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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 245 250
Rank change year-on-year -63 +5 +102
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 380 379 672
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 1.12% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.27% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 273 300 431
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,625 £33,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,217 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +11.29% +8.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,125 £81,250
90th Percentile £89,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,240 £62,500
% change year-on-year +5.68% +5.98% -3.85%

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 51,174 29,903 53,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.47% 88.15% 79.55%
Number of salaries quoted 36,037 16,128 36,185
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,733 £27,873
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,243 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -28 102 £68,403 +5.23% 67
South East -14 89 £62,500 -21.88% 84
North West -25 63 £69,973 +7.65% 40
Midlands +8 62 £65,000 +10.64% 26
South West -37 55 £56,250 -10.00% 31
West Midlands -7 32 £65,000 +8.33% 18
East Midlands -2 30 £55,000 +37.50% 8
East of England -73 27 £60,000 -9.40% 20
Scotland +22 26 £75,000 -25.00% 21
Yorkshire -31 24 £62,500 +8.70% 15
Wales -45 19 £67,500 +12.50% 3
North East -38 15 £70,000 +31.76% 12
Northern Ireland -69 2 £65,000 +18.18% 9
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 16 (4.21%) Confluence
2 14 (3.68%) CMS
3 7 (1.84%) Apache
3 7 (1.84%) Sitecore CMS
4 4 (1.05%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.79%) FactoryTalk
5 3 (0.79%) IIS
5 3 (0.79%) nginx
5 3 (0.79%) WinCC
6 2 (0.53%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.53%) WordPress
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.26%) Documentum
7 1 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.26%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.79%) Simulink
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.79%) Shopify
3 2 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.26%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.26%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 153 (40.26%) AWS
2 129 (33.95%) Azure
3 53 (13.95%) GCP
4 51 (13.42%) GitHub
5 43 (11.32%) Serverless
6 32 (8.42%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (7.89%) SaaS
8 24 (6.32%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (3.68%) Firebase
10 14 (3.68%) GitHub Copilot
10 14 (3.68%) Stripe
10 14 (3.68%) TestFlight
11 13 (3.42%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.42%) Anthropic Claude
12 9 (2.37%) Amazon SQS
13 8 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (1.84%) Figma
15 6 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (1.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.11%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.32%) Modbus
2 5 (1.32%) Wireshark
3 3 (0.79%) Broadband
3 3 (0.79%) Profibus
4 2 (0.53%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (0.53%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.53%) SMS
4 2 (0.53%) VoIP
5 1 (0.26%) AMQP
5 1 (0.26%) ATM
5 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.26%) HTTP
5 1 (0.26%) LTE
5 1 (0.26%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.63%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.79%) MySQL
3 20 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 19 (5.00%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.68%) MongoDB
5 14 (3.68%) NoSQL
6 12 (3.16%) Redis
7 7 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.05%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.79%) Big Data
9 3 (0.79%) Power BI
10 2 (0.53%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.53%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.53%) Tableau
11 1 (0.26%) GIS
11 1 (0.26%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 69 (18.16%) Git
2 39 (10.26%) JIRA
3 22 (5.79%) GitLab
4 17 (4.47%) Jenkins
5 14 (3.68%) Crashlytics
5 14 (3.68%) XCTest
6 12 (3.16%) JUnit
7 11 (2.89%) Claude Code
7 11 (2.89%) Maven
8 10 (2.63%) Selenium
9 8 (2.11%) Cucumber
10 7 (1.84%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.84%) Mockito
10 7 (1.84%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.84%) Storybook
11 6 (1.58%) Cypress.io
11 6 (1.58%) Visual Studio
12 5 (1.32%) Eclipse
12 5 (1.32%) Yeoman
13 4 (1.05%) Spock
General
1 129 (33.95%) Social Skills
2 56 (14.74%) Finance
3 40 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (3.42%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.42%) Retail
6 12 (3.16%) Electronics
7 10 (2.63%) Banking
8 8 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.84%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.58%) Advertising
10 6 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.32%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.32%) Legal
11 5 (1.32%) Marketing
12 4 (1.05%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.05%) Publishing
13 3 (0.79%) Aviation
13 3 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 107 (28.16%) Developer
2 101 (26.58%) Lead
3 97 (25.53%) Software Engineer
4 87 (22.89%) Senior
5 39 (10.26%) Senior Software Engineer
6 30 (7.89%) Senior Developer
7 23 (6.05%) Software Developer
8 22 (5.79%) Technical Leader
9 20 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
10 19 (5.00%) Test Engineer
11 18 (4.74%) Python Engineer
12 17 (4.47%) Java Developer
12 17 (4.47%) Lead Developer
12 17 (4.47%) Team Leader
13 16 (4.21%) Python Software Engineer
14 14 (3.68%) Mobile Engineer
15 12 (3.16%) Analyst
16 11 (2.89%) Architect
16 11 (2.89%) Engineering Manager
16 11 (2.89%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (26.32%) React
2 63 (16.58%) .NET
3 52 (13.68%) Node.js
4 48 (12.63%) REST
5 39 (10.26%) AngularJS
5 39 (10.26%) CSS
6 36 (9.47%) HTML
7 33 (8.68%) RESTful
8 28 (7.37%) Spring
9 18 (4.74%) Vue
10 16 (4.21%) ASP.NET
10 16 (4.21%) Spring Boot
10 16 (4.21%) SwiftUI
10 16 (4.21%) UIKit
11 15 (3.95%) GraphQL
11 15 (3.95%) Next.js
12 13 (3.42%) Django
12 13 (3.42%) Playwright
12 13 (3.42%) Web Services
13 11 (2.89%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 58 (15.26%) Cloud Native
2 35 (9.21%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (8.95%) Product Ownership
4 29 (7.63%) Mobile App
5 26 (6.84%) Greenfield Project
6 18 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (4.74%) Onboarding
7 13 (3.42%) Client/Server
8 11 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (2.37%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.11%) AI Agents
11 8 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
12 7 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (1.58%) SCADA
14 5 (1.32%) Distributed Architecture
14 5 (1.32%) NHS
14 5 (1.32%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (1.32%) Virtual Team
15 4 (1.05%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (15.26%) Linux
2 26 (6.84%) Windows
3 20 (5.26%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.58%) Android
5 5 (1.32%) Debian
6 4 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (51.58%) CI/CD
2 174 (45.79%) Agile
3 173 (45.53%) Software Engineering
4 150 (39.47%) Test Automation
5 144 (37.89%) DevOps
6 127 (33.42%) Mentoring
7 106 (27.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (25.79%) AI
9 94 (24.74%) Problem-Solving
10 77 (20.26%) Microservices
11 76 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
12 71 (18.68%) Software Testing
13 70 (18.42%) Full-Stack Development
14 63 (16.58%) User Experience
15 60 (15.79%) Scrum
16 58 (15.26%) SDLC
17 53 (13.95%) Clean Code
18 51 (13.42%) Decision-Making
19 48 (12.63%) Infrastructure as Code
20 44 (11.58%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 114 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 110 (28.95%) Python
3 81 (21.32%) TypeScript
4 79 (20.79%) Java
5 71 (18.68%) C#
6 64 (16.84%) SQL
7 45 (11.84%) C++
8 37 (9.74%) C
9 21 (5.53%) PHP
10 16 (4.21%) Swift
11 15 (3.95%) Kotlin
12 11 (2.89%) Rust
13 9 (2.37%) Ruby
14 6 (1.58%) Go
14 6 (1.58%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.32%) Bash
15 5 (1.32%) Groovy
15 5 (1.32%) MATLAB
15 5 (1.32%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.79%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 53 (13.95%) Degree
2 40 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.37%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (5.53%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.74%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.63%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.53%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.53%) PhD
9 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.26%) CISM
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) GSEC
9 1 (0.26%) HNC
9 1 (0.26%) HND
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (22.37%) QA
2 30 (7.89%) Accessibility
3 22 (5.79%) Software Quality Assurance
4 9 (2.37%) WCAG
5 6 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.79%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.79%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.53%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.53%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.53%) MISRA
7 2 (0.53%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.53%) NCSC
7 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) GDPR
8 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.26%) NIST
8 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (20.00%) Docker
2 12 (3.16%) Firmware
3 11 (2.89%) KVM
3 11 (2.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.63%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.11%) Embedded Firmware
6 6 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.79%) vSphere
8 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 47 (12.37%) Kubernetes
2 32 (8.42%) Terraform
3 9 (2.37%) Ansible
4 8 (2.11%) Grafana
5 4 (1.05%) Functional Safety
5 4 (1.05%) Kibana
6 3 (0.79%) Control-M
6 3 (0.79%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.79%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.53%) Packer
7 2 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.53%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.53%) Puppet
8 1 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.26%) logstash
8 1 (0.26%) Podman
8 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (7.11%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.26%) Google
3 14 (3.68%) Amplitude
3 14 (3.68%) Braze
3 14 (3.68%) Oracle
3 14 (3.68%) VMware
4 7 (1.84%) Sitecore
5 6 (1.58%) AppDynamics
5 6 (1.58%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.32%) Intel
7 4 (1.05%) Adobe
7 4 (1.05%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.05%) Splunk
8 3 (0.79%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.79%) Databricks
8 3 (0.79%) Foundry
8 3 (0.79%) HP
8 3 (0.79%) Rockwell
8 3 (0.79%) Siemens
9 2 (0.53%) IBM