Code Optimisation
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 741 | 750 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +9 | +90 |
| Permanent jobs citing Code Optimisation | 0 | 29 | 12 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | - | 0.041% | 0.020% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.049% | 0.020% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 0 | 29 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £38,650 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £41,250 | £40,371 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | - | £72,500 | £44,345 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +63.49% | -15.53% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £77,500 | £50,614 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £122,500 | £62,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £62,500 | £70,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.71% | +27.27% | -31.25% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London
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 UK excluding London.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 34,632 | 59,361 | 58,643 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 92.41% | 84.34% | 95.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17,835 | 41,086 | 30,132 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £27,004 | £30,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,750 | £36,250 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £66,100 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £78,750 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -10.57% | +2.50% |
Code Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Code Optimisation as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Code Optimisation
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Code Optimisation in the UK excluding London.