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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 237 261
Rank change year-on-year -81 +24 +109
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 340 391 760
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.49% 1.21% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.35% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 241 313 501
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,215 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.83% +15.16% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £66,225 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.70% +10.38% -11.11%

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 49,223 28,941 61,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.46% 89.29% 79.97%
Number of salaries quoted 34,638 15,278 42,344
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,701 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,225 £32,951 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,738 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,295 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 4 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 4 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 -43 89 £67,500 +3.85% 81
South East -26 81 £61,250 -23.44% 70
Midlands +2 59 £65,000 +13.04% 34
North West -42 57 £69,639 +7.14% 47
South West -46 48 £55,000 -12.00% 25
East Midlands +4 30 £55,000 +41.94% 11
West Midlands -20 29 £65,000 +8.33% 23
Scotland +18 25 £75,000 -4.76% 12
East of England -86 25 £60,000 -9.40% 13
Yorkshire -26 19 £62,500 -10.71% 24
North East -33 13 £70,000 +31.76% 10
Wales -40 12 £72,000 +20.00% 5
Northern Ireland -51 3 £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 16 (4.71%) Confluence
2 13 (3.82%) CMS
3 7 (2.06%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (1.76%) Apache
5 3 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.88%) FactoryTalk
5 3 (0.88%) nginx
5 3 (0.88%) WinCC
6 2 (0.59%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.59%) WordPress
7 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.29%) Documentum
7 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.29%) IIS
7 1 (0.29%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Simulink
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.47%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Infor SunSystems
2 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.29%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 137 (40.29%) AWS
2 116 (34.12%) Azure
3 46 (13.53%) GitHub
4 45 (13.24%) GCP
5 42 (12.35%) Serverless
6 27 (7.94%) SaaS
7 26 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (6.47%) GitHub Actions
9 19 (5.59%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (4.12%) Firebase
10 14 (4.12%) Stripe
10 14 (4.12%) TestFlight
11 13 (3.82%) Amazon S3
12 11 (3.24%) GitHub Copilot
13 9 (2.65%) Anthropic Claude
14 7 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
14 7 (2.06%) Amazon SQS
14 7 (2.06%) Figma
15 6 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
15 6 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.47%) Modbus
1 5 (1.47%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.18%) Wireshark
3 3 (0.88%) Broadband
3 3 (0.88%) Profibus
4 2 (0.59%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (0.59%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.59%) SMS
4 2 (0.59%) VoIP
5 1 (0.29%) AMQP
5 1 (0.29%) ATM
5 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.29%) HTTP
5 1 (0.29%) LTE
5 1 (0.29%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.06%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.71%) MySQL
3 14 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (3.82%) NoSQL
4 13 (3.82%) Relational Database
5 12 (3.53%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.18%) Redis
8 3 (0.88%) Big Data
8 3 (0.88%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.88%) Power BI
9 2 (0.59%) Data Vault
9 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.59%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.59%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.59%) Tableau
10 1 (0.29%) GIS
10 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 53 (15.59%) Git
2 36 (10.59%) JIRA
3 17 (5.00%) GitLab
4 14 (4.12%) Crashlytics
4 14 (4.12%) XCTest
5 12 (3.53%) Jenkins
5 12 (3.53%) JUnit
6 9 (2.65%) Claude Code
6 9 (2.65%) Selenium
7 7 (2.06%) Bitbucket
7 7 (2.06%) Cucumber
7 7 (2.06%) Maven
7 7 (2.06%) Mockito
7 7 (2.06%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.47%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.47%) Yeoman
9 4 (1.18%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.18%) Spock
9 4 (1.18%) Storybook
10 3 (0.88%) TestRail
General
1 110 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 49 (14.41%) Finance
3 25 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (3.82%) Retail
5 12 (3.53%) Public Sector
6 10 (2.94%) Banking
6 10 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.35%) Electronics
8 7 (2.06%) Legal
9 6 (1.76%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.76%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.47%) Advertising
10 5 (1.47%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.18%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.18%) Marketing
12 3 (0.88%) Aviation
12 3 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.59%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 91 (26.76%) Developer
2 90 (26.47%) Lead
3 89 (26.18%) Software Engineer
4 75 (22.06%) Senior
5 32 (9.41%) Senior Software Engineer
6 25 (7.35%) Senior Developer
7 18 (5.29%) Full-Stack Developer
7 18 (5.29%) Software Developer
7 18 (5.29%) Technical Leader
8 17 (5.00%) Lead Developer
9 16 (4.71%) Java Developer
10 14 (4.12%) Mobile Engineer
10 14 (4.12%) Python Engineer
10 14 (4.12%) Python Software Engineer
10 14 (4.12%) Team Leader
11 13 (3.82%) Engineering Manager
12 12 (3.53%) Test Engineer
13 11 (3.24%) Analyst
13 11 (3.24%) Architect
14 10 (2.94%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (23.82%) React
2 56 (16.47%) .NET
3 43 (12.65%) REST
4 38 (11.18%) Node.js
5 30 (8.82%) AngularJS
6 29 (8.53%) CSS
7 27 (7.94%) RESTful
8 26 (7.65%) HTML
8 26 (7.65%) Spring
9 17 (5.00%) SwiftUI
10 16 (4.71%) UIKit
11 15 (4.41%) Spring Boot
11 15 (4.41%) Vue
12 13 (3.82%) Web Services
13 12 (3.53%) ASP.NET
13 12 (3.53%) Django
13 12 (3.53%) Next.js
14 11 (3.24%) AWS CDK
14 11 (3.24%) Laravel
14 11 (3.24%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 51 (15.00%) Cloud Native
2 37 (10.88%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (8.53%) Mobile App
4 27 (7.94%) Product Ownership
5 25 (7.35%) Greenfield Project
6 21 (6.18%) Onboarding
7 17 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
8 15 (4.41%) Client/Server
9 10 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (2.65%) Management Information System
11 8 (2.35%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (2.35%) NHS
12 6 (1.76%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.76%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (1.47%) Distributed Architecture
13 5 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
13 5 (1.47%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.18%) IoT
14 4 (1.18%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (15.00%) Linux
2 23 (6.76%) Windows
3 20 (5.88%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.47%) Android
5 4 (1.18%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.88%) Debian
6 3 (0.88%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.29%) ThreadX
7 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (48.82%) CI/CD
2 152 (44.71%) Agile
2 152 (44.71%) Software Engineering
3 130 (38.24%) Test Automation
4 125 (36.76%) DevOps
5 104 (30.59%) Mentoring
6 95 (27.94%) Continuous Improvement
7 82 (24.12%) Problem-Solving
8 79 (23.24%) AI
9 68 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
10 66 (19.41%) Microservices
11 65 (19.12%) Full-Stack Development
12 64 (18.82%) User Experience
13 59 (17.35%) Software Testing
14 51 (15.00%) Scrum
15 46 (13.53%) Observability
16 45 (13.24%) SDLC
17 44 (12.94%) Clean Code
18 43 (12.65%) Infrastructure as Code
19 42 (12.35%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 99 (29.12%) Python
2 93 (27.35%) JavaScript
3 68 (20.00%) Java
3 68 (20.00%) TypeScript
4 61 (17.94%) C#
5 52 (15.29%) SQL
6 46 (13.53%) C++
7 39 (11.47%) C
8 21 (6.18%) PHP
9 17 (5.00%) Swift
10 15 (4.41%) Kotlin
11 14 (4.12%) Rust
12 6 (1.76%) PL/SQL
13 5 (1.47%) Bash
13 5 (1.47%) Go
13 5 (1.47%) Groovy
13 5 (1.47%) MATLAB
13 5 (1.47%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.88%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.88%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 46 (13.53%) Degree
2 35 (10.29%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (5.88%) SC Cleared
5 15 (4.41%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.65%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.59%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.59%) PhD
9 1 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.29%) CISM
9 1 (0.29%) CISSP
9 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.29%) GSEC
9 1 (0.29%) HNC
9 1 (0.29%) HND
9 1 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (21.18%) QA
2 24 (7.06%) Accessibility
3 20 (5.88%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.47%) WCAG
6 3 (0.88%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.88%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.59%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.59%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.59%) MISRA
7 2 (0.59%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.59%) NCSC
8 1 (0.29%) GDPR
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.29%) NIST
8 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 63 (18.53%) Docker
2 14 (4.12%) Hyper-V
2 14 (4.12%) KVM
2 14 (4.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.94%) Firmware
4 6 (1.76%) Embedded Firmware
5 5 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.88%) vSphere
7 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 38 (11.18%) Kubernetes
2 25 (7.35%) Terraform
3 9 (2.65%) Ansible
4 8 (2.35%) Grafana
5 4 (1.18%) Functional Safety
5 4 (1.18%) Kibana
6 3 (0.88%) Control-M
6 3 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.88%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.59%) Packer
7 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.29%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.29%) logstash
8 1 (0.29%) Puppet
8 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (6.47%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.00%) VMware
3 14 (4.12%) Amplitude
3 14 (4.12%) Braze
3 14 (4.12%) Oracle
4 11 (3.24%) Google
5 7 (2.06%) Sitecore
6 6 (1.76%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.18%) Splunk
9 3 (0.88%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.88%) Databricks
9 3 (0.88%) Foundry
9 3 (0.88%) HP
9 3 (0.88%) Intel
9 3 (0.88%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.88%) Rockwell
9 3 (0.88%) Siemens
10 2 (0.59%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.59%) Veracode