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 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	227	197	208
Rank change year-on-year	-30	+11	-13
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality	55	29	59
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands	0.35%	0.52%	0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.48%	0.61%	0.81%
Number of salaries quoted	22	22	20
10^th Percentile	£46,250	£37,675	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£50,752	£51,938	£38,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£58,750	£58,750
Median % change year-on-year	-6.38%	-	+11.48%
75^th Percentile	£71,063	£63,438	£65,625
90^th Percentile	£84,250	£67,375	£70,570
England median annual salary	£73,000	£75,000	£75,000
% change year-on-year	-2.67%	-	+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 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	11,358	4,791	7,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands	71.37%	86.50%	81.06%
Number of salaries quoted	7,998	2,822	3,293
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£38,986	£32,000	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£45,000	£52,200
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-13.79%	+0.10%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£63,750	£66,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£77,500	£79,600
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 Salary Trend in the Midlands

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 25 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 25 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	-29	37	£61,190	+1.98%	43
East Midlands	-35	18	£55,000	-4.35%	28
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Code Quality Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, job vacancies citing Code Quality also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region citing Code Quality.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AWS	52.7%	29
2	CI/CD	50.9%	28
3	Azure	47.3%	26
4	Agile	45.5%	25
4	Mentoring	45.5%	25
6	Test Automation	40.0%	22
7	React	36.4%	20
7	REST	36.4%	20
9	Continuous Improvement	34.5%	19
10	Scrum	30.9%	17
10	TypeScript	30.9%	17
12	AI	29.1%	16
12	JavaScript	29.1%	16
14	Front End Development	27.3%	15
14	Microservices	27.3%	15
14	Problem-Solving	27.3%	15
17	Software Testing	25.5%	14
17	Technical Leadership	25.5%	14
19	SC Cleared	23.6%	13
19	Security Cleared	23.6%	13
19	Technical Architecture	23.6%	13
22	SDLC	21.8%	12
22	Sprint Planning	21.8%	12
24	Accessibility	20.0%	11
25	C#	18.2%	10
25	End-to-End Testing	18.2%	10
25	LLM	18.2%	10
25	Playwright	18.2%	10
25	Process Improvement	18.2%	10
25	Progressive Enhancement	18.2%	10

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

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	50.9%	28
2	Agile	45.5%	25
2	Mentoring	45.5%	25
4	Test Automation	40.0%	22
5	Continuous Improvement	34.5%	19
6	Scrum	30.9%	17
7	AI	29.1%	16
8	Front End Development	27.3%	15
8	Microservices	27.3%	15
8	Problem-Solving	27.3%	15
11	Software Testing	25.5%	14
11	Technical Leadership	25.5%	14
13	Technical Architecture	23.6%	13
14	SDLC	21.8%	12
14	Sprint Planning	21.8%	12
16	End-to-End Testing	18.2%	10
16	LLM	18.2%	10
16	Process Improvement	18.2%	10
16	Progressive Enhancement	18.2%	10
16	TDD	18.2%	10