Code Quality Job Trends in the Midlands

Code Quality (Software Quality)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Code Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 220 199
Rank change year-on-year +40 -21 +47
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 28 54 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.47% 0.60% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.73% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 21 30 29
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £39,906 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,950 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £75,250 £84,450
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Code Quality 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 4,895 7,411 4,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.13% 82.85% 93.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,274 3,351 3,623
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,610
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,398 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% +4.80% -2.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Code Quality job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Code Quality
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Code Quality

Code Quality
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Code Quality in the Midlands over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Code Quality in the Midlands

Code Quality
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 Code Quality within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 November 2025. 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
West Midlands +45 20 £57,500 -11.54% 14
East Midlands +14 8 £57,500 -2.13% 11
Code Quality
England

Code Quality
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (7.14%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 14 (50.00%) Azure
2 10 (35.71%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (21.43%) AWS
5 5 (17.86%) Power Platform
6 4 (14.29%) Power Automate
6 4 (14.29%) Serverless
7 3 (10.71%) Azure Functions
7 3 (10.71%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (10.71%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (10.71%) GCP
8 2 (7.14%) Azure API Management
8 2 (7.14%) PowerApps
9 1 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (3.57%) Amazon S3
9 1 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (3.57%) Cloud Run
9 1 (3.57%) Figma
9 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (10.71%) MySQL
4 2 (7.14%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (3.57%) BigQuery
5 1 (3.57%) DynamoDB
5 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (21.43%) Git
2 3 (10.71%) JUnit
2 3 (10.71%) MSTest
2 3 (10.71%) NUnit
3 2 (7.14%) Jenkins
3 2 (7.14%) Katalon Studio
3 2 (7.14%) Mockito
3 2 (7.14%) Selenium
3 2 (7.14%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (3.57%) Appium
4 1 (3.57%) Babel
4 1 (3.57%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.57%) Cypress.io
4 1 (3.57%) GitLab
4 1 (3.57%) Moq
4 1 (3.57%) NSubstitute
4 1 (3.57%) REST Assured
4 1 (3.57%) TestNG
4 1 (3.57%) Vite
4 1 (3.57%) webpack
General
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.86%) Law
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.57%) Games
5 1 (3.57%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Developer
2 6 (21.43%) Senior
2 6 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 5 (17.86%) Junior
3 5 (17.86%) Junior Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Java Developer
5 3 (10.71%) .NET Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Lead
5 3 (10.71%) Senior Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Business Developer
6 2 (7.14%) C# Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 2 (7.14%) Java Software Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Lead Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Java Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Java Software Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (7.14%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (39.29%) .NET
2 6 (21.43%) REST
2 6 (21.43%) RESTful
3 5 (17.86%) React
3 5 (17.86%) Spring
4 4 (14.29%) .NET Framework
4 4 (14.29%) AngularJS
4 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 4 (14.29%) CSS
4 4 (14.29%) HTML
4 4 (14.29%) Spring Boot
5 3 (10.71%) .NET Core
5 3 (10.71%) ARM Templates
5 3 (10.71%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (10.71%) Entity Framework
5 3 (10.71%) Node.js
5 3 (10.71%) Web Services
5 3 (10.71%) YAML
6 2 (7.14%) Jest
6 2 (7.14%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.86%) Cloud Native
2 2 (7.14%) Data Structures
2 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.57%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.57%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.57%) Mobile Games
3 1 (3.57%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.57%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (57.14%) Agile
2 14 (50.00%) DevOps
3 11 (39.29%) CI/CD
4 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (25.00%) Software Engineering
6 5 (17.86%) Front End Development
6 5 (17.86%) Microservices
6 5 (17.86%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (14.29%) AI
7 4 (14.29%) API Development
7 4 (14.29%) Clean Code
7 4 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 4 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (14.29%) SDLC
7 4 (14.29%) Software Architecture
7 4 (14.29%) TDD
7 4 (14.29%) Unit Testing
8 3 (10.71%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (53.57%) JavaScript
2 13 (46.43%) C#
3 9 (32.14%) Java
3 9 (32.14%) SQL
4 8 (28.57%) TypeScript
5 6 (21.43%) Python
6 2 (7.14%) Bicep
6 2 (7.14%) Groovy
6 2 (7.14%) Kotlin
6 2 (7.14%) Scala
7 1 (3.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.57%) Foundry
2 1 (3.57%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle
2 1 (3.57%) Palantir