Clean Code Job Trends in England

Clean Code
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Clean Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 276 317
Rank change year-on-year +45 +41 -68
Permanent jobs citing Clean Code 659 459 735
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.82% 1.17% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 1.26% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 442 274 623
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,438 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,375 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,545 36,509 71,748
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.99% 93.39% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39,042 20,550 53,849
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Clean Code job vacancy trend in England

Clean Code
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Clean Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Clean Code

Clean Code
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clean Code in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Clean Code in England

Clean Code
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clean Code within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +122 299 £85,000 +22.51% 74
North of England -37 123 £57,500 +6.98% 60
South East +20 95 £60,000 +9.09% 54
North West -22 75 £65,000 +42.86% 31
Midlands -60 52 £36,250 -34.09% 21
South West -27 49 £60,000 +9.09% 14
Yorkshire -36 37 £45,000 -40.00% 16
East Midlands -35 35 £51,250 -6.82% 14
East of England -21 26 £45,050 -24.92% 12
West Midlands -51 17 £24,500 -54.21% 7
North East -36 11 £47,000 -14.55% 13
Clean Code
UK

Clean Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.67%) Appian
2 7 (1.06%) Apache
2 7 (1.06%) SAS
3 6 (0.91%) Confluence
3 6 (0.91%) WordPress
4 5 (0.76%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.46%) ColdFusion
6 2 (0.30%) CMS
6 2 (0.30%) Drupal
6 2 (0.30%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) JBoss
7 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.15%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.15%) Sketch
2 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.61%) Shopify
2 1 (0.15%) Misys Equation
2 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 287 (43.55%) AWS
2 171 (25.95%) Azure
3 153 (23.22%) GCP
4 98 (14.87%) GitHub
5 65 (9.86%) Serverless
6 60 (9.10%) SaaS
7 47 (7.13%) Amazon EKS
8 38 (5.77%) GitHub Actions
9 31 (4.70%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
11 25 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (3.34%) Amazon ECS
13 21 (3.19%) Azure Machine Learning
13 21 (3.19%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 21 (3.19%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 20 (3.03%) Amazon S3
15 17 (2.58%) Amazon ECR
15 17 (2.58%) Power Platform
16 16 (2.43%) Azure AI
16 16 (2.43%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 59 (8.95%) Broadband
2 6 (0.91%) 5G
3 4 (0.61%) LTE
4 3 (0.46%) Network Security
4 3 (0.46%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.30%) HTTP
6 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.15%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (8.50%) SQL Server
2 42 (6.37%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (4.40%) NoSQL
4 28 (4.25%) MySQL
5 24 (3.64%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.88%) Redis
7 18 (2.73%) DynamoDB
8 17 (2.58%) Power BI
9 14 (2.12%) MongoDB
10 11 (1.67%) Pinecone
11 10 (1.52%) MariaDB
12 8 (1.21%) Data Lake
12 8 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.61%) DB2
14 4 (0.61%) OLTP
14 4 (0.61%) Tableau
15 3 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
15 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (14.72%) Git
2 51 (7.74%) TeamCity
3 47 (7.13%) Jenkins
4 19 (2.88%) MLflow
5 18 (2.73%) Cypress.io
6 17 (2.58%) GitLab
6 17 (2.58%) JIRA
7 14 (2.12%) Crashlytics
7 14 (2.12%) Maven
7 14 (2.12%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.82%) XCTest
9 7 (1.06%) JUnit
9 7 (1.06%) webpack
10 6 (0.91%) Selenium
11 4 (0.61%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.61%) fastlane
11 4 (0.61%) Gradle
11 4 (0.61%) Vite
12 3 (0.46%) Storybook
12 3 (0.46%) XCUITest
General
1 151 (22.91%) Social Skills
2 132 (20.03%) Finance
3 76 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.65%) Retail
5 54 (8.19%) Banking
5 54 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 52 (7.89%) Law
7 33 (5.01%) Marketing
8 30 (4.55%) Back Office
9 29 (4.40%) Financial Institution
10 13 (1.97%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.67%) Games
12 9 (1.37%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.76%) Advertising
14 5 (0.76%) Automotive
14 5 (0.76%) Front Office
15 3 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.30%) iGaming
16 2 (0.30%) Legal
Job Titles
1 339 (51.44%) Developer
2 171 (25.95%) Senior
3 119 (18.06%) Software Engineer
4 107 (16.24%) Senior Developer
5 77 (11.68%) Software Developer
6 58 (8.80%) Lead
7 57 (8.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 50 (7.59%) Full-Stack Developer
9 38 (5.77%) Java Developer
10 34 (5.16%) Backend Developer
11 31 (4.70%) Data Engineer
12 30 (4.55%) Scala Engineer
13 28 (4.25%) Applications Developer
13 28 (4.25%) Java Engineer
14 26 (3.95%) Cloud Developer
14 26 (3.95%) Senior Software Engineer
15 25 (3.79%) .NET Developer
16 23 (3.49%) Java Software Engineer
16 23 (3.49%) Python Developer
16 23 (3.49%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (23.07%) React
2 132 (20.03%) .NET
3 85 (12.90%) CSS
3 85 (12.90%) RESTful
4 78 (11.84%) HTML
4 78 (11.84%) REST
5 60 (9.10%) Node.js
6 52 (7.89%) AngularJS
6 52 (7.89%) Spring Boot
7 48 (7.28%) Django
8 47 (7.13%) gRPC
9 46 (6.98%) Flask
10 44 (6.68%) FastAPI
11 42 (6.37%) Spring
12 36 (5.46%) Vue
13 35 (5.31%) .NET Core
14 26 (3.95%) Lightning Web Components
15 25 (3.79%) Next.js
16 24 (3.64%) React Native
17 23 (3.49%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 104 (15.78%) Cloud Native
2 89 (13.51%) Distributed Systems
3 54 (8.19%) Product Ownership
4 45 (6.83%) Mobile App
4 45 (6.83%) Over-the-Top Content
4 45 (6.83%) Video\Live Streaming
5 40 (6.07%) Greenfield Project
6 32 (4.86%) Algorithms
7 29 (4.40%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
9 22 (3.34%) Data Structures
10 19 (2.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 17 (2.58%) Blog
12 14 (2.12%) Low-Code
13 13 (1.97%) AI Agents
14 12 (1.82%) Virtual Team
15 9 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
16 6 (0.91%) Clustering
16 6 (0.91%) CUDA
16 6 (0.91%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 22 (3.34%) Apple iOS
2 11 (1.67%) Android
3 10 (1.52%) Linux
4 3 (0.46%) Unix
5 2 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (52.96%) CI/CD
2 283 (42.94%) Agile
3 227 (34.45%) Software Engineering
4 203 (30.80%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (24.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 159 (24.13%) Test Automation
7 145 (22.00%) Microservices
8 144 (21.85%) Full-Stack Development
9 135 (20.49%) DevOps
10 110 (16.69%) Containerisation
11 102 (15.48%) Mentoring
12 96 (14.57%) AI
13 90 (13.66%) Data Science
14 89 (13.51%) Machine Learning
15 81 (12.29%) Coaching
16 77 (11.68%) Deployment Automation
17 73 (11.08%) SDLC
18 69 (10.47%) Collaborative Culture
19 65 (9.86%) Computer Science
20 64 (9.71%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 204 (30.96%) Python
2 156 (23.67%) Java
3 147 (22.31%) SQL
4 135 (20.49%) TypeScript
5 124 (18.82%) JavaScript
6 101 (15.33%) C#
7 54 (8.19%) Go
8 47 (7.13%) PHP
9 45 (6.83%) Scala
10 26 (3.95%) Apex Code
11 23 (3.49%) C++
12 22 (3.34%) SOQL
13 21 (3.19%) Kotlin
14 18 (2.73%) Swift
15 14 (2.12%) Bash
15 14 (2.12%) Groovy
16 10 (1.52%) PL/SQL
16 10 (1.52%) Ruby
17 6 (0.91%) RPG
17 6 (0.91%) Rust
Qualifications
1 91 (13.81%) Degree
2 49 (7.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 33 (5.01%) Security Cleared
4 18 (2.73%) AWS Certification
5 17 (2.58%) SC Cleared
6 14 (2.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 14 (2.12%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.91%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.61%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.30%) PhD
11 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.40%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.19%) QA
3 20 (3.03%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.61%) WCAG
5 3 (0.46%) GRC
5 3 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 136 (20.64%) Docker
2 4 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 125 (18.97%) Kubernetes
2 81 (12.29%) Terraform
3 49 (7.44%) Grafana
4 14 (2.12%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.46%) Ansible
6 3 (0.46%) AWS Copilot
6 3 (0.46%) Cilium
7 2 (0.30%) cPanel
7 2 (0.30%) Kibana
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.30%) Packer
7 2 (0.30%) Plesk
7 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.15%) Argo
Vendors
1 50 (7.59%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.83%) Typelevel
3 29 (4.40%) Salesforce
4 23 (3.49%) Databricks
5 19 (2.88%) OpenAI
6 12 (1.82%) Amplitude
6 12 (1.82%) Braze
7 11 (1.67%) Automation Anywhere
7 11 (1.67%) UiPath
8 10 (1.52%) Google
9 9 (1.37%) Oracle
10 8 (1.21%) IBM
11 5 (0.76%) Foundry
12 4 (0.61%) Adobe
12 4 (0.61%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.61%) Informatica
13 3 (0.46%) Apple
14 2 (0.30%) AppDynamics
14 2 (0.30%) Citrix
14 2 (0.30%) Rollbar