Code Quality (Software Quality)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Code Quality skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Code Quality over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 290 344 219
Rank change year-on-year +54 -125 +88
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 1,037 982 3,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 0.99% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.04% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 701 480 755
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,375 £42,200
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £102,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,173 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.31% -8.33% +9.09%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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 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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Code Quality in the UK

Code Quality
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Code Quality over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Code Quality in the UK

Code Quality
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Code Quality within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +61 889 £60,000 -14.29% 279
UK excluding London +95 781 £55,173 +0.31% 182
Work from Home +114 552 £62,500 -10.71% 162
North of England +123 215 £55,173 +0.31% 49
London -46 195 £80,000 +6.67% 129
North West +112 173 £50,000 -4.76% 27
South East +21 158 £60,000 +14.29% 49
Midlands +81 147 £55,173 +2.65% 40
South West +56 118 £60,000 +14.29% 16
East Midlands +51 91 £68,750 +37.50% 11
West Midlands +46 56 £50,000 -28.57% 29
East of England -3 56 £52,500 -4.55% 12
Scotland -54 53 £52,500 -27.31% 10
Yorkshire +48 35 £60,000 +9.09% 18
Wales +20 27 £52,686 -5.92% 5
Northern Ireland +18 7 £45,000 - 5
North East -3 7 £55,173 -22.66% 5

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 27 (2.60%) Apache
2 22 (2.12%) SAS
3 16 (1.54%) ArcGIS
4 5 (0.48%) CMS
4 5 (0.48%) Confluence
5 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.29%) WordPress
6 2 (0.19%) Drupal
6 2 (0.19%) IIS
6 2 (0.19%) WinCC
7 1 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.096%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.096%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.096%) Tornado
7 1 (0.096%) TYPO3
7 1 (0.096%) WildFly
Applications
1 20 (1.93%) Simulink
2 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.29%) Trello
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.19%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.19%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.096%) Endur
3 1 (0.096%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 375 (36.16%) Azure
2 261 (25.17%) AWS
3 113 (10.90%) IBM Cloud
4 90 (8.68%) GCP
5 84 (8.10%) SaaS
6 66 (6.36%) Serverless
7 49 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (3.28%) GitHub
9 31 (2.99%) Amazon S3
10 25 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (1.54%) Power Platform
12 13 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
12 13 (1.25%) PaaS
13 12 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (1.06%) Azure AKS
15 10 (0.96%) Azure Pipelines
15 10 (0.96%) IaaS
15 10 (0.96%) PowerApps
16 9 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.74%) Firewall
2 15 (1.45%) Internet
3 13 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.06%) DNS
5 9 (0.87%) SNMP
5 9 (0.87%) tcpdump
6 6 (0.58%) HTTP
7 5 (0.48%) RS-485
7 5 (0.48%) Wireless
8 4 (0.39%) RS-232
8 4 (0.39%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.19%) Modbus
9 2 (0.19%) Profibus
10 1 (0.096%) Broadband
10 1 (0.096%) DHCP
10 1 (0.096%) MQTT
10 1 (0.096%) VLAN
10 1 (0.096%) VPN
10 1 (0.096%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (16.59%) PostgreSQL
2 148 (14.27%) MongoDB
3 143 (13.79%) NoSQL
4 128 (12.34%) Relational Database
5 113 (10.90%) DB2
6 106 (10.22%) MySQL
7 76 (7.33%) SQL Server
8 40 (3.86%) RDBMS
9 38 (3.66%) Oracle Database
10 19 (1.83%) DynamoDB
10 19 (1.83%) GIS
11 14 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.35%) Redis
12 13 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.25%) Power BI
13 11 (1.06%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 199 (19.19%) Git
2 83 (8.00%) GitLab
3 43 (4.15%) Jenkins
4 40 (3.86%) JIRA
5 36 (3.47%) JDeveloper
6 34 (3.28%) Cucumber
7 32 (3.09%) Selenium
8 25 (2.41%) JUnit
9 21 (2.03%) JMeter
10 19 (1.83%) TestNG
11 18 (1.74%) REST Assured
12 17 (1.64%) WebDriver
13 16 (1.54%) Cypress.io
13 16 (1.54%) Visual Studio
14 12 (1.16%) MSTest
15 11 (1.06%) Maven
16 9 (0.87%) Gradle
16 9 (0.87%) NUnit
16 9 (0.87%) Xcode
17 8 (0.77%) SonarQube
General
1 312 (30.09%) Social Skills
2 161 (15.53%) Public Sector
3 145 (13.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 113 (10.90%) Finance
5 84 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (5.01%) Retail
7 38 (3.66%) Legal
8 37 (3.57%) Marketing
9 36 (3.47%) Electronics
10 32 (3.09%) Games
11 26 (2.51%) Law
12 24 (2.31%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.74%) Automotive
14 16 (1.54%) Banking
14 16 (1.54%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.45%) Tech for Good
16 14 (1.35%) Aviation
17 13 (1.25%) French Language
18 9 (0.87%) Welsh Language
19 7 (0.68%) Billing
Job Titles
1 433 (41.76%) Developer
2 192 (18.51%) Software Engineer
3 183 (17.65%) Senior
4 181 (17.45%) Lead
5 121 (11.67%) Full Stack Engineer
6 112 (10.80%) Software Developer
7 111 (10.70%) Azure Engineer
8 85 (8.20%) Full Stack Developer
9 79 (7.62%) Senior Developer
10 78 (7.52%) Lead Developer
11 69 (6.65%) .NET Developer
12 59 (5.69%) Technical Leader
13 47 (4.53%) Senior Software Engineer
14 36 (3.47%) Ruby Engineer
15 35 (3.38%) PHP Developer
16 33 (3.18%) Tester
17 32 (3.09%) Java Developer
18 28 (2.70%) QA Engineer
19 26 (2.51%) Java Engineer
20 25 (2.41%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 324 (31.24%) .NET
2 304 (29.32%) React
3 266 (25.65%) HTML
4 263 (25.36%) CSS
5 203 (19.58%) Web Services
6 196 (18.90%) AngularJS
7 176 (16.97%) REST
8 159 (15.33%) ASP.NET
9 157 (15.14%) Vue
10 139 (13.40%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 136 (13.11%) ASP.NET Core
12 131 (12.63%) jQuery
13 127 (12.25%) Node.js
14 121 (11.67%) RESTful
15 113 (10.90%) Backbone.js
15 113 (10.90%) Ember.js
16 50 (4.82%) .NET Core
17 49 (4.73%) JSON
18 44 (4.24%) XML
19 43 (4.15%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 145 (13.98%) Data Structures
2 142 (13.69%) Algorithms
3 115 (11.09%) Blockchain
3 115 (11.09%) e-Learning
4 113 (10.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 62 (5.98%) Private Cloud
6 49 (4.73%) Product Ownership
7 43 (4.15%) Mobile App
8 37 (3.57%) Management Information System
9 34 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
10 32 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
11 25 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
12 24 (2.31%) Onboarding
13 22 (2.12%) CMDB
14 21 (2.03%) Satnav
15 19 (1.83%) IoT
16 18 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
16 18 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
17 17 (1.64%) Cloud Native
17 17 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 187 (18.03%) Linux
2 153 (14.75%) Windows
3 145 (13.98%) Apple iOS
4 134 (12.92%) Android
5 18 (1.74%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.096%) Unix
7 1 (0.096%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (48.89%) Agile
2 384 (37.03%) Problem-Solving
3 345 (33.27%) Software Engineering
4 340 (32.79%) Full Stack Development
5 297 (28.64%) Mentoring
6 247 (23.82%) Design Patterns
7 245 (23.63%) DevOps
8 199 (19.19%) Test Automation
9 195 (18.80%) MVC
10 190 (18.32%) User Experience
11 184 (17.74%) CI/CD
11 184 (17.74%) Continuous Integration
12 175 (16.88%) Coaching
12 175 (16.88%) Web Development
13 172 (16.59%) OO
14 165 (15.91%) Microservices
15 162 (15.62%) SOLID
16 151 (14.56%) Computer Science
17 148 (14.27%) OOP
18 143 (13.79%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 441 (42.53%) JavaScript
2 339 (32.69%) C#
3 282 (27.19%) Java
4 260 (25.07%) SQL
5 219 (21.12%) Python
6 128 (12.34%) TypeScript
7 81 (7.81%) Go
8 80 (7.71%) C++
9 77 (7.43%) C
10 69 (6.65%) PHP
11 48 (4.63%) Bash
12 45 (4.34%) Perl
13 40 (3.86%) Ruby
14 29 (2.80%) Swift
15 24 (2.31%) Kotlin
16 18 (1.74%) VB.NET
17 14 (1.35%) PowerShell
18 11 (1.06%) Embedded C
19 10 (0.96%) Apex Code
20 8 (0.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 202 (19.48%) Degree
2 143 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 129 (12.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 75 (7.23%) SC Cleared
5 37 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 35 (3.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (2.12%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.25%) AWS Certification
9 10 (0.96%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.68%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.48%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.29%) CITP
12 3 (0.29%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.19%) ISEB
13 2 (0.19%) PhD
13 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (20.83%) QA
2 37 (3.57%) Accessibility
3 35 (3.38%) Software Quality Assurance
4 8 (0.77%) GDPR
5 5 (0.48%) Automotive SPICE
5 5 (0.48%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.48%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.48%) SLA
6 4 (0.39%) Def Stans
6 4 (0.39%) IEC 61508
6 4 (0.39%) MISRA
6 4 (0.39%) MISRA C
7 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.29%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.096%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.096%) WCAG
System Software
1 143 (13.79%) Docker
2 17 (1.64%) Firmware
3 9 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.77%) KVM
4 8 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.096%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 114 (10.99%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.80%) Terraform
3 14 (1.35%) Grafana
4 12 (1.16%) Ansible
5 10 (0.96%) Puppet
6 9 (0.87%) Graphite
6 9 (0.87%) HAProxy
6 9 (0.87%) Nagios
6 9 (0.87%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.48%) Istio
7 5 (0.48%) Kibana
8 1 (0.096%) Consul
Vendors
1 120 (11.57%) IBM
2 113 (10.90%) Red Hat
3 75 (7.23%) Microsoft
4 73 (7.04%) Oracle
5 36 (3.47%) Google
6 32 (3.09%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.54%) Xilinx
8 10 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.87%) Apple
9 9 (0.87%) TOWER Software
9 9 (0.87%) Xamarin
10 8 (0.77%) Cisco
10 8 (0.77%) VMware
11 7 (0.68%) ESRI
12 5 (0.48%) BT
13 4 (0.39%) Databricks
14 3 (0.29%) Atlassian
14 3 (0.29%) Mercator
15 2 (0.19%) SAP
15 2 (0.19%) Siemens