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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 338 226 264
Rank change year-on-year -112 +38 +130
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 262 398 724
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.40% 1.37% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 1.49% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 173 334 494
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £74,721
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £71,500 £66,219 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.98% +10.37% -13.95%

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 46,819 26,675 57,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.90% 92.04% 83.38%
Number of salaries quoted 30,052 13,730 40,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.97%

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 16 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 16 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 75 £67,500 +12.50% 52
South East -55 51 £62,500 -21.88% 53
North West -30 47 £67,500 +17.39% 28
South West -31 46 £55,000 -8.33% 21
Midlands -19 42 £65,000 +13.04% 40
Scotland +1 25 £72,500 -14.96% 8
East Midlands -14 23 £67,500 +74.19% 23
Yorkshire -49 20 £62,500 -10.71% 18
West Midlands -47 19 £65,000 +13.04% 17
East of England -94 14 £62,500 -5.65% 15
Wales -23 9 £71,500 +3.62% 5
North East -33 8 £70,000 -7.28% 7
Northern Ireland -42 2 £65,000 +18.18% 2
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 (4.58%) Confluence
2 10 (3.82%) CMS
3 5 (1.91%) Sitecore CMS
4 3 (1.15%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.76%) Apache
5 2 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.76%) FactoryTalk
5 2 (0.76%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.76%) WinCC
5 2 (0.76%) WordPress
6 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.38%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.91%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.38%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 105 (40.08%) AWS
2 90 (34.35%) Azure
3 45 (17.18%) GitHub
4 34 (12.98%) GCP
5 33 (12.60%) Serverless
6 24 (9.16%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (8.78%) SaaS
8 17 (6.49%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
10 13 (4.96%) Firebase
10 13 (4.96%) Stripe
10 13 (4.96%) TestFlight
11 10 (3.82%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.82%) GitHub Copilot
12 9 (3.44%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (2.67%) Figma
14 6 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
14 6 (2.29%) AWS Step Functions
14 6 (2.29%) Datadog
15 5 (1.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.53%) Modbus
2 3 (1.15%) Broadband
2 3 (1.15%) HTTP
3 2 (0.76%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.76%) Profibus
4 1 (0.38%) AMQP
4 1 (0.38%) LTE
4 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.96%) NoSQL
3 12 (4.58%) MySQL
4 11 (4.20%) MongoDB
5 9 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (3.05%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.29%) DynamoDB
8 4 (1.53%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.53%) Big Data
9 2 (0.76%) CockroachDB
9 2 (0.76%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.76%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.76%) MariaDB
9 2 (0.76%) Power BI
9 2 (0.76%) Redis
9 2 (0.76%) Tableau
10 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.38%) Looker
10 1 (0.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 40 (15.27%) Git
2 34 (12.98%) JIRA
3 17 (6.49%) Jenkins
4 15 (5.73%) GitLab
5 14 (5.34%) JUnit
6 13 (4.96%) Crashlytics
6 13 (4.96%) XCTest
7 11 (4.20%) Maven
8 10 (3.82%) SonarQube
9 9 (3.44%) Cypress.io
10 8 (3.05%) Selenium
11 7 (2.67%) Mockito
12 6 (2.29%) Claude Code
13 4 (1.53%) Bitbucket
13 4 (1.53%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.53%) JMeter
13 4 (1.53%) Spock
13 4 (1.53%) Storybook
13 4 (1.53%) TestRail
13 4 (1.53%) Yeoman
General
1 86 (32.82%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.18%) Finance
3 19 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.44%) Banking
4 9 (3.44%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.44%) Retail
5 7 (2.67%) Legal
6 5 (1.91%) Electronics
6 5 (1.91%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.91%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.53%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.53%) Health Technology
7 4 (1.53%) Marketing
8 3 (1.15%) Advertising
8 3 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.15%) Law
9 2 (0.76%) Aviation
9 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 61 (23.28%) Developer
1 61 (23.28%) Software Engineer
2 60 (22.90%) Lead
3 57 (21.76%) Senior
4 21 (8.02%) Senior Developer
5 15 (5.73%) Senior Software Engineer
5 15 (5.73%) Software Developer
6 13 (4.96%) Full-Stack Developer
6 13 (4.96%) Mobile Engineer
7 12 (4.58%) Java Developer
7 12 (4.58%) Technical Leader
8 11 (4.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 11 (4.20%) Test Engineer
9 10 (3.82%) Team Leader
10 9 (3.44%) Engineering Manager
11 8 (3.05%) Architect
11 8 (3.05%) Python Engineer
11 8 (3.05%) Python Software Engineer
11 8 (3.05%) Senior Manager
11 8 (3.05%) Software Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (20.61%) React
2 41 (15.65%) .NET
3 33 (12.60%) REST
3 33 (12.60%) Spring
4 26 (9.92%) AngularJS
5 25 (9.54%) RESTful
6 24 (9.16%) Node.js
6 24 (9.16%) Spring Boot
7 22 (8.40%) CSS
8 21 (8.02%) HTML
9 16 (6.11%) SwiftUI
10 15 (5.73%) UIKit
11 13 (4.96%) Web Services
12 10 (3.82%) AWS CDK
12 10 (3.82%) Playwright
12 10 (3.82%) Vue
13 8 (3.05%) ADO
13 8 (3.05%) Django
13 8 (3.05%) Laravel
14 7 (2.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 37 (14.12%) Cloud Native
2 34 (12.98%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (9.54%) Product Ownership
4 21 (8.02%) Mobile App
5 20 (7.63%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (7.63%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.96%) Client/Server
7 11 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.05%) NHS
8 8 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (2.67%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.67%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.29%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.91%) Distributed Architecture
11 5 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.15%) Embedded Systems
13 3 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (1.15%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.83%) Linux
2 19 (7.25%) Apple iOS
3 10 (3.82%) Windows
4 3 (1.15%) Android
4 3 (1.15%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.38%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (53.05%) CI/CD
2 112 (42.75%) Agile
3 105 (40.08%) Software Engineering
4 101 (38.55%) DevOps
5 94 (35.88%) Test Automation
6 76 (29.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (27.10%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (24.81%) Mentoring
9 59 (22.52%) Full-Stack Development
10 57 (21.76%) AI
11 53 (20.23%) Microservices
12 50 (19.08%) User Experience
13 46 (17.56%) Technical Leadership
14 44 (16.79%) Containerisation
15 43 (16.41%) Scrum
16 41 (15.65%) Software Testing
17 40 (15.27%) Observability
18 34 (12.98%) Coaching
19 32 (12.21%) Clean Code
19 32 (12.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 77 (29.39%) JavaScript
2 75 (28.63%) Python
3 58 (22.14%) TypeScript
4 52 (19.85%) Java
5 34 (12.98%) C#
5 34 (12.98%) SQL
6 27 (10.31%) C++
7 24 (9.16%) C
8 16 (6.11%) Swift
9 15 (5.73%) PHP
10 13 (4.96%) Kotlin
10 13 (4.96%) Rust
11 8 (3.05%) Groovy
12 7 (2.67%) Bash
13 4 (1.53%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.15%) PowerShell
14 3 (1.15%) Scala
15 2 (0.76%) Julia
15 2 (0.76%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.38%) Dart
Qualifications
1 36 (13.74%) Degree
2 23 (8.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (6.49%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.20%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.67%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.29%) ISTQB
7 3 (1.15%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.76%) PhD
9 1 (0.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.38%) CISM
9 1 (0.38%) CISSP
9 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.38%) GSEC
9 1 (0.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (23.66%) QA
2 15 (5.73%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.73%) Software Quality Assurance
3 6 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.15%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.15%) WCAG
5 2 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.76%) IEC 61131
5 2 (0.76%) IEC 61508
5 2 (0.76%) MISRA
5 2 (0.76%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.38%) GDPR
6 1 (0.38%) NIST
6 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 56 (21.37%) Docker
2 13 (4.96%) Hyper-V
2 13 (4.96%) KVM
2 13 (4.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.67%) Firmware
4 5 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.53%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.76%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (11.45%) Kubernetes
2 16 (6.11%) Terraform
3 12 (4.58%) Grafana
4 9 (3.44%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.53%) Ansible
5 4 (1.53%) HP Fortify
6 3 (1.15%) HP ALM
6 3 (1.15%) Kibana
7 2 (0.76%) Control-M
7 2 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.76%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.76%) Packer
7 2 (0.76%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (5.73%) VMware
2 13 (4.96%) Amplitude
2 13 (4.96%) Braze
3 12 (4.58%) Oracle
4 11 (4.20%) Microsoft
5 7 (2.67%) Google
6 6 (2.29%) AppDynamics
6 6 (2.29%) Splunk
7 5 (1.91%) Sitecore
8 4 (1.53%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.15%) Databricks
9 3 (1.15%) Foundry
9 3 (1.15%) HP
10 2 (0.76%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.76%) IBM
10 2 (0.76%) Rockwell
10 2 (0.76%) SAP
10 2 (0.76%) Siemens
11 1 (0.38%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.38%) Sage