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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 307 261
Rank change year-on-year +26 -46 +64
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 473 268 549
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.77% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.88% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 305 188 314
10th Percentile £41,550 £33,750 £35,300
25th Percentile £49,375 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.88% +15.91%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +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 56,118 30,283 46,869
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.20% 86.83% 78.16%
Number of salaries quoted 39,713 16,606 28,556
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,047
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.09% -9.01%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -17 135 £69,305 +20.53% 130
South East +16 117 £62,500 -16.67% 104
North West -9 79 £69,639 +16.06% 87
South West -26 70 £60,000 -2.04% 118
Midlands +3 66 £60,000 - 57
West Midlands -18 39 £65,000 +8.33% 31
Scotland +22 34 £72,500 -27.50% 115
East of England -6 31 £56,250 -8.16% 53
Yorkshire -29 29 £63,750 +15.91% 27
East Midlands -3 27 £55,000 +29.41% 26
North East -36 27 £70,000 +46.21% 17
Wales -50 20 £66,750 +16.09% 6
Northern Ireland -82 2 £65,000 +18.18% 22
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 (3.59%) Apache
2 14 (2.96%) Confluence
3 12 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.54%) CMS
4 7 (1.48%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.85%) IIS
6 3 (0.63%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.63%) WinCC
7 2 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.42%) nginx
7 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.42%) WordPress
8 1 (0.21%) Documentum
8 1 (0.21%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.63%) Simulink
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.42%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.06%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.63%) Shopify
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 188 (39.75%) AWS
2 156 (32.98%) Azure
3 65 (13.74%) GitHub
4 61 (12.90%) GCP
5 51 (10.78%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (8.67%) Serverless
7 38 (8.03%) SaaS
8 28 (5.92%) GitHub Copilot
9 26 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (3.59%) Anthropic Claude
10 17 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (3.17%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.75%) dbt
12 13 (2.75%) TestFlight
13 12 (2.54%) Snowflake
14 11 (2.33%) Firebase
14 11 (2.33%) Stripe
15 9 (1.90%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.90%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.54%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.27%) HTTP
2 6 (1.27%) Wireshark
3 5 (1.06%) Modbus
4 3 (0.63%) Broadband
4 3 (0.63%) Profibus
5 2 (0.42%) Asterisk PBX
5 2 (0.42%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.42%) SMS
5 2 (0.42%) VoIP
6 1 (0.21%) ATM
6 1 (0.21%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.21%) Internet
6 1 (0.21%) MQTT
6 1 (0.21%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.73%) SQL Server
2 38 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (6.98%) Relational Database
4 31 (6.55%) MySQL
5 18 (3.81%) Redis
6 17 (3.59%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.75%) MongoDB
8 12 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
9 11 (2.33%) DynamoDB
10 10 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.06%) MariaDB
11 5 (1.06%) Power BI
12 4 (0.85%) Big Data
12 4 (0.85%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.63%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.63%) GIS
13 3 (0.63%) SQLite
13 3 (0.63%) ZAP BI
14 2 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
14 2 (0.42%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 93 (19.66%) Git
2 43 (9.09%) JIRA
3 28 (5.92%) GitLab
4 22 (4.65%) Jenkins
5 16 (3.38%) Selenium
6 14 (2.96%) JUnit
7 13 (2.75%) Claude Code
7 13 (2.75%) Cypress.io
8 11 (2.33%) Crashlytics
8 11 (2.33%) Cucumber
8 11 (2.33%) Maven
8 11 (2.33%) XCTest
9 10 (2.11%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.48%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.48%) Storybook
11 6 (1.27%) Mockito
11 6 (1.27%) Visual Studio
12 5 (1.06%) Eclipse
12 5 (1.06%) NUnit
12 5 (1.06%) TeamCity
General
1 174 (36.79%) Social Skills
2 81 (17.12%) Finance
3 67 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (5.07%) Law
6 21 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.02%) Electronics
8 18 (3.81%) Retail
9 13 (2.75%) Banking
9 13 (2.75%) Marketing
10 9 (1.90%) Telecoms
11 8 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.48%) Advertising
12 7 (1.48%) Games
12 7 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.06%) Aviation
13 5 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.06%) Publishing
14 4 (0.85%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 136 (28.75%) Developer
2 128 (27.06%) Lead
3 121 (25.58%) Software Engineer
4 113 (23.89%) Senior
5 47 (9.94%) Senior Software Engineer
6 44 (9.30%) Senior Developer
7 35 (7.40%) Software Developer
8 25 (5.29%) Technical Leader
9 23 (4.86%) Test Engineer
10 22 (4.65%) Team Leader
11 21 (4.44%) Lead Developer
12 20 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
13 18 (3.81%) Lead Software Engineer
14 17 (3.59%) Python Engineer
15 16 (3.38%) C# Developer
15 16 (3.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 16 (3.38%) Java Developer
15 16 (3.38%) Software Manager
16 15 (3.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 14 (2.96%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (28.33%) React
2 103 (21.78%) .NET
3 67 (14.16%) Node.js
4 63 (13.32%) REST
5 54 (11.42%) AngularJS
6 51 (10.78%) CSS
7 49 (10.36%) HTML
8 41 (8.67%) Terraform
9 33 (6.98%) RESTful
10 26 (5.50%) Spring
11 25 (5.29%) .NET Framework
12 24 (5.07%) Playwright
13 22 (4.65%) ASP.NET
13 22 (4.65%) Next.js
14 18 (3.81%) .NET Core
14 18 (3.81%) Vue
15 17 (3.59%) Entity Framework
16 16 (3.38%) GraphQL
17 15 (3.17%) Spring Boot
18 14 (2.96%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 84 (17.76%) Cloud Native
2 45 (9.51%) Product Ownership
3 44 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
4 29 (6.13%) Mobile App
5 25 (5.29%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (3.81%) Onboarding
8 16 (3.38%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.33%) Client/Server
9 11 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
10 10 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.90%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.69%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.69%) SCADA
13 7 (1.48%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.27%) Virtual Team
15 4 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
15 4 (0.85%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 59 (12.47%) Linux
2 31 (6.55%) Windows
3 23 (4.86%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.75%) Android
5 8 (1.69%) Debian
6 4 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.63%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.42%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (51.59%) CI/CD
2 240 (50.74%) Agile
2 240 (50.74%) Software Engineering
3 191 (40.38%) Test Automation
4 176 (37.21%) DevOps
5 167 (35.31%) Mentoring
6 145 (30.66%) AI
7 140 (29.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 129 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
9 94 (19.87%) Technical Leadership
10 91 (19.24%) Microservices
11 88 (18.60%) Software Testing
12 85 (17.97%) SDLC
13 83 (17.55%) Full-Stack Development
14 79 (16.70%) Scrum
15 71 (15.01%) Decision-Making
16 60 (12.68%) Clean Code
16 60 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
17 58 (12.26%) User Experience
18 56 (11.84%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 151 (31.92%) JavaScript
2 144 (30.44%) Python
3 108 (22.83%) C#
4 105 (22.20%) TypeScript
5 101 (21.35%) Java
6 93 (19.66%) SQL
7 47 (9.94%) C++
8 35 (7.40%) C
9 21 (4.44%) PHP
10 14 (2.96%) Go
11 12 (2.54%) Kotlin
11 12 (2.54%) Swift
12 11 (2.33%) Ruby
13 10 (2.11%) Rust
14 8 (1.69%) Bash
15 6 (1.27%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.06%) Groovy
16 5 (1.06%) MATLAB
16 5 (1.06%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.63%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 88 (18.60%) Degree
2 66 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 41 (8.67%) SC Cleared
4 34 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.44%) Master's Degree
6 20 (4.23%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.33%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.63%) OCP
9 3 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.21%) HNC
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (24.10%) QA
2 43 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.86%) Software Quality Assurance
4 10 (2.11%) WCAG
5 8 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.85%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.85%) NIST
7 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.63%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.42%) Automotive SPICE
9 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.42%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.42%) MISRA
9 2 (0.42%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.42%) NCSC
10 1 (0.21%) GRC
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.21%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (17.97%) Docker
2 15 (3.17%) Firmware
3 11 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (1.27%) KVM
4 6 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.06%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.63%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (12.47%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.33%) Grafana
3 10 (2.11%) Ansible
4 4 (0.85%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.85%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.85%) Puppet
5 3 (0.63%) Control-M
5 3 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.63%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.63%) Kibana
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.42%) Podman
7 1 (0.21%) Argo
7 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.21%) logstash
Vendors
1 43 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.71%) Google
3 18 (3.81%) Oracle
4 12 (2.54%) Databricks
5 11 (2.33%) Amplitude
5 11 (2.33%) Braze
6 9 (1.90%) OpenAI
6 9 (1.90%) VMware
7 8 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.48%) AppDynamics
8 7 (1.48%) Sitecore
9 6 (1.27%) Sage
10 5 (1.06%) Intel
10 5 (1.06%) Splunk
11 4 (0.85%) Adobe
12 3 (0.63%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.63%) HP
12 3 (0.63%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.63%) SAP
12 3 (0.63%) Siemens