Clean Code Contracts in England

Clean Code
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Clean Code skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Clean Code over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 295 307
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +4
Contract jobs citing Clean Code 266 431 637
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.72% 0.85% 0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.95% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 309 494
10th Percentile £413 £425 £413
25th Percentile £475 £513 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £561
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +2.45% +12.25%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £663
90th Percentile £725 £750 £734
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile - £62.00 £74.40
25th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £75.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £77.59
Median % change year-on-year - -9.78% +13.50%
75th Percentile £77.50 £80.00 £80.13
90th Percentile £80.50 £86.00 £80.35
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 £77.59
% change year-on-year - -9.78% +13.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Clean Code 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 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Clean Code in England

Clean Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Clean Code in England

Clean Code
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Clean Code in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Clean Code in England

Clean Code
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Clean Code 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 Clean Code within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +9 188 £600 - 91
South East +35 33 £625 +25.00% 61
North of England +23 14 £488 +14.71% 70
South West -18 10 £450 -18.18% 32
North West +19 9 £475 +11.76% 43
Midlands +32 8 £393 -1.88% 40
East of England +13 7 £500 -23.11% 40
West Midlands +35 6 £335 -16.25% 23
Yorkshire +17 4 £600 +33.33% 21
East Midlands +20 2 £675 +35.00% 17
North East - 1 £375 - 6
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Clean Code
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 16 (6.02%) CMS
2 5 (1.88%) Apache
3 3 (1.13%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.75%) Apache Solr
4 2 (0.75%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.75%) Confluence
5 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.38%) Tornado
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) CPLEX
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 83 (31.20%) Azure
2 71 (26.69%) AWS
3 52 (19.55%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (13.16%) Azure Service Bus
5 33 (12.41%) GCP
6 31 (11.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 30 (11.28%) Azure Monitor
8 15 (5.64%) Serverless
9 12 (4.51%) Azure Pipelines
10 7 (2.63%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.63%) GitHub
11 6 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.26%) Azure App Service
12 5 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.88%) Azure Event Grid
12 5 (1.88%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.50%) Amazon EC2
14 3 (1.13%) npm
14 3 (1.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 3 (1.13%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.40%) HTTP
2 9 (3.38%) FTP
3 5 (1.88%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.13%) DHCP
4 3 (1.13%) DNS
5 2 (0.75%) SAN
6 1 (0.38%) NFC
6 1 (0.38%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.38%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 32 (12.03%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (8.27%) Apache Cassandra
4 21 (7.89%) MongoDB
5 18 (6.77%) Oracle Database
6 17 (6.39%) Oracle Database 11g
7 16 (6.02%) NoSQL
7 16 (6.02%) Relational Database
8 11 (4.14%) MySQL
9 5 (1.88%) GIS
9 5 (1.88%) Spatial Data
10 3 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.13%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.75%) Big Data
11 2 (0.75%) Couchbase
11 2 (0.75%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.38%) KDB
12 1 (0.38%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 76 (28.57%) Git
2 16 (6.02%) Cypress.io
3 12 (4.51%) Jenkins
4 9 (3.38%) JIRA
5 5 (1.88%) webpack
6 4 (1.50%) Babel
6 4 (1.50%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.13%) GitLab
8 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.75%) Selenium
9 1 (0.38%) Ant
9 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.38%) JMeter
9 1 (0.38%) JUnit
9 1 (0.38%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.38%) NUnit
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.38%) Subversion
9 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.38%) Xcode
General
1 58 (21.80%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.16%) Finance
3 33 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.90%) Public Sector
5 26 (9.77%) Back Office
6 20 (7.52%) Banking
7 14 (5.26%) Marketing
8 11 (4.14%) Front Office
9 10 (3.76%) Advertising
10 8 (3.01%) Investment Banking
10 8 (3.01%) Manufacturing
11 6 (2.26%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.88%) Electronics
12 5 (1.88%) Law
13 4 (1.50%) Tech for Good
14 3 (1.13%) Local Government
15 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 167 (62.78%) Developer
2 63 (23.68%) Senior
3 37 (13.91%) Senior Developer
4 25 (9.40%) Lead
5 24 (9.02%) Software Engineer
6 22 (8.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 22 (8.27%) React Developer
7 21 (7.89%) Scala Developer
8 19 (7.14%) C# Developer
9 18 (6.77%) Python Developer
10 16 (6.02%) Azure Developer
11 15 (5.64%) PostgreSQL Developer
11 15 (5.64%) Software Developer
12 13 (4.89%) .NET Developer
12 13 (4.89%) Full Stack Developer
12 13 (4.89%) JavaScript Engineer
13 11 (4.14%) Java Developer
13 11 (4.14%) Technical Leader
14 10 (3.76%) Backend Developer
14 10 (3.76%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (26.32%) .NET
2 61 (22.93%) React
3 49 (18.42%) .NET Core
4 47 (17.67%) CSS
5 45 (16.92%) HTML
6 38 (14.29%) RESTful
7 37 (13.91%) Node.js
8 31 (11.65%) Kafka
9 21 (7.89%) Akka
9 21 (7.89%) Redux
10 18 (6.77%) Express.js
11 17 (6.39%) ASP.NET
12 16 (6.02%) jQuery
12 16 (6.02%) REST
13 14 (5.26%) ASP.NET MVC
14 12 (4.51%) GraphQL
14 12 (4.51%) Jest
15 11 (4.14%) Spring
16 10 (3.76%) YAML
17 8 (3.01%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.01%) Algorithms
3 7 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (2.26%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.88%) Cloud Native
5 5 (1.88%) Fixed Income
5 5 (1.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (1.50%) Data Structures
6 4 (1.50%) Derivative
6 4 (1.50%) Equity Derivative
7 3 (1.13%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.13%) Contactless
7 3 (1.13%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.75%) Market Risk
8 2 (0.75%) Web 2.0
9 1 (0.38%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 11 (4.14%) Linux
2 7 (2.63%) Android
3 5 (1.88%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.88%) Windows
4 4 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.13%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.75%) Debian
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (53.01%) Agile
2 112 (42.11%) TDD
3 109 (40.98%) DevOps
4 64 (24.06%) Software Engineering
5 59 (22.18%) OO
6 54 (20.30%) OOD
7 48 (18.05%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (16.92%) Microservices
9 44 (16.54%) Front End Development
10 39 (14.66%) Unit Testing
11 38 (14.29%) Pair Programming
12 37 (13.91%) Secure Coding
13 35 (13.16%) API Management
13 35 (13.16%) CI/CD
14 28 (10.53%) Design Patterns
15 26 (9.77%) Full Stack Development
16 23 (8.65%) Code Quality
16 23 (8.65%) Computer Science
16 23 (8.65%) SOLID
16 23 (8.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 83 (31.20%) C#
2 82 (30.83%) JavaScript
3 61 (22.93%) TypeScript
4 52 (19.55%) SQL
5 40 (15.04%) Bicep
6 34 (12.78%) Java
7 33 (12.41%) Python
8 23 (8.65%) Scala
9 21 (7.89%) Go
10 18 (6.77%) PL/SQL
11 14 (5.26%) C++
12 8 (3.01%) Bash
12 8 (3.01%) PHP
13 6 (2.26%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.88%) Objective-C
14 5 (1.88%) Swift
15 4 (1.50%) Perl
16 2 (0.75%) Rust
17 1 (0.38%) C
17 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (11.65%) Security Cleared
2 26 (9.77%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.52%) Degree
4 18 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.26%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.13%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.39%) Accessibility
2 12 (4.51%) WCAG
3 5 (1.88%) QA
4 4 (1.50%) MiFID
System Software
1 34 (12.78%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.02%) Docker
3 4 (1.50%) zsh
4 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (12.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.63%) Terraform
3 1 (0.38%) Grafana
Vendors
1 33 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.77%) Oracle
3 18 (6.77%) Typelevel
4 8 (3.01%) Google
5 6 (2.26%) SAP
6 5 (1.88%) ESRI
7 4 (1.50%) Apple
8 3 (1.13%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.13%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.13%) Virgin Media
8 3 (1.13%) VMware
9 2 (0.75%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.38%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.38%) Brio
10 1 (0.38%) Confluent
10 1 (0.38%) Databricks
10 1 (0.38%) Remedy
10 1 (0.38%) Sun