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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 308 232 265
Rank change year-on-year -76 +33 +126
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 322 390 768
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.48% 1.30% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.42% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 225 315 503
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,215 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +20.01% +5.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,219 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.71% +10.37% -11.11%

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 47,304 27,370 63,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 69.82% 91.01% 79.70%
Number of salaries quoted 33,151 13,928 44,255
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,984 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -44 87 £67,500 +3.85% 33
South East -28 70 £62,500 -21.88% 55
Midlands -1 57 £65,000 +13.04% 17
North West -24 56 £69,639 +7.14% 19
South West -38 51 £55,000 -12.00% 22
East Midlands -9 30 £55,000 +41.94% 5
West Midlands -16 27 £65,000 +8.33% 12
Scotland +13 23 £73,750 -6.35% 4
East of England -87 22 £62,500 -5.64% 19
Yorkshire -36 21 £62,500 -13.19% 7
Wales -41 11 £72,500 +20.83% 2
North East -41 10 £70,000 +31.76% 7
Northern Ireland -34 3 £65,000 +18.18% 20
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 17 (5.28%) Confluence
2 12 (3.73%) CMS
3 7 (2.17%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (1.86%) Apache
5 3 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.93%) FactoryTalk
5 3 (0.93%) nginx
5 3 (0.93%) WinCC
6 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.62%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.62%) WordPress
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.31%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.31%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.62%) Simulink
1 2 (0.62%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.55%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 133 (41.30%) AWS
2 109 (33.85%) Azure
3 44 (13.66%) GCP
3 44 (13.66%) GitHub
4 39 (12.11%) Serverless
5 27 (8.39%) SaaS
6 21 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (5.59%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (4.35%) Firebase
9 14 (4.35%) Stripe
9 14 (4.35%) TestFlight
10 11 (3.42%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.80%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (2.17%) Figma
13 6 (1.86%) Amazon ECS
13 6 (1.86%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.86%) Anthropic Claude
13 6 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.55%) Modbus
2 4 (1.24%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.24%) Wireshark
3 3 (0.93%) Broadband
3 3 (0.93%) Profibus
4 2 (0.62%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (0.62%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.62%) SMS
4 2 (0.62%) VoIP
5 1 (0.31%) AMQP
5 1 (0.31%) ATM
5 1 (0.31%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.31%) HTTP
5 1 (0.31%) LTE
5 1 (0.31%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.66%) MySQL
2 15 (4.66%) NoSQL
3 13 (4.04%) MongoDB
4 11 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.48%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.17%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.24%) Big Data
8 3 (0.93%) Power BI
8 3 (0.93%) Redis
9 2 (0.62%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.62%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.62%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.62%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.62%) Tableau
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 47 (14.60%) Git
2 37 (11.49%) JIRA
3 15 (4.66%) JUnit
4 14 (4.35%) Crashlytics
4 14 (4.35%) GitLab
4 14 (4.35%) Jenkins
4 14 (4.35%) XCTest
5 10 (3.11%) Selenium
6 9 (2.80%) Maven
6 9 (2.80%) Mockito
6 9 (2.80%) SonarQube
7 8 (2.48%) Claude Code
8 7 (2.17%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.17%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.86%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.55%) Yeoman
11 4 (1.24%) Spock
11 4 (1.24%) Storybook
12 3 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
12 3 (0.93%) TestRail
General
1 100 (31.06%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.60%) Finance
3 22 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.35%) Retail
5 13 (4.04%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.11%) Banking
7 7 (2.17%) Electronics
7 7 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.17%) Legal
7 7 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.17%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.86%) Marketing
9 5 (1.55%) Advertising
9 5 (1.55%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.24%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.24%) Law
11 3 (0.93%) Aviation
11 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 85 (26.40%) Developer
2 84 (26.09%) Lead
3 83 (25.78%) Software Engineer
4 68 (21.12%) Senior
5 27 (8.39%) Senior Software Engineer
6 24 (7.45%) Senior Developer
7 18 (5.59%) Software Developer
8 16 (4.97%) Lead Developer
8 16 (4.97%) Technical Leader
9 15 (4.66%) Full-Stack Developer
9 15 (4.66%) Java Developer
10 14 (4.35%) Mobile Engineer
11 12 (3.73%) Engineering Manager
11 12 (3.73%) Python Engineer
11 12 (3.73%) Python Software Engineer
11 12 (3.73%) Team Leader
12 11 (3.42%) Analyst
12 11 (3.42%) Architect
12 11 (3.42%) Test Engineer
13 10 (3.11%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (23.60%) React
2 52 (16.15%) .NET
3 41 (12.73%) REST
4 36 (11.18%) Node.js
5 30 (9.32%) CSS
6 29 (9.01%) AngularJS
6 29 (9.01%) RESTful
7 28 (8.70%) Spring
8 27 (8.39%) HTML
9 17 (5.28%) SwiftUI
10 16 (4.97%) Spring Boot
10 16 (4.97%) UIKit
11 15 (4.66%) Vue
12 13 (4.04%) Web Services
13 12 (3.73%) Django
14 11 (3.42%) AWS CDK
14 11 (3.42%) Laravel
15 10 (3.11%) ASP.NET
15 10 (3.11%) Playwright
15 10 (3.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 47 (14.60%) Cloud Native
2 37 (11.49%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (8.70%) Mobile App
4 24 (7.45%) Greenfield Project
5 23 (7.14%) Product Ownership
6 21 (6.52%) Onboarding
7 16 (4.97%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (4.35%) Client/Server
9 10 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.80%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (2.48%) NHS
12 6 (1.86%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.55%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
13 5 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
14 4 (1.24%) AI Agents
14 4 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
15 3 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 45 (13.98%) Linux
2 21 (6.52%) Windows
3 20 (6.21%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.55%) Android
5 3 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.62%) Debian
7 1 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.31%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (49.69%) CI/CD
2 140 (43.48%) Agile
3 136 (42.24%) Software Engineering
4 121 (37.58%) Test Automation
5 118 (36.65%) DevOps
6 93 (28.88%) Mentoring
7 87 (27.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 76 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
9 74 (22.98%) AI
10 66 (20.50%) Full-Stack Development
10 66 (20.50%) User Experience
11 65 (20.19%) Technical Leadership
12 64 (19.88%) Microservices
13 52 (16.15%) Software Testing
14 48 (14.91%) Scrum
15 43 (13.35%) Observability
16 42 (13.04%) Containerisation
17 41 (12.73%) Clean Code
18 38 (11.80%) TDD
19 37 (11.49%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 95 (29.50%) Python
2 89 (27.64%) JavaScript
3 65 (20.19%) TypeScript
4 64 (19.88%) Java
5 55 (17.08%) C#
6 52 (16.15%) SQL
7 41 (12.73%) C++
8 35 (10.87%) C
9 20 (6.21%) PHP
10 17 (5.28%) Swift
11 15 (4.66%) Kotlin
12 14 (4.35%) Rust
13 6 (1.86%) Bash
13 6 (1.86%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.55%) Groovy
15 4 (1.24%) Go
15 4 (1.24%) MATLAB
15 4 (1.24%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.93%) Embedded C
17 2 (0.62%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 44 (13.66%) Degree
2 32 (9.94%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (5.90%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.04%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.48%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.93%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.62%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.62%) PhD
9 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.31%) CISM
9 1 (0.31%) CISSP
9 1 (0.31%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.31%) GSEC
9 1 (0.31%) HNC
9 1 (0.31%) HND
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.31%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (19.88%) QA
2 23 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 20 (6.21%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.55%) WCAG
6 3 (0.93%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.93%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.62%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.62%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.62%) MISRA
7 2 (0.62%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.62%) NCSC
8 1 (0.31%) GDPR
8 1 (0.31%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.31%) NIST
8 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 63 (19.57%) Docker
2 14 (4.35%) Hyper-V
2 14 (4.35%) KVM
2 14 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.17%) Firmware
4 5 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.93%) vSphere
7 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (11.18%) Kubernetes
2 19 (5.90%) Terraform
3 9 (2.80%) Grafana
4 7 (2.17%) Ansible
5 4 (1.24%) Functional Safety
5 4 (1.24%) Kibana
6 3 (0.93%) Control-M
6 3 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.93%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.62%) Packer
7 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.31%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.31%) logstash
8 1 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (6.21%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.28%) VMware
3 15 (4.66%) Oracle
4 14 (4.35%) Amplitude
4 14 (4.35%) Braze
5 10 (3.11%) Google
6 7 (2.17%) Sitecore
7 6 (1.86%) AppDynamics
7 6 (1.86%) Splunk
8 5 (1.55%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.93%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.93%) Databricks
9 3 (0.93%) Foundry
9 3 (0.93%) HP
9 3 (0.93%) Rockwell
9 3 (0.93%) Siemens
10 2 (0.62%) IBM
10 2 (0.62%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.62%) SAP
11 1 (0.31%) Intel