Clean Code Jobs

Clean Code
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Clean Code skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Clean Code over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 305 234
Rank change year-on-year -38 -71 -59
Permanent jobs citing Clean Code 404 920 1,637
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.94% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.09% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 320 719 855
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £48,438 £42,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £102,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Clean Code 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,641 84,574 99,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.26% 86.00% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,531 59,798 58,397
10th Percentile £30,580 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Clean Code in the UK

Clean Code
Top 16 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 30 April 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
England -44 359 £57,500 -4.17% 551
UK excluding London +5 258 £55,000 +10.00% 340
Work from Home +24 241 £57,500 -8.00% 423
London -38 122 £70,000 -17.65% 241
North of England -1 88 £50,000 - 122
North West -40 59 £35,500 -29.00% 92
South East +92 58 £55,000 -4.35% 56
Midlands -20 35 £57,500 +15.00% 61
South West +76 32 £55,000 +4.76% 39
West Midlands +4 30 £60,000 +20.00% 37
Scotland +121 24 £55,000 -8.33% 16
Yorkshire +52 19 £78,750 +75.00% 24
East of England +43 18 £60,000 +33.33% 29
North East +53 10 £55,000 -12.00% 6
East Midlands +12 5 £55,000 +10.00% 23
Wales +5 3 £56,313 +25.14% 12

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 27 (6.68%) CMS
2 23 (5.69%) Umbraco
3 4 (0.99%) IIS
3 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.74%) WordPress
5 2 (0.50%) Confluence
5 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.25%) Drupal
6 1 (0.25%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 7 (1.73%) Revit
2 2 (0.50%) Trello
3 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.25%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 8 (1.98%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (0.74%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.74%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 143 (35.40%) AWS
2 101 (25.00%) Azure
3 45 (11.14%) Serverless
4 42 (10.40%) GCP
5 41 (10.15%) AWS Lambda
6 40 (9.90%) GitHub
7 25 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (5.69%) SaaS
9 13 (3.22%) Amazon ECS
10 11 (2.72%) Amazon ECR
10 11 (2.72%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 11 (2.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 11 (2.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (2.72%) AWS CodeBuild
10 11 (2.72%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (2.72%) dbt
10 11 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (2.72%) Pulumi
11 9 (2.23%) Sentry
12 6 (1.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.45%) Intranet
2 15 (3.71%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.97%) HTTP
4 5 (1.24%) Internet
4 5 (1.24%) Wireless
4 5 (1.24%) ZigBee
5 4 (0.99%) 3GPP
5 4 (0.99%) 5G
5 4 (0.99%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.25%) LoRaWAN
7 1 (0.25%) MQTT
7 1 (0.25%) Multicast
7 1 (0.25%) RTP
7 1 (0.25%) RTSP
7 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (20.54%) SQL Server
2 52 (12.87%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (11.39%) MySQL
4 37 (9.16%) DynamoDB
5 33 (8.17%) MongoDB
5 33 (8.17%) NoSQL
6 19 (4.70%) Relational Database
7 15 (3.71%) Redis
8 13 (3.22%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (3.22%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.49%) OLTP
10 5 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.99%) Biml
11 4 (0.99%) Data Hub
11 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.99%) Power BI
11 4 (0.99%) SQL CLR
11 4 (0.99%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (0.74%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 88 (21.78%) Git
2 18 (4.46%) JIRA
3 13 (3.22%) Visual Studio
3 13 (3.22%) webpack
4 11 (2.72%) GitLab
4 11 (2.72%) JUnit
5 10 (2.48%) Gradle
5 10 (2.48%) Maven
6 9 (2.23%) Babel
6 9 (2.23%) NUnit
7 8 (1.98%) Moq
8 7 (1.73%) SpecFlow
9 6 (1.49%) Jenkins
10 5 (1.24%) Subversion
10 5 (1.24%) WiX
11 4 (0.99%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.74%) Mocha
12 3 (0.74%) Selenium
12 3 (0.74%) Vite
General
1 138 (34.16%) Social Skills
2 77 (19.06%) Finance
3 41 (10.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (5.94%) Banking
5 23 (5.69%) Games
6 22 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (4.21%) Public Sector
8 15 (3.71%) Telecoms
9 14 (3.47%) Retail
10 10 (2.48%) Front Office
11 8 (1.98%) Marketing
12 7 (1.73%) Law
13 5 (1.24%) Automotive
13 5 (1.24%) Back Office
13 5 (1.24%) Legal
13 5 (1.24%) Local Government
13 5 (1.24%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.24%) Tech for Good
13 5 (1.24%) Wearables
14 4 (0.99%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 261 (64.60%) Developer
2 162 (40.10%) Senior
3 98 (24.26%) Senior Developer
4 68 (16.83%) Software Engineer
5 54 (13.37%) Software Developer
6 39 (9.65%) C# Developer
6 39 (9.65%) Senior Software Engineer
7 36 (8.91%) Full-Stack Developer
8 32 (7.92%) .NET Developer
9 27 (6.68%) Senior Software Developer
10 22 (5.45%) Umbraco Developer
11 19 (4.70%) Java Developer
11 19 (4.70%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 15 (3.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 15 (3.71%) Junior
12 15 (3.71%) React Developer
13 14 (3.47%) C# .NET Developer
13 14 (3.47%) PHP Developer
14 13 (3.22%) JavaScript Developer
14 13 (3.22%) Senior C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (29.70%) React
2 98 (24.26%) .NET
3 89 (22.03%) HTML
4 86 (21.29%) CSS
5 82 (20.30%) RESTful
6 73 (18.07%) Node.js
7 49 (12.13%) .NET Framework
8 48 (11.88%) GraphQL
9 45 (11.14%) .NET Core
9 45 (11.14%) HTML5
10 39 (9.65%) AngularJS
11 35 (8.66%) Spring
12 32 (7.92%) Entity Framework
13 29 (7.18%) REST
14 26 (6.44%) jQuery
15 24 (5.94%) Spring Boot
16 20 (4.95%) ASP.NET
16 20 (4.95%) Kafka
17 19 (4.70%) OAuth
18 18 (4.46%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.67%) Mobile App
2 25 (6.19%) Cloud Native
3 24 (5.94%) NHS
4 17 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.71%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (3.22%) IoT
7 12 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.97%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.23%) Data Structures
8 9 (2.23%) Mobile Games
9 8 (1.98%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.73%) Smartphone
11 6 (1.49%) Product Ownership
12 5 (1.24%) Smart Energy
12 5 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 4 (0.99%) Hackathon
13 4 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
13 4 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.69%) Linux
2 21 (5.20%) Apple iOS
3 16 (3.96%) Android
4 13 (3.22%) Unix
5 9 (2.23%) Windows
6 4 (0.99%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.99%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.99%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.25%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (39.60%) Agile
2 151 (37.38%) Problem-Solving
3 129 (31.93%) Software Engineering
4 124 (30.69%) Microservices
5 121 (29.95%) CI/CD
6 82 (20.30%) Test Automation
7 81 (20.05%) DevOps
7 81 (20.05%) Unit Testing
8 71 (17.57%) Full-Stack Development
9 55 (13.61%) Mentoring
9 55 (13.61%) User Experience
10 52 (12.87%) TDD
11 51 (12.62%) Computer Science
12 46 (11.39%) Scrum
13 45 (11.14%) Web Development
14 43 (10.64%) Containerisation
14 43 (10.64%) SOLID
15 42 (10.40%) Design Patterns
15 42 (10.40%) Event-Driven
16 41 (10.15%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 146 (36.14%) C#
2 122 (30.20%) JavaScript
3 106 (26.24%) SQL
4 98 (24.26%) TypeScript
5 81 (20.05%) Java
6 58 (14.36%) Python
7 39 (9.65%) PHP
8 17 (4.21%) C++
9 15 (3.71%) C
9 15 (3.71%) Go
10 11 (2.72%) Kotlin
11 10 (2.48%) Ruby
11 10 (2.48%) Swift
11 10 (2.48%) VB.NET
12 9 (2.23%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.98%) Rust
14 6 (1.49%) Bash
14 6 (1.49%) Dart
14 6 (1.49%) PL/SQL
15 5 (1.24%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 93 (23.02%) Degree
2 44 (10.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 30 (7.43%) SC Cleared
3 30 (7.43%) Security Cleared
4 13 (3.22%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.73%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.25%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.25%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (8.42%) Accessibility
2 33 (8.17%) QA
3 22 (5.45%) GDPR
3 22 (5.45%) WCAG
4 4 (0.99%) NCSC
5 2 (0.50%) CDISC
5 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.25%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 73 (18.07%) Docker
2 7 (1.73%) Firmware
3 4 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.74%) LXC
5 1 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (11.88%) Kubernetes
2 24 (5.94%) Terraform
3 11 (2.72%) AWS Copilot
3 11 (2.72%) Prometheus
4 8 (1.98%) Grafana
5 6 (1.49%) Argo
6 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.74%) Kibana
Vendors
1 30 (7.43%) Google
2 22 (5.45%) HP
3 17 (4.21%) Microsoft
4 15 (3.71%) Oracle
5 10 (2.48%) SAP
6 8 (1.98%) Okta
7 6 (1.49%) New Relic
8 4 (0.99%) VMware
9 3 (0.74%) IBM
9 3 (0.74%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.74%) Pardot
9 3 (0.74%) Sage
9 3 (0.74%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.50%) Databricks
10 2 (0.50%) Sybase
11 1 (0.25%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.25%) Becrypt
11 1 (0.25%) EMC
11 1 (0.25%) Perforce
11 1 (0.25%) Telerik