Clean Code
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Clean Code skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Clean Code over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 234 177
Rank change year-on-year -79 -57 +35
Permanent jobs citing Clean Code 908 1,633 3,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.92% 1.58% 2.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.65% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 709 854 1,083
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £92,188 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £59,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.25% +18.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Clean Code is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,620 99,018 149,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 59,724 58,165 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Clean Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Clean Code in the UK

Clean Code
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Clean Code.

Salary trend for Clean Code in the UK

Clean Code
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Clean Code over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Clean Code in the UK

Clean Code
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Clean Code within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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 -59 786 £60,000 -14.29% 202
UK excluding London -66 555 £50,000 -15.25% 132
Work from Home -13 472 £62,500 -10.71% 126
London -59 298 £85,000 +3.03% 79
North of England +17 180 £50,000 -9.09% 36
North West +66 134 £48,750 -25.00% 25
Midlands +95 118 £50,000 -11.11% 24
West Midlands +70 77 £50,000 -23.08% 14
South East -147 74 £57,500 -8.00% 25
South West +12 73 £55,000 -8.33% 18
East Midlands +13 41 £50,000 +8.11% 10
Wales +6 38 £45,000 -25.00% 4
Yorkshire +15 37 £45,000 -11.74% 8
East of England -55 33 £45,000 +8.43% 17
Scotland -132 31 £60,000 -7.69% 8
North East -4 9 £62,500 +19.05% 3
Northern Ireland +8 8 £65,000 +85.71% 2

Clean Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (2.53%) WordPress
2 14 (1.54%) Confluence
3 13 (1.43%) CMS
4 11 (1.21%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.55%) nginx
6 4 (0.44%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.33%) Apache
7 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.33%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Drupal
8 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.11%) Moodle
9 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.22%) Sketch
4 1 (0.11%) UXPin
4 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 23 (2.53%) Shopify
2 13 (1.43%) Magento
3 2 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 245 (26.98%) AWS
2 224 (24.67%) Azure
3 111 (12.22%) Serverless
4 91 (10.02%) Azure DevOps
5 77 (8.48%) SaaS
6 73 (8.04%) GitHub
7 41 (4.52%) AWS Lambda
8 40 (4.41%) GCP
9 35 (3.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 28 (3.08%) Amazon EKS
11 25 (2.75%) Azure Service Bus
12 16 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (1.54%) npm
14 13 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
15 12 (1.32%) Google Analytics
16 11 (1.21%) Amazon S3
17 10 (1.10%) AWS CloudFormation
17 10 (1.10%) Azure Functions
17 10 (1.10%) Google Play
17 10 (1.10%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.10%) HTTP
2 4 (0.44%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.33%) Intranet
3 3 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.22%) Broadband
4 2 (0.22%) DNS
4 2 (0.22%) RS-232
4 2 (0.22%) RS-485
4 2 (0.22%) SSL
5 1 (0.11%) FTP
5 1 (0.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (14.32%) SQL Server
2 87 (9.58%) MySQL
3 68 (7.49%) Relational Database
4 59 (6.50%) NoSQL
5 48 (5.29%) PostgreSQL
6 39 (4.30%) Oracle Database
7 37 (4.07%) MongoDB
8 36 (3.96%) RDBMS
9 25 (2.75%) DynamoDB
10 19 (2.09%) Redis
10 19 (2.09%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 14 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.66%) Big Data
15 4 (0.44%) DocumentDB
15 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 3 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 226 (24.89%) Git
2 102 (11.23%) Jenkins
3 67 (7.38%) Cucumber
4 62 (6.83%) Postman
5 53 (5.84%) Selenium
6 43 (4.74%) Bitbucket
7 42 (4.63%) JIRA
8 40 (4.41%) Visual Studio
9 36 (3.96%) JDeveloper
10 19 (2.09%) Cypress.io
11 16 (1.76%) JUnit
12 15 (1.65%) Appium
12 15 (1.65%) PHPUnit
12 15 (1.65%) TeamCity
13 14 (1.54%) GitLab
14 13 (1.43%) webpack
15 8 (0.88%) IntelliJ
16 7 (0.77%) CircleCI
16 7 (0.77%) CMake
16 7 (0.77%) gulp
General
1 244 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 103 (11.34%) Finance
3 57 (6.28%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (5.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (5.29%) Retail
6 39 (4.30%) Law
7 38 (4.19%) Banking
8 36 (3.96%) Marketing
9 29 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 27 (2.97%) Public Sector
11 21 (2.31%) Games
12 17 (1.87%) Back Office
12 17 (1.87%) Tech for Good
13 16 (1.76%) Local Government
14 13 (1.43%) Legal
15 12 (1.32%) Advertising
15 12 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (0.99%) Aviation
18 7 (0.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 602 (66.30%) Developer
2 240 (26.43%) Senior
3 176 (19.38%) Senior Developer
4 138 (15.20%) Software Engineer
5 115 (12.67%) .NET Developer
6 114 (12.56%) Software Developer
7 112 (12.33%) Lead
8 87 (9.58%) Full Stack Developer
9 61 (6.72%) PHP Developer
10 51 (5.62%) C# Developer
11 45 (4.96%) Java Engineer
12 37 (4.07%) React Developer
13 36 (3.96%) Backend Developer
13 36 (3.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 36 (3.96%) Ruby Engineer
13 36 (3.96%) Senior .NET Developer
14 34 (3.74%) Java Software Engineer
15 30 (3.30%) Senior Software Developer
16 29 (3.19%) Junior
17 27 (2.97%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 292 (32.16%) React
2 285 (31.39%) .NET
3 218 (24.01%) CSS
4 199 (21.92%) HTML
5 165 (18.17%) Node.js
6 151 (16.63%) REST
7 124 (13.66%) RESTful
8 117 (12.89%) AngularJS
9 115 (12.67%) .NET Core
10 96 (10.57%) .NET Framework
11 87 (9.58%) Vue
12 84 (9.25%) ASP.NET
13 73 (8.04%) Laravel
14 67 (7.38%) GraphQL
15 61 (6.72%) Entity Framework
16 52 (5.73%) jQuery
17 47 (5.18%) HTML5
18 45 (4.96%) Kafka
19 40 (4.41%) Web Services
20 38 (4.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 59 (6.50%) Greenfield Project
2 54 (5.95%) Mobile App
3 37 (4.07%) Cloud Native
4 33 (3.63%) Product Ownership
5 31 (3.41%) Algorithms
6 27 (2.97%) Data Structures
7 24 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
8 23 (2.53%) Virtual Team
9 20 (2.20%) Blog
10 19 (2.09%) Client/Server
11 18 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
12 17 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.54%) Video\Live Streaming
14 12 (1.32%) NHS
15 11 (1.21%) AS400
15 11 (1.21%) iSeries
16 7 (0.77%) IoT
16 7 (0.77%) Oculus
16 7 (0.77%) Virtual Reality
17 5 (0.55%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.07%) Android
2 29 (3.19%) Apple iOS
3 25 (2.75%) Linux
4 18 (1.98%) Windows
5 7 (0.77%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.66%) Unix
7 2 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (36.12%) Agile
2 258 (28.41%) Problem-Solving
3 251 (27.64%) Software Engineering
4 226 (24.89%) CI/CD
5 216 (23.79%) DevOps
6 186 (20.48%) Microservices
7 185 (20.37%) Full Stack Development
8 184 (20.26%) Design Patterns
9 176 (19.38%) Unit Testing
10 140 (15.42%) Computer Science
11 124 (13.66%) TDD
12 120 (13.22%) Code Quality
13 111 (12.22%) Mentoring
14 102 (11.23%) Test Automation
15 97 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
16 93 (10.24%) Scrum
17 92 (10.13%) Fintech
18 91 (10.02%) Continuous Integration
19 88 (9.69%) MVC
20 85 (9.36%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 410 (45.15%) JavaScript
2 338 (37.22%) C#
3 246 (27.09%) Java
4 168 (18.50%) SQL
5 167 (18.39%) TypeScript
6 141 (15.53%) Python
7 105 (11.56%) PHP
8 64 (7.05%) Ruby
9 45 (4.96%) Go
10 37 (4.07%) Bash
11 36 (3.96%) Perl
12 30 (3.30%) Kotlin
13 29 (3.19%) VB.NET
14 21 (2.31%) Bicep
14 21 (2.31%) C
15 15 (1.65%) Swift
16 12 (1.32%) C++
16 12 (1.32%) T-SQL
17 11 (1.21%) RPG
17 11 (1.21%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 145 (15.97%) Degree
2 98 (10.79%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (2.31%) Security Cleared
4 20 (2.20%) Master's Degree
4 20 (2.20%) SC Cleared
5 7 (0.77%) Azure Certification
6 4 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (0.44%) PhD
7 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.22%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.22%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (16.19%) QA
2 38 (4.19%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.21%) GDPR
4 7 (0.77%) HIPAA
5 6 (0.66%) WCAG
6 4 (0.44%) WAI
7 2 (0.22%) SEPA
System Software
1 125 (13.77%) Docker
2 19 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 94 (10.35%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.63%) Terraform
3 12 (1.32%) Grafana
4 6 (0.66%) Ansible
5 4 (0.44%) Kibana
6 2 (0.22%) Consul
6 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 100 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 60 (6.61%) Oracle
3 47 (5.18%) Google
4 11 (1.21%) IBM
5 10 (1.10%) Atlassian
6 7 (0.77%) Adobe
7 6 (0.66%) Actuate
7 6 (0.66%) Confluent
7 6 (0.66%) F5
7 6 (0.66%) WooCommerce
7 6 (0.66%) Xamarin
8 5 (0.55%) Databricks
8 5 (0.55%) New Relic
8 5 (0.55%) Northgate
8 5 (0.55%) PayPal
8 5 (0.55%) WorldPay
9 4 (0.44%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.33%) Dynatrace
10 3 (0.33%) HP
10 3 (0.33%) Splunk