Code Quality Job Trends in the South East

Code Quality (Software Quality)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East citing Code Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 218 157
Rank change year-on-year +2 -61 +74
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 143 53 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.69% 0.59% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.96% 0.68% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 85 42 109
10th Percentile £41,000 £33,750 £62,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £41,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -6.25% +29.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 -
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +15.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills 14,922 7,829 9,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.40% 87.57% 81.49%
Number of salaries quoted 10,275 4,405 4,879
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £85,000
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 South East

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

Code Quality job vacancy trend in the South East

Code Quality Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Code Quality.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Code Quality

Code Quality Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Code Quality in the South East over the 6 months to 30 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Code Quality in the South East

Code Quality Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Code Quality within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 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
Thames Valley +6 51 £72,750 -11.82% 13
Hampshire -22 38 £80,000 +1.59% 5
Berkshire +8 25 £75,000 -9.09% 9
Surrey -21 25 £52,500 -8.70% 2
Oxfordshire -22 20 £48,250 -10.23% 3
West Sussex -12 13 £52,500 -38.24% 2
Middlesex +9 8 £38,500 +2.67%
Buckinghamshire -3 6 £82,500 +10.00% 1
East Sussex -8 5 £60,000 -25.00% 1
Kent -21 1 £67,500 +80.00% 1
Code Quality
England

Code Quality Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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
1Software Engineering57.3%82
2CI/CD48.3%69
3AI39.2%56
4Problem-Solving38.5%55
5Agile36.4%52
5Test Automation36.4%52
7DevOps32.9%47
8Continuous Improvement23.8%34
8Mentoring23.8%34
10Software Testing21.0%30
11Computer Science18.9%27
12Technical Leadership18.2%26
13OO17.5%25
13Scrum17.5%25
15Clean Code14.0%20
15Full-Stack Development14.0%20
17Decision-Making13.3%19
17OOP13.3%19
17Roadmaps13.3%19
17User Experience13.3%19