Code Quality Jobs in England

Code Quality (Software Quality)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Code Quality skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Code Quality over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 345 212
Rank change year-on-year +79 -133 +104
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 882 898 2,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.04% 0.97% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.01% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 578 477 678
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £102,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Code Quality is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,041 88,556 126,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 53,922 52,314 73,827
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Code Quality in England

Code Quality
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Code Quality in England.

Salary trend for Code Quality in England

Code Quality
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Code Quality in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Code Quality in England

Code Quality
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Code Quality within the England region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +106 212 £55,087 -2.07% 48
London -41 193 £80,000 +6.67% 113
North West +110 169 £50,000 -4.76% 30
South East +25 160 £59,500 +13.33% 36
Midlands +94 140 £55,173 +2.65% 32
South West +72 122 £60,000 +14.29% 18
East Midlands +41 85 £68,750 +37.50% 11
West Midlands +60 55 £50,000 -23.37% 21
East of England +2 55 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Yorkshire +58 36 £60,000 - 11
North East -1 7 £55,173 -31.03% 7
Code Quality
UK

Code Quality
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 27 (3.06%) Apache
2 16 (1.81%) ArcGIS
3 14 (1.59%) SAS
4 8 (0.91%) Confluence
5 4 (0.45%) CMS
6 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.34%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.34%) WordPress
7 2 (0.23%) IIS
7 2 (0.23%) WinCC
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Tornado
8 1 (0.11%) TYPO3
Applications
1 13 (1.47%) Simulink
2 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.34%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (0.34%) SAP CX
1 3 (0.34%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.23%) Magento
3 1 (0.11%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 317 (35.94%) Azure
2 232 (26.30%) AWS
3 104 (11.79%) IBM Cloud
4 77 (8.73%) SaaS
5 74 (8.39%) GCP
6 59 (6.69%) Serverless
7 47 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (4.20%) GitHub
9 33 (3.74%) Amazon S3
10 24 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (1.36%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (1.36%) Power Platform
12 11 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
13 9 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (1.02%) Azure Pipelines
13 9 (1.02%) IaaS
14 8 (0.91%) PaaS
15 6 (0.68%) PowerApps
16 5 (0.57%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.15%) Firewall
2 16 (1.81%) Internet
3 14 (1.59%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.36%) DNS
5 10 (1.13%) SNMP
5 10 (1.13%) tcpdump
6 5 (0.57%) HTTP
6 5 (0.57%) RS-485
6 5 (0.57%) Wireless
7 4 (0.45%) RS-232
7 4 (0.45%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.23%) 5G
8 2 (0.23%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.23%) Modbus
8 2 (0.23%) Profibus
9 1 (0.11%) Broadband
9 1 (0.11%) DHCP
9 1 (0.11%) MQTT
9 1 (0.11%) Network Security
9 1 (0.11%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (17.69%) PostgreSQL
2 139 (15.76%) MongoDB
3 128 (14.51%) NoSQL
4 104 (11.79%) DB2
5 98 (11.11%) MySQL
6 85 (9.64%) Relational Database
7 67 (7.60%) SQL Server
8 22 (2.49%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.38%) RDBMS
10 19 (2.15%) DynamoDB
10 19 (2.15%) GIS
11 15 (1.70%) Redis
12 14 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
14 12 (1.36%) Power BI
15 11 (1.25%) Geospatial Data
16 6 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
17 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
18 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 187 (21.20%) Git
2 75 (8.50%) GitLab
3 38 (4.31%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.85%) JIRA
5 32 (3.63%) Selenium
6 27 (3.06%) Cucumber
7 25 (2.83%) JUnit
8 21 (2.38%) JDeveloper
9 19 (2.15%) REST Assured
9 19 (2.15%) TestNG
10 16 (1.81%) Visual Studio
10 16 (1.81%) WebDriver
11 14 (1.59%) JMeter
12 9 (1.02%) MSTest
12 9 (1.02%) Xcode
13 7 (0.79%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.79%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.68%) NUnit
14 6 (0.68%) Rational Rhapsody
15 5 (0.57%) Bitbucket
General
1 240 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 137 (15.53%) Public Sector
3 122 (13.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 85 (9.64%) Finance
5 48 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (5.44%) Retail
6 38 (4.31%) Legal
7 33 (3.74%) Electronics
8 24 (2.72%) Marketing
8 24 (2.72%) Telecoms
9 18 (2.04%) Automotive
10 16 (1.81%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.70%) Law
12 14 (1.59%) Aviation
13 11 (1.25%) Games
13 11 (1.25%) Tech for Good
14 10 (1.13%) Banking
15 6 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.57%) Aerospace
16 5 (0.57%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 357 (40.48%) Developer
2 160 (18.14%) Lead
3 159 (18.03%) Software Engineer
4 135 (15.31%) Senior
5 112 (12.70%) Full Stack Engineer
6 104 (11.79%) Azure Engineer
7 97 (11.00%) Software Developer
8 69 (7.82%) Lead Developer
9 53 (6.01%) Technical Leader
10 52 (5.90%) Full Stack Developer
11 51 (5.78%) .NET Developer
12 44 (4.99%) Senior Developer
13 35 (3.97%) PHP Developer
13 35 (3.97%) Senior Software Engineer
14 32 (3.63%) Java Developer
15 30 (3.40%) Tester
16 28 (3.17%) Java Engineer
17 25 (2.83%) C# Developer
18 23 (2.61%) C++ Software Engineer
19 21 (2.38%) Ruby Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (31.07%) .NET
2 263 (29.82%) React
3 220 (24.94%) HTML
4 217 (24.60%) CSS
5 166 (18.82%) AngularJS
6 164 (18.59%) REST
7 162 (18.37%) Web Services
8 137 (15.53%) Vue
9 136 (15.42%) ASP.NET
10 122 (13.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 121 (13.72%) jQuery
12 116 (13.15%) ASP.NET Core
13 104 (11.79%) Backbone.js
13 104 (11.79%) Ember.js
14 86 (9.75%) RESTful
15 75 (8.50%) Node.js
16 49 (5.56%) .NET Core
17 42 (4.76%) JSON
17 42 (4.76%) Laravel
18 39 (4.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 133 (15.08%) Data Structures
2 132 (14.97%) Algorithms
3 108 (12.24%) Blockchain
4 106 (12.02%) e-Learning
5 104 (11.79%) Hybrid Cloud
6 57 (6.46%) Private Cloud
7 36 (4.08%) Management Information System
7 36 (4.08%) Mobile App
7 36 (4.08%) Product Ownership
8 29 (3.29%) Greenfield Project
9 26 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (2.83%) Embedded Systems
11 21 (2.38%) Satnav
12 18 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
13 17 (1.93%) IoT
14 16 (1.81%) Cloud Native
15 14 (1.59%) Client/Server
15 14 (1.59%) CMDB
16 13 (1.47%) Hackathon
17 12 (1.36%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 170 (19.27%) Linux
2 146 (16.55%) Windows
3 132 (14.97%) Apple iOS
4 121 (13.72%) Android
5 12 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.45%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (50.91%) Agile
2 308 (34.92%) Problem-Solving
3 288 (32.65%) Full Stack Development
4 284 (32.20%) Mentoring
5 280 (31.75%) Software Engineering
6 220 (24.94%) Design Patterns
7 185 (20.98%) DevOps
8 172 (19.50%) MVC
9 169 (19.16%) User Experience
10 164 (18.59%) Coaching
11 161 (18.25%) Web Development
12 159 (18.03%) Test Automation
13 157 (17.80%) OO
14 150 (17.01%) SOLID
15 144 (16.33%) Microservices
16 134 (15.19%) OOP
17 133 (15.08%) CI/CD
18 131 (14.85%) Computer Science
19 128 (14.51%) Artificial Intelligence
20 125 (14.17%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 345 (39.12%) JavaScript
2 288 (32.65%) C#
3 226 (25.62%) Java
4 215 (24.38%) SQL
5 167 (18.93%) Python
6 116 (13.15%) TypeScript
7 74 (8.39%) C++
8 69 (7.82%) C
9 67 (7.60%) PHP
10 45 (5.10%) Go
11 35 (3.97%) Bash
11 35 (3.97%) Ruby
12 32 (3.63%) Perl
13 25 (2.83%) Swift
14 21 (2.38%) Kotlin
15 18 (2.04%) VB.NET
16 16 (1.81%) PowerShell
17 10 (1.13%) Embedded C
18 9 (1.02%) Apex Code
19 8 (0.91%) Rust
Qualifications
1 168 (19.05%) Degree
2 109 (12.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 109 (12.36%) Security Cleared
3 57 (6.46%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.97%) Master's Degree
5 17 (1.93%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.47%) AWS Certification
7 12 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.25%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (1.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.79%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.57%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.57%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.34%) CITP
12 3 (0.34%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.34%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.23%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.23%) PhD
13 2 (0.23%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.11%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (17.91%) QA
2 27 (3.06%) Software Quality Assurance
3 12 (1.36%) Accessibility
4 8 (0.91%) GDPR
5 5 (0.57%) Automotive SPICE
6 4 (0.45%) Def Stans
6 4 (0.45%) IEC 61508
6 4 (0.45%) MISRA
6 4 (0.45%) MISRA C
6 4 (0.45%) SLA
7 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.34%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.34%) ISO 26262
8 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 147 (16.67%) Docker
2 17 (1.93%) Firmware
3 10 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.91%) KVM
4 8 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 111 (12.59%) Kubernetes
2 30 (3.40%) Terraform
3 15 (1.70%) Grafana
4 14 (1.59%) Ansible
5 11 (1.25%) Puppet
6 10 (1.13%) Graphite
6 10 (1.13%) HAProxy
6 10 (1.13%) Nagios
6 10 (1.13%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.57%) Kibana
8 4 (0.45%) Istio
9 2 (0.23%) Consul
Vendors
1 107 (12.13%) IBM
2 104 (11.79%) Red Hat
3 69 (7.82%) Microsoft
4 55 (6.24%) Oracle
5 37 (4.20%) Google
6 23 (2.61%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.13%) Xilinx
8 9 (1.02%) Apple
8 9 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.02%) Xamarin
9 8 (0.91%) Cisco
9 8 (0.91%) VMware
10 7 (0.79%) ESRI
11 4 (0.45%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.45%) Databricks
11 4 (0.45%) SAP
12 3 (0.34%) Mercator
13 2 (0.23%) BT
13 2 (0.23%) F5
13 2 (0.23%) MuleSoft