Clean Code
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Clean Code skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Clean Code over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 230 170
Rank change year-on-year -107 -60 +27
Permanent jobs citing Clean Code 847 1,567 4,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.61% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.69% 2.62%
Number of salaries quoted 678 811 1,078
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £37,350
25th Percentile £42,500 £54,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.90% +3.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £92,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £93,250 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Clean Code 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 86,886 92,843 159,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.13% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,763 54,795 82,800
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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%

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Clean Code in the UK

Clean Code
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Clean Code.

Salary trend for Clean Code in the UK

Clean Code
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clean Code over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Clean Code in the UK

Clean Code
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clean Code within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England -78 740 £60,000 -14.29% 217
UK excluding London -96 527 £50,000 -13.04% 146
Work from Home -52 421 £60,000 -14.29% 118
London -98 269 £80,000 -1.72% 79
North of England +7 169 £50,000 -4.76% 41
North West +54 130 £50,000 -16.67% 26
Midlands +51 112 £50,000 -9.09% 31
West Midlands +53 76 £50,000 -23.08% 23
South East -144 76 £57,500 -8.00% 27
South West +10 70 £57,500 +7.48% 19
East Midlands -11 36 £50,000 +11.11% 8
Wales -7 35 £45,000 -25.00% 4
East of England -62 35 £45,000 +12.50% 16
Yorkshire 0 31 £45,000 -11.74% 8
Scotland -132 25 £60,000 -7.69% 8
North East -2 8 £55,000 +9.81% 9
Northern Ireland -1 5 £55,000 +57.14% 2

Clean Code
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 26 (3.07%) WordPress
2 15 (1.77%) CMS
3 14 (1.65%) Confluence
4 11 (1.30%) Umbraco
5 6 (0.71%) Apache Solr
6 5 (0.59%) nginx
7 3 (0.35%) Apache
7 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.35%) IIS
7 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.35%) SAS
7 3 (0.35%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.24%) Drupal
8 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.12%) Moodle
Applications
1 3 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
1 3 (0.35%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.24%) Sketch
3 1 (0.12%) UXPin
3 1 (0.12%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 23 (2.72%) Shopify
2 17 (2.01%) Magento
3 4 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 245 (28.93%) AWS
2 233 (27.51%) Azure
3 94 (11.10%) Azure DevOps
4 74 (8.74%) GitHub
5 72 (8.50%) Serverless
6 65 (7.67%) SaaS
7 45 (5.31%) GCP
8 42 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
9 36 (4.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 27 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
11 25 (2.95%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
13 15 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
14 14 (1.65%) npm
15 12 (1.42%) Amazon S3
15 12 (1.42%) Google Analytics
16 10 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
16 10 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
16 10 (1.18%) Google Play
16 10 (1.18%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.18%) HTTP
2 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.35%) Intranet
3 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.24%) Broadband
4 2 (0.24%) DNS
4 2 (0.24%) RS-232
4 2 (0.24%) RS-485
4 2 (0.24%) SSL
5 1 (0.12%) FTP
5 1 (0.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 133 (15.70%) SQL Server
2 100 (11.81%) MySQL
3 60 (7.08%) NoSQL
4 53 (6.26%) Relational Database
5 51 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (4.60%) MongoDB
7 28 (3.31%) DynamoDB
8 21 (2.48%) Redis
9 19 (2.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 15 (1.77%) Oracle Database
11 14 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 12 (1.42%) RDBMS
13 11 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
15 7 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.71%) Big Data
17 4 (0.47%) DocumentDB
17 4 (0.47%) MariaDB
17 4 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 190 (22.43%) Git
2 79 (9.33%) Jenkins
3 47 (5.55%) Postman
4 44 (5.19%) Cucumber
5 41 (4.84%) Bitbucket
5 41 (4.84%) JIRA
6 40 (4.72%) Visual Studio
7 38 (4.49%) Selenium
8 16 (1.89%) GitLab
9 15 (1.77%) PHPUnit
9 15 (1.77%) TeamCity
10 14 (1.65%) JUnit
11 13 (1.53%) webpack
12 12 (1.42%) JDeveloper
13 11 (1.30%) Appium
13 11 (1.30%) Cypress.io
14 10 (1.18%) Moq
14 10 (1.18%) MSTest
15 9 (1.06%) IntelliJ
16 7 (0.83%) CMake
General
1 251 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 111 (13.11%) Finance
3 58 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (6.02%) Retail
6 40 (4.72%) Law
7 38 (4.49%) Marketing
8 37 (4.37%) Banking
9 32 (3.78%) Manufacturing
10 24 (2.83%) Public Sector
11 22 (2.60%) Games
12 17 (2.01%) Back Office
13 16 (1.89%) Legal
13 16 (1.89%) Local Government
14 12 (1.42%) Advertising
14 12 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.30%) Tech for Good
16 9 (1.06%) Aviation
16 9 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.83%) Military
Job Titles
1 602 (71.07%) Developer
2 245 (28.93%) Senior
3 183 (21.61%) Senior Developer
4 110 (12.99%) .NET Developer
5 109 (12.87%) Software Developer
6 105 (12.40%) Software Engineer
7 100 (11.81%) Lead
8 87 (10.27%) Full Stack Developer
9 68 (8.03%) PHP Developer
10 55 (6.49%) C# Developer
11 37 (4.37%) Backend Developer
12 36 (4.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 36 (4.25%) React Developer
12 36 (4.25%) Senior .NET Developer
13 30 (3.54%) Senior Software Developer
14 29 (3.42%) Junior
15 28 (3.31%) Senior C# Developer
15 28 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
16 27 (3.19%) Junior Developer
17 26 (3.07%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 289 (34.12%) .NET
2 250 (29.52%) React
3 224 (26.45%) CSS
4 208 (24.56%) HTML
5 140 (16.53%) Node.js
6 129 (15.23%) RESTful
7 127 (14.99%) REST
8 119 (14.05%) AngularJS
9 118 (13.93%) .NET Core
10 102 (12.04%) .NET Framework
11 95 (11.22%) Vue
12 86 (10.15%) ASP.NET
13 79 (9.33%) Laravel
14 70 (8.26%) GraphQL
15 69 (8.15%) Entity Framework
16 56 (6.61%) jQuery
17 46 (5.43%) HTML5
18 43 (5.08%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 40 (4.72%) Kafka
20 39 (4.60%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.97%) Greenfield Project
2 55 (6.49%) Mobile App
3 37 (4.37%) Cloud Native
4 34 (4.01%) Product Ownership
5 31 (3.66%) Algorithms
6 27 (3.19%) Data Structures
7 24 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (2.72%) Virtual Team
9 20 (2.36%) Blog
9 20 (2.36%) Client/Server
10 17 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
10 17 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.42%) NHS
12 11 (1.30%) AS400
12 11 (1.30%) iSeries
12 11 (1.30%) Video\Live Streaming
13 7 (0.83%) IoT
13 7 (0.83%) Oculus
13 7 (0.83%) Virtual Reality
14 4 (0.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 38 (4.49%) Android
2 27 (3.19%) Linux
3 26 (3.07%) Apple iOS
4 20 (2.36%) Windows
5 7 (0.83%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.71%) Unix
7 2 (0.24%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.24%) Debian
7 2 (0.24%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (38.96%) Agile
2 226 (26.68%) Problem-Solving
3 219 (25.86%) Software Engineering
4 198 (23.38%) CI/CD
5 196 (23.14%) DevOps
6 186 (21.96%) Full Stack Development
7 151 (17.83%) Computer Science
8 141 (16.65%) Unit Testing
9 140 (16.53%) Design Patterns
10 136 (16.06%) Microservices
11 124 (14.64%) TDD
12 101 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 96 (11.33%) Test Automation
14 94 (11.10%) Mentoring
15 93 (10.98%) MVC
16 90 (10.63%) Scrum
17 85 (10.04%) Fintech
18 81 (9.56%) User Experience
19 78 (9.21%) Code Quality
19 78 (9.21%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 380 (44.86%) JavaScript
2 324 (38.25%) C#
3 185 (21.84%) Java
4 170 (20.07%) TypeScript
5 156 (18.42%) SQL
6 115 (13.58%) PHP
7 105 (12.40%) Python
8 30 (3.54%) Kotlin
8 30 (3.54%) VB.NET
9 23 (2.72%) Go
10 22 (2.60%) C
11 21 (2.48%) Bicep
12 19 (2.24%) Ruby
13 14 (1.65%) C++
14 12 (1.42%) Bash
14 12 (1.42%) Perl
15 11 (1.30%) RPG
15 11 (1.30%) RPG IV
15 11 (1.30%) RPG/400
15 11 (1.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 154 (18.18%) Degree
2 108 (12.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (2.36%) Master's Degree
4 17 (2.01%) Security Cleared
5 16 (1.89%) SC Cleared
6 7 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.47%) PhD
8 3 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (12.87%) QA
2 38 (4.49%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.30%) GDPR
4 7 (0.83%) HIPAA
5 6 (0.71%) WCAG
6 2 (0.24%) SEPA
6 2 (0.24%) WAI
System Software
1 122 (14.40%) Docker
2 19 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 94 (11.10%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.25%) Terraform
3 15 (1.77%) Grafana
4 5 (0.59%) Kibana
5 4 (0.47%) Ansible
6 2 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.12%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 103 (12.16%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.14%) Google
3 34 (4.01%) Oracle
4 11 (1.30%) IBM
5 9 (1.06%) Atlassian
6 6 (0.71%) Actuate
6 6 (0.71%) Adobe
6 6 (0.71%) Confluent
6 6 (0.71%) Databricks
6 6 (0.71%) F5
6 6 (0.71%) WooCommerce
6 6 (0.71%) Xamarin
7 5 (0.59%) New Relic
7 5 (0.59%) Northgate
7 5 (0.59%) PayPal
7 5 (0.59%) WorldPay
8 4 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.35%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.35%) Rackspace
9 3 (0.35%) Splunk