Regular Expressions (Regex)
UK > UK excluding London
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Regular Expression skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Regular Expression over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 575 | 742 | 744 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +167 | +2 | +97 |
| Permanent jobs citing Regular Expression | 4 | 20 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 0.010% | 0.027% | 0.007% |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.074% | 0.14% | 0.026% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | - | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £23,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +117.39% | -54.00% | -13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £56,250 | - | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,750 | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £40,250 | £61,250 | £66,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -34.29% | -7.20% | +6.45% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London
Regular Expression falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 5,393 | 14,629 | 15,334 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London | 13.59% | 19.53% | 26.75% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,306 | 10,509 | 8,772 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £33,750 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,063 | £42,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,250 | £68,750 | £72,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,250 | £80,000 | £86,250 |
| UK median annual salary | £66,206 | £60,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.34% | -11.11% | +3.85% |
Regular Expression
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Regular Expression as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Regular Expression
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Regular Expression in the UK excluding London.
Regular Expression
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 Regular Expression within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | +38 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| North of England | - | 2 | £50,000 | - | |
| North East | - | 1 | £47,500 | - | |
| North West | - | 1 | £52,500 | - | |
| Regular Expression UK |
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Regular Expression
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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