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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 227 267
Rank change year-on-year -109 +40 +121
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 269 396 725
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 1.35% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 1.47% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 178 333 496
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £66,215 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year -3.72% +20.01% +0.31%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £72,000 £66,219 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.73% +10.37% -14.29%

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 47,160 26,962 57,549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.84% 92.04% 83.04%
Number of salaries quoted 30,428 13,810 41,145
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,003
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -10.10%

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 May 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 May 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 -53 75 £67,500 +12.50% 47
South East -53 52 £62,500 -21.88% 55
Midlands -18 47 £65,000 +13.04% 35
North West -30 47 £67,500 +17.39% 28
South West -38 45 £55,000 -8.33% 24
Scotland +4 25 £72,500 -14.96% 9
East Midlands -10 24 £55,000 +46.67% 20
West Midlands -23 23 £65,000 +13.04% 15
Yorkshire -45 20 £62,500 -10.71% 13
East of England -100 16 £67,500 +1.90% 12
Wales -29 9 £71,500 +3.62% 4
North East -32 8 £70,000 -7.28% 7
Northern Ireland -42 2 £65,000 +18.18% 3
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 12 (4.46%) Confluence
2 10 (3.72%) CMS
3 5 (1.86%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (1.12%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.74%) Apache
5 2 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.74%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.74%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.74%) WinCC
5 2 (0.74%) WordPress
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.37%) nginx
6 1 (0.37%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.86%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.37%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 110 (40.89%) AWS
2 95 (35.32%) Azure
3 45 (16.73%) GitHub
4 35 (13.01%) GCP
4 35 (13.01%) Serverless
5 24 (8.92%) GitHub Actions
6 23 (8.55%) SaaS
7 19 (7.06%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (4.83%) Firebase
9 13 (4.83%) Stripe
9 13 (4.83%) TestFlight
10 12 (4.46%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.72%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (3.35%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (2.97%) AWS Step Functions
14 7 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.60%) Figma
15 6 (2.23%) Datadog
16 5 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.49%) Modbus
2 3 (1.12%) Broadband
2 3 (1.12%) HTTP
3 2 (0.74%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.74%) Profibus
4 1 (0.37%) AMQP
4 1 (0.37%) LTE
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.58%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.83%) NoSQL
3 12 (4.46%) MySQL
4 11 (4.09%) MongoDB
5 9 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.97%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.23%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.49%) Big Data
10 2 (0.74%) CockroachDB
10 2 (0.74%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.74%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.74%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.74%) Power BI
10 2 (0.74%) Redis
10 2 (0.74%) Tableau
11 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.37%) Looker
11 1 (0.37%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 40 (14.87%) Git
2 34 (12.64%) JIRA
3 17 (6.32%) Jenkins
4 15 (5.58%) GitLab
4 15 (5.58%) JUnit
5 13 (4.83%) Crashlytics
5 13 (4.83%) XCTest
6 12 (4.46%) Maven
7 10 (3.72%) SonarQube
8 9 (3.35%) Cypress.io
9 8 (2.97%) Mockito
9 8 (2.97%) Selenium
10 6 (2.23%) Claude Code
11 4 (1.49%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.49%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.49%) JMeter
11 4 (1.49%) Spock
11 4 (1.49%) Storybook
11 4 (1.49%) TestRail
11 4 (1.49%) Yeoman
General
1 88 (32.71%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.84%) Finance
3 19 (7.06%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (3.72%) Retail
5 9 (3.35%) Banking
5 9 (3.35%) Public Sector
6 7 (2.60%) Legal
7 6 (2.23%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.86%) Electronics
8 5 (1.86%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.49%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.49%) Health Technology
9 4 (1.49%) Marketing
10 3 (1.12%) Advertising
10 3 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.12%) Law
11 2 (0.74%) Aviation
11 2 (0.74%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 64 (23.79%) Developer
1 64 (23.79%) Software Engineer
2 62 (23.05%) Lead
3 60 (22.30%) Senior
4 22 (8.18%) Senior Developer
5 17 (6.32%) Senior Software Engineer
6 16 (5.95%) Software Developer
7 15 (5.58%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (4.83%) Mobile Engineer
9 12 (4.46%) Java Developer
9 12 (4.46%) Technical Leader
10 11 (4.09%) Team Leader
10 11 (4.09%) Test Engineer
11 10 (3.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 10 (3.72%) Python Engineer
11 10 (3.72%) Python Software Engineer
12 9 (3.35%) Architect
12 9 (3.35%) Engineering Manager
13 8 (2.97%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.60%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (20.82%) React
2 43 (15.99%) .NET
3 35 (13.01%) REST
4 34 (12.64%) Spring
5 26 (9.67%) AngularJS
6 25 (9.29%) RESTful
7 24 (8.92%) Node.js
7 24 (8.92%) Spring Boot
8 22 (8.18%) CSS
9 21 (7.81%) HTML
10 16 (5.95%) SwiftUI
11 15 (5.58%) UIKit
12 13 (4.83%) Web Services
13 11 (4.09%) AWS CDK
13 11 (4.09%) Playwright
14 10 (3.72%) Vue
15 8 (2.97%) ADO
15 8 (2.97%) Django
15 8 (2.97%) Laravel
16 7 (2.60%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.13%) Cloud Native
2 37 (13.75%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (9.67%) Product Ownership
4 21 (7.81%) Mobile App
4 21 (7.81%) Onboarding
5 20 (7.43%) Greenfield Project
6 14 (5.20%) Client/Server
7 11 (4.09%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.97%) NHS
8 8 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.60%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.23%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.86%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (1.86%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (1.12%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.90%) Linux
2 19 (7.06%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.72%) Windows
4 3 (1.12%) Android
4 3 (1.12%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.37%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (53.53%) CI/CD
2 115 (42.75%) Agile
3 108 (40.15%) Software Engineering
4 102 (37.92%) DevOps
5 96 (35.69%) Test Automation
6 80 (29.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (26.77%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (25.28%) Mentoring
9 60 (22.30%) Full-Stack Development
10 58 (21.56%) AI
11 57 (21.19%) Microservices
12 50 (18.59%) Technical Leadership
12 50 (18.59%) User Experience
13 45 (16.73%) Scrum
14 44 (16.36%) Containerisation
15 43 (15.99%) Software Testing
16 40 (14.87%) Observability
17 35 (13.01%) Coaching
18 33 (12.27%) Decision-Making
19 32 (11.90%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 80 (29.74%) JavaScript
2 79 (29.37%) Python
3 60 (22.30%) TypeScript
4 52 (19.33%) Java
5 36 (13.38%) SQL
6 35 (13.01%) C#
7 28 (10.41%) C++
8 25 (9.29%) C
9 16 (5.95%) Swift
10 15 (5.58%) PHP
11 14 (5.20%) Rust
12 13 (4.83%) Kotlin
13 8 (2.97%) Groovy
14 7 (2.60%) Bash
15 5 (1.86%) PL/SQL
16 3 (1.12%) PowerShell
16 3 (1.12%) Scala
17 2 (0.74%) Julia
17 2 (0.74%) MATLAB
18 1 (0.37%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 37 (13.75%) Degree
2 24 (8.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (6.69%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.46%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.60%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.23%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.12%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.74%) PhD
9 1 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.37%) CISM
9 1 (0.37%) CISSP
9 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.37%) GSEC
9 1 (0.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (23.42%) QA
2 16 (5.95%) Accessibility
3 15 (5.58%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.12%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.12%) WCAG
6 2 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.74%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.74%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.74%) MISRA
6 2 (0.74%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.37%) GDPR
7 1 (0.37%) NIST
7 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (21.19%) Docker
2 14 (5.20%) Hyper-V
2 14 (5.20%) KVM
2 14 (5.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.60%) Firmware
4 5 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.49%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (11.52%) Kubernetes
2 17 (6.32%) Terraform
3 12 (4.46%) Grafana
4 9 (3.35%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.49%) Ansible
5 4 (1.49%) HP Fortify
6 3 (1.12%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.12%) Kibana
7 2 (0.74%) Control-M
7 2 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.74%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.74%) Packer
7 2 (0.74%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (5.95%) VMware
2 13 (4.83%) Amplitude
2 13 (4.83%) Braze
2 13 (4.83%) Oracle
3 12 (4.46%) Microsoft
4 7 (2.60%) Google
5 6 (2.23%) AppDynamics
5 6 (2.23%) Splunk
6 5 (1.86%) Sitecore
7 4 (1.49%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.12%) Databricks
8 3 (1.12%) Foundry
8 3 (1.12%) HP
9 2 (0.74%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.74%) IBM
9 2 (0.74%) Rockwell
9 2 (0.74%) SAP
9 2 (0.74%) Siemens
10 1 (0.37%) DevExpress
10 1 (0.37%) Sage