Code Quality Jobs

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 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 290 356 208
Rank change year-on-year +66 -148 +90
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 1,018 896 3,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.97% 0.95% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 0.99% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 697 451 769
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% +8.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £91,934 £102,500 £105,000
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 87,980 90,493 162,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.59% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,356 54,578 82,967
10th Percentile £29,284 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 2 June 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +77 880 £60,000 -14.29% 306
UK excluding London +97 769 £55,173 +0.31% 177
Work from Home +81 522 £62,500 -7.41% 158
North of England +97 212 £55,087 +0.16% 41
London -33 190 £78,625 +4.83% 133
North West +87 173 £50,000 -4.76% 24
South East +13 160 £60,000 +16.85% 36
Midlands +87 149 £55,173 +5.09% 37
South West +56 116 £60,000 +14.29% 32
East Midlands +44 89 £68,750 +37.50% 11
West Midlands +32 60 £50,000 -28.57% 26
East of England -10 53 £52,500 -4.55% 15
Scotland -61 49 £52,500 -30.00% 13
Yorkshire +20 31 £60,000 +9.09% 9
Wales +14 25 £52,686 -5.92% 3
North East -7 8 £55,173 -22.66% 9
Northern Ireland +13 5 £45,000 - 4

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 (2.65%) Apache
2 22 (2.16%) SAS
3 16 (1.57%) ArcGIS
4 7 (0.69%) CMS
5 6 (0.59%) Confluence
6 4 (0.39%) WordPress
7 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.29%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.20%) Drupal
8 2 (0.20%) IIS
8 2 (0.20%) WinCC
9 1 (0.098%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.098%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.098%) nginx
9 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.098%) Tornado
9 1 (0.098%) TYPO3
9 1 (0.098%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.098%) WildFly
Applications
1 24 (2.36%) Simulink
2 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.29%) Trello
3 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.20%) SAP CX
2 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.098%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.098%) Endur
3 1 (0.098%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 385 (37.82%) Azure
2 258 (25.34%) AWS
3 113 (11.10%) IBM Cloud
4 89 (8.74%) GCP
5 84 (8.25%) SaaS
6 52 (5.11%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (3.44%) GitHub
8 28 (2.75%) Serverless
9 27 (2.65%) Amazon S3
10 22 (2.16%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (1.67%) Power Platform
12 14 (1.38%) PaaS
13 13 (1.28%) Azure AKS
14 11 (1.08%) Azure Pipelines
14 11 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.08%) IaaS
14 11 (1.08%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
15 9 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.67%) Firewall
2 12 (1.18%) Internet
2 12 (1.18%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.98%) DNS
4 8 (0.79%) SNMP
4 8 (0.79%) tcpdump
5 6 (0.59%) HTTP
6 5 (0.49%) RS-485
6 5 (0.49%) Wireless
7 4 (0.39%) RS-232
7 4 (0.39%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.20%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.20%) Modbus
8 2 (0.20%) Profibus
9 1 (0.098%) 4G
9 1 (0.098%) Broadband
9 1 (0.098%) DHCP
9 1 (0.098%) MQTT
9 1 (0.098%) VoIP
9 1 (0.098%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (16.99%) PostgreSQL
2 148 (14.54%) MongoDB
3 143 (14.05%) NoSQL
4 113 (11.10%) DB2
5 105 (10.31%) MySQL
6 96 (9.43%) Relational Database
7 82 (8.06%) SQL Server
8 19 (1.87%) DynamoDB
8 19 (1.87%) GIS
9 13 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
9 13 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
9 13 (1.28%) Power BI
9 13 (1.28%) Redis
10 12 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
12 8 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
14 5 (0.49%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 163 (16.01%) Git
2 81 (7.96%) GitLab
3 42 (4.13%) Jenkins
4 38 (3.73%) JIRA
5 34 (3.34%) Cucumber
6 33 (3.24%) Selenium
7 27 (2.65%) JUnit
8 20 (1.96%) JMeter
9 19 (1.87%) TestNG
10 18 (1.77%) Visual Studio
11 17 (1.67%) Cypress.io
11 17 (1.67%) REST Assured
11 17 (1.67%) WebDriver
12 12 (1.18%) Maven
13 11 (1.08%) MSTest
13 11 (1.08%) SonarQube
14 10 (0.98%) Gradle
15 9 (0.88%) Xcode
16 8 (0.79%) NUnit
17 6 (0.59%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 321 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 163 (16.01%) Public Sector
3 147 (14.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 114 (11.20%) Finance
5 85 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
6 58 (5.70%) Retail
7 40 (3.93%) Marketing
8 39 (3.83%) Legal
9 37 (3.63%) Electronics
10 33 (3.24%) Games
11 27 (2.65%) Law
12 23 (2.26%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.77%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.67%) Automotive
14 17 (1.67%) Tech for Good
15 16 (1.57%) Banking
16 14 (1.38%) Aviation
17 13 (1.28%) French Language
18 9 (0.88%) Welsh Language
19 7 (0.69%) Billing
Job Titles
1 445 (43.71%) Developer
2 185 (18.17%) Senior
3 182 (17.88%) Lead
4 159 (15.62%) Software Engineer
5 120 (11.79%) Full Stack Engineer
6 113 (11.10%) Software Developer
7 111 (10.90%) Azure Engineer
8 88 (8.64%) Full Stack Developer
9 81 (7.96%) Senior Developer
10 78 (7.66%) Lead Developer
11 74 (7.27%) .NET Developer
12 57 (5.60%) Technical Leader
13 49 (4.81%) Senior Software Engineer
14 34 (3.34%) PHP Developer
15 33 (3.24%) Tester
16 30 (2.95%) Java Developer
17 28 (2.75%) C# Developer
17 28 (2.75%) QA Engineer
18 27 (2.65%) Java Engineer
19 26 (2.55%) Full Stack .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 335 (32.91%) .NET
2 273 (26.82%) React
3 269 (26.42%) HTML
4 266 (26.13%) CSS
5 201 (19.74%) AngularJS
5 201 (19.74%) Web Services
6 178 (17.49%) REST
7 163 (16.01%) ASP.NET
8 157 (15.42%) Vue
9 140 (13.75%) ASP.NET Core
10 139 (13.65%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 132 (12.97%) jQuery
12 130 (12.77%) RESTful
13 113 (11.10%) Backbone.js
13 113 (11.10%) Ember.js
14 92 (9.04%) Node.js
15 56 (5.50%) .NET Core
16 50 (4.91%) JSON
17 45 (4.42%) XML
18 42 (4.13%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 144 (14.15%) Data Structures
2 143 (14.05%) Algorithms
3 115 (11.30%) e-Learning
4 113 (11.10%) Blockchain
4 113 (11.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 60 (5.89%) Private Cloud
6 51 (5.01%) Product Ownership
7 44 (4.32%) Mobile App
8 37 (3.63%) Management Information System
9 34 (3.34%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
11 25 (2.46%) Embedded Systems
11 25 (2.46%) Onboarding
12 22 (2.16%) CMDB
13 19 (1.87%) IoT
14 18 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.77%) Satnav
14 18 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
15 17 (1.67%) Cloud Native
15 17 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 190 (18.66%) Linux
2 152 (14.93%) Windows
3 146 (14.34%) Apple iOS
4 135 (13.26%) Android
5 23 (2.26%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
7 4 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.098%) Unix
8 1 (0.098%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 519 (50.98%) Agile
2 354 (34.77%) Problem-Solving
3 345 (33.89%) Full Stack Development
4 316 (31.04%) Software Engineering
5 292 (28.68%) Mentoring
6 219 (21.51%) DevOps
7 212 (20.83%) Design Patterns
8 201 (19.74%) Test Automation
9 193 (18.96%) MVC
10 191 (18.76%) User Experience
11 190 (18.66%) CI/CD
12 180 (17.68%) OO
13 178 (17.49%) Web Development
14 174 (17.09%) Coaching
15 164 (16.11%) SOLID
16 157 (15.42%) Computer Science
16 157 (15.42%) OOP
17 155 (15.23%) Continuous Integration
18 147 (14.44%) Artificial Intelligence
19 138 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 411 (40.37%) JavaScript
2 343 (33.69%) C#
3 273 (26.82%) SQL
4 252 (24.75%) Java
5 187 (18.37%) Python
6 134 (13.16%) TypeScript
7 81 (7.96%) C++
8 79 (7.76%) C
9 69 (6.78%) PHP
10 42 (4.13%) Go
11 29 (2.85%) Swift
12 21 (2.06%) Kotlin
13 19 (1.87%) VB.NET
14 13 (1.28%) PowerShell
15 11 (1.08%) Bash
15 11 (1.08%) Embedded C
15 11 (1.08%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.98%) Apex Code
16 10 (0.98%) Bicep
17 8 (0.79%) Rust
Qualifications
1 206 (20.24%) Degree
2 146 (14.34%) Security Cleared
3 135 (13.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 73 (7.17%) SC Cleared
5 38 (3.73%) Master's Degree
6 36 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 27 (2.65%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 10 (0.98%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.69%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.69%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.29%) CITP
12 3 (0.29%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.20%) ISEB
13 2 (0.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.20%) PhD
13 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 180 (17.68%) QA
2 38 (3.73%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.24%) Software Quality Assurance
4 8 (0.79%) GDPR
5 6 (0.59%) SLA
6 5 (0.49%) Automotive SPICE
6 5 (0.49%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.49%) ISO 9001
7 4 (0.39%) Def Stans
7 4 (0.39%) IEC 61508
7 4 (0.39%) MISRA
7 4 (0.39%) MISRA C
8 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.29%) ISO 26262
9 1 (0.098%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.098%) MiFID
9 1 (0.098%) WCAG
System Software
1 135 (13.26%) Docker
2 17 (1.67%) Firmware
3 8 (0.79%) KVM
3 8 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.098%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 110 (10.81%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.85%) Terraform
3 13 (1.28%) Grafana
4 11 (1.08%) Ansible
5 9 (0.88%) Puppet
6 8 (0.79%) Graphite
6 8 (0.79%) HAProxy
6 8 (0.79%) Nagios
6 8 (0.79%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.59%) Istio
8 5 (0.49%) Kibana
9 1 (0.098%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.098%) Packer
Vendors
1 120 (11.79%) IBM
2 114 (11.20%) Red Hat
3 79 (7.76%) Microsoft
4 37 (3.63%) Google
5 33 (3.24%) Oracle
5 33 (3.24%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.96%) Xilinx
7 11 (1.08%) BT
8 10 (0.98%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.88%) Apple
9 9 (0.88%) TOWER Software
9 9 (0.88%) Xamarin
10 8 (0.79%) Cisco
10 8 (0.79%) VMware
11 7 (0.69%) ESRI
12 4 (0.39%) Databricks
13 3 (0.29%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.29%) Mercator
14 2 (0.20%) SAP
14 2 (0.20%) Siemens