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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 317 232 264
Rank change year-on-year -85 +32 +119
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 328 390 761
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.48% 1.28% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.41% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 232 314 503
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £33,350
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% +2.46%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,225 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.70% +10.38% -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 47,964 27,634 62,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.12% 90.71% 80.10%
Number of salaries quoted 33,682 14,144 43,500
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,679 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,000 £77,750
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 25 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 25 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 -54 88 £67,500 +3.85% 34
South East -32 74 £61,250 -23.44% 51
Midlands +3 57 £65,000 +13.04% 17
North West -32 56 £69,973 +7.65% 17
South West -37 49 £55,000 -12.00% 19
East Midlands -8 30 £55,000 +41.94% 5
West Midlands -16 27 £65,000 +8.33% 12
Scotland +11 24 £75,000 -4.76% 4
East of England -84 24 £61,250 -7.52% 16
Yorkshire -28 21 £62,500 -13.19% 9
North East -37 11 £70,000 +31.76% 8
Wales -42 11 £72,500 +20.83% 2
Northern Ireland -38 3 £65,000 +18.18% 8
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 (5.18%) Confluence
2 13 (3.96%) CMS
3 7 (2.13%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (1.83%) Apache
5 3 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.91%) FactoryTalk
5 3 (0.91%) nginx
5 3 (0.91%) WinCC
6 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.61%) WordPress
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.30%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.30%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.61%) Simulink
1 2 (0.61%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.52%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.30%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.30%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 134 (40.85%) AWS
2 112 (34.15%) Azure
3 44 (13.41%) GCP
3 44 (13.41%) GitHub
4 40 (12.20%) Serverless
5 28 (8.54%) SaaS
6 24 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (6.40%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (5.79%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (4.27%) Firebase
9 14 (4.27%) Stripe
9 14 (4.27%) TestFlight
10 12 (3.66%) Amazon S3
11 9 (2.74%) GitHub Copilot
12 7 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (2.13%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (2.13%) Figma
13 6 (1.83%) Anthropic Claude
13 6 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (1.52%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.52%) Modbus
2 4 (1.22%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.22%) Wireshark
3 3 (0.91%) Broadband
3 3 (0.91%) Profibus
4 2 (0.61%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (0.61%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.61%) SMS
4 2 (0.61%) VoIP
5 1 (0.30%) AMQP
5 1 (0.30%) ATM
5 1 (0.30%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.30%) HTTP
5 1 (0.30%) LTE
5 1 (0.30%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.01%) SQL Server
2 15 (4.57%) MySQL
3 13 (3.96%) NoSQL
4 12 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.35%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.22%) Big Data
8 4 (1.22%) Redis
9 3 (0.91%) Power BI
10 2 (0.61%) Data Vault
10 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.61%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.61%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.61%) Tableau
11 1 (0.30%) GIS
11 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 49 (14.94%) Git
2 36 (10.98%) JIRA
3 16 (4.88%) GitLab
4 14 (4.27%) Crashlytics
4 14 (4.27%) XCTest
5 13 (3.96%) Jenkins
5 13 (3.96%) JUnit
6 10 (3.05%) Selenium
7 8 (2.44%) Claude Code
7 8 (2.44%) Maven
7 8 (2.44%) Mockito
7 8 (2.44%) SonarQube
8 7 (2.13%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.83%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.83%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.52%) Yeoman
11 4 (1.22%) Eclipse
11 4 (1.22%) Spock
11 4 (1.22%) Storybook
12 3 (0.91%) TestRail
General
1 106 (32.32%) Social Skills
2 48 (14.63%) Finance
3 23 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (3.96%) Retail
5 12 (3.66%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.05%) Banking
7 8 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.13%) Electronics
8 7 (2.13%) Legal
8 7 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.83%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.52%) Advertising
10 5 (1.52%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.52%) Marketing
11 4 (1.22%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.22%) Law
12 3 (0.91%) Aviation
12 3 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.91%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 86 (26.22%) Developer
1 86 (26.22%) Lead
2 85 (25.91%) Software Engineer
3 70 (21.34%) Senior
4 29 (8.84%) Senior Software Engineer
5 24 (7.32%) Senior Developer
6 17 (5.18%) Software Developer
6 17 (5.18%) Technical Leader
7 16 (4.88%) Full-Stack Developer
7 16 (4.88%) Java Developer
7 16 (4.88%) Lead Developer
8 14 (4.27%) Mobile Engineer
9 13 (3.96%) Analyst
9 13 (3.96%) Engineering Manager
9 13 (3.96%) Python Engineer
9 13 (3.96%) Python Software Engineer
9 13 (3.96%) Team Leader
10 11 (3.35%) Architect
10 11 (3.35%) Test Engineer
11 10 (3.05%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (23.78%) React
2 54 (16.46%) .NET
3 41 (12.50%) REST
4 37 (11.28%) Node.js
5 29 (8.84%) CSS
6 28 (8.54%) AngularJS
7 27 (8.23%) RESTful
8 26 (7.93%) HTML
8 26 (7.93%) Spring
9 17 (5.18%) SwiftUI
10 16 (4.88%) UIKit
11 15 (4.57%) Spring Boot
11 15 (4.57%) Vue
12 13 (3.96%) Web Services
13 12 (3.66%) ASP.NET
13 12 (3.66%) Django
14 11 (3.35%) AWS CDK
14 11 (3.35%) Laravel
14 11 (3.35%) Playwright
15 10 (3.05%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.94%) Cloud Native
2 36 (10.98%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (8.84%) Mobile App
4 24 (7.32%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (7.32%) Product Ownership
5 21 (6.40%) Onboarding
6 16 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (4.27%) Client/Server
8 10 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.74%) Management Information System
10 8 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.44%) NHS
11 6 (1.83%) Embedded Systems
11 6 (1.83%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.52%) Distributed Architecture
12 5 (1.52%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.52%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.22%) AI Agents
13 4 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 47 (14.33%) Linux
2 22 (6.71%) Windows
3 20 (6.10%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.52%) Android
5 3 (0.91%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.61%) Debian
6 2 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.30%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (49.09%) CI/CD
2 145 (44.21%) Agile
3 142 (43.29%) Software Engineering
4 124 (37.80%) Test Automation
5 121 (36.89%) DevOps
6 99 (30.18%) Mentoring
7 91 (27.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 79 (24.09%) Problem-Solving
9 76 (23.17%) AI
10 66 (20.12%) Technical Leadership
10 66 (20.12%) User Experience
11 64 (19.51%) Full-Stack Development
12 63 (19.21%) Microservices
13 55 (16.77%) Software Testing
14 51 (15.55%) Scrum
15 44 (13.41%) Observability
16 42 (12.80%) Clean Code
16 42 (12.80%) SDLC
17 40 (12.20%) Containerisation
18 39 (11.89%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 96 (29.27%) Python
2 90 (27.44%) JavaScript
3 66 (20.12%) Java
4 65 (19.82%) TypeScript
5 59 (17.99%) C#
6 52 (15.85%) SQL
7 43 (13.11%) C++
8 36 (10.98%) C
9 20 (6.10%) PHP
10 17 (5.18%) Swift
11 15 (4.57%) Kotlin
12 14 (4.27%) Rust
13 6 (1.83%) PL/SQL
14 5 (1.52%) Bash
14 5 (1.52%) Go
14 5 (1.52%) Groovy
14 5 (1.52%) PowerShell
15 4 (1.22%) MATLAB
16 3 (0.91%) Embedded C
17 2 (0.61%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 46 (14.02%) Degree
2 32 (9.76%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.93%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (5.79%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.96%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.74%) ISTQB
7 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.61%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PhD
9 1 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.30%) CISM
9 1 (0.30%) CISSP
9 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.30%) GSEC
9 1 (0.30%) HNC
9 1 (0.30%) HND
9 1 (0.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.30%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (21.34%) QA
2 23 (7.01%) Accessibility
3 20 (6.10%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.52%) WCAG
6 3 (0.91%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.91%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.61%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.61%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.61%) MISRA
7 2 (0.61%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.61%) NCSC
8 1 (0.30%) GDPR
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.30%) NIST
8 1 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 61 (18.60%) Docker
2 14 (4.27%) Hyper-V
2 14 (4.27%) KVM
2 14 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.44%) Firmware
4 5 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.91%) vSphere
6 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (10.98%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.10%) Terraform
3 8 (2.44%) Grafana
4 7 (2.13%) Ansible
5 4 (1.22%) Functional Safety
5 4 (1.22%) Kibana
6 3 (0.91%) Control-M
6 3 (0.91%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.91%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.61%) Packer
7 2 (0.61%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.30%) logstash
8 1 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (6.40%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.18%) VMware
3 14 (4.27%) Amplitude
3 14 (4.27%) Braze
3 14 (4.27%) Oracle
4 9 (2.74%) Google
5 7 (2.13%) Sitecore
6 6 (1.83%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.52%) Splunk
8 3 (0.91%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.91%) Databricks
8 3 (0.91%) Foundry
8 3 (0.91%) HP
8 3 (0.91%) Rockwell
8 3 (0.91%) Siemens
9 2 (0.61%) IBM
9 2 (0.61%) Intel
9 2 (0.61%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.61%) Veracode