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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 384 455
Rank change year-on-year +137 +71 -94
Contract jobs citing Code Quality 406 323 447
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.94% 0.57% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 0.64% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 215 323
10th Percentile £325 £400 £406
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -2.27% +11.96%
75th Percentile £623 £644 £672
90th Percentile £718 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £496 £475
% change year-on-year -5.29% +4.47% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 5
10th Percentile £58.13 £45.00 £40.53
25th Percentile £62.50 £47.50 £41.32
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +16.15% -0.66%
75th Percentile £83.44 £62.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £84.38 £70.00 £72.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £43.89
% change year-on-year +23.81% +19.63% -4.60%

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 36,816 50,571 79,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.44% 89.70% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,638 35,025 55,934
10th Percentile £300 £325 £348
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,533 1,671 1,865
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.57 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.88%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 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
England +153 326 £513 -11.64% 303
Work from Home +181 229 £475 -6.50% 156
UK excluding London +111 200 £470 -5.29% 173
London +104 162 £538 -12.24% 133
North of England +83 75 £475 -14.61% 40
Scotland +22 42 £475 -0.84% 12
North West +39 37 £500 -13.04% 24
Midlands +53 36 £359 -40.13% 38
Yorkshire +39 24 £469 +1.30% 9
South West +19 22 £550 - 31
East Midlands +28 19 £356 -16.24% 11
West Midlands +25 17 £600 -4.00% 27
East of England +13 17 £508 -13.40% 14
North East - 14 - - 8
South East +1 6 £500 -11.27% 35
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 (3.94%) CMS
2 7 (1.72%) Confluence
2 7 (1.72%) Headless CMS
3 5 (1.23%) Drupal
3 5 (1.23%) JBoss
3 5 (1.23%) WordPress
4 2 (0.49%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.25%) Appian
5 1 (0.25%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.25%) Mule
5 1 (0.25%) nginx
5 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 121 (29.80%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.25%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (1.23%) Magento
2 4 (0.99%) Endur
3 3 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 95 (23.40%) AWS
2 64 (15.76%) Azure
3 30 (7.39%) Serverless
4 27 (6.65%) Amazon S3
4 27 (6.65%) GCP
5 23 (5.67%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (4.93%) AWS CloudFormation
6 20 (4.93%) OpenShift
7 17 (4.19%) GitHub
8 15 (3.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (1.48%) OCI
12 5 (1.23%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.23%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.23%) Textract
13 4 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.22%) HTTP
2 3 (0.74%) DNS
3 1 (0.25%) 5G
3 1 (0.25%) DHCP
3 1 (0.25%) DVB
3 1 (0.25%) Firewall
3 1 (0.25%) FTP
3 1 (0.25%) Network Security
3 1 (0.25%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.25%) SSL
3 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.25%) VLAN
3 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (9.85%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (7.88%) SQL Server
3 27 (6.65%) NoSQL
4 25 (6.16%) MongoDB
5 21 (5.17%) MySQL
6 18 (4.43%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.94%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (2.71%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (2.46%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.48%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.23%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.23%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.23%) SQLite
12 4 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.74%) Big Data
13 3 (0.74%) Couchbase
13 3 (0.74%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 67 (16.50%) Git
2 30 (7.39%) Jenkins
3 22 (5.42%) SonarQube
4 15 (3.69%) JIRA
5 10 (2.46%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (1.72%) GitLab
6 7 (1.72%) Mercurial
6 7 (1.72%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.48%) SpecFlow
8 5 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 5 (1.23%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.23%) Bitbucket Server
8 5 (1.23%) CA Release Automation
8 5 (1.23%) Checkstyle
8 5 (1.23%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.99%) Pylint
10 3 (0.74%) Babel
10 3 (0.74%) Gradle
10 3 (0.74%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 108 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 46 (11.33%) Finance
3 31 (7.64%) Public Sector
4 29 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (4.68%) Banking
6 11 (2.71%) Electronics
6 11 (2.71%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (2.22%) Retail
8 8 (1.97%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.72%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.48%) Multimedia
11 5 (1.23%) Tech for Good
12 4 (0.99%) Front Office
13 3 (0.74%) Back Office
13 3 (0.74%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.74%) Marketing
13 3 (0.74%) Retail Banking
14 2 (0.49%) Automotive
14 2 (0.49%) Legal
14 2 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 283 (69.70%) Developer
2 130 (32.02%) Software Developer
3 51 (12.56%) Senior
4 35 (8.62%) Senior Developer
5 34 (8.37%) Software Engineer
6 27 (6.65%) .NET Developer
6 27 (6.65%) Full Stack Developer
7 25 (6.16%) Java Developer
8 21 (5.17%) React Developer
9 15 (3.69%) Python Developer
10 14 (3.45%) Lead
11 13 (3.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 11 (2.71%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 10 (2.46%) Ada Engineer
13 10 (2.46%) Ada Software Engineer
13 10 (2.46%) Senior React Developer
14 8 (1.97%) C# Developer
14 8 (1.97%) DevOps Engineer
14 8 (1.97%) Embedded Engineer
14 8 (1.97%) Full Stack Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (46.31%) HTML
2 87 (21.43%) React
3 57 (14.04%) CSS
4 47 (11.58%) .NET
5 39 (9.61%) RESTful
6 38 (9.36%) AngularJS
7 30 (7.39%) Node.js
7 30 (7.39%) Spring
8 28 (6.90%) Spring Boot
9 25 (6.16%) REST
10 24 (5.91%) Kafka
11 20 (4.93%) AWS CDK
12 16 (3.94%) .NET Core
13 15 (3.69%) .NET Framework
14 13 (3.20%) HTML5
14 13 (3.20%) Vue
14 13 (3.20%) Web Services
14 13 (3.20%) XML
15 9 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
15 9 (2.22%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.42%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.96%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
3 9 (2.22%) Wiki
4 8 (1.97%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (1.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (1.72%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.48%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.48%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.23%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.23%) Solar Panel
8 4 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.99%) Social Media
9 3 (0.74%) Derivative
9 3 (0.74%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.74%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.43%) Linux
2 11 (2.71%) Windows
3 7 (1.72%) Android
4 5 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.99%) Unix
6 3 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.25%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (48.28%) Software Engineering
2 133 (32.76%) Artificial Intelligence
3 124 (30.54%) Agile
4 121 (29.80%) Conversational UI
5 86 (21.18%) DevOps
6 84 (20.69%) CI/CD
6 84 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (15.02%) Computer Science
8 60 (14.78%) Test Automation
9 58 (14.29%) User Experience
10 52 (12.81%) Microservices
11 44 (10.84%) TDD
12 39 (9.61%) Front End Development
12 39 (9.61%) Full Stack Development
13 37 (9.11%) Infrastructure as Code
14 36 (8.87%) Continuous Integration
14 36 (8.87%) Unit Testing
15 35 (8.62%) Scrum
16 32 (7.88%) Design Patterns
17 29 (7.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 210 (51.72%) JavaScript
2 182 (44.83%) Python
3 181 (44.58%) SQL
4 159 (39.16%) C#
5 66 (16.26%) Java
6 45 (11.08%) TypeScript
7 15 (3.69%) C
7 15 (3.69%) Go
8 12 (2.96%) C++
9 10 (2.46%) Ada
10 9 (2.22%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.97%) Bash
11 8 (1.97%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.72%) Bicep
13 5 (1.23%) Perl
13 5 (1.23%) PHP
14 4 (0.99%) Ruby
14 4 (0.99%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.74%) ABAP
15 3 (0.74%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 188 (46.31%) Degree
2 55 (13.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 37 (9.11%) Security Cleared
4 25 (6.16%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.69%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.72%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.74%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.49%) HND
8 2 (0.49%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.25%) APMP
9 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.25%) SANS
9 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.56%) QA
2 30 (7.39%) Accessibility
3 10 (2.46%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (1.48%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.99%) WCAG
6 3 (0.74%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.74%) MiFID
7 2 (0.49%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.49%) GDPR
7 2 (0.49%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.25%) HL7
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
System Software
1 45 (11.08%) Docker
2 9 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.25%) Firmware
3 1 (0.25%) HDFS
3 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (10.84%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.67%) Terraform
3 22 (5.42%) Grafana
4 11 (2.71%) Kibana
5 6 (1.48%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.23%) Ansible
7 4 (0.99%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.74%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.25%) Argo
10 1 (0.25%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.25%) Istio
10 1 (0.25%) logstash
10 1 (0.25%) Puppet
10 1 (0.25%) SCOM
Vendors
1 121 (29.80%) PayPal
2 28 (6.90%) Oracle
3 18 (4.43%) Microsoft
4 16 (3.94%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.20%) Google
6 11 (2.71%) IBM
7 9 (2.22%) Splunk
8 6 (1.48%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.23%) AppDynamics
9 5 (1.23%) Virgin Media
10 3 (0.74%) Black Duck
10 3 (0.74%) SAP
11 2 (0.49%) Adobe
11 2 (0.49%) Apple
11 2 (0.49%) Confluent
11 2 (0.49%) Dell
11 2 (0.49%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.49%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.49%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.49%) Xamarin