Code Quality Jobs in Scotland

Code Quality (Software Quality)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Code Quality skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Code Quality over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 177 204
Rank change year-on-year -48 +27 -42
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 53 45 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.79% 0.99% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.05% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 31 8 24
10th Percentile £46,250 £59,326 £36,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £61,180 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £72,224 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.31% +31.32% +10.00%
75th Percentile £71,875 £77,715 £61,563
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,775 £64,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Code Quality is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,186 4,303 5,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.25% 94.28% 91.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,397 2,148 2,817
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,416 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,000 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Code Quality as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Code Quality in Scotland

Code Quality
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Code Quality in Scotland.

Salary trend for Code Quality in Scotland

Code Quality
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Code Quality in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Code Quality in Scotland

Code Quality
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Code Quality within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -96 25 £75,000 - 4
Edinburgh +44 24 £52,500 -24.40% 2
Dundee - 1 £60,000 - 1
Lanarkshire - 1 - - 2
Code Quality
UK

Code Quality
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (7.55%) SAS
2 1 (1.89%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (16.98%) BlazeMeter
1 9 (16.98%) Serverless
2 5 (9.43%) AWS
3 4 (7.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.32%) Oracle Database
1 6 (11.32%) RDBMS
1 6 (11.32%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (18.87%) Maven
2 9 (16.98%) Cucumber
2 9 (16.98%) Cypress.io
2 9 (16.98%) Gradle
2 9 (16.98%) Jenkins
2 9 (16.98%) JIRA
2 9 (16.98%) JMeter
3 8 (15.09%) Git
4 6 (11.32%) JDeveloper
5 1 (1.89%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.89%) MSTest
5 1 (1.89%) TestComplete
General
1 19 (35.85%) Games
2 17 (32.08%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.87%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (18.87%) Law
4 9 (16.98%) Finance
4 9 (16.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (16.98%) Marketing
5 4 (7.55%) Electronics
6 3 (5.66%) Tech for Good
7 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.89%) Banking
8 1 (1.89%) Front Office
8 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 25 (47.17%) QA Engineer
2 20 (37.74%) Software Engineer
3 13 (24.53%) Developer
4 11 (20.75%) Java Engineer
4 11 (20.75%) Java Software Engineer
5 9 (16.98%) QA Software Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Ruby Engineer
7 5 (9.43%) Lead
7 5 (9.43%) Lead Developer
8 4 (7.55%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) Lead Mobile Developer
8 4 (7.55%) Mobile Developer
8 4 (7.55%) QA Automation Engineer
8 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow Developer
8 4 (7.55%) Software Tester
8 4 (7.55%) Tester
9 3 (5.66%) Java Developer
9 3 (5.66%) Principal Engineer
9 3 (5.66%) Principal Software Engineer
9 3 (5.66%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (37.74%) React
2 13 (24.53%) Spring
3 10 (18.87%) Node.js
4 9 (16.98%) Ext JS
4 9 (16.98%) RESTful
4 9 (16.98%) Spring Boot
5 8 (15.09%) AngularJS
6 7 (13.21%) Web Services
7 5 (9.43%) CSS
7 5 (9.43%) HTML
8 4 (7.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 3 (5.66%) J2EE
9 3 (5.66%) XML
10 2 (3.77%) Hibernate
10 2 (3.77%) Java EE
10 2 (3.77%) JPA
10 2 (3.77%) Ruby on Rails
11 1 (1.89%) JSON
11 1 (1.89%) Kafka
11 1 (1.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) Market Risk
2 4 (7.55%) CMDB
2 4 (7.55%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (7.55%) Mobile App
2 4 (7.55%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Android
1 4 (7.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (52.83%) Test Automation
2 24 (45.28%) Software Testing
3 23 (43.40%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (39.62%) Agile
4 21 (39.62%) Software Engineering
5 20 (37.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (37.74%) Microservices
6 18 (33.96%) Continuous Integration
7 13 (24.53%) CI/CD
7 13 (24.53%) SDLC
8 12 (22.64%) Actionable Insight
8 12 (22.64%) Clean Code
8 12 (22.64%) Design Patterns
9 11 (20.75%) DevOps
10 9 (16.98%) Community of Practice
10 9 (16.98%) Containerisation
10 9 (16.98%) Operational Stability
10 9 (16.98%) Test Planning
10 9 (16.98%) Unit Testing
10 9 (16.98%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 32 (60.38%) JavaScript
2 25 (47.17%) Java
2 25 (47.17%) Python
3 9 (16.98%) SQL
4 8 (15.09%) Ruby
5 7 (13.21%) Bash
6 6 (11.32%) Go
6 6 (11.32%) Perl
7 5 (9.43%) C#
8 4 (7.55%) Kotlin
8 4 (7.55%) Swift
9 1 (1.89%) C
9 1 (1.89%) PHP
9 1 (1.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Degree
2 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
2 2 (3.77%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.77%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (75.47%) QA
2 4 (7.55%) ISO 9001
2 4 (7.55%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (16.98%) TOWER Software
2 6 (11.32%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow