Code Quality Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Code Quality (Software Quality)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Code Quality skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 42 48
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 -
Contract jobs citing Code Quality 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.30% 0.70% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.81% 1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £374
25th Percentile £569 - £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £700 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% +47.37% -
75th Percentile £606 - £584
90th Percentile - - £601
South West median daily rate £409 £613 £475
% change year-on-year -33.22% +28.95% +5.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 296 248 356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 88.36% 87.02% 85.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 188 235
10th Percentile £243 £240 £363
25th Percentile £401 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £575 £625 £688
90th Percentile £633 £720 £750
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 29
10th Percentile £12.43 £24.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.27 £33.75 £18.13
Median hourly rate £32.50 £67.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +92.86% -50.00%
75th Percentile £51.21 £70.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.99 £75.00 £74.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £64.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -6.25% +34.74% -22.76%

Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Code Quality job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Code Quality
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Code Quality.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Code Quality

Code Quality
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Code Quality.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Code Quality

Code Quality
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 22 April 2026. 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
Gloucester -2 1 £588 -16.07% 2
Code Quality
South West

Code Quality
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform