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 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 215 194
Rank change year-on-year +24 -21 +36
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 30 51 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.54% 0.57% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.71% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 23 20 28
10th Percentile £37,850 £35,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £49,625 £38,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £53,850
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +9.10% -4.69%
75th Percentile £64,375 £65,625 £64,375
90th Percentile £67,250 £70,570 £84,675
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 4,814 7,209 4,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.03% 81.10% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,910 3,266 3,675
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £52,104 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.76% +4.21% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,050 £64,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1 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 1 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 +36 22 £60,000 -7.69% 21
East Midlands -6 8 £57,500 - 14
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 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (6.67%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 16 (53.33%) Azure
2 9 (30.00%) AWS
2 9 (30.00%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (23.33%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (20.00%) GCP
5 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
6 4 (13.33%) Power Automate
6 4 (13.33%) Serverless
7 3 (10.00%) Azure Functions
7 3 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (6.67%) Azure API Management
8 2 (6.67%) PowerApps
9 1 (3.33%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (3.33%) Amazon S3
9 1 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (3.33%) Cloud Run
9 1 (3.33%) Figma
9 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (16.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (10.00%) MySQL
4 2 (6.67%) Relational Database
5 1 (3.33%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (3.33%) BigQuery
5 1 (3.33%) DynamoDB
5 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
5 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Git
2 3 (10.00%) JUnit
2 3 (10.00%) MSTest
2 3 (10.00%) NUnit
3 2 (6.67%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.67%) Katalon Studio
3 2 (6.67%) Mockito
3 2 (6.67%) Selenium
3 2 (6.67%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (3.33%) Appium
4 1 (3.33%) Babel
4 1 (3.33%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.33%) GitLab
4 1 (3.33%) JMeter
4 1 (3.33%) Moq
4 1 (3.33%) NSubstitute
4 1 (3.33%) REST Assured
4 1 (3.33%) TestNG
4 1 (3.33%) Vite
4 1 (3.33%) webpack
General
1 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Finance
2 4 (13.33%) Law
3 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Games
4 1 (3.33%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 17 (56.67%) Developer
2 9 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 6 (20.00%) Senior
4 5 (16.67%) Java Engineer
4 5 (16.67%) Junior
4 5 (16.67%) Junior Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Java Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Java Software Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) .NET Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Lead
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Developer
7 2 (6.67%) C# Developer
7 2 (6.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (6.67%) Integration Specialist
7 2 (6.67%) Lead Developer
7 2 (6.67%) React Developer
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (6.67%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (33.33%) .NET
2 8 (26.67%) Spring
3 6 (20.00%) REST
3 6 (20.00%) RESTful
4 5 (16.67%) React
5 4 (13.33%) .NET Framework
5 4 (13.33%) AngularJS
5 4 (13.33%) ASP.NET
5 4 (13.33%) CSS
5 4 (13.33%) HTML
5 4 (13.33%) Spring Boot
6 3 (10.00%) .NET Core
6 3 (10.00%) ARM Templates
6 3 (10.00%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (10.00%) Entity Framework
6 3 (10.00%) Node.js
6 3 (10.00%) Web Services
6 3 (10.00%) YAML
7 2 (6.67%) Jest
7 2 (6.67%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.67%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.33%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (3.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile Games
3 1 (3.33%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (53.33%) DevOps
2 15 (50.00%) Agile
3 14 (46.67%) CI/CD
4 10 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (26.67%) Microservices
7 7 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (23.33%) Software Architecture
7 7 (23.33%) TDD
8 6 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (16.67%) Design Patterns
9 5 (16.67%) Front End Development
9 5 (16.67%) Software Delivery
9 5 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (13.33%) API Development
10 4 (13.33%) Clean Code
10 4 (13.33%) Containerisation
10 4 (13.33%) CQRS
10 4 (13.33%) Full-Stack Development
10 4 (13.33%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 14 (46.67%) JavaScript
2 12 (40.00%) C#
2 12 (40.00%) Java
3 8 (26.67%) SQL
3 8 (26.67%) TypeScript
4 6 (20.00%) Python
5 2 (6.67%) Bicep
5 2 (6.67%) Groovy
5 2 (6.67%) Kotlin
5 2 (6.67%) Scala
6 1 (3.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
2 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Foundry
2 1 (3.33%) Google
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle
2 1 (3.33%) Palantir