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 25 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	654	544	530
Rank change year-on-year	-110	-14	+85
Contract jobs citing Code Coverage	29	31	34
As % of all contract jobs in the UK	0.053%	0.092%	0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.062%	0.10%	0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	25	26
10^th Percentile	-	£402	£450
25^th Percentile	£360	£475	£471
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£475	£550	£494
Median % change year-on-year	-13.64%	+11.34%	+2.92%
75^th Percentile	£500	£588	£559
90^th Percentile	£545	£614	£582
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 25 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	46,766	30,415	31,858
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK	85.32%	90.43%	86.17%
Number of daily rates quoted	28,056	18,930	19,151
10^th Percentile	£325	£300	£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	£620	£638
90^th Percentile	£738	£725	£744
UK excluding London median daily rate	£500	£475	£500
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-5.00%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	3,564	1,948	1,167
10^th Percentile	£13.50	£14.38	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.62	£17.30	£20.12
Median hourly rate	£35.00	£25.15	£38.00
Median % change year-on-year	+39.19%	-33.83%	-11.63%
75^th Percentile	£65.00	£42.76	£65.00
90^th Percentile	£78.75	£66.65	£73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£35.00	£22.27	£37.50
% change year-on-year	+57.20%	-40.63%	-11.76%

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 25 October 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 25 October 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	-113	28	£475	-13.64%	17
UK excluding London	-91	16	£500	-7.94%	15
London	-86	12	£370	-35.26%	8
South East	-	7	£500	-	3
Work from Home	-65	5	-	-	8
Yorkshire	-35	4	£550	-7.64%	1
North of England	-70	4	£550	-	2
East of England	-	4	-	-
South West	-	1	-	-	3

Code Coverage Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 October 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	86.2%	25
2	DevOps	65.5%	19
3	REST	44.8%	13
3	Validation	44.8%	13
5	Python	41.4%	12
6	Azure	37.9%	11
6	Azure DevOps	37.9%	11
6	Test Automation	37.9%	11
9	Apex Code	34.5%	10
9	Data Modelling	34.5%	10
9	Lightning Web Components	34.5%	10
9	Salesforce	34.5%	10
13	.NET	31.0%	9
13	Azure AKS	31.0%	9
13	Azure Monitor	31.0%	9
16	Deployment Automation	27.6%	8
16	Entra ID	27.6%	8
16	NoSQL	27.6%	8
16	OAuth	27.6%	8
16	OpenID	27.6%	8
16	SQL	27.6%	8
22	.NET Core	24.1%	7
22	.NET Framework	24.1%	7
22	Active Directory	24.1%	7
22	AI	24.1%	7
22	Analytics	24.1%	7
22	Azure App Service	24.1%	7
22	Azure Key Vault	24.1%	7
22	Azure SQL Database	24.1%	7
22	B2C	24.1%	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	86.2%	25
2	DevOps	65.5%	19
3	Validation	44.8%	13
4	Test Automation	37.9%	11
5	Data Modelling	34.5%	10
6	Deployment Automation	27.6%	8
7	AI	24.1%	7
7	Analytics	24.1%	7
7	B2C	24.1%	7
7	Continuous Improvement	24.1%	7
7	Full-Stack Development	24.1%	7
7	Identity Access Management	24.1%	7
7	Log Analytics	24.1%	7
7	MLOps	24.1%	7
7	RBAC	24.1%	7
7	Unit Testing	24.1%	7
7	Workflow	24.1%	7
18	Code Quality	20.7%	6
18	Data Management	20.7%	6
18	Data Validation	20.7%	6