Clean Code Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Clean Code
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Clean Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 255 320
Rank change year-on-year 0 +65 -54
Permanent jobs citing Clean Code 337 328 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.65% 1.09% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.19% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 230 249 380
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £33,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £73,438 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,407 £72,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Clean Code 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,109 27,634 48,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 75.71% 92.20% 86.40%
Number of salaries quoted 23,201 13,546 36,192
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Clean Code relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Clean Code job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Clean Code
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Clean Code.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Clean Code

Clean Code
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clean Code in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Clean Code in the UK excluding London

Clean Code
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clean Code within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 March 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -20 111 £60,000 +20.00% 61
South East +21 90 £60,000 +9.09% 90
North West -6 77 £60,000 +26.32% 36
Scotland +7 54 £73,801 +34.18% 10
South West -8 37 £57,500 +4.55% 35
Yorkshire -30 28 £50,000 -33.33% 15
Midlands -21 27 £65,000 +8.33% 29
East Midlands -11 18 £65,000 +18.18% 16
West Midlands -21 11 £65,000 +8.33% 13
Northern Ireland -25 7 £73,801 +6.48% 1
Wales -12 6 £73,801 +64.00% 2
North East -23 6 £73,801 +31.20% 10
East of England +7 5 £45,000 -25.00% 38
Clean Code
UK

Clean Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (1.48%) WordPress
3 3 (0.89%) CMS
4 2 (0.59%) nginx
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (1.48%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (0.89%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.89%) InDesign
2 3 (0.89%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.59%) Sketch
4 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (3.86%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.59%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 148 (43.92%) Azure
2 101 (29.97%) AWS
3 89 (26.41%) GitHub
4 77 (22.85%) Azure DevOps
5 53 (15.73%) GitHub Copilot
6 39 (11.57%) GCP
7 35 (10.39%) dbt
8 34 (10.09%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (8.90%) Amazon ECS
9 30 (8.90%) SaaS
9 30 (8.90%) Serverless
10 29 (8.61%) Amazon ECR
11 21 (6.23%) Power Platform
11 21 (6.23%) Pulumi
12 16 (4.75%) Sentry
13 15 (4.45%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 15 (4.45%) Snowflake
14 14 (4.15%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 14 (4.15%) PaaS
15 13 (3.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.93%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.48%) Broadband
3 4 (1.19%) Internet
4 3 (0.89%) HTTP
5 2 (0.59%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.30%) Firewall
6 1 (0.30%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.90%) Data Warehouse
2 24 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (6.53%) NoSQL
3 22 (6.53%) Redis
3 22 (6.53%) SQL Server
4 21 (6.23%) Power BI
5 20 (5.93%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (5.93%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (5.04%) MySQL
7 14 (4.15%) Data Lake
8 13 (3.86%) MongoDB
8 13 (3.86%) Tableau
9 10 (2.97%) Snowflake Schema
10 9 (2.67%) DynamoDB
11 7 (2.08%) Relational Database
12 6 (1.78%) OLTP
13 2 (0.59%) PostHog
14 1 (0.30%) Big Data
14 1 (0.30%) Impala
14 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (12.76%) Git
2 34 (10.09%) JIRA
3 25 (7.42%) Jenkins
4 13 (3.86%) Oracle Forms
5 11 (3.26%) Cypress.io
5 11 (3.26%) GitLab
5 11 (3.26%) Maven
6 9 (2.67%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.19%) Crashlytics
7 4 (1.19%) XCTest
8 3 (0.89%) PHPUnit
8 3 (0.89%) Storybook
9 2 (0.59%) JUnit
9 2 (0.59%) Mockito
9 2 (0.59%) Selenium
9 2 (0.59%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.30%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.30%) NUnit
10 1 (0.30%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 84 (24.93%) Finance
2 79 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 45 (13.35%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.53%) Marketing
5 6 (1.78%) Financial Institution
5 6 (1.78%) Games
6 5 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (1.48%) Law
7 4 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.19%) Public Sector
8 3 (0.89%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.89%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.30%) Advertising
9 1 (0.30%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.30%) Back Office
9 1 (0.30%) Banking
9 1 (0.30%) Billing
9 1 (0.30%) Electronics
9 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 161 (47.77%) Developer
2 117 (34.72%) Senior
3 42 (12.46%) Senior Developer
4 40 (11.87%) Software Engineer
5 32 (9.50%) Full-Stack Developer
6 29 (8.61%) Applications Developer
7 28 (8.31%) .NET Developer
8 26 (7.72%) Java Developer
9 21 (6.23%) Software Developer
10 18 (5.34%) Data Engineer
11 14 (4.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 14 (4.15%) Lead
11 14 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (4.15%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 13 (3.86%) Applications Engineer
12 13 (3.86%) Cloud Engineer
12 13 (3.86%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
12 13 (3.86%) Senior Data Engineer
12 13 (3.86%) Senior Software Engineer
13 10 (2.97%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (29.08%) .NET
2 85 (25.22%) React
3 52 (15.43%) HTML
4 48 (14.24%) CSS
5 44 (13.06%) REST
6 36 (10.68%) .NET Core
7 34 (10.09%) RESTful
8 31 (9.20%) AngularJS
9 30 (8.90%) .NET Framework
10 25 (7.42%) Spring Boot
11 24 (7.12%) Django
11 24 (7.12%) Lightning Web Components
11 24 (7.12%) SOAP
12 21 (6.23%) React Native
13 20 (5.93%) Vue
14 19 (5.64%) Bootstrap
14 19 (5.64%) Spring
15 18 (5.34%) Next.js
15 18 (5.34%) Node.js
16 15 (4.45%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 50 (14.84%) Cloud Native
2 28 (8.31%) Product Ownership
3 26 (7.72%) Mobile App
4 24 (7.12%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (5.64%) Enterprise Software
6 18 (5.34%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (4.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 14 (4.15%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.37%) IoT
11 5 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.19%) Distributed Computing
12 4 (1.19%) Over-the-Top Content
12 4 (1.19%) Social Media
12 4 (1.19%) Video\Live Streaming
13 2 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.59%) Animation
13 2 (0.59%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.59%) NHS
14 1 (0.30%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.12%) Linux
2 20 (5.93%) Unix
3 9 (2.67%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.08%) Windows
5 5 (1.48%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (56.08%) Agile
2 186 (55.19%) CI/CD
3 155 (45.99%) DevOps
4 83 (24.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 79 (23.44%) Coaching
5 79 (23.44%) Test Automation
6 75 (22.26%) Software Engineering
7 70 (20.77%) AI
8 69 (20.47%) Mentoring
9 66 (19.58%) Problem-Solving
10 63 (18.69%) Full-Stack Development
11 60 (17.80%) Data Modelling
12 56 (16.62%) Microservices
13 54 (16.02%) Observability
14 53 (15.73%) SDLC
15 50 (14.84%) Asset Management
16 47 (13.95%) Sprint Planning
17 45 (13.35%) Infrastructure as Code
18 44 (13.06%) Front End Development
19 40 (11.87%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 105 (31.16%) SQL
2 67 (19.88%) TypeScript
3 66 (19.58%) Python
4 65 (19.29%) C#
5 63 (18.69%) Java
6 47 (13.95%) JavaScript
7 26 (7.72%) PHP
8 24 (7.12%) Apex Code
9 21 (6.23%) PL/SQL
10 13 (3.86%) Shell Script
11 11 (3.26%) Bash
11 11 (3.26%) Go
12 9 (2.67%) Groovy
13 6 (1.78%) C++
13 6 (1.78%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.78%) Swift
14 4 (1.19%) Scala
15 3 (0.89%) Erlang
15 3 (0.89%) Ruby
16 2 (0.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (9.79%) Security Cleared
2 29 (8.61%) SC Cleared
3 20 (5.93%) Degree
4 16 (4.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.67%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 9 (2.67%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (1.78%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.30%) CCNA
7 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.97%) QA
2 9 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 65 (19.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 44 (13.06%) Terraform
2 32 (9.50%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.15%) AWS Copilot
4 13 (3.86%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (2.67%) HP Fortify
6 3 (0.89%) cPanel
6 3 (0.89%) Grafana
6 3 (0.89%) Plesk
7 2 (0.59%) Packer
7 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 37 (10.98%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.12%) Salesforce
3 23 (6.82%) Google
3 23 (6.82%) Oracle
4 19 (5.64%) Databricks
5 4 (1.19%) Amplitude
5 4 (1.19%) Syncfusion
5 4 (1.19%) Telerik
5 4 (1.19%) Typelevel
6 3 (0.89%) Adobe
7 2 (0.59%) Apple
8 1 (0.30%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.30%) Cognos
8 1 (0.30%) Foundry
8 1 (0.30%) Informatica
8 1 (0.30%) Infragistics
8 1 (0.30%) Perforce