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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 283 | 348 | 246 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +65 | -102 | +56 |
| Permanent jobs citing Code Quality | 507 | 200 | 484 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London | 0.58% | 0.59% | 0.97% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.82% | 0.67% | 1.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 304 | 130 | 239 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £36,000 | £40,925 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £51,250 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £61,250 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.12% | -5.77% | +14.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £79,750 | £84,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £83,875 | £85,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £70,000 | £75,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.67% | +7.14% | +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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 61,886 | 29,671 | 39,606 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 70.92% | 87.01% | 79.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 43,417 | 16,236 | 19,810 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £26,750 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,000 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £47,000 | £53,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.02% | -11.32% | -1.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £63,750 | £68,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,500 | £80,000 | £82,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | - |
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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
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 16 October 2026.
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 16 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 | +2 | 147 | £66,124 | +10.21% | 147 |
| South East | +16 | 132 | £62,500 | -16.67% | 127 |
| North West | +6 | 85 | £65,000 | +1.96% | 80 |
| South West | -8 | 76 | £70,000 | +3.70% | 64 |
| Midlands | -19 | 53 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 62 |
| Scotland | +21 | 37 | £75,000 | -25.00% | 114 |
| East of England | -20 | 37 | £52,788 | -12.02% | 62 |
| Yorkshire | -21 | 35 | £62,500 | +8.70% | 42 |
| West Midlands | -28 | 34 | £69,305 | +15.51% | 44 |
| North East | -51 | 27 | £73,750 | +13.46% | 26 |
| Wales | -54 | 25 | £66,000 | +14.78% | 17 |
| East Midlands | -26 | 19 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 18 |
| Northern Ireland | -82 | 1 | - | - | 29 |
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Code Quality Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Engineering | 54.8% | 278 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 54.0% | 274 |
| 3 | Agile | 50.7% | 257 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 37.1% | 188 |
| 5 | Mentoring | 36.1% | 183 |
| 6 | DevOps | 35.1% | 178 |
| 7 | AI | 34.3% | 174 |
| 8 | Continuous Improvement | 32.0% | 162 |
| 9 | Problem-Solving | 29.8% | 151 |
| 10 | Microservices | 19.7% | 100 |
| 11 | Software Testing | 19.1% | 97 |
| 12 | Technical Leadership | 18.7% | 95 |
| 13 | Full-Stack Development | 17.4% | 88 |
| 13 | SDLC | 17.4% | 88 |
| 15 | Scrum | 16.8% | 85 |
| 16 | Decision-Making | 13.0% | 66 |
| 16 | Software Architecture | 13.0% | 66 |
| 18 | Infrastructure as Code | 12.6% | 64 |
| 19 | Containerisation | 12.4% | 63 |
| 20 | Observability | 12.2% | 62 |