Code Quality Contracts

Code Quality (Software Quality)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Code Quality skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Code Quality over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 395 472
Rank change year-on-year +185 +77 -119
Contract jobs citing Code Quality 487 308 424
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 0.54% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.60% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 201 310
10th Percentile £325 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £465
% change year-on-year -2.71% +5.11% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 8
10th Percentile £58.13 £44.88 £44.04
25th Percentile £62.50 £46.25 £52.55
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -32.26% +72.22%
75th Percentile £83.44 £70.00 £84.44
90th Percentile £84.38 £77.75 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £45.20
% change year-on-year +23.81% +16.15% +0.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Code Quality
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Code Quality in the UK

Code Quality
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Code Quality.

Daily rate trend for Code Quality in the UK

Code Quality
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Code Quality over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Code Quality in the UK

Code Quality
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Code Quality.

Hourly rate trend for Code Quality in the UK

Code Quality
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Code Quality over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Code Quality in the UK

Code Quality
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Code Quality within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +223 397 £538 -7.33% 248
Work from Home +232 315 £476 -4.75% 156
UK excluding London +169 278 £475 -2.71% 152
London +117 165 £556 -9.18% 103
North of England +117 117 £525 -8.70% 50
Midlands +73 53 £356 -40.67% 36
North West +58 53 £550 -4.35% 29
Scotland +23 52 £475 - 8
Yorkshire +50 41 £500 +17.65% 16
South West +29 32 £475 -13.64% 12
East Midlands +39 28 £356 -16.24% 11
West Midlands +46 25 £450 -28.00% 25
North East - 23 - - 6
East of England +13 16 £508 -10.41% 10
South East +6 6 £500 -13.79% 29
Isle of Man - 2 - -

Code Quality
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 16 (3.29%) CMS
2 9 (1.85%) Confluence
3 7 (1.44%) Headless CMS
4 5 (1.03%) Drupal
4 5 (1.03%) JBoss
4 5 (1.03%) WordPress
5 3 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.21%) Apache
6 1 (0.21%) Appian
6 1 (0.21%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.21%) nginx
Applications
1 211 (43.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (1.03%) Magento
2 4 (0.82%) Endur
3 3 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.41%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.41%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 87 (17.86%) AWS
2 53 (10.88%) Azure
3 30 (6.16%) Serverless
4 27 (5.54%) Amazon S3
5 23 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (4.72%) GCP
6 21 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
7 20 (4.11%) OpenShift
8 17 (3.49%) GitHub
9 15 (3.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (1.44%) Textract
12 6 (1.23%) Amazon SageMaker
12 6 (1.23%) OCI
13 5 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.85%) HTTP
2 3 (0.62%) DNS
3 2 (0.41%) 5G
4 1 (0.21%) DHCP
4 1 (0.21%) DVB
4 1 (0.21%) Firewall
4 1 (0.21%) FTP
4 1 (0.21%) Network Security
4 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.21%) SSL
4 1 (0.21%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.21%) VLAN
4 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (7.60%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (6.57%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.54%) NoSQL
4 25 (5.13%) MongoDB
5 20 (4.11%) MySQL
6 16 (3.29%) Amazon Aurora
6 16 (3.29%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.85%) Oracle Database
9 6 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
10 5 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.03%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.03%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.03%) SQLite
11 4 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.82%) Big Data
12 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.62%) Couchbase
12 3 (0.62%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 65 (13.35%) Git
2 29 (5.95%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.31%) SonarQube
4 17 (3.49%) JIRA
5 10 (2.05%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (1.44%) GitLab
6 7 (1.44%) Mercurial
6 7 (1.44%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (1.03%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.03%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (1.03%) CA Release Automation
7 5 (1.03%) Checkstyle
7 5 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.82%) Pylint
8 4 (0.82%) Selenium
8 4 (0.82%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.62%) Android Studio
9 3 (0.62%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.62%) WebDriver
General
1 109 (22.38%) Social Skills
2 44 (9.03%) Finance
3 29 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 19 (3.90%) Banking
6 11 (2.26%) Electronics
6 11 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (1.85%) Retail
8 8 (1.64%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.44%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.23%) Multimedia
10 6 (1.23%) Tech for Good
11 3 (0.62%) Back Office
11 3 (0.62%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.62%) Marketing
11 3 (0.62%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.41%) Automotive
12 2 (0.41%) Front Office
12 2 (0.41%) Legal
12 2 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 365 (74.95%) Developer
2 219 (44.97%) Software Developer
3 51 (10.47%) Senior
4 34 (6.98%) Senior Developer
5 32 (6.57%) Software Engineer
6 26 (5.34%) .NET Developer
7 23 (4.72%) React Developer
8 22 (4.52%) Java Developer
9 21 (4.31%) Full Stack Developer
10 15 (3.08%) Lead
11 13 (2.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 13 (2.67%) Python Developer
12 11 (2.26%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 10 (2.05%) Ada Engineer
13 10 (2.05%) Ada Software Engineer
13 10 (2.05%) Senior React Developer
14 8 (1.64%) C# Developer
14 8 (1.64%) DevOps Engineer
14 8 (1.64%) Embedded Engineer
14 8 (1.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (37.99%) HTML
2 81 (16.63%) React
3 54 (11.09%) CSS
4 45 (9.24%) .NET
5 31 (6.37%) AngularJS
6 30 (6.16%) Node.js
7 28 (5.75%) RESTful
8 24 (4.93%) Spring
8 24 (4.93%) Spring Boot
9 23 (4.72%) REST
10 22 (4.52%) Kafka
11 20 (4.11%) AWS CDK
12 16 (3.29%) .NET Core
13 15 (3.08%) .NET Framework
14 13 (2.67%) HTML5
14 13 (2.67%) Vue
15 12 (2.46%) Web Services
16 11 (2.26%) XML
17 10 (2.05%) GraphQL
18 9 (1.85%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.11%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (1.64%) Mobile App
4 8 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
5 7 (1.44%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (1.44%) Wiki
6 6 (1.23%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.23%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.23%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (1.03%) Solar Panel
8 4 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.82%) Social Media
9 3 (0.62%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.62%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.62%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.49%) Linux
2 11 (2.26%) Windows
3 6 (1.23%) Android
4 5 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.82%) Unix
6 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (46.41%) Artificial Intelligence
2 211 (43.33%) Conversational UI
3 195 (40.04%) Software Engineering
4 120 (24.64%) Agile
5 80 (16.43%) DevOps
6 79 (16.22%) CI/CD
7 78 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (11.91%) Computer Science
9 55 (11.29%) Test Automation
9 55 (11.29%) User Experience
10 46 (9.45%) Microservices
11 42 (8.62%) Front End Development
12 37 (7.60%) Infrastructure as Code
13 36 (7.39%) Continuous Integration
14 35 (7.19%) Scrum
15 33 (6.78%) Design Patterns
15 33 (6.78%) Full Stack Development
15 33 (6.78%) TDD
15 33 (6.78%) Unit Testing
16 29 (5.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 207 (42.51%) JavaScript
2 185 (37.99%) Python
3 180 (36.96%) SQL
4 158 (32.44%) C#
5 64 (13.14%) Java
6 43 (8.83%) TypeScript
7 15 (3.08%) Go
8 14 (2.87%) C
9 12 (2.46%) C++
10 10 (2.05%) Ada
11 9 (1.85%) Bash
12 8 (1.64%) Kotlin
13 7 (1.44%) Bicep
13 7 (1.44%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.23%) PHP
14 6 (1.23%) Ruby
14 6 (1.23%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.03%) Perl
16 3 (0.62%) ABAP
16 3 (0.62%) Scala
Qualifications
1 275 (56.47%) Degree
2 52 (10.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (6.57%) Security Cleared
4 20 (4.11%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.08%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.03%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.62%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.41%) HND
8 2 (0.41%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.21%) APMP
9 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.21%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (11.50%) QA
2 30 (6.16%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.26%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (1.23%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.82%) WCAG
6 3 (0.62%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.62%) MiFID
7 2 (0.41%) GDPR
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.21%) HL7
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 44 (9.03%) Docker
2 9 (1.85%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.41%) HDFS
3 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (9.03%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.72%) Terraform
3 22 (4.52%) Grafana
4 13 (2.67%) Kibana
5 6 (1.23%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.03%) Ansible
7 4 (0.82%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.62%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.41%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.21%) Argo
10 1 (0.21%) Istio
10 1 (0.21%) logstash
10 1 (0.21%) Oozie
10 1 (0.21%) Puppet
10 1 (0.21%) SCOM
Vendors
1 211 (43.33%) PayPal
2 29 (5.95%) Oracle
3 20 (4.11%) Microsoft
4 17 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.26%) Google
5 11 (2.26%) IBM
6 9 (1.85%) Splunk
7 7 (1.44%) Virgin Media
8 6 (1.23%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.03%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.03%) SAP
10 3 (0.62%) Black Duck
11 2 (0.41%) Adobe
11 2 (0.41%) Apple
11 2 (0.41%) Confluent
11 2 (0.41%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.41%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.41%) Typelevel
11 2 (0.41%) Xamarin
12 1 (0.21%) ServiceNow