Clean Code Job Trends in the Midlands

Clean Code
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Clean Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 144 227
Rank change year-on-year -69 +83 -24
Permanent jobs citing Clean Code 51 95 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.33% 1.70% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 1.98% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 34 39 28
10th Percentile £24,000 £41,200 -
25th Percentile £25,000 £52,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £58,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% +28.89% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,188 £75,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £77,125 £80,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,680 4,802 7,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.62% 85.75% 78.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,602 2,883 4,022
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,822
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Clean Code job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Clean Code
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Clean Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Clean Code

Clean Code
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clean Code in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Clean Code in the Midlands

Clean Code
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clean Code within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
East Midlands -64 26 £54,000 -4.00% 17
West Midlands -53 25 £50,000 -16.67% 35
Clean Code
England

Clean Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (3.92%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 27 (52.94%) AWS
2 15 (29.41%) Azure
2 15 (29.41%) Serverless
3 8 (15.69%) AWS CloudFormation
4 7 (13.73%) GitHub
5 6 (11.76%) Firebase
5 6 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
5 6 (11.76%) Stripe
5 6 (11.76%) TestFlight
6 5 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (9.80%) SaaS
7 4 (7.84%) dbt
8 3 (5.88%) Azure Functions
8 3 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.92%) Dagster
9 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (3.92%) Power Automate
9 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
9 2 (3.92%) PowerApps
9 2 (3.92%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.84%) MySQL
3 2 (3.92%) Data Vault
3 2 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.96%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Git
2 6 (11.76%) Crashlytics
2 6 (11.76%) XCTest
3 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 13 (25.49%) Social Skills
2 8 (15.69%) Marketing
3 6 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 4 (7.84%) Retail
5 3 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.88%) Finance
6 2 (3.92%) Games
Job Titles
1 23 (45.10%) Developer
2 10 (19.61%) Senior
3 8 (15.69%) Digital Executive
3 8 (15.69%) Digital Marketing Executive
3 8 (15.69%) Marketing Executive
3 8 (15.69%) Trainee
4 7 (13.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 7 (13.73%) Software Developer
5 6 (11.76%) .NET Developer
5 6 (11.76%) Mobile Engineer
6 5 (9.80%) C# Developer
6 5 (9.80%) Senior Developer
7 4 (7.84%) Lead
7 4 (7.84%) RPG Developer
7 4 (7.84%) SQL Developer
8 3 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) Graduate C# Software Developer
8 3 (5.88%) Graduate SQL Developer
8 3 (5.88%) Python Engineer
8 3 (5.88%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (27.45%) .NET
2 13 (25.49%) React
3 11 (21.57%) REST
4 7 (13.73%) Blazor
4 7 (13.73%) CSS
4 7 (13.73%) Next.js
5 6 (11.76%) ASP.NET
5 6 (11.76%) AWS CDK
5 6 (11.76%) SwiftUI
5 6 (11.76%) UIKit
6 5 (9.80%) .NET Framework
6 5 (9.80%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (9.80%) EDI
6 5 (9.80%) Entity Framework
7 4 (7.84%) HTML
7 4 (7.84%) RESTful
8 3 (5.88%) jQuery
8 3 (5.88%) Node.js
8 3 (5.88%) Razor View Engine
8 3 (5.88%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 15 (29.41%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (23.53%) Mobile App
3 4 (7.84%) AS400
3 4 (7.84%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.84%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (7.84%) iSeries
3 4 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.92%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.92%) Sports Betting
6 1 (1.96%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.96%) IoT
6 1 (1.96%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Apple iOS
2 3 (5.88%) Linux
3 2 (3.92%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (43.14%) CI/CD
2 21 (41.18%) Agile
3 17 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 15 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (25.49%) Test Automation
6 12 (23.53%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (23.53%) Re-Platforming
7 10 (19.61%) Collaborative Culture
8 9 (17.65%) Decision-Making
8 9 (17.65%) DevOps
8 9 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
8 9 (17.65%) Observability
9 8 (15.69%) Digital Marketing
9 8 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (15.69%) Software Engineering
10 7 (13.73%) Code Quality
10 7 (13.73%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (13.73%) Performance Optimisation
11 6 (11.76%) Server-Driven UI
11 6 (11.76%) Technical Discovery
Programming Languages
1 17 (33.33%) C#
2 15 (29.41%) SQL
3 13 (25.49%) TypeScript
4 12 (23.53%) Python
5 8 (15.69%) JavaScript
6 6 (11.76%) Kotlin
6 6 (11.76%) Swift
7 4 (7.84%) RPG
7 4 (7.84%) RPG IV
7 4 (7.84%) RPG/400
7 4 (7.84%) T-SQL
8 3 (5.88%) C++
8 3 (5.88%) Java
8 3 (5.88%) PHP
9 1 (1.96%) Bash
9 1 (1.96%) R
9 1 (1.96%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (23.53%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) Amplitude
2 6 (11.76%) Braze
3 4 (7.84%) IBM
4 2 (3.92%) Google
4 2 (3.92%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.96%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.96%) Informatica
5 1 (1.96%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.96%) SAP
5 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow