Clean Code Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Clean Code
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Clean Code skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Clean Code 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 1.18% - 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% - 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £620 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £550
75th Percentile £660 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £640 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +26.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

Clean Code 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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 111 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.12% 75.51% 82.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 70 100
10th Percentile £170 £224 £262
25th Percentile £241 £356 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £428 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.57% +2.44%
75th Percentile £550 £573 £616
90th Percentile £654 £638 £651
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £22.50 - £27.85
25th Percentile £24.38 - £29.13
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +76.97%
75th Percentile £73.42 - £34.13
90th Percentile £74.97 - £34.35
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
% change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Clean Code job vacancy trend in Southampton

Clean Code
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Clean Code.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Clean Code

Clean Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes