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 citing Code Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 191 215
Rank change year-on-year -39 +24 -21
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 56 30 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.35% 0.54% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.62% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 23 23 20
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,850 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,501 £49,625 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% +9.10%
75th Percentile £70,875 £64,375 £65,625
90th Percentile £83,500 £67,250 £70,570
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +15.38%

All Process & 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 citing process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

6 months to
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills 11,441 4,814 7,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 71.63% 86.03% 81.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8,038 2,910 3,266
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,500 £52,104
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -10.76% +4.21%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £66,050
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 31 October 2026.

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 31 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
West Midlands -32 40 £51,538 -14.10% 9
East Midlands -33 16 £55,000 -4.35% 16
Code Quality
England

Code Quality Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1CI/CD51.8%29
2Mentoring48.2%27
3Agile46.4%26
4Test Automation37.5%21
5Continuous Improvement35.7%20
6Scrum32.1%18
7Problem-Solving30.4%17
8AI28.6%16
8Front End Development28.6%16
10Microservices26.8%15
11SDLC25.0%14
11Software Testing25.0%14
11Technical Architecture25.0%14
14Sprint Planning23.2%13
14Technical Leadership23.2%13
16End-to-End Testing19.6%11
16LLM19.6%11
16Progressive Enhancement19.6%11
16Time Management19.6%11
20Software Engineering17.9%10
25 Code Quality jobs in the Midlands