Systems or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 45 65
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 +2
Permanent jobs citing SDLC 4,474 6,030 8,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.48% 6.08% 5.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.26% 6.36% 5.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,531 2,862 4,228
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £39,124
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,800 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -2.72% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

SDLC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SDLC in the UK

SDLC
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SDLC in the UK

SDLC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SDLC over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SDLC in the UK

SDLC
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SDLC within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
UK excluding London +1 3,798 £55,000 -4.35% 478
Scotland +23 2,225 £65,000 -2.41% 48
England -73 2,048 £60,000 -1.48% 619
Work from Home -5 1,168 £60,000 -4.00% 358
London -68 579 £80,000 +3.23% 245
North of England -79 412 £57,500 - 117
South East -52 383 £57,500 - 118
South West -33 265 £58,750 +6.82% 57
North West -69 252 £60,000 +9.09% 71
Midlands -100 243 £57,500 +4.55% 85
East of England -49 146 £50,000 -13.04% 29
West Midlands -92 146 £57,500 - 54
Yorkshire -68 114 £50,000 -13.04% 33
East Midlands -68 96 £50,000 -9.09% 31
Wales +24 89 £50,000 +11.11% 14
North East -6 46 £61,250 +6.52% 14
Northern Ireland +19 34 £56,250 -2.17% 16
Isle of Man - 3 - -

SDLC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 560 (12.52%) Apache Spark
2 139 (3.11%) Apache
3 135 (3.02%) Apache Airflow
4 98 (2.19%) FileNet
5 57 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
6 56 (1.25%) Camunda
7 50 (1.12%) WebLogic
8 46 (1.03%) nginx
9 40 (0.89%) SharePoint
10 34 (0.76%) Confluence
11 22 (0.49%) GemFire
12 17 (0.38%) Cloud Foundry
13 16 (0.36%) SAS
14 11 (0.25%) CICS
15 9 (0.20%) OpenStack
16 8 (0.18%) Apache Pig
17 7 (0.16%) Tomcat
18 6 (0.13%) CMS
18 6 (0.13%) IIS
19 5 (0.11%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 70 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 32 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (0.72%) UserZoom
4 25 (0.56%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.34%) SPSS
7 6 (0.13%) Simulink
8 3 (0.067%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.022%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 48 (1.07%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 46 (1.03%) Endur
3 14 (0.31%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.13%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 5 (0.11%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.089%) CA PPM
7 4 (0.089%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.089%) Relativity
8 3 (0.067%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.067%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.045%) Adaptiv
9 2 (0.045%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.045%) SAP MII
9 2 (0.045%) SAP SD
9 2 (0.045%) Unit4 Business World
9 2 (0.045%) Veritas eDiscovery
10 1 (0.022%) Maximo
10 1 (0.022%) Primavera
10 1 (0.022%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 1,581 (35.34%) AWS
2 736 (16.45%) Azure
3 215 (4.81%) GCP
4 165 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
5 152 (3.40%) SaaS
6 141 (3.15%) Amazon S3
7 134 (3.00%) Amazon EKS
8 129 (2.88%) GitHub
9 115 (2.57%) Serverless
10 101 (2.26%) Amazon SQS
11 93 (2.08%) Datadog
12 82 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
12 82 (1.83%) Power Platform
13 77 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
14 72 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
15 68 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
16 65 (1.45%) PaaS
17 59 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
18 55 (1.23%) Amazon EMR
19 53 (1.18%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 82 (1.83%) Kerberos
2 59 (1.32%) TCP/IP
3 58 (1.30%) DNS
4 48 (1.07%) SSL
5 46 (1.03%) BGP
6 21 (0.47%) Firewall
7 19 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (0.40%) DSL
9 17 (0.38%) Internet
10 16 (0.36%) Network Security
10 16 (0.36%) VPN
10 16 (0.36%) Wireless
11 14 (0.31%) Bluetooth
12 11 (0.25%) NGFW
13 10 (0.22%) VoIP
14 9 (0.20%) HTTP
14 9 (0.20%) MQTT
15 8 (0.18%) Broadband
15 8 (0.18%) Ethernet
15 8 (0.18%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 725 (16.20%) NoSQL
2 503 (11.24%) Big Data
3 308 (6.88%) Relational Database
4 261 (5.83%) SQL Server
5 209 (4.67%) Hadoop
6 151 (3.38%) Apache Hive
7 147 (3.29%) RDBMS
8 144 (3.22%) MongoDB
9 139 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
10 126 (2.82%) MySQL
11 121 (2.70%) Apache Cassandra
12 102 (2.28%) HBase
13 97 (2.17%) Metadata
14 93 (2.08%) Oracle Database
15 86 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
16 85 (1.90%) Data Lake
17 75 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
18 72 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
19 58 (1.30%) Power BI
20 51 (1.14%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 390 (8.72%) Git
2 388 (8.67%) Jenkins
3 230 (5.14%) JUnit
4 212 (4.74%) JIRA
5 107 (2.39%) Jasmine
6 89 (1.99%) Selenium
7 88 (1.97%) Cypress.io
8 87 (1.94%) Maven
9 86 (1.92%) Bitbucket Server
10 82 (1.83%) Bitbucket
11 67 (1.50%) Artifactory
12 63 (1.41%) WebDriver
13 60 (1.34%) Karma Test Runner
13 60 (1.34%) Protractor
14 52 (1.16%) Postman
15 50 (1.12%) Mockito
16 45 (1.01%) GitLab
16 45 (1.01%) Visual Studio
17 39 (0.87%) JMeter
18 36 (0.80%) Gradle
General
1 2,534 (56.64%) Finance
2 2,249 (50.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,159 (48.26%) Law
4 1,232 (27.54%) Marketing
5 820 (18.33%) Social Skills
6 697 (15.58%) Legal
7 490 (10.95%) Banking
8 339 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
9 335 (7.49%) Investment Banking
10 250 (5.59%) Financial Institution
11 197 (4.40%) Influencing Skills
12 102 (2.28%) Public Sector
13 98 (2.19%) Retail
14 87 (1.94%) Aerospace
15 86 (1.92%) Games
16 74 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
17 64 (1.43%) Electronics
18 59 (1.32%) Manufacturing
19 58 (1.30%) Private Banking
20 39 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2,136 (47.74%) Software Engineer
2 944 (21.10%) Lead
3 727 (16.25%) Java Engineer
4 711 (15.89%) Java Software Engineer
5 689 (15.40%) Developer
6 641 (14.33%) Lead Software Engineer
7 632 (14.13%) Senior
8 367 (8.20%) Full Stack Engineer
9 348 (7.78%) Python Engineer
10 347 (7.76%) Big Data Engineer
10 347 (7.76%) Big Data Software Engineer
11 334 (7.47%) Python Software Engineer
12 314 (7.02%) Full Stack Software Engineer
13 305 (6.82%) AWS Engineer
14 299 (6.68%) AWS Software Engineer
15 290 (6.48%) Senior Software Engineer
16 275 (6.15%) Project Manager
17 248 (5.54%) Lead Java Engineer
18 228 (5.10%) Scala Engineer
18 228 (5.10%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 687 (15.36%) React
2 686 (15.33%) Spring
3 562 (12.56%) AngularJS
4 459 (10.26%) .NET
5 438 (9.79%) Spring Boot
6 391 (8.74%) Kafka
7 348 (7.78%) HTML
8 307 (6.86%) CSS
8 307 (6.86%) JSON
9 300 (6.71%) Node.js
10 272 (6.08%) RESTful
11 261 (5.83%) J2EE
12 234 (5.23%) Web Services
13 229 (5.12%) REST
14 226 (5.05%) Hibernate
15 207 (4.63%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 184 (4.11%) PySpark
17 174 (3.89%) XML
18 173 (3.87%) JMS
19 163 (3.64%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 790 (17.66%) Algorithms
2 750 (16.76%) Cloud Native
3 305 (6.82%) Public Cloud
4 227 (5.07%) Management Information System
5 223 (4.98%) Product Ownership
6 181 (4.05%) Onboarding
7 125 (2.79%) Reference Data
8 114 (2.55%) Data Structures
9 111 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
10 109 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
11 87 (1.94%) Market Risk
12 82 (1.83%) Distributed Applications
13 74 (1.65%) Mobile App
14 72 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
15 67 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
16 65 (1.45%) Enterprise Cloud
17 59 (1.32%) Blockchain
18 48 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
19 47 (1.05%) Virtual Team
20 46 (1.03%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 316 (7.06%) Linux
2 155 (3.46%) Unix
3 82 (1.83%) Windows
4 61 (1.36%) Android
5 50 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (0.54%) Apple iOS
7 17 (0.38%) Windows Server
8 9 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
9 7 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
10 5 (0.11%) ThreadX
11 4 (0.089%) VxWorks
12 3 (0.067%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.067%) VMS
12 3 (0.067%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 3 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.045%) Solaris
13 2 (0.045%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.045%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.045%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.022%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,422 (76.49%) Agile
2 2,649 (59.21%) Software Engineering
3 2,188 (48.90%) CI/CD
4 1,767 (39.49%) Operational Stability
5 1,360 (30.40%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1,306 (29.19%) Machine Learning
7 1,236 (27.63%) Community of Practice
8 975 (21.79%) Continuous Improvement
9 834 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
10 815 (18.22%) Visualisation
11 698 (15.60%) Risk Management
12 687 (15.36%) Microservices
13 652 (14.57%) DevOps
14 643 (14.37%) Full Stack Development
15 556 (12.43%) Computer Science
16 553 (12.36%) Decision-Making
17 520 (11.62%) Project Management
18 511 (11.42%) Continuous Delivery
19 481 (10.75%) Test Automation
20 452 (10.10%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1,935 (43.25%) Java
2 1,424 (31.83%) SQL
3 1,112 (24.85%) Python
4 675 (15.09%) JavaScript
5 492 (11.00%) C#
6 356 (7.96%) Scala
7 301 (6.73%) TypeScript
8 161 (3.60%) PL/SQL
9 136 (3.04%) C++
9 136 (3.04%) Go
10 130 (2.91%) C
11 85 (1.90%) Kotlin
12 76 (1.70%) PHP
13 69 (1.54%) VB
14 65 (1.45%) Prolog
14 65 (1.45%) SPARQL
15 62 (1.39%) Bash
16 50 (1.12%) T-SQL
17 49 (1.10%) PowerShell
18 39 (0.87%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 506 (11.31%) Degree
2 241 (5.39%) Security Cleared
3 202 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 117 (2.62%) SC Cleared
5 74 (1.65%) Master's Degree
6 70 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 65 (1.45%) AWS Certification
8 63 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 49 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 45 (1.01%) PMI Certification
11 30 (0.67%) CISSP
12 28 (0.63%) ISTQB
13 24 (0.54%) CISM
14 23 (0.51%) PMP
15 21 (0.47%) DBS Check
16 20 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
17 19 (0.42%) ISEB
18 12 (0.27%) HNC
18 12 (0.27%) HND
18 12 (0.27%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 233 (5.21%) QA
2 80 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 73 (1.63%) SLA
4 62 (1.39%) Accessibility
5 49 (1.10%) PMO
6 36 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 32 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
7 32 (0.72%) NIST
8 17 (0.38%) ISO 13485
9 14 (0.31%) ISO 9000
10 12 (0.27%) ISO 9001
11 8 (0.18%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 8 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.18%) IEC 62304
12 7 (0.16%) COBIT
12 7 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 7 (0.16%) PCI DSS
13 6 (0.13%) TickIT
13 6 (0.13%) Web Application Security Consortium
14 5 (0.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 329 (7.35%) Docker
2 120 (2.68%) HDFS
3 87 (1.94%) Active Directory
4 57 (1.27%) Firmware
5 22 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
6 16 (0.36%) vSphere
7 14 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
8 11 (0.25%) Time Sharing Option
8 11 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.13%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.045%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 2 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.022%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 561 (12.54%) Kubernetes
2 367 (8.20%) Terraform
3 159 (3.55%) Grafana
4 88 (1.97%) Ansible
5 73 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 34 (0.76%) Kibana
7 21 (0.47%) HAProxy
7 21 (0.47%) ITRS Geneos
7 21 (0.47%) Zipkin
8 13 (0.29%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.20%) Puppet
10 7 (0.16%) Graphite
11 6 (0.13%) Argo
11 6 (0.13%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 5 (0.11%) Control-M
12 5 (0.11%) Functional Safety
13 4 (0.089%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.089%) Packer
14 3 (0.067%) Salt
14 3 (0.067%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 534 (11.94%) Oracle
2 295 (6.59%) Microsoft
3 259 (5.79%) Databricks
4 150 (3.35%) Splunk
5 135 (3.02%) Google
6 134 (3.00%) Dynatrace
7 91 (2.03%) Informatica
8 82 (1.83%) Cloudera
9 73 (1.63%) IBM
10 65 (1.45%) Sybase
11 57 (1.27%) Alteryx
12 49 (1.10%) Red Hat
13 48 (1.07%) Sparx
14 46 (1.03%) OpenLink
14 46 (1.03%) TIBCO
15 45 (1.01%) SAP
16 42 (0.94%) Salesforce
17 33 (0.74%) Atlassian
18 32 (0.72%) Qualtrics
19 20 (0.45%) Pega