Anthropic Claude Code
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Claude Code skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 627 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs citing Claude Code | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.013% | - | - |
| As % of the Development Applications category | 0.21% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £49,375 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,750 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £105,000 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £109,500 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | - | - |
All Development Application Skills
UK
Claude Code falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring development application skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills | 3,759 | 5,389 | 7,656 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 5.98% | 10.31% | 11.20% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2,409 | 3,041 | 6,146 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,250 | £37,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.00% | -3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £98,750 | £96,539 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £55,000 | £56,318 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.27% | -2.34% | +2.40% |
Claude Code
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Claude Code over the 6 months to 27 January 2026.
Claude Code
Top 8 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Claude Code within the UK over the 6 months to 27 January 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | - | 7 | £55,000 | - | |
| UK excluding London | - | 6 | £55,000 | - | |
| North of England | - | 4 | £70,000 | - | |
| Work from Home | - | 2 | £91,250 | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 2 | £40,000 | - | |
| North West | - | 2 | £100,000 | - | |
| South East | - | 2 | £55,000 | - | |
| London | - | 1 | £120,000 | - |
Claude Code
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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: