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 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 330 244
Rank change year-on-year +46 -86 +72
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 490 231 540
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.58% 0.67% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.77% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 309 154 264
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £36,975
25th Percentile £49,375 £50,000 £50,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,438 £85,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £83,750 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -

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 59,892 29,819 43,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.36% 86.69% 78.64%
Number of salaries quoted 42,273 16,159 23,565
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £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 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -10 146 £68,403 +18.96% 178
South East +8 123 £62,500 -21.88% 142
North West +8 86 £67,374 +17.17% 105
South West -21 73 £61,250 +2.08% 118
Midlands -19 57 £55,000 -8.33% 82
West Midlands -30 36 £67,500 +12.50% 58
Scotland +19 35 £72,500 -27.50% 152
East of England +1 34 £52,500 -12.50% 46
Yorkshire -31 31 £65,000 +13.04% 43
North East -45 29 £72,500 +11.54% 31
Wales -54 23 £66,000 +14.78% 11
East Midlands -23 21 £55,000 -4.35% 24
Northern Ireland -76 2 £65,000 +18.18% 29
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 (3.88%) Apache
2 13 (2.65%) Confluence
3 12 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.45%) CMS
4 7 (1.43%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (1.22%) IIS
6 5 (1.02%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.61%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.61%) WinCC
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%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.20%) Kentico
10 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
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 5 (1.02%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.61%) Shopify
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 185 (37.76%) AWS
2 150 (30.61%) Azure
3 61 (12.45%) GitHub
4 55 (11.22%) GCP
5 53 (10.82%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (7.55%) Serverless
7 36 (7.35%) SaaS
8 29 (5.92%) GitHub Copilot
9 24 (4.90%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (3.88%) Anthropic Claude
11 17 (3.47%) Amazon S3
12 15 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (2.65%) dbt
14 12 (2.45%) Snowflake
15 11 (2.24%) Power Platform
16 10 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
17 9 (1.84%) Amazon SQS
17 9 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
18 8 (1.63%) npm
18 8 (1.63%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.06%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.43%) Wireshark
3 6 (1.22%) HTTP
4 5 (1.02%) Modbus
5 3 (0.61%) Profibus
6 2 (0.41%) Asterisk PBX
6 2 (0.41%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.41%) RFID
6 2 (0.41%) SMS
6 2 (0.41%) VoIP
7 1 (0.20%) ATM
7 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.20%) Internet
7 1 (0.20%) MQTT
7 1 (0.20%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.98%) SQL Server
2 38 (7.76%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (7.55%) Relational Database
4 31 (6.33%) MySQL
5 19 (3.88%) Redis
6 18 (3.67%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.24%) DynamoDB
7 11 (2.24%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.22%) Power BI
10 4 (0.82%) Big Data
10 4 (0.82%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.82%) GIS
10 4 (0.82%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.61%) SQLite
11 3 (0.61%) ZAP BI
12 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 97 (19.80%) Git
2 44 (8.98%) JIRA
3 35 (7.14%) GitLab
4 28 (5.71%) Jenkins
5 16 (3.27%) Claude Code
5 16 (3.27%) Cypress.io
5 16 (3.27%) Selenium
6 12 (2.45%) JUnit
6 12 (2.45%) Maven
7 11 (2.24%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.04%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.43%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.43%) Postman
9 7 (1.43%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.22%) Crashlytics
10 6 (1.22%) JMeter
10 6 (1.22%) Storybook
10 6 (1.22%) XCTest
11 5 (1.02%) NUnit
11 5 (1.02%) TeamCity
General
1 173 (35.31%) Social Skills
2 85 (17.35%) Finance
3 69 (14.08%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.90%) Law
6 23 (4.69%) Electronics
7 22 (4.49%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.29%) Retail
9 13 (2.65%) Banking
9 13 (2.65%) Marketing
10 12 (2.45%) Publishing
11 11 (2.24%) Telecoms
12 10 (2.04%) Aviation
13 9 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.43%) Advertising
14 7 (1.43%) Games
14 7 (1.43%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.02%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 143 (29.18%) Developer
2 131 (26.73%) Software Engineer
3 127 (25.92%) Lead
3 127 (25.92%) Senior
4 54 (11.02%) Senior Software Engineer
5 49 (10.00%) Senior Developer
6 37 (7.55%) Software Developer
7 25 (5.10%) Technical Leader
7 25 (5.10%) Test Engineer
8 23 (4.69%) Team Leader
9 21 (4.29%) Lead Software Engineer
10 20 (4.08%) C# Developer
10 20 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
10 20 (4.08%) Lead Developer
11 19 (3.88%) Software Manager
12 17 (3.47%) .NET Developer
12 17 (3.47%) Python Engineer
13 15 (3.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 15 (3.06%) Java Developer
14 14 (2.86%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (30.41%) React
2 110 (22.45%) .NET
3 67 (13.67%) Node.js
4 66 (13.47%) REST
5 56 (11.43%) AngularJS
6 49 (10.00%) CSS
7 47 (9.59%) HTML
8 45 (9.18%) Terraform
9 35 (7.14%) RESTful
10 33 (6.73%) Spring
11 28 (5.71%) Playwright
12 26 (5.31%) .NET Framework
13 24 (4.90%) ASP.NET
14 22 (4.49%) Spring Boot
15 21 (4.29%) .NET Core
16 20 (4.08%) Kafka
16 20 (4.08%) Next.js
17 18 (3.67%) Entity Framework
17 18 (3.67%) Vue
18 15 (3.06%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 81 (16.53%) Cloud Native
2 47 (9.59%) Product Ownership
3 43 (8.78%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (5.10%) Mobile App
5 21 (4.29%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (3.88%) AI Agents
7 17 (3.47%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.45%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.04%) Client/Server
10 10 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
10 10 (2.04%) SCADA
11 9 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.63%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.63%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.63%) Robotics
13 7 (1.43%) Media Streaming
13 7 (1.43%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 60 (12.24%) Linux
2 33 (6.73%) Windows
3 17 (3.47%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.65%) Android
5 9 (1.84%) Debian
6 4 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.61%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (53.88%) Software Engineering
2 261 (53.27%) CI/CD
3 252 (51.43%) Agile
4 190 (38.78%) Test Automation
5 179 (36.53%) DevOps
6 178 (36.33%) Mentoring
7 162 (33.06%) AI
8 146 (29.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 135 (27.55%) Problem-Solving
10 101 (20.61%) Software Testing
11 92 (18.78%) Technical Leadership
12 91 (18.57%) Microservices
13 89 (18.16%) Scrum
14 88 (17.96%) SDLC
15 84 (17.14%) Full-Stack Development
16 71 (14.49%) Decision-Making
17 64 (13.06%) Infrastructure as Code
18 63 (12.86%) Software Architecture
19 60 (12.24%) Observability
20 55 (11.22%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 155 (31.63%) JavaScript
2 143 (29.18%) Python
3 121 (24.69%) TypeScript
4 119 (24.29%) C#
5 107 (21.84%) Java
6 104 (21.22%) SQL
7 46 (9.39%) C++
8 32 (6.53%) C
9 18 (3.67%) PHP
10 14 (2.86%) Go
11 12 (2.45%) Ruby
12 9 (1.84%) Bash
13 8 (1.63%) Rust
14 7 (1.43%) Kotlin
14 7 (1.43%) PL/SQL
15 6 (1.22%) Swift
16 5 (1.02%) Apex Code
16 5 (1.02%) Groovy
16 5 (1.02%) MATLAB
16 5 (1.02%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 95 (19.39%) Degree
2 70 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 45 (9.18%) SC Cleared
4 34 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.31%) Master's Degree
6 20 (4.08%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.45%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.02%) Azure 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
9 3 (0.61%) PhD
10 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.41%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (24.08%) QA
2 40 (8.16%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.69%) Software Quality Assurance
4 10 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.04%) WCAG
5 5 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.82%) NIST
6 4 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.61%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.41%) GDPR
8 2 (0.41%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.41%) MISRA
8 2 (0.41%) MISRA C
8 2 (0.41%) NCSC
8 2 (0.41%) PMO
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 97 (19.80%) Docker
2 14 (2.86%) Firmware
3 13 (2.65%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.61%) KVM
4 3 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.61%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 68 (13.88%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.45%) Grafana
3 11 (2.24%) Ansible
4 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.82%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.82%) Puppet
6 3 (0.61%) Control-M
6 3 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.61%) Kibana
6 3 (0.61%) Podman
7 2 (0.41%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.41%) Packer
7 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.20%) Argo
8 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.20%) logstash
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.90%) Google
3 20 (4.08%) Oracle
4 13 (2.65%) Databricks
5 10 (2.04%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.63%) Sage
6 8 (1.63%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.63%) Sitecore
7 7 (1.43%) AppDynamics
8 6 (1.22%) Amplitude
8 6 (1.22%) Braze
8 6 (1.22%) VMware
9 5 (1.02%) Intel
9 5 (1.02%) Splunk
10 4 (0.82%) Adobe
10 4 (0.82%) SAP
11 3 (0.61%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.61%) DevExpress
11 3 (0.61%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.61%) Siemens