Code Quality Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Code Quality (Software Quality)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Code Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 79 101
Rank change year-on-year -23 +22 +30
Contract jobs citing Code Quality 6 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.38% 0.61% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.72% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £419 £302 £445
25th Percentile £439 £308 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £319 £490
Median % change year-on-year +56.99% -35.00% -15.95%
75th Percentile £550 £557 £523
90th Percentile - £688 £530
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £64.25
Median hourly rate - - £65.50
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £75.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

Code Quality falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,342 968 1,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.67% 83.66% 88.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 410 812
10th Percentile £187 £239 £238
25th Percentile £363 £334 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £580 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 430 195 360
10th Percentile £14.23 - £14.16
25th Percentile £16.42 £15.62 £14.61
Median hourly rate £21.00 £30.00 £21.39
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +40.29% -9.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.63%

Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Code Quality relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Code Quality job vacancy trend in the East of England

Code Quality
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Code Quality.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Code Quality

Code Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Code Quality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Code Quality

Code Quality
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Code Quality within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 December 2025. 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
Essex -1 3 £500 +57.23% 12
Suffolk +5 1 - - 6
Bedfordshire -3 1 - - 12
Hertfordshire - 1 £413 - 16
Code Quality
England

Code Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (16.67%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) RDBMS
2 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) LabVIEW
2 2 (33.33%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
3 1 (16.67%) QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Quality Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software QA Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Quality Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Test Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) FastAPI
1 1 (16.67%) Jest
1 1 (16.67%) Next.js
1 1 (16.67%) pytest
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Image Processing
1 3 (50.00%) Mathematical Modelling
1 3 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) API Development
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (16.67%) DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Software Assurance
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (16.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) Python
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Consul
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes