Code Optimisation Jobs in the South West

Code Optimisation
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Code Optimisation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Code Optimisation over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Code Optimisation 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.051% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
England median annual salary £46,250 £71,250 £77,500
% change year-on-year -35.09% -8.06% -3.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Code Optimisation 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,423 7,673 6,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 86.88% 78.80% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,087 5,383 3,648
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £64,938 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Code Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Code Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Code Optimisation in the South West

Code Optimisation
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Code Optimisation in the South West.

Salary trend for Code Optimisation in the South West

Code Optimisation
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Code Optimisation within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Devon - 2 £45,000 -
Code Optimisation
England

Code Optimisation
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python