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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 345 249
Rank change year-on-year +61 -96 +48
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 489 215 510
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.57% 0.62% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.71% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 303 142 247
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,300 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £51,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +15.30%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 61,030 30,315 41,658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.53% 87.27% 79.35%
Number of salaries quoted 42,871 16,100 21,305
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £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 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,430
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.45% -0.95%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +11 143 £67,249 +12.08% 211
South East +13 122 £61,005 -18.66% 189
North West -1 85 £65,000 +8.33% 114
South West -16 75 £67,500 +8.00% 114
Midlands -26 53 £55,000 -8.33% 113
Scotland +17 37 £75,000 -25.00% 208
East of England -8 35 £52,500 -12.50% 70
West Midlands -22 34 £67,500 +12.50% 74
Yorkshire -30 31 £65,000 +13.04% 56
North East -41 27 £73,750 +13.46% 42
Wales -45 24 £66,000 +14.78% 31
East Midlands -29 19 £55,000 -4.35% 39
Northern Ireland -84 1 - - 36
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 (3.89%) Apache
2 13 (2.66%) CMS
3 10 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.84%) Confluence
5 8 (1.64%) IIS
6 6 (1.23%) Apache Spark
6 6 (1.23%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.61%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.61%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.61%) WinCC
9 2 (0.41%) nginx
9 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.41%) WordPress
10 1 (0.20%) Documentum
10 1 (0.20%) Kentico
10 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Simulink
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.41%) Trello
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (0.61%) Shopify
1 3 (0.61%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.20%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 186 (38.04%) AWS
2 146 (29.86%) Azure
3 58 (11.86%) GitHub
4 51 (10.43%) GCP
5 50 (10.22%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (7.98%) Serverless
7 34 (6.95%) SaaS
8 30 (6.13%) GitHub Copilot
9 22 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (4.09%) Anthropic Claude
11 18 (3.68%) Amazon S3
12 14 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
13 11 (2.25%) dbt
14 10 (2.04%) Amazon SQS
14 10 (2.04%) Azure Functions
14 10 (2.04%) Snowflake
15 9 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.84%) Power Platform
16 8 (1.64%) TestFlight
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.07%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.43%) Wireshark
3 6 (1.23%) HTTP
4 4 (0.82%) Modbus
5 3 (0.61%) Profibus
5 3 (0.61%) RFID
6 2 (0.41%) Asterisk PBX
6 2 (0.41%) SMS
6 2 (0.41%) VoIP
7 1 (0.20%) ATM
7 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.20%) Internet
7 1 (0.20%) MQTT
7 1 (0.20%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.18%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (7.98%) Relational Database
4 32 (6.54%) MySQL
5 20 (4.09%) NoSQL
6 18 (3.68%) Redis
7 12 (2.45%) DynamoDB
8 11 (2.25%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.82%) ClickHouse
11 4 (0.82%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.82%) GIS
11 4 (0.82%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.82%) Power BI
12 3 (0.61%) Big Data
12 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.61%) SQLite
12 3 (0.61%) ZAP BI
13 2 (0.41%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 92 (18.81%) Git
2 38 (7.77%) GitLab
3 34 (6.95%) JIRA
4 27 (5.52%) Jenkins
5 20 (4.09%) Claude Code
6 14 (2.86%) Cypress.io
7 13 (2.66%) Selenium
8 12 (2.45%) JUnit
8 12 (2.45%) Maven
9 10 (2.04%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.04%) SonarQube
10 7 (1.43%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.43%) Postman
10 7 (1.43%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
12 5 (1.02%) Eclipse
12 5 (1.02%) NUnit
12 5 (1.02%) Oracle Forms
12 5 (1.02%) Storybook
12 5 (1.02%) TeamCity
General
1 176 (35.99%) Social Skills
2 88 (18.00%) Finance
3 69 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (4.91%) Law
6 23 (4.70%) Electronics
7 22 (4.50%) Retail
8 20 (4.09%) Public Sector
9 17 (3.48%) Publishing
10 13 (2.66%) Marketing
11 10 (2.04%) Aviation
11 10 (2.04%) Banking
11 10 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.43%) Games
13 7 (1.43%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.02%) Advertising
14 5 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.82%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 149 (30.47%) Developer
2 136 (27.81%) Software Engineer
3 135 (27.61%) Senior
4 123 (25.15%) Lead
5 57 (11.66%) Senior Software Engineer
6 55 (11.25%) Senior Developer
7 38 (7.77%) Software Developer
8 24 (4.91%) Lead Software Engineer
9 23 (4.70%) Team Leader
9 23 (4.70%) Technical Leader
9 23 (4.70%) Test Engineer
10 21 (4.29%) C# Developer
10 21 (4.29%) Full-Stack Developer
11 20 (4.09%) Lead Developer
11 20 (4.09%) Software Manager
12 18 (3.68%) .NET Developer
13 16 (3.27%) Software Team Leader
14 15 (3.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 15 (3.07%) Python Engineer
14 15 (3.07%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (32.52%) React
2 113 (23.11%) .NET
3 71 (14.52%) Node.js
4 65 (13.29%) REST
5 54 (11.04%) AngularJS
6 49 (10.02%) CSS
7 48 (9.82%) HTML
8 46 (9.41%) Terraform
9 36 (7.36%) Spring
10 35 (7.16%) RESTful
11 26 (5.32%) Kafka
12 25 (5.11%) Spring Boot
13 24 (4.91%) .NET Framework
13 24 (4.91%) ASP.NET
13 24 (4.91%) Playwright
14 22 (4.50%) .NET Core
15 21 (4.29%) Next.js
15 21 (4.29%) Vue
16 17 (3.48%) Entity Framework
17 15 (3.07%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 81 (16.56%) Cloud Native
2 44 (9.00%) Product Ownership
3 42 (8.59%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (4.91%) Mobile App
5 20 (4.09%) AI Agents
6 18 (3.68%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (3.48%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
9 12 (2.45%) Media Streaming
9 12 (2.45%) Podcast
10 11 (2.25%) Algorithms
11 10 (2.04%) SCADA
11 10 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.84%) Client/Server
12 9 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (1.84%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
12 9 (1.84%) Robotics
13 8 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
14 7 (1.43%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 59 (12.07%) Linux
2 29 (5.93%) Windows
3 17 (3.48%) Apple iOS
4 15 (3.07%) Android
5 9 (1.84%) Debian
6 4 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.82%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
8 2 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
9 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (55.83%) Software Engineering
2 263 (53.78%) CI/CD
3 249 (50.92%) Agile
4 183 (37.42%) Mentoring
5 180 (36.81%) Test Automation
6 173 (35.38%) DevOps
7 165 (33.74%) AI
8 151 (30.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 137 (28.02%) Problem-Solving
10 96 (19.63%) Software Testing
11 95 (19.43%) Microservices
12 92 (18.81%) Technical Leadership
13 89 (18.20%) SDLC
14 87 (17.79%) Scrum
15 83 (16.97%) Full-Stack Development
16 69 (14.11%) Decision-Making
17 66 (13.50%) Software Architecture
18 64 (13.09%) Infrastructure as Code
19 62 (12.68%) Observability
20 60 (12.27%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 156 (31.90%) JavaScript
2 134 (27.40%) Python
3 131 (26.79%) TypeScript
4 121 (24.74%) C#
5 114 (23.31%) Java
6 103 (21.06%) SQL
7 42 (8.59%) C++
8 25 (5.11%) C
9 19 (3.89%) PHP
10 14 (2.86%) Go
11 13 (2.66%) Ruby
12 9 (1.84%) Bash
13 8 (1.64%) Kotlin
13 8 (1.64%) Rust
14 6 (1.23%) Swift
14 6 (1.23%) VB.NET
15 5 (1.02%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.02%) Groovy
15 5 (1.02%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.02%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 96 (19.63%) Degree
2 72 (14.72%) Security Cleared
3 47 (9.61%) SC Cleared
4 37 (7.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.32%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.68%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.84%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.82%) Azure Certification
8 4 (0.82%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.61%) OCP
9 3 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.61%) PhD
10 2 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.20%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (22.70%) QA
2 38 (7.77%) Accessibility
3 18 (3.68%) Software Quality Assurance
4 10 (2.04%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.84%) WCAG
6 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.82%) NIST
6 4 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.61%) IEC 61131
7 3 (0.61%) PMO
8 2 (0.41%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.41%) GDPR
8 2 (0.41%) NCSC
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.20%) MISRA
9 1 (0.20%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 105 (21.47%) Docker
2 13 (2.66%) Firmware
3 12 (2.45%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.61%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.61%) vSphere
5 2 (0.41%) KVM
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 75 (15.34%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.25%) Grafana
3 10 (2.04%) Ansible
4 5 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.82%) Packer
5 4 (0.82%) Progress Chef
5 4 (0.82%) Puppet
6 3 (0.61%) Control-M
6 3 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.61%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.61%) Podman
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.20%) Argo
8 1 (0.20%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.20%) Kibana
8 1 (0.20%) logstash
8 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (9.61%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.91%) Google
3 20 (4.09%) Oracle
4 11 (2.25%) Databricks
5 10 (2.04%) OpenAI
6 8 (1.64%) Sage
6 8 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.43%) Sitecore
8 5 (1.02%) Amplitude
8 5 (1.02%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.02%) Braze
8 5 (1.02%) Intel
8 5 (1.02%) Splunk
8 5 (1.02%) VMware
9 4 (0.82%) Adobe
9 4 (0.82%) SAP
10 3 (0.61%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.61%) DevExpress
10 3 (0.61%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.61%) Siemens