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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 315 250
Rank change year-on-year +36 -65 +59
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 482 229 533
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.67% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.77% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 303 152 260
10th Percentile £41,400 £36,300 £37,425
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
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 £78,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £83,750 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% 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 59,936 29,730 43,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.35% 86.65% 78.66%
Number of salaries quoted 42,260 16,120 23,401
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 20 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 20 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 -14 144 £69,305 +17.97% 163
South East +11 121 £62,500 -21.88% 137
North West -1 84 £68,277 +13.79% 97
South West -21 70 £62,500 +4.17% 125
Midlands -21 56 £55,000 -8.33% 82
West Midlands -32 36 £67,500 +12.50% 57
Scotland +26 35 £72,500 -27.50% 151
East of England -7 34 £52,500 -12.50% 45
Yorkshire -26 31 £65,000 +13.04% 36
North East -38 29 £72,500 +11.54% 31
Wales -49 23 £66,000 +14.78% 11
East Midlands -23 20 £55,000 -4.35% 25
Northern Ireland -85 2 £65,000 +18.18% 28
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 (3.94%) Apache
2 13 (2.70%) Confluence
3 12 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.49%) CMS
4 7 (1.45%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (1.24%) IIS
6 5 (1.04%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.62%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.62%) WinCC
9 2 (0.41%) nginx
9 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.41%) WordPress
10 1 (0.21%) Documentum
10 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.21%) Kentico
10 1 (0.21%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.62%) Simulink
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.41%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.62%) Shopify
3 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.21%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 181 (37.55%) AWS
2 147 (30.50%) Azure
3 59 (12.24%) GitHub
4 53 (11.00%) Azure DevOps
5 52 (10.79%) GCP
6 36 (7.47%) SaaS
6 36 (7.47%) Serverless
7 29 (6.02%) GitHub Copilot
8 23 (4.77%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (3.94%) Anthropic Claude
10 17 (3.53%) Amazon S3
11 15 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.70%) dbt
13 12 (2.49%) Snowflake
14 11 (2.28%) Power Platform
15 10 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
16 9 (1.87%) Amazon SQS
16 9 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (1.66%) Azure Functions
17 8 (1.66%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.11%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.45%) Wireshark
3 6 (1.24%) HTTP
4 5 (1.04%) Modbus
5 3 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) ATM
7 1 (0.21%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.21%) Internet
7 1 (0.21%) MQTT
7 1 (0.21%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (9.13%) SQL Server
2 38 (7.88%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (7.68%) Relational Database
4 31 (6.43%) MySQL
5 19 (3.94%) Redis
6 17 (3.53%) NoSQL
7 11 (2.28%) DynamoDB
7 11 (2.28%) MongoDB
8 10 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.24%) Power BI
10 4 (0.83%) Big Data
10 4 (0.83%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.83%) GIS
10 4 (0.83%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.62%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.62%) SQLite
11 3 (0.62%) ZAP BI
12 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 95 (19.71%) Git
2 43 (8.92%) JIRA
3 35 (7.26%) GitLab
4 28 (5.81%) Jenkins
5 16 (3.32%) Claude Code
5 16 (3.32%) Cypress.io
5 16 (3.32%) Selenium
6 12 (2.49%) JUnit
6 12 (2.49%) Maven
7 11 (2.28%) Cucumber
8 10 (2.07%) SonarQube
9 7 (1.45%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.45%) Postman
9 7 (1.45%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.24%) JMeter
10 6 (1.24%) Storybook
11 5 (1.04%) Crashlytics
11 5 (1.04%) Eclipse
11 5 (1.04%) NUnit
11 5 (1.04%) XCTest
General
1 171 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 85 (17.63%) Finance
3 69 (14.32%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.98%) Law
6 23 (4.77%) Electronics
7 22 (4.56%) Public Sector
8 21 (4.36%) Retail
9 13 (2.70%) Banking
9 13 (2.70%) Marketing
10 12 (2.49%) Publishing
11 10 (2.07%) Aviation
11 10 (2.07%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.45%) Games
13 7 (1.45%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.24%) Advertising
15 5 (1.04%) Aerospace
15 5 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.83%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 141 (29.25%) Developer
2 127 (26.35%) Lead
2 127 (26.35%) Senior
3 126 (26.14%) Software Engineer
4 54 (11.20%) Senior Software Engineer
5 49 (10.17%) Senior Developer
6 36 (7.47%) Software Developer
7 25 (5.19%) Technical Leader
7 25 (5.19%) Test Engineer
8 23 (4.77%) Team Leader
9 21 (4.36%) Lead Software Engineer
10 20 (4.15%) C# Developer
10 20 (4.15%) Lead Developer
11 19 (3.94%) Full-Stack Developer
11 19 (3.94%) Software Manager
12 17 (3.53%) .NET Developer
13 16 (3.32%) Python Engineer
14 15 (3.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 14 (2.90%) Java Developer
15 14 (2.90%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (30.50%) React
2 110 (22.82%) .NET
3 67 (13.90%) Node.js
4 65 (13.49%) REST
5 55 (11.41%) AngularJS
6 48 (9.96%) CSS
7 46 (9.54%) HTML
8 45 (9.34%) Terraform
9 34 (7.05%) RESTful
10 32 (6.64%) Spring
11 28 (5.81%) Playwright
12 26 (5.39%) .NET Framework
13 24 (4.98%) ASP.NET
14 21 (4.36%) .NET Core
14 21 (4.36%) Spring Boot
15 20 (4.15%) Kafka
15 20 (4.15%) Next.js
16 18 (3.73%) Entity Framework
17 17 (3.53%) Vue
18 15 (3.11%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 81 (16.80%) Cloud Native
2 46 (9.54%) Product Ownership
3 42 (8.71%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.98%) Mobile App
5 20 (4.15%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (3.94%) AI Agents
7 17 (3.53%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.49%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.07%) Embedded Systems
10 10 (2.07%) SCADA
11 9 (1.87%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.87%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (1.66%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.66%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.66%) Robotics
12 8 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.45%) Media Streaming
13 7 (1.45%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 55 (11.41%) Linux
2 30 (6.22%) Windows
3 16 (3.32%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.70%) Android
5 9 (1.87%) Debian
6 4 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.83%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.62%) Robot Operating System
8 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
8 1 (0.21%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (53.73%) CI/CD
1 259 (53.73%) Software Engineering
2 248 (51.45%) Agile
3 187 (38.80%) Test Automation
4 178 (36.93%) Mentoring
5 176 (36.51%) DevOps
6 159 (32.99%) AI
7 145 (30.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 134 (27.80%) Problem-Solving
9 97 (20.12%) Software Testing
10 92 (19.09%) Technical Leadership
11 90 (18.67%) Microservices
12 88 (18.26%) Scrum
12 88 (18.26%) SDLC
13 82 (17.01%) Full-Stack Development
14 71 (14.73%) Decision-Making
15 63 (13.07%) Infrastructure as Code
15 63 (13.07%) Software Architecture
16 60 (12.45%) Observability
17 54 (11.20%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 153 (31.74%) JavaScript
2 137 (28.42%) Python
3 120 (24.90%) TypeScript
4 119 (24.69%) C#
5 106 (21.99%) Java
6 103 (21.37%) SQL
7 42 (8.71%) C++
8 28 (5.81%) C
9 18 (3.73%) PHP
10 14 (2.90%) Go
11 12 (2.49%) Ruby
12 9 (1.87%) Bash
13 7 (1.45%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.45%) Rust
14 6 (1.24%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.04%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.04%) Groovy
15 5 (1.04%) MATLAB
15 5 (1.04%) PowerShell
15 5 (1.04%) Swift
Qualifications
1 94 (19.50%) Degree
2 67 (13.90%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.92%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.39%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.53%) DV Cleared
7 12 (2.49%) ISTQB
8 5 (1.04%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.62%) OCP
9 3 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.62%) PhD
10 2 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.41%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.21%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.21%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (24.27%) QA
2 40 (8.30%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.77%) Software Quality Assurance
4 10 (2.07%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.07%) WCAG
5 5 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.83%) NIST
6 4 (0.83%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 96 (19.92%) Docker
2 14 (2.90%) Firmware
3 13 (2.70%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.62%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.62%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) KVM
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.21%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 68 (14.11%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.49%) Grafana
3 11 (2.28%) Ansible
4 5 (1.04%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.83%) Functional Safety
5 4 (0.83%) Puppet
6 3 (0.62%) Control-M
6 3 (0.62%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.62%) Kibana
6 3 (0.62%) 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 (0.21%) Argo
8 1 (0.21%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.21%) logstash
8 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (9.54%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.98%) Google
3 20 (4.15%) Oracle
4 13 (2.70%) Databricks
5 10 (2.07%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.66%) Sage
6 8 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 8 (1.66%) Sitecore
7 7 (1.45%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.04%) Amplitude
8 5 (1.04%) Braze
8 5 (1.04%) Intel
8 5 (1.04%) Splunk
8 5 (1.04%) VMware
9 4 (0.83%) Adobe
9 4 (0.83%) SAP
10 3 (0.62%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.62%) DevExpress
10 3 (0.62%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.62%) Siemens