 (4.58%) GCP
6 52 (4.49%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.98%) Amazon SQS
8 43 (3.72%) PaaS
9 38 (3.28%) GitHub
10 34 (2.94%) Power Platform
11 33 (2.85%) Microsoft 365
12 27 (2.33%) Serverless
13 26 (2.25%) IaaS
14 23 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
15 13 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (1.12%) Entra ID
15 13 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (1.12%) PowerApps
16 10 (0.86%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 55 (4.75%) TCP/IP
2 51 (4.41%) DNS
3 46 (3.98%) BGP
3 46 (3.98%) SSL
4 11 (0.95%) NGFW
4 11 (0.95%) VPN
5 9 (0.78%) Network Security
6 8 (0.69%) Internet
6 8 (0.69%) VoIP
7 7 (0.61%) HTTP
7 7 (0.61%) MQTT
8 6 (0.52%) AMQP
9 5 (0.43%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.43%) RS-232
9 5 (0.43%) RS-485
9 5 (0.43%) WAN
9 5 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.43%) Wireless
9 5 (0.43%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (14.17%) SQL Server
2 134 (11.58%) Relational Database
3 86 (7.43%) RDBMS
4 56 (4.84%) MySQL
5 49 (4.24%) Oracle Database
6 47 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
7 23 (1.99%) Power BI
8 18 (1.56%) MongoDB
8 18 (1.56%) Redis
9 16 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (1.21%) Big Data
11 12 (1.04%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.78%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.69%) Couchbase
14 8 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
14 8 (0.69%) MS Access
14 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 6 (0.52%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 104 (8.99%) JIRA
2 63 (5.45%) Git
3 39 (3.37%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.33%) Maven
5 19 (1.64%) JUnit
6 16 (1.38%) Postman
6 16 (1.38%) Selenium
7 13 (1.12%) GitLab
8 12 (1.04%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.86%) Cypress.io
9 10 (0.86%) Eclipse
9 10 (0.86%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.78%) NUnit
10 9 (0.78%) SoapUI
11 6 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 6 (0.52%) JMeter
11 6 (0.52%) Mocha
12 5 (0.43%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.43%) LabVIEW
12 5 (0.43%) MSTest
General
1 268 (23.16%) Social Skills
2 195 (16.85%) Finance
3 105 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (6.40%) Marketing
5 63 (5.45%) Banking
6 60 (5.19%) Aerospace
7 52 (4.49%) Games
8 48 (4.15%) Retail
9 46 (3.98%) Legal
10 37 (3.20%) Law
11 32 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 29 (2.51%) Public Sector
13 26 (2.25%) Electronics
14 22 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.73%) Investment Banking
15 20 (1.73%) Publishing
16 18 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
17 14 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
18 13 (1.12%) Aviation
19 12 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 290 (25.06%) Developer
2 215 (18.58%) Project Manager
3 197 (17.03%) Senior
4 159 (13.74%) Presales Manager
5 156 (13.48%) Software Engineer
6 150 (12.96%) Lead
7 102 (8.82%) Architect
8 87 (7.52%) Senior Developer
9 86 (7.43%) .NET Developer
10 79 (6.83%) Analyst
11 66 (5.70%) Software Developer
12 63 (5.45%) DevOps Engineer
12 63 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
13 54 (4.67%) Business Analyst
14 47 (4.06%) Lead Architect
14 47 (4.06%) Lead Solutions Architect
15 43 (3.72%) Java Developer
15 43 (3.72%) Senior Software Engineer
16 40 (3.46%) C# Developer
17 37 (3.20%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 267 (23.08%) .NET
2 128 (11.06%) AngularJS
3 121 (10.46%) React
4 103 (8.90%) ASP.NET
5 95 (8.21%) Spring Boot
6 92 (7.95%) .NET Framework
7 86 (7.43%) .NET Core
8 79 (6.83%) Spring
9 63 (5.45%) HTML
10 62 (5.36%) RESTful
11 60 (5.19%) ASP.NET Web API
12 59 (5.10%) REST
13 56 (4.84%) CSS
14 53 (4.58%) RabbitMQ
15 52 (4.49%) Entity Framework
16 49 (4.24%) ASP.NET MVC
17 45 (3.89%) JSON
18 40 (3.46%) Web Services
19 38 (3.28%) SOAP
20 36 (3.11%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 72 (6.22%) Public Cloud
2 69 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
3 65 (5.62%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
5 37 (3.20%) Swaptions
6 34 (2.94%) Cloud Native
6 34 (2.94%) Social Network
7 30 (2.59%) Virtual Team
8 28 (2.42%) Mobile App
9 26 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (1.99%) Client/Server
11 21 (1.82%) Distributed Applications
12 20 (1.73%) Algorithms
13 18 (1.56%) Private Cloud
14 17 (1.47%) Data Structures
15 16 (1.38%) Management Information System
16 15 (1.30%) Onboarding
17 13 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
17 13 (1.12%) IoT
18 11 (0.95%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 131 (11.32%) Linux
2 49 (4.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 41 (3.54%) Windows
4 12 (1.04%) Unix
5 9 (0.78%) FreeRTOS
6 8 (0.69%) Android
7 7 (0.61%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.52%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.43%) ThreadX
10 4 (0.35%) VxWorks
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Embedded Compact
11 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.086%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 748 (64.65%) Agile
2 319 (27.57%) Project Management
3 297 (25.67%) DevOps
4 287 (24.81%) Software Engineering
5 259 (22.39%) Actionable Insight
6 220 (19.01%) Project Delivery
7 211 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
8 188 (16.25%) Scrum
9 180 (15.56%) Agile Project Management
10 179 (15.47%) Presales
11 178 (15.38%) Software Delivery
12 171 (14.78%) CI/CD
13 161 (13.92%) Full Stack Development
14 136 (11.75%) Collaborative Working
15 130 (11.24%) Kanban
16 105 (9.08%) Microservices
17 101 (8.73%) Mentoring
18 93 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
19 90 (7.78%) Computer Science
20 88 (7.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 249 (21.52%) C#
2 223 (19.27%) SQL
3 216 (18.67%) JavaScript
4 177 (15.30%) Java
5 107 (9.25%) Python
6 63 (5.45%) TypeScript
7 53 (4.58%) C
8 48 (4.15%) VB
9 40 (3.46%) C++
10 33 (2.85%) T-SQL
11 26 (2.25%) PowerShell
12 19 (1.64%) PHP
13 16 (1.38%) Bash
13 16 (1.38%) Groovy
14 11 (0.95%) Go
14 11 (0.95%) Kotlin
14 11 (0.95%) RPG
15 5 (0.43%) Bicep
15 5 (0.43%) VBA
16 4 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 172 (14.87%) Security Cleared
2 143 (12.36%) Degree
3 82 (7.09%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.01%) Azure Certification
5 53 (4.58%) DV Cleared
6 50 (4.32%) AWS Certification
7 48 (4.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 39 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.90%) PMI Certification
10 19 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.64%) ISTQB
11 17 (1.47%) DBS Check
12 13 (1.12%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.95%) PMP
14 10 (0.86%) CISSP
14 10 (0.86%) GIAC
14 10 (0.86%) ISEB
15 6 (0.52%) CISM
15 6 (0.52%) SANS
16 5 (0.43%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (9.33%) QA
2 16 (1.38%) PMO
3 13 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (0.95%) NIST
5 7 (0.61%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.52%) COBIT
6 6 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.52%) ISO 9000
6 6 (0.52%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 5 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 4 (0.35%) ISO 13485
8 4 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.35%) SEPA
9 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.086%) AQAP
10 1 (0.086%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.086%) TickIT
System Software
1 145 (12.53%) Docker
2 31 (2.68%) Firmware
3 17 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
4 14 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.21%) vSphere
5 11 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.61%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.17%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.086%) GridGain
8 1 (0.086%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 134 (11.58%) Kubernetes
2 94 (8.12%) Terraform
3 60 (5.19%) Ansible
4 17 (1.47%) Grafana
5 9 (0.78%) Kibana
6 8 (0.69%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 5 (0.43%) Argo
8 5 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.43%) Puppet
9 2 (0.17%) Istio
10 1 (0.086%) Packer
Vendors
1 152 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 99 (8.56%) Oracle
3 48 (4.15%) Sparx
4 37 (3.20%) OpenLink
4 37 (3.20%) Sybase
4 37 (3.20%) TIBCO
5 33 (2.85%) Google
6 22 (1.90%) SAP
7 18 (1.56%) Salesforce
8 15 (1.30%) VMware
9 11 (0.95%) Citrix
10 9 (0.78%) BT
10 9 (0.78%) NVIDIA
11 8 (0.69%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.61%) IBM
12 7 (0.61%) ServiceNow
13 5 (0.43%) Databricks
14 4 (0.35%) Facebook
14 4 (0.35%) QNX
14 4 (0.35%) Splunk