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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 238 270
Rank change year-on-year -89 +32 +126
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 275 374 723
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.41% 1.31% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 1.43% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 183 313 494
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,215 £55,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +20.01% +0.31%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £71,500 £66,219 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.98% +10.37% -14.29%

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 47,358 26,244 57,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.87% 92.03% 82.95%
Number of salaries quoted 30,601 12,957 41,109
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,007
25th Percentile £37,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -9.84%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -53 77 £67,500 +3.85% 55
South East -61 55 £62,500 -21.88% 58
North West -31 49 £67,500 +17.39% 32
Midlands -19 48 £65,000 +13.04% 31
South West -39 45 £55,000 -8.33% 27
Scotland +4 25 £72,500 -14.96% 11
East Midlands -16 25 £55,000 +41.94% 17
West Midlands -28 23 £65,000 +10.64% 14
Yorkshire -40 20 £62,500 -16.67% 15
East of England -95 16 £67,500 +1.90% 12
Wales -32 9 £71,500 +3.62% 2
North East -28 8 £70,000 -7.28% 9
Northern Ireland -40 2 £65,000 +18.18% 9
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 12 (4.36%) Confluence
2 10 (3.64%) CMS
3 5 (1.82%) Sitecore CMS
4 4 (1.45%) Apache
5 3 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.09%) FactoryTalk
5 3 (1.09%) WinCC
6 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.73%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.73%) WordPress
7 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.36%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.36%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.36%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 110 (40.00%) AWS
2 94 (34.18%) Azure
3 44 (16.00%) GitHub
4 36 (13.09%) Serverless
5 35 (12.73%) GCP
6 24 (8.73%) SaaS
7 23 (8.36%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (6.91%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (4.73%) Firebase
10 13 (4.73%) Stripe
10 13 (4.73%) TestFlight
11 12 (4.36%) Amazon S3
12 10 (3.64%) GitHub Copilot
13 9 (3.27%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.91%) AWS Step Functions
15 7 (2.55%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.55%) Figma
16 5 (1.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 5 (1.82%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.82%) Modbus
2 3 (1.09%) Broadband
2 3 (1.09%) HTTP
2 3 (1.09%) Profibus
3 2 (0.73%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.73%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.36%) AMQP
4 1 (0.36%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (0.36%) LTE
4 1 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.18%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.73%) MySQL
2 13 (4.73%) NoSQL
3 11 (4.00%) MongoDB
4 9 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.91%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.18%) DynamoDB
7 5 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.45%) Big Data
9 2 (0.73%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.73%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.73%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.73%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.73%) Power BI
9 2 (0.73%) Redis
9 2 (0.73%) Tableau
10 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.36%) Looker
10 1 (0.36%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 39 (14.18%) Git
2 35 (12.73%) JIRA
3 17 (6.18%) Jenkins
4 15 (5.45%) GitLab
4 15 (5.45%) JUnit
5 13 (4.73%) Crashlytics
5 13 (4.73%) XCTest
6 12 (4.36%) Maven
7 11 (4.00%) SonarQube
8 10 (3.64%) Cypress.io
9 8 (2.91%) Mockito
9 8 (2.91%) Selenium
10 7 (2.55%) Claude Code
11 5 (1.82%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.82%) Yeoman
12 4 (1.45%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.45%) JMeter
12 4 (1.45%) Spock
12 4 (1.45%) Storybook
12 4 (1.45%) TestRail
General
1 88 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 47 (17.09%) Finance
3 19 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.27%) Banking
4 9 (3.27%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.27%) Retail
5 7 (2.55%) Legal
6 6 (2.18%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.82%) Electronics
7 5 (1.82%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.45%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.45%) Health Technology
8 4 (1.45%) Marketing
9 3 (1.09%) Advertising
9 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.09%) Law
10 2 (0.73%) Aviation
10 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 70 (25.45%) Software Engineer
2 65 (23.64%) Developer
2 65 (23.64%) Lead
3 60 (21.82%) Senior
4 22 (8.00%) Senior Developer
5 18 (6.55%) Senior Software Engineer
6 17 (6.18%) Software Developer
7 15 (5.45%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (4.73%) Mobile Engineer
9 12 (4.36%) Technical Leader
10 11 (4.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 11 (4.00%) Java Developer
10 11 (4.00%) Team Leader
10 11 (4.00%) Test Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Python Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Python Software Engineer
12 9 (3.27%) Architect
12 9 (3.27%) Engineering Manager
13 8 (2.91%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.55%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (21.82%) React
2 46 (16.73%) .NET
3 35 (12.73%) REST
4 33 (12.00%) Spring
5 27 (9.82%) AngularJS
6 26 (9.45%) Node.js
7 25 (9.09%) RESTful
8 24 (8.73%) CSS
9 23 (8.36%) HTML
9 23 (8.36%) Spring Boot
10 16 (5.82%) SwiftUI
11 15 (5.45%) UIKit
12 13 (4.73%) Web Services
13 11 (4.00%) AWS CDK
13 11 (4.00%) Playwright
14 10 (3.64%) Vue
15 9 (3.27%) Django
16 8 (2.91%) Laravel
16 8 (2.91%) WebSockets
17 7 (2.55%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 39 (14.18%) Cloud Native
2 38 (13.82%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (9.09%) Product Ownership
4 21 (7.64%) Mobile App
5 20 (7.27%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (7.27%) Onboarding
6 14 (5.09%) Client/Server
7 11 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.91%) NHS
8 8 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.55%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.18%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.82%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (1.09%) IoT
13 3 (1.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.36%) Linux
2 19 (6.91%) Apple iOS
3 11 (4.00%) Windows
4 3 (1.09%) Android
4 3 (1.09%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.36%) Debian
5 1 (0.36%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (53.09%) CI/CD
2 117 (42.55%) Agile
3 114 (41.45%) Software Engineering
4 102 (37.09%) DevOps
5 98 (35.64%) Test Automation
6 79 (28.73%) Continuous Improvement
7 73 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (24.73%) Mentoring
9 62 (22.55%) Full-Stack Development
10 58 (21.09%) Microservices
11 57 (20.73%) AI
12 51 (18.55%) User Experience
13 50 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
14 45 (16.36%) Containerisation
14 45 (16.36%) Scrum
15 44 (16.00%) Software Testing
16 39 (14.18%) Observability
17 34 (12.36%) Coaching
17 34 (12.36%) Decision-Making
18 32 (11.64%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 81 (29.45%) JavaScript
2 79 (28.73%) Python
3 60 (21.82%) TypeScript
4 51 (18.55%) Java
5 38 (13.82%) C#
6 37 (13.45%) SQL
7 29 (10.55%) C++
8 25 (9.09%) C
9 16 (5.82%) PHP
9 16 (5.82%) Swift
10 14 (5.09%) Rust
11 13 (4.73%) Kotlin
12 8 (2.91%) Bash
12 8 (2.91%) Groovy
13 5 (1.82%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.09%) PowerShell
14 3 (1.09%) Scala
15 2 (0.73%) Julia
15 2 (0.73%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 39 (14.18%) Degree
2 24 (8.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (6.91%) Security Cleared
4 13 (4.73%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.18%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.09%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.73%) PhD
9 1 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.36%) CISM
9 1 (0.36%) CISSP
9 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.36%) GSEC
9 1 (0.36%) HNC
9 1 (0.36%) HND
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (22.55%) QA
2 16 (5.82%) Accessibility
3 15 (5.45%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.09%) IEC 61131
5 3 (1.09%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.09%) WCAG
6 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.73%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.73%) MISRA
6 2 (0.73%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.36%) GDPR
7 1 (0.36%) NIST
7 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (20.36%) Docker
2 14 (5.09%) Hyper-V
2 14 (5.09%) KVM
2 14 (5.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.55%) Firmware
4 5 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.73%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (10.55%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.82%) Terraform
3 11 (4.00%) Grafana
4 8 (2.91%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.45%) Ansible
5 4 (1.45%) HP Fortify
6 3 (1.09%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.09%) Kibana
7 2 (0.73%) Control-M
7 2 (0.73%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.73%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.73%) Packer
7 2 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (5.82%) VMware
2 13 (4.73%) Amplitude
2 13 (4.73%) Braze
2 13 (4.73%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.73%) Oracle
3 7 (2.55%) Google
4 6 (2.18%) AppDynamics
4 6 (2.18%) Splunk
5 5 (1.82%) Sitecore
6 4 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.09%) Databricks
7 3 (1.09%) Foundry
7 3 (1.09%) HP
7 3 (1.09%) Rockwell
7 3 (1.09%) Siemens
8 2 (0.73%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.73%) IBM
8 2 (0.73%) SAP
9 1 (0.36%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.36%) Sage