Code Coverage Contract Job Trends

Code Coverage
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs citing Code Coverage skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	667	535	521
Rank change year-on-year	-132	-14	+70
Contract jobs citing Code Coverage	26	31	32
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.048%	0.090%	0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.056%	0.10%	0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	25	24
10^th Percentile	-	£402	£448
25^th Percentile	£360	£475	£467
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£550	£494
Median % change year-on-year	-13.64%	+11.34%	+0.51%
75^th Percentile	£500	£588	£553
90^th Percentile	£545	£614	£576
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£543	£480
% change year-on-year	-7.94%	+13.15%	+6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	£67.00	-	-
25^th Percentile	£68.13	-	-
Median hourly rate	£70.00	-	-
75^th Percentile	-	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£70.00	-	-

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Code Coverage falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	46,795	30,975	31,502
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK	85.55%	90.24%	86.12%
Number of daily rates quoted	28,010	19,344	18,963
10^th Percentile	£325	£299	£310
25^th Percentile	£425	£404	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£500	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+5.00%	-4.76%	-2.33%
75^th Percentile	£638	£619	£638
90^th Percentile	£738	£725	£738
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£475	£500
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	3,688	2,001	1,124
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£14.38	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.46	£17.33	£20.09
Median hourly rate	£34.58	£25.15	£36.08
Median % change year-on-year	+37.48%	-30.30%	-17.81%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£43.00	£65.00
90^th Percentile	£79.00	£67.00	£73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£33.81	£22.50	£35.00
% change year-on-year	+50.26%	-35.71%	-19.22%

Code Coverage Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Code Coverage relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Code Coverage Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Code Coverage.

Code Coverage Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Code Coverage over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Code Coverage in the UK

Code Coverage Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Code Coverage.

Code Coverage Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Code Coverage within the UK over the 6 months to 1 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-111	26	£475	-13.64%	10
UK excluding London	-85	16	£500	-7.94%	12
London	-101	10	£370	-35.26%	3
South East	-	7	£500	-	2
Yorkshire	-39	4	£550	-7.64%
Work from Home	-56	4	-	-	7
North of England	-71	4	£550	-	1
East of England	-	4	-	-	3
South West	-	1	-	-	1

Code Coverage Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Code Coverage also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads citing Code Coverage.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	84.6%	22
2	DevOps	69.2%	18
3	Python	42.3%	11
3	REST	42.3%	11
5	Azure	38.5%	10
5	Azure DevOps	38.5%	10
5	Test Automation	38.5%	10
5	Validation	38.5%	10
9	.NET	34.6%	9
9	Azure AKS	34.6%	9
9	Azure Monitor	34.6%	9
12	Apex Code	30.8%	8
12	Data Modelling	30.8%	8
12	Lightning Web Components	30.8%	8
12	Salesforce	30.8%	8
16	.NET Core	26.9%	7
16	.NET Framework	26.9%	7
16	Active Directory	26.9%	7
16	AI	26.9%	7
16	Analytics	26.9%	7
16	Azure App Service	26.9%	7
16	Azure Key Vault	26.9%	7
16	Azure SQL Database	26.9%	7
16	B2C	26.9%	7
16	Bicep	26.9%	7
16	C#	26.9%	7
16	Confluence	26.9%	7
16	Continuous Improvement	26.9%	7
16	Deployment Automation	26.9%	7
16	Entity Framework	26.9%	7

Code Coverage Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	CI/CD	84.6%	22
2	DevOps	69.2%	18
3	Test Automation	38.5%	10
3	Validation	38.5%	10
5	Data Modelling	30.8%	8
6	AI	26.9%	7
6	Analytics	26.9%	7
6	B2C	26.9%	7
6	Continuous Improvement	26.9%	7
6	Deployment Automation	26.9%	7
6	Full-Stack Development	26.9%	7
6	Identity Access Management	26.9%	7
6	Log Analytics	26.9%	7
6	MLOps	26.9%	7
6	RBAC	26.9%	7
16	Code Quality	23.1%	6
16	Unit Testing	23.1%	6
18	API Management	19.2%	5
18	Data Management	19.2%	5
18	Storage Management	19.2%	5