Clean Code Contracts in the UK excluding London

Clean Code
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Clean Code skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Clean Code over the 6 months to 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 326 342 380
Rank change year-on-year +16 +38 -52
Contract jobs citing Clean Code 68 100 133
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.44% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.49% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 77 102
10th Percentile £363 £412 £400
25th Percentile £452 £494 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.65% +9.80% +6.10%
75th Percentile £688 £600 £584
90th Percentile - £612 £660
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile £80.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Clean Code 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,263 20,432 27,469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.19% 89.17% 89.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,230 14,021 19,224
10th Percentile £246 £260 £240
25th Percentile £375 £400 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £580
90th Percentile £688 £694 £663
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 1,241 1,350
10th Percentile £12.41 £10.63 £12.43
25th Percentile £15.39 £15.21 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £62.28
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

Clean Code
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Clean Code as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Clean Code in the UK excluding London

Clean Code
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Clean Code in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Clean Code in the UK excluding London

Clean Code
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Clean Code in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Clean Code in the UK excluding London

Clean Code
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Clean Code in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Clean Code in the UK excluding London

Clean Code
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Clean Code within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
South East +21 26 £675 +22.73% 29
North of England +20 13 £475 +5.56% 40
South West -18 9 £525 -5.11% 20
Scotland +37 8 £465 -12.26% 7
North West +11 8 £463 +8.82% 22
Midlands +24 6 £450 -10.00% 29
East of England +10 6 £493 -24.26% 12
West Midlands +17 4 £393 -1.88% 22
Yorkshire +6 4 £600 +26.25% 10
East Midlands +9 2 £675 +35.00% 7
North East - 1 £375 - 10
Clean Code
UK

Clean Code
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (5.88%) Apache
2 3 (4.41%) CMS
2 3 (4.41%) Umbraco
3 2 (2.94%) Apache Solr
3 2 (2.94%) ArcGIS
4 1 (1.47%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 23 (33.82%) AWS
2 13 (19.12%) Azure
3 7 (10.29%) GCP
4 5 (7.35%) GitHub
5 4 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.94%) Azure Functions
6 2 (2.94%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (2.94%) SaaS
6 2 (2.94%) Serverless
7 1 (1.47%) Azure App Service
7 1 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.47%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.47%) Boomi
7 1 (1.47%) Firebase
7 1 (1.47%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.47%) HTTP
1 1 (1.47%) OpenLDAP
1 1 (1.47%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (26.47%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (19.12%) Oracle Database
3 12 (17.65%) Oracle Database 11g
4 8 (11.76%) MySQL
5 5 (7.35%) SQL Server
6 3 (4.41%) MongoDB
7 2 (2.94%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (2.94%) Couchbase
7 2 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (2.94%) GIS
7 2 (2.94%) MariaDB
7 2 (2.94%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.94%) Spatial Data
8 1 (1.47%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (1.47%) Redis
8 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (19.12%) Git
2 10 (14.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.94%) JIRA
3 2 (2.94%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.47%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.47%) Crashlytics
4 1 (1.47%) GitLab
4 1 (1.47%) GoogleTest
4 1 (1.47%) Gradle
4 1 (1.47%) NUnit
4 1 (1.47%) VersionOne
4 1 (1.47%) webpack
General
1 15 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.35%) Finance
2 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
3 4 (5.88%) Tech for Good
4 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.41%) Banking
4 3 (4.41%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (1.47%) Automotive
6 1 (1.47%) Back Office
6 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.47%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (73.53%) Developer
2 13 (19.12%) Software Engineer
3 12 (17.65%) PostgreSQL Developer
3 12 (17.65%) Senior
4 9 (13.24%) Software Developer
5 7 (10.29%) Senior Developer
6 6 (8.82%) Java Developer
7 5 (7.35%) Java Engineer
7 5 (7.35%) Senior Software Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) .NET Developer
8 3 (4.41%) Azure Developer
8 3 (4.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 3 (4.41%) Java Software Engineer
8 3 (4.41%) PHP Developer
8 3 (4.41%) React Developer
8 3 (4.41%) Senior Java Developer
8 3 (4.41%) Umbraco Developer
9 2 (2.94%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 2 (2.94%) Lead
9 2 (2.94%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (19.12%) HTML
2 12 (17.65%) CSS
2 12 (17.65%) RESTful
3 11 (16.18%) React
4 9 (13.24%) .NET
4 9 (13.24%) REST
5 7 (10.29%) Node.js
6 5 (7.35%) Spring
6 5 (7.35%) Spring Boot
7 4 (5.88%) AngularJS
7 4 (5.88%) Laravel
8 3 (4.41%) ASP.NET
8 3 (4.41%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (4.41%) Redux
8 3 (4.41%) XML
9 2 (2.94%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.94%) DOM
9 2 (2.94%) Entity Framework
9 2 (2.94%) jQuery
9 2 (2.94%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.88%) Cloud Native
1 4 (5.88%) Mobile App
1 4 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.94%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.47%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 8 (11.76%) Linux
2 4 (5.88%) Android
2 4 (5.88%) Windows
3 3 (4.41%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (2.94%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (32.35%) Unit Testing
3 21 (30.88%) Agile
3 21 (30.88%) DevOps
4 19 (27.94%) Secure Coding
5 17 (25.00%) Migration
6 16 (23.53%) SOLID
6 16 (23.53%) TDD
7 13 (19.12%) Architectural Design
7 13 (19.12%) Data Migration
7 13 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (19.12%) Software Testing
8 12 (17.65%) Performance Tuning
9 11 (16.18%) Front End Development
9 11 (16.18%) Full Stack Development
10 10 (14.71%) Microservices
11 9 (13.24%) Computer Science
11 9 (13.24%) Design Patterns
12 8 (11.76%) CI/CD
12 8 (11.76%) OO
Programming Languages
1 27 (39.71%) SQL
2 24 (35.29%) JavaScript
3 18 (26.47%) Java
4 16 (23.53%) Python
5 14 (20.59%) C#
5 14 (20.59%) PL/SQL
6 10 (14.71%) TypeScript
7 9 (13.24%) Bash
8 7 (10.29%) PHP
9 5 (7.35%) C++
10 4 (5.88%) Perl
11 2 (2.94%) Scala
12 1 (1.47%) C
12 1 (1.47%) Fortran
12 1 (1.47%) Go
12 1 (1.47%) Groovy
12 1 (1.47%) Kotlin
12 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
12 1 (1.47%) Rust
12 1 (1.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 13 (19.12%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.71%) Degree
4 6 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.41%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.47%) CEH
6 1 (1.47%) CISSP
6 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.47%) QA
1 1 (1.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.41%) Docker
1 3 (4.41%) zsh
2 1 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 13 (19.12%) Oracle
2 5 (7.35%) Google
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.94%) ESRI
4 2 (2.94%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.47%) Cadence
5 1 (1.47%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.47%) SAP
5 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.47%) Splunk
5 1 (1.47%) Typelevel
5 1 (1.47%) VMware