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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 250 254
Rank change year-on-year -65 +4 +113
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 372 380 724
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.52% 1.12% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.27% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 265 302 474
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,625 £33,400
25th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,217 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +11.29% +8.18%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,375 £81,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,247 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.67% +10.41% -7.69%

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 50,527 29,838 56,810
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.54% 88.27% 79.94%
Number of salaries quoted 35,584 16,032 38,818
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -8.84%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -31 98 £68,403 +5.23% 80
South East -11 90 £62,500 -21.88% 74
Midlands +2 61 £65,000 +8.33% 45
North West -27 61 £69,973 +7.65% 44
South West -25 52 £55,000 -12.00% 32
West Midlands -10 31 £65,000 +8.33% 23
East Midlands +10 30 £55,000 +37.50% 22
Scotland +12 27 £75,000 -4.76% 18
East of England -77 27 £60,000 -9.40% 26
Yorkshire -29 23 £62,500 +2.04% 27
Wales -41 17 £67,500 +12.50% 14
North East -45 14 £70,000 +31.76% 9
Northern Ireland -61 2 £65,000 +18.18% 16
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 16 (4.30%) Confluence
2 15 (4.03%) CMS
3 7 (1.88%) Apache
3 7 (1.88%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.81%) FactoryTalk
4 3 (0.81%) IIS
4 3 (0.81%) nginx
4 3 (0.81%) WinCC
5 2 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.54%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.54%) WordPress
6 1 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.27%) Documentum
6 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.27%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.27%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.81%) Simulink
3 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.34%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.81%) Shopify
3 2 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.27%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.27%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 148 (39.78%) AWS
2 126 (33.87%) Azure
3 52 (13.98%) GCP
4 50 (13.44%) GitHub
5 43 (11.56%) Serverless
6 30 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (8.06%) SaaS
7 23 (6.18%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (5.11%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.76%) Firebase
9 14 (3.76%) GitHub Copilot
9 14 (3.76%) Stripe
9 14 (3.76%) TestFlight
10 13 (3.49%) Amazon S3
10 13 (3.49%) Anthropic Claude
11 8 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (2.15%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.88%) Figma
13 6 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.15%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.34%) Modbus
2 5 (1.34%) Wireshark
3 3 (0.81%) Broadband
3 3 (0.81%) Profibus
4 2 (0.54%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (0.54%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.54%) SMS
4 2 (0.54%) VoIP
5 1 (0.27%) AMQP
5 1 (0.27%) ATM
5 1 (0.27%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.27%) HTTP
5 1 (0.27%) LTE
5 1 (0.27%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.80%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.38%) MySQL
3 18 (4.84%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.57%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.76%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.49%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.69%) Redis
8 7 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.08%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.81%) Big Data
10 3 (0.81%) Power BI
11 2 (0.54%) Data Vault
11 2 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.54%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.54%) Tableau
12 1 (0.27%) GIS
12 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 65 (17.47%) Git
2 38 (10.22%) JIRA
3 19 (5.11%) GitLab
4 15 (4.03%) Jenkins
5 14 (3.76%) Crashlytics
5 14 (3.76%) XCTest
6 12 (3.23%) JUnit
7 11 (2.96%) Claude Code
8 10 (2.69%) Selenium
9 9 (2.42%) Maven
10 8 (2.15%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.88%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.88%) Mockito
11 7 (1.88%) SonarQube
12 6 (1.61%) Cypress.io
12 6 (1.61%) Visual Studio
13 5 (1.34%) Eclipse
13 5 (1.34%) Storybook
13 5 (1.34%) Yeoman
14 4 (1.08%) Spock
General
1 124 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 54 (14.52%) Finance
3 37 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (3.49%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.49%) Retail
6 11 (2.96%) Electronics
7 10 (2.69%) Banking
8 8 (2.15%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.88%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.61%) Legal
11 5 (1.34%) Advertising
11 5 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.34%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.34%) Marketing
12 4 (1.08%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.81%) Aviation
13 3 (0.81%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 103 (27.69%) Developer
2 97 (26.08%) Lead
3 95 (25.54%) Software Engineer
4 83 (22.31%) Senior
5 36 (9.68%) Senior Software Engineer
6 27 (7.26%) Senior Developer
7 21 (5.65%) Full-Stack Developer
7 21 (5.65%) Software Developer
7 21 (5.65%) Technical Leader
8 18 (4.84%) Test Engineer
9 17 (4.57%) Java Developer
9 17 (4.57%) Lead Developer
9 17 (4.57%) Python Engineer
10 15 (4.03%) Python Software Engineer
10 15 (4.03%) Team Leader
11 14 (3.76%) Mobile Engineer
12 13 (3.49%) Engineering Manager
13 12 (3.23%) Analyst
14 11 (2.96%) Architect
14 11 (2.96%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (25.54%) React
2 61 (16.40%) .NET
3 50 (13.44%) Node.js
4 46 (12.37%) REST
5 37 (9.95%) CSS
6 35 (9.41%) AngularJS
7 34 (9.14%) HTML
8 31 (8.33%) RESTful
9 28 (7.53%) Spring
10 17 (4.57%) Vue
11 16 (4.30%) ASP.NET
11 16 (4.30%) Spring Boot
11 16 (4.30%) SwiftUI
11 16 (4.30%) UIKit
12 14 (3.76%) Next.js
13 13 (3.49%) Django
13 13 (3.49%) Web Services
14 12 (3.23%) Playwright
15 11 (2.96%) AWS CDK
15 11 (2.96%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.78%) Cloud Native
2 35 (9.41%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (8.60%) Product Ownership
4 28 (7.53%) Mobile App
5 26 (6.99%) Greenfield Project
6 20 (5.38%) Onboarding
7 18 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (3.76%) Client/Server
9 11 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (2.42%) Management Information System
12 8 (2.15%) AI Agents
12 8 (2.15%) Embedded Systems
13 7 (1.88%) NHS
13 7 (1.88%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (1.61%) SCADA
15 5 (1.34%) Distributed Architecture
15 5 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
15 5 (1.34%) Virtual Team
16 4 (1.08%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (15.05%) Linux
2 25 (6.72%) Windows
3 19 (5.11%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.34%) Android
4 5 (1.34%) Debian
5 4 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.81%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.27%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (49.73%) CI/CD
2 168 (45.16%) Agile
3 167 (44.89%) Software Engineering
4 145 (38.98%) Test Automation
5 137 (36.83%) DevOps
6 118 (31.72%) Mentoring
7 103 (27.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 94 (25.27%) AI
9 92 (24.73%) Problem-Solving
10 74 (19.89%) Technical Leadership
11 73 (19.62%) Microservices
12 71 (19.09%) Full-Stack Development
13 70 (18.82%) Software Testing
14 64 (17.20%) User Experience
15 58 (15.59%) Scrum
16 52 (13.98%) SDLC
17 50 (13.44%) Clean Code
18 48 (12.90%) Decision-Making
19 47 (12.63%) Infrastructure as Code
20 45 (12.10%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 108 (29.03%) JavaScript
2 107 (28.76%) Python
3 77 (20.70%) TypeScript
4 76 (20.43%) Java
5 68 (18.28%) C#
6 61 (16.40%) SQL
7 46 (12.37%) C++
8 38 (10.22%) C
9 22 (5.91%) PHP
10 16 (4.30%) Swift
11 15 (4.03%) Kotlin
12 12 (3.23%) Rust
13 7 (1.88%) Ruby
14 6 (1.61%) Go
14 6 (1.61%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.34%) Bash
15 5 (1.34%) Groovy
15 5 (1.34%) MATLAB
15 5 (1.34%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.81%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 53 (14.25%) Degree
2 39 (10.48%) Security Cleared
3 28 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (5.38%) SC Cleared
5 18 (4.84%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.69%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.54%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.54%) PhD
9 1 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.27%) CISM
9 1 (0.27%) CISSP
9 1 (0.27%) GSEC
9 1 (0.27%) HNC
9 1 (0.27%) HND
9 1 (0.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (21.77%) QA
2 27 (7.26%) Accessibility
3 22 (5.91%) Software Quality Assurance
4 7 (1.88%) WCAG
5 6 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.81%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.54%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.54%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.54%) MISRA
7 2 (0.54%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.54%) NCSC
7 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.27%) GDPR
8 1 (0.27%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.27%) NIST
8 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 73 (19.62%) Docker
2 12 (3.23%) KVM
2 12 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (2.96%) Firmware
3 11 (2.96%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.88%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.81%) vSphere
7 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 45 (12.10%) Kubernetes
2 32 (8.60%) Terraform
3 9 (2.42%) Ansible
4 8 (2.15%) Grafana
5 4 (1.08%) Functional Safety
5 4 (1.08%) Kibana
6 3 (0.81%) Control-M
6 3 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.81%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.54%) Packer
7 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.54%) Puppet
8 1 (0.27%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.27%) logstash
8 1 (0.27%) Podman
8 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (6.72%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.84%) Google
3 15 (4.03%) VMware
4 14 (3.76%) Amplitude
4 14 (3.76%) Braze
4 14 (3.76%) Oracle
5 7 (1.88%) Sitecore
6 6 (1.61%) AppDynamics
6 6 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.08%) Intel
7 4 (1.08%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.08%) Splunk
8 3 (0.81%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.81%) Databricks
8 3 (0.81%) Foundry
8 3 (0.81%) HP
8 3 (0.81%) Rockwell
8 3 (0.81%) Siemens
9 2 (0.54%) IBM
9 2 (0.54%) Sage