Which roles ask for SDLC at tech companies · 65 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
65 roles counted that list SDLC, one per company, title and level; 179 postings in the window.
In short
SDLC: listed in 65 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 51 and preferred in 14. The largest group is software engineer roles: 33 of 65 (51%).
- Required
- 51 of 65 (78%)
- Of the roles that list SDLC
- Preferred
- 14 of 65 (22%)
- Of the roles that list SDLC
- Largest group
- 33 of 65 (51%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for SDLC
Roles listing SDLC, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 33 | 33 of 719 (5%) |
| QA engineer | 13 | 13 of 63 (21%) |
| Security engineer | 7 | 7 of 126 (6%) |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 (2%) |
| DevOps engineer | 2 | 2 of 58 (3%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 2 | 2 of 63 (3%) |
| Mobile engineer | 2 | 2 of 38 |
| Site reliability engineer | 2 | 2 of 70 (3%) |
| AI engineer | 1 | 1 of 70 (1%) |
| Software architect | 1 | 1 of 32 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Okta3 roles
- DecisionPoint Corporation2 roles
- Illumio2 roles
- MindPlus (Pvt) Ltd2 roles
- 1Password1 role
- H.W. Kaufman Financial Group1 role
- Lockwood Publishing1 role
- Madello Consulting1 role
- ManTech1 role
- Productiv Team1 role
Asked alongside
Out of the 65 SDLC roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 26 of 65 (40%) |
| REST | 24 of 65 (37%) |
| Agile | 20 of 65 (31%) |
| Python | 20 of 65 (31%) |
| AWS | 19 of 65 (29%) |
| Java | 18 of 65 (28%) |
| Git | 16 of 65 (25%) |
| Docker | 15 of 65 (23%) |
| JavaScript | 14 of 65 (22%) |
| Azure | 13 of 65 (20%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 8 of 65 (12%) |
| GCP | 6 of 65 (9%) |
| AWS | 5 of 65 (8%) |
| Azure | 5 of 65 (8%) |
| AI | 4 of 65 (6%) |
| Cloud Infrastructure | 4 of 65 (6%) |
| Identity and Access Management | 4 of 65 (6%) |
| Terraform | 4 of 65 (6%) |
| Agile | 3 of 65 (5%) |
| Cybersecurity | 3 of 65 (5%) |
Experience
Of the 31 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 31 of 31
- 2+ years
- 31 of 31
- 3+ years
- 26 of 31
- 5+ years
- 22 of 31
- 8+ years
- 8 of 31
- 10+ years
- 3 of 31
Degree
Of the 39 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 7 of 39
- Required, or experience instead
- 9 of 39
- Preferred
- 0 of 39
- Not mentioned
- 23 of 39
Pay and remote work
Of the 65 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Roles stating pay
- 25 of 65 (38%)
- Remote roles
- 53 of 65 (82%)
How we count: 65 roles from 60 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology