Code Optimisation
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Code Optimisation skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Code Optimisation over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 844 958 1104
Rank change year-on-year +114 +146 -260
Permanent jobs citing Code Optimisation 41 28 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.042% 0.027% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.048% 0.028% 0.079%
Number of salaries quoted 38 26 18
10th Percentile £40,650 - £50,000
25th Percentile £41,563 £40,371 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -31.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £96,875
90th Percentile £91,875 £140,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £44,345 £52,500
% change year-on-year +52.22% -15.53% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Code Optimisation 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 84,571 99,456 148,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,798 58,396 83,204
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 £82,500 £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%

Code Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Code Optimisation in the UK

Code Optimisation
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Code Optimisation in the UK

Code Optimisation
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Code Optimisation over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Code Optimisation in the UK

Code Optimisation
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Code Optimisation within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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 +117 34 £62,500 +13.64% 7
UK excluding London +25 30 £67,500 +52.22% 1
South East +20 14 £62,500 +38.89%
Work from Home +69 9 £50,000 -35.48% 4
London +117 7 £75,000 -11.76% 6
East of England +20 6 £115,000 +109.09%
Wales - 6 £75,000 -
North of England +25 2 £50,000 +12.75%
North West - 2 £50,000 -
South West - 1 £37,500 - 1
Scotland - 1 £42,500 -

Code Optimisation
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 3 (7.32%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.44%) Apache
2 1 (2.44%) nginx
2 1 (2.44%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) Azure
2 4 (9.76%) OpenShift
3 3 (7.32%) AWS
3 3 (7.32%) Azure Functions
3 3 (7.32%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (7.32%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.32%) Serverless
4 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.44%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (24.39%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.32%) OLAP
2 3 (7.32%) Power BI
2 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (7.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.44%) BigQuery
3 1 (2.44%) MySQL
3 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Artifactory
1 3 (7.32%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.88%) Git
General
1 8 (19.51%) Finance
1 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Banking
3 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (48.78%) Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Full Stack Developer
2 6 (14.63%) Junior
2 6 (14.63%) Lead
2 6 (14.63%) Lead Developer
3 5 (12.20%) Architect
3 5 (12.20%) Senior
4 4 (9.76%) Java Developer
4 4 (9.76%) Principal Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Performance Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) SQL Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Full Stack Java Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Full Stack Web Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Software Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) T-SQL Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Web Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) Embedded Engineer
7 1 (2.44%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (34.15%) OpenACC
1 14 (34.15%) OpenMP
2 9 (21.95%) .NET
2 9 (21.95%) ASP.NET
3 8 (19.51%) CSS
3 8 (19.51%) HTML
4 6 (14.63%) .NET Core
4 6 (14.63%) React
5 4 (9.76%) Hibernate
5 4 (9.76%) J2EE
5 4 (9.76%) PyTorch
5 4 (9.76%) Spring
5 4 (9.76%) Spring Boot
5 4 (9.76%) TensorFlow
6 2 (4.88%) AngularJS
6 2 (4.88%) GraphQL
6 2 (4.88%) REST
6 2 (4.88%) Symfony
7 1 (2.44%) CSS3
7 1 (2.44%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Algorithms
2 14 (34.15%) CUDA
3 4 (9.76%) Verilog
3 4 (9.76%) VHDL
4 3 (7.32%) Cloud Native
5 2 (4.88%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (2.44%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 15 (36.59%) Linux
2 14 (34.15%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (36.59%) Computer Science
2 14 (34.15%) Mathematics
2 14 (34.15%) Parallel Programming
2 14 (34.15%) Physics
3 10 (24.39%) Performance Tuning
4 9 (21.95%) Agile
4 9 (21.95%) Prototyping
5 8 (19.51%) Full Stack Development
5 8 (19.51%) Mentoring
6 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (17.07%) Design Patterns
7 6 (14.63%) Software Architecture
7 6 (14.63%) Sprint Planning
7 6 (14.63%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (14.63%) Translating Business Requirements
8 5 (12.20%) CI/CD
9 4 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence
9 4 (9.76%) Machine Learning
9 4 (9.76%) Microservices
9 4 (9.76%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 19 (46.34%) C
2 18 (43.90%) Python
3 14 (34.15%) Fortran
4 12 (29.27%) JavaScript
5 10 (24.39%) C#
6 9 (21.95%) C++
6 9 (21.95%) SQL
7 4 (9.76%) Java
7 4 (9.76%) Perl
7 4 (9.76%) PHP
7 4 (9.76%) PL/SQL
7 4 (9.76%) Ruby
8 3 (7.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (43.90%) Degree
2 14 (34.15%) Master's Degree
2 14 (34.15%) PhD
3 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.44%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (24.39%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.44%) Docker
1 1 (2.44%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.44%) Ansible
2 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Oracle
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.44%) SAP