Code Quality Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Code Quality (Software Quality)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Code Quality skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 340 230
Rank change year-on-year +60 -110 +73
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 492 217 515
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.62% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.72% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 307 144 252
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,400 £37,600
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +14.54%
75th Percentile £79,000 £77,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £68,500
% change year-on-year - +2.19% +5.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,078 30,335 41,574
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.52% 87.28% 79.30%
Number of salaries quoted 42,944 16,144 21,371
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,249 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.78% -1.67%

Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Code Quality job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Code Quality
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Code Quality
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Code Quality in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Code Quality in the UK excluding London

Code Quality
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 Code Quality within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +3 144 £67,249 +12.08% 363
South East +13 122 £61,005 -21.28% 315
North West +11 85 £65,000 +8.33% 159
South West -12 76 £65,000 +4.00% 217
Midlands -18 54 £55,000 -8.33% 231
Scotland +18 38 £73,750 -26.25% 379
West Midlands -24 35 £58,750 -2.08% 131
East of England -9 34 £52,500 -12.50% 156
Yorkshire -31 31 £65,000 +13.04% 123
North East -38 28 £70,000 +7.69% 83
Wales -52 24 £66,000 +14.78% 148
East Midlands -34 19 £55,000 -4.35% 101
Northern Ireland -84 1 - - 57
Code Quality
UK

Code Quality
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 19 (3.86%) Apache
2 13 (2.64%) CMS
3 10 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (2.03%) Confluence
4 8 (1.63%) IIS
5 7 (1.42%) Sitecore CMS
6 6 (1.22%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.61%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.61%) WinCC
9 2 (0.41%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.41%) nginx
9 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.41%) WordPress
10 1 (0.20%) Documentum
10 1 (0.20%) Kentico
10 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Simulink
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.41%) Trello
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (0.61%) Shopify
1 3 (0.61%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 188 (38.21%) AWS
2 147 (29.88%) Azure
3 58 (11.79%) GitHub
4 51 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
4 51 (10.37%) GCP
5 38 (7.72%) Serverless
6 34 (6.91%) SaaS
7 30 (6.10%) GitHub Copilot
8 22 (4.47%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (4.07%) Anthropic Claude
10 18 (3.66%) Amazon S3
11 14 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (2.24%) dbt
13 10 (2.03%) Amazon SQS
13 10 (2.03%) Snowflake
14 9 (1.83%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.83%) Azure Functions
14 9 (1.83%) Power Platform
15 8 (1.63%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.05%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.42%) Wireshark
3 6 (1.22%) HTTP
4 4 (0.81%) Modbus
5 3 (0.61%) Profibus
5 3 (0.61%) RFID
6 2 (0.41%) Asterisk PBX
6 2 (0.41%) SMS
6 2 (0.41%) VoIP
7 1 (0.20%) ATM
7 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.20%) Internet
7 1 (0.20%) MQTT
7 1 (0.20%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.35%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.13%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (7.93%) Relational Database
4 33 (6.71%) MySQL
5 20 (4.07%) NoSQL
6 18 (3.66%) Redis
7 12 (2.44%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.24%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.81%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.81%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.81%) GIS
11 4 (0.81%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.81%) Power BI
12 3 (0.61%) Big Data
12 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.61%) SQLite
12 3 (0.61%) ZAP BI
13 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 92 (18.70%) Git
2 38 (7.72%) GitLab
3 35 (7.11%) JIRA
4 27 (5.49%) Jenkins
5 20 (4.07%) Claude Code
6 14 (2.85%) Cypress.io
6 14 (2.85%) Selenium
7 12 (2.44%) JUnit
7 12 (2.44%) Maven
8 10 (2.03%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.03%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.42%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.42%) Postman
9 7 (1.42%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.22%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (1.02%) Crashlytics
11 5 (1.02%) Eclipse
11 5 (1.02%) NUnit
11 5 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (1.02%) Storybook
General
1 176 (35.77%) Social Skills
2 90 (18.29%) Finance
3 69 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.88%) Law
6 23 (4.67%) Electronics
7 22 (4.47%) Retail
8 20 (4.07%) Public Sector
9 17 (3.46%) Publishing
10 13 (2.64%) Marketing
11 11 (2.24%) Banking
12 10 (2.03%) Aviation
12 10 (2.03%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.42%) Games
14 7 (1.42%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.02%) Advertising
15 5 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.81%) Financial Institution
17 3 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 151 (30.69%) Developer
2 135 (27.44%) Senior
3 134 (27.24%) Software Engineer
4 124 (25.20%) Lead
5 56 (11.38%) Senior Software Engineer
6 55 (11.18%) Senior Developer
7 39 (7.93%) Software Developer
8 24 (4.88%) Lead Software Engineer
8 24 (4.88%) Technical Leader
9 23 (4.67%) Team Leader
9 23 (4.67%) Test Engineer
10 21 (4.27%) C# Developer
10 21 (4.27%) Full-Stack Developer
11 20 (4.07%) Lead Developer
11 20 (4.07%) Software Manager
12 18 (3.66%) .NET Developer
13 16 (3.25%) Software Team Leader
14 15 (3.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 15 (3.05%) Python Engineer
14 15 (3.05%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (32.32%) React
2 113 (22.97%) .NET
3 70 (14.23%) Node.js
4 63 (12.80%) REST
5 54 (10.98%) AngularJS
6 50 (10.16%) CSS
7 49 (9.96%) HTML
8 46 (9.35%) Terraform
9 36 (7.32%) RESTful
9 36 (7.32%) Spring
10 26 (5.28%) Kafka
11 25 (5.08%) .NET Framework
11 25 (5.08%) ASP.NET
11 25 (5.08%) Spring Boot
12 24 (4.88%) Playwright
13 21 (4.27%) .NET Core
13 21 (4.27%) Next.js
13 21 (4.27%) Vue
14 17 (3.46%) Entity Framework
15 15 (3.05%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 81 (16.46%) Cloud Native
2 44 (8.94%) Product Ownership
3 42 (8.54%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.88%) Mobile App
5 20 (4.07%) AI Agents
6 19 (3.86%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (3.46%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.44%) Media Streaming
9 12 (2.44%) Podcast
10 11 (2.24%) Algorithms
11 10 (2.03%) SCADA
11 10 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.83%) Client/Server
12 9 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (1.83%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (1.83%) Robotics
13 8 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (1.63%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 58 (11.79%) Linux
2 29 (5.89%) Windows
3 17 (3.46%) Apple iOS
4 15 (3.05%) Android
5 9 (1.83%) Debian
6 4 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (55.28%) Software Engineering
2 266 (54.07%) CI/CD
3 253 (51.42%) Agile
4 186 (37.80%) Mentoring
5 181 (36.79%) Test Automation
6 176 (35.77%) DevOps
7 166 (33.74%) AI
8 152 (30.89%) Continuous Improvement
9 139 (28.25%) Problem-Solving
10 97 (19.72%) Software Testing
11 95 (19.31%) Microservices
12 93 (18.90%) Technical Leadership
13 90 (18.29%) SDLC
14 88 (17.89%) Scrum
15 84 (17.07%) Full-Stack Development
16 69 (14.02%) Decision-Making
17 66 (13.41%) Software Architecture
18 63 (12.80%) Infrastructure as Code
18 63 (12.80%) Observability
19 60 (12.20%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 158 (32.11%) JavaScript
2 133 (27.03%) Python
3 131 (26.63%) TypeScript
4 121 (24.59%) C#
5 114 (23.17%) Java
6 103 (20.93%) SQL
7 42 (8.54%) C++
8 25 (5.08%) C
9 20 (4.07%) PHP
10 14 (2.85%) Go
11 13 (2.64%) Ruby
12 9 (1.83%) Bash
13 8 (1.63%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.42%) Rust
15 6 (1.22%) Swift
15 6 (1.22%) VB.NET
16 5 (1.02%) Apex Code
16 5 (1.02%) Groovy
16 5 (1.02%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.02%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 96 (19.51%) Degree
2 72 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 47 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 37 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (5.08%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.66%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.03%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.81%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.61%) OCP
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.41%) PhD
11 1 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.20%) CISM
11 1 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (22.97%) QA
2 40 (8.13%) Accessibility
3 20 (4.07%) Software Quality Assurance
4 10 (2.03%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.83%) WCAG
6 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.81%) NIST
7 4 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.61%) IEC 61131
8 3 (0.61%) PMO
9 2 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
9 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.41%) GDPR
9 2 (0.41%) NCSC
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) IEC 61508
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.20%) MISRA
10 1 (0.20%) MISRA C
10 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (21.34%) Docker
2 13 (2.64%) Firmware
3 12 (2.44%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.61%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) KVM
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 75 (15.24%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.24%) Grafana
3 9 (1.83%) Ansible
4 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.81%) Packer
5 4 (0.81%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.81%) Puppet
6 3 (0.61%) Control-M
6 3 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.61%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.61%) Podman
7 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.20%) Argo
8 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.20%) Kibana
8 1 (0.20%) logstash
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.88%) Google
3 21 (4.27%) Oracle
4 11 (2.24%) Databricks
5 10 (2.03%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.63%) Sage
6 8 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.63%) Sitecore
7 5 (1.02%) Amplitude
7 5 (1.02%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.02%) Braze
7 5 (1.02%) Intel
7 5 (1.02%) Splunk
7 5 (1.02%) VMware
8 4 (0.81%) Adobe
8 4 (0.81%) SAP
9 3 (0.61%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.61%) New Relic
9 3 (0.61%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.61%) Siemens