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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 308 264
Rank change year-on-year +18 -44 +61
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 463 273 549
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.79% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.90% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 296 191 321
10th Percentile £41,625 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £49,844 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% 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 55,169 30,250 46,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.33% 87.19% 78.32%
Number of salaries quoted 38,899 16,486 28,866
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,507
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -15 133 £69,305 +20.53% 61
South East +1 111 £67,500 -10.00% 45
North West -21 79 £69,639 +16.06% 34
South West -21 70 £60,000 -2.04% 41
Midlands -7 65 £55,000 -8.33% 27
West Midlands -20 38 £65,000 +8.33% 16
Scotland +28 35 £73,750 -26.25% 10
East of England +5 30 £60,000 -2.04% 12
East Midlands -2 27 £55,000 +37.50% 11
North East -31 27 £70,000 +46.21% 9
Yorkshire -34 27 £62,500 +13.64% 18
Wales -43 19 £67,500 +12.50% 3
Northern Ireland -83 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 17 (3.67%) Apache
2 14 (3.02%) Confluence
3 12 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.59%) CMS
4 7 (1.51%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.86%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.65%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.65%) IIS
6 3 (0.65%) WinCC
7 2 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.43%) nginx
7 2 (0.43%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.43%) WordPress
8 1 (0.22%) Documentum
8 1 (0.22%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.65%) Simulink
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.43%) Trello
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Visualfiles
2 3 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.65%) Shopify
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Infor SunSystems
3 1 (0.22%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 186 (40.17%) AWS
2 152 (32.83%) Azure
3 63 (13.61%) GitHub
4 60 (12.96%) GCP
5 48 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (8.86%) Serverless
7 37 (7.99%) SaaS
8 27 (5.83%) GitHub Copilot
9 25 (5.40%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (3.67%) Anthropic Claude
10 17 (3.67%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (3.24%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.81%) dbt
12 13 (2.81%) TestFlight
13 12 (2.59%) Snowflake
14 11 (2.38%) Firebase
14 11 (2.38%) Stripe
15 9 (1.94%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.38%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.30%) HTTP
2 6 (1.30%) Wireshark
3 5 (1.08%) Modbus
4 3 (0.65%) Broadband
4 3 (0.65%) Profibus
5 2 (0.43%) Asterisk PBX
5 2 (0.43%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.43%) SMS
5 2 (0.43%) VoIP
6 1 (0.22%) ATM
6 1 (0.22%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.22%) Internet
6 1 (0.22%) MQTT
6 1 (0.22%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.72%) SQL Server
2 38 (8.21%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (6.70%) Relational Database
4 30 (6.48%) MySQL
5 18 (3.89%) Redis
6 17 (3.67%) NoSQL
7 13 (2.81%) MongoDB
8 11 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
8 11 (2.38%) DynamoDB
9 10 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.08%) MariaDB
10 5 (1.08%) Power BI
11 4 (0.86%) Big Data
11 4 (0.86%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.65%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.65%) GIS
12 3 (0.65%) SQLite
12 3 (0.65%) ZAP BI
13 2 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
13 2 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 88 (19.01%) Git
2 41 (8.86%) JIRA
3 28 (6.05%) GitLab
4 22 (4.75%) Jenkins
5 15 (3.24%) Selenium
6 14 (3.02%) JUnit
7 12 (2.59%) Claude Code
7 12 (2.59%) Cypress.io
8 11 (2.38%) Crashlytics
8 11 (2.38%) Maven
8 11 (2.38%) XCTest
9 10 (2.16%) SonarQube
10 9 (1.94%) Cucumber
11 7 (1.51%) Storybook
12 6 (1.30%) Bitbucket
12 6 (1.30%) Mockito
12 6 (1.30%) Visual Studio
13 5 (1.08%) Eclipse
13 5 (1.08%) NUnit
13 5 (1.08%) TeamCity
General
1 172 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 80 (17.28%) Finance
3 63 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (7.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (5.18%) Law
6 21 (4.54%) Public Sector
7 18 (3.89%) Electronics
7 18 (3.89%) Retail
8 13 (2.81%) Banking
8 13 (2.81%) Marketing
9 8 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.51%) Advertising
10 7 (1.51%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.51%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.30%) Games
12 5 (1.08%) Aviation
12 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.08%) Publishing
13 4 (0.86%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 133 (28.73%) Developer
2 127 (27.43%) Lead
3 118 (25.49%) Software Engineer
4 111 (23.97%) Senior
5 47 (10.15%) Senior Software Engineer
6 43 (9.29%) Senior Developer
7 34 (7.34%) Software Developer
8 25 (5.40%) Technical Leader
9 22 (4.75%) Team Leader
9 22 (4.75%) Test Engineer
10 21 (4.54%) Lead Developer
11 19 (4.10%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (3.89%) Lead Software Engineer
13 16 (3.46%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 16 (3.46%) Java Developer
13 16 (3.46%) Python Engineer
13 16 (3.46%) Software Manager
14 15 (3.24%) C# Developer
15 13 (2.81%) Analyst
15 13 (2.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (28.08%) React
2 98 (21.17%) .NET
3 66 (14.25%) Node.js
4 62 (13.39%) REST
5 54 (11.66%) AngularJS
6 50 (10.80%) CSS
7 48 (10.37%) HTML
8 41 (8.86%) Terraform
9 32 (6.91%) RESTful
10 26 (5.62%) Spring
11 24 (5.18%) .NET Framework
12 23 (4.97%) Playwright
13 22 (4.75%) Next.js
14 21 (4.54%) ASP.NET
15 18 (3.89%) .NET Core
15 18 (3.89%) Vue
16 16 (3.46%) Entity Framework
16 16 (3.46%) GraphQL
17 15 (3.24%) Spring Boot
18 14 (3.02%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 82 (17.71%) Cloud Native
2 44 (9.50%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (8.86%) Product Ownership
4 29 (6.26%) Mobile App
5 24 (5.18%) Greenfield Project
6 19 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
7 18 (3.89%) Onboarding
8 15 (3.24%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
10 9 (1.94%) Client/Server
10 9 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.94%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.94%) Renewable Energy
10 9 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.73%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.51%) SCADA
13 6 (1.30%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.30%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (0.86%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.53%) Linux
2 29 (6.26%) Windows
3 23 (4.97%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.81%) Android
5 7 (1.51%) Debian
6 4 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.65%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.43%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (51.19%) CI/CD
2 232 (50.11%) Software Engineering
3 231 (49.89%) Agile
4 184 (39.74%) Test Automation
5 173 (37.37%) DevOps
6 166 (35.85%) Mentoring
7 143 (30.89%) AI
8 139 (30.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 124 (26.78%) Problem-Solving
10 93 (20.09%) Technical Leadership
11 89 (19.22%) Microservices
12 84 (18.14%) SDLC
13 83 (17.93%) Software Testing
14 80 (17.28%) Full-Stack Development
15 75 (16.20%) Scrum
16 70 (15.12%) Decision-Making
17 60 (12.96%) Infrastructure as Code
18 57 (12.31%) Clean Code
19 55 (11.88%) User Experience
20 53 (11.45%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 149 (32.18%) JavaScript
2 143 (30.89%) Python
3 103 (22.25%) C#
4 101 (21.81%) Java
5 100 (21.60%) TypeScript
6 91 (19.65%) SQL
7 47 (10.15%) C++
8 35 (7.56%) C
9 21 (4.54%) PHP
10 14 (3.02%) Go
11 12 (2.59%) Kotlin
11 12 (2.59%) Swift
12 10 (2.16%) Rust
13 9 (1.94%) Ruby
14 7 (1.51%) Bash
15 6 (1.30%) PL/SQL
16 5 (1.08%) Groovy
16 5 (1.08%) MATLAB
16 5 (1.08%) PowerShell
17 3 (0.65%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 85 (18.36%) Degree
2 66 (14.25%) Security Cleared
3 41 (8.86%) SC Cleared
4 32 (6.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.54%) Master's Degree
6 20 (4.32%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.16%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.86%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.65%) OCP
9 3 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.43%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.22%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.22%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.22%) HNC
11 1 (0.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (23.54%) QA
2 40 (8.64%) Accessibility
3 23 (4.97%) Software Quality Assurance
4 10 (2.16%) WCAG
5 8 (1.73%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.86%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.86%) NIST
7 4 (0.86%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.65%) IEC 61131
9 2 (0.43%) Automotive SPICE
9 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.43%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.43%) MISRA
9 2 (0.43%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.43%) NCSC
10 1 (0.22%) GDPR
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 85 (18.36%) Docker
2 15 (3.24%) Firmware
3 11 (2.38%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (1.30%) KVM
4 6 (1.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (12.74%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.38%) Grafana
3 10 (2.16%) Ansible
4 4 (0.86%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.86%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.86%) Puppet
5 3 (0.65%) Control-M
5 3 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.65%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.65%) Kibana
6 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.43%) Podman
7 1 (0.22%) Argo
7 1 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.22%) logstash
Vendors
1 42 (9.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.83%) Google
3 17 (3.67%) Oracle
4 12 (2.59%) Databricks
5 11 (2.38%) Amplitude
5 11 (2.38%) Braze
6 9 (1.94%) OpenAI
6 9 (1.94%) VMware
7 8 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.51%) AppDynamics
8 7 (1.51%) Sitecore
9 6 (1.30%) Sage
10 5 (1.08%) Intel
10 5 (1.08%) Splunk
11 4 (0.86%) Adobe
12 3 (0.65%) Foundry
12 3 (0.65%) HP
12 3 (0.65%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.65%) SAP
12 3 (0.65%) Siemens