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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 135 229
Rank change year-on-year -64 +94 +15
Permanent jobs citing Clean Code 67 104 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.47% 1.81% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 2.13% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 34 40 47
10th Percentile £24,000 £40,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £25,000 £52,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +33.33% -16.28%
75th Percentile £76,075 £69,468 £54,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -14.29%

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 9,930 4,886 8,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.92% 85.17% 77.86%
Number of salaries quoted 7,063 2,978 5,162
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -34 41 £72,500 +28.89% 11
West Midlands -56 26 £42,500 -29.17% 17
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 3 (4.48%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.49%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 41 (61.19%) AWS
2 30 (44.78%) Serverless
3 16 (23.88%) Azure
4 15 (22.39%) AWS CloudFormation
4 15 (22.39%) GitHub
5 14 (20.90%) Firebase
5 14 (20.90%) GitHub Actions
5 14 (20.90%) Stripe
5 14 (20.90%) TestFlight
6 7 (10.45%) SaaS
7 4 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (5.97%) dbt
8 3 (4.48%) Azure Functions
8 3 (4.48%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.99%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (2.99%) Dagster
9 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (2.99%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.99%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.94%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.46%) MySQL
3 2 (2.99%) Data Vault
3 2 (2.99%) MariaDB
3 2 (2.99%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.49%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.49%) Power BI
4 1 (1.49%) Redis
4 1 (1.49%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 14 (20.90%) Crashlytics
1 14 (20.90%) XCTest
2 9 (13.43%) Git
3 3 (4.48%) Storybook
General
1 21 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.94%) Marketing
3 6 (8.96%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.97%) Retail
5 3 (4.48%) Finance
6 2 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.99%) Games
Job Titles
1 20 (29.85%) Developer
2 14 (20.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 14 (20.90%) Mobile Engineer
3 8 (11.94%) Digital Executive
3 8 (11.94%) Digital Marketing Executive
3 8 (11.94%) Marketing Executive
3 8 (11.94%) Senior
3 8 (11.94%) Trainee
4 6 (8.96%) Software Developer
5 4 (5.97%) .NET Developer
5 4 (5.97%) C# Developer
5 4 (5.97%) Lead
5 4 (5.97%) RPG Developer
6 3 (4.48%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (4.48%) Data Engineer
6 3 (4.48%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 3 (4.48%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 3 (4.48%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (4.48%) Python Engineer
6 3 (4.48%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (25.37%) React
2 14 (20.90%) Next.js
2 14 (20.90%) SwiftUI
2 14 (20.90%) UIKit
3 13 (19.40%) AWS CDK
4 12 (17.91%) .NET
4 12 (17.91%) CSS
5 9 (13.43%) HTML
5 9 (13.43%) REST
6 7 (10.45%) Blazor
6 7 (10.45%) RESTful
7 5 (7.46%) ASP.NET
7 5 (7.46%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (7.46%) EDI
8 4 (5.97%) .NET Framework
8 4 (5.97%) Entity Framework
9 3 (4.48%) HTML5
9 3 (4.48%) Razor View Engine
9 3 (4.48%) React Native
9 3 (4.48%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 30 (44.78%) Greenfield Project
2 20 (29.85%) Mobile App
3 7 (10.45%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (8.96%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (5.97%) AS400
5 4 (5.97%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (5.97%) iSeries
6 3 (4.48%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.99%) AI Agents
7 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.99%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (2.99%) Sports Betting
8 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
8 1 (1.49%) IoT
8 1 (1.49%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 14 (20.90%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.99%) Linux
2 2 (2.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.76%) CI/CD
2 31 (46.27%) Test Automation
3 27 (40.30%) Re-Platforming
4 25 (37.31%) Agile
5 24 (35.82%) Mentoring
6 22 (32.84%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (29.85%) Code Quality
8 19 (28.36%) Full-Stack Development
9 17 (25.37%) Decision-Making
9 17 (25.37%) User Experience
10 16 (23.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (23.88%) Observability
11 15 (22.39%) Analytics
11 15 (22.39%) Deployment Automation
12 14 (20.90%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (20.90%) Cross-Platform Development
12 14 (20.90%) iOS Development
12 14 (20.90%) Process Improvement
12 14 (20.90%) Product Vision
12 14 (20.90%) Push Notifications
Programming Languages
1 21 (31.34%) TypeScript
2 15 (22.39%) C#
3 14 (20.90%) Kotlin
3 14 (20.90%) SQL
3 14 (20.90%) Swift
4 13 (19.40%) JavaScript
5 11 (16.42%) Python
6 5 (7.46%) PHP
7 4 (5.97%) Java
7 4 (5.97%) RPG
7 4 (5.97%) RPG IV
7 4 (5.97%) RPG/400
8 3 (4.48%) C++
8 3 (4.48%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.49%) Bash
9 1 (1.49%) R
9 1 (1.49%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 12 (17.91%) Degree
2 4 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.99%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (20.90%) Amplitude
1 14 (20.90%) Braze
2 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.97%) IBM
4 2 (2.99%) Google
4 2 (2.99%) Informatica
4 2 (2.99%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.49%) Databricks
5 1 (1.49%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.49%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.49%) SAP
5 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow