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

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 399 472
Rank change year-on-year +189 +73 -92
Contract jobs citing Code Quality 456 308 421
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 0.54% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 0.60% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 201 306
10th Percentile £325 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +15.18%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £464
% change year-on-year -2.71% +5.23% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 6
10th Percentile £58.13 £44.88 £43.26
25th Percentile £62.50 £46.25 £47.65
Median hourly rate £70.00 £52.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -20.45% +46.67%
75th Percentile £83.44 £70.00 £80.25
90th Percentile £84.38 £77.75 £82.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £45.20
% change year-on-year +23.81% +16.15% +0.44%

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 36,673 51,121 79,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.13% 89.77% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,631 35,432 55,673
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,683 1,892
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.99 £16.01 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.54
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -4.99%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 18 May 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 +204 371 £531 -9.34% 283
Work from Home +208 285 £476 -6.25% 165
UK excluding London +152 249 £475 -2.71% 185
London +113 163 £550 -10.20% 130
North of England +115 102 £525 -8.70% 50
Midlands +64 47 £356 -40.67% 40
North West +55 47 £550 -4.35% 28
Scotland +24 47 £475 - 10
Yorkshire +45 35 £500 +17.65% 18
South West +23 29 £475 -13.64% 16
East Midlands +38 25 £356 -16.24% 10
West Midlands +40 22 £450 -28.00% 30
North East - 20 - - 5
East of England +7 16 £508 -10.41% 12
South East +26 6 £500 -13.79% 52
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 (3.51%) CMS
2 7 (1.54%) Confluence
2 7 (1.54%) Headless CMS
3 5 (1.10%) Drupal
3 5 (1.10%) JBoss
3 5 (1.10%) WordPress
4 3 (0.66%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Appian
5 1 (0.22%) GeoServer
5 1 (0.22%) nginx
Applications
1 181 (39.69%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 5 (1.10%) Magento
2 4 (0.88%) Endur
3 3 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.44%) IntelliMatch
4 2 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 89 (19.52%) AWS
2 55 (12.06%) Azure
3 30 (6.58%) Serverless
4 27 (5.92%) Amazon S3
5 23 (5.04%) AWS Lambda
5 23 (5.04%) GCP
6 21 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (4.39%) AWS CloudFormation
7 20 (4.39%) OpenShift
8 17 (3.73%) GitHub
9 15 (3.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (1.54%) Textract
12 6 (1.32%) Amazon SageMaker
12 6 (1.32%) OCI
13 5 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.10%) Azure Service Bus
13 5 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.10%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.97%) HTTP
2 3 (0.66%) DNS
3 1 (0.22%) 5G
3 1 (0.22%) DHCP
3 1 (0.22%) DVB
3 1 (0.22%) Firewall
3 1 (0.22%) FTP
3 1 (0.22%) Network Security
3 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.22%) SSL
3 1 (0.22%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.22%) VLAN
3 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (7.02%) SQL Server
3 27 (5.92%) NoSQL
4 25 (5.48%) MongoDB
5 20 (4.39%) MySQL
6 18 (3.95%) Relational Database
7 16 (3.51%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (1.97%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.32%) Apache Cassandra
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.10%) DynamoDB
11 5 (1.10%) RDBMS
11 5 (1.10%) SQLite
12 4 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.88%) Big Data
13 3 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.66%) Couchbase
13 3 (0.66%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.66%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 65 (14.25%) Git
2 27 (5.92%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.61%) SonarQube
4 15 (3.29%) JIRA
5 10 (2.19%) Rational Rhapsody
6 7 (1.54%) GitLab
6 7 (1.54%) Mercurial
6 7 (1.54%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.10%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (1.10%) CA Release Automation
7 5 (1.10%) Checkstyle
7 5 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.88%) Pylint
8 4 (0.88%) Selenium
8 4 (0.88%) SpecFlow
9 3 (0.66%) Babel
9 3 (0.66%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.66%) webpack
General
1 107 (23.46%) Social Skills
2 46 (10.09%) Finance
3 29 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.48%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.17%) Banking
6 11 (2.41%) Electronics
6 11 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (1.97%) Retail
8 8 (1.75%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.54%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.32%) Multimedia
10 6 (1.32%) Tech for Good
11 3 (0.66%) Back Office
11 3 (0.66%) Corporate Banking
11 3 (0.66%) Marketing
11 3 (0.66%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.44%) Aviation
12 2 (0.44%) Front Office
12 2 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 335 (73.46%) Developer
2 189 (41.45%) Software Developer
3 50 (10.96%) Senior
4 34 (7.46%) Senior Developer
5 32 (7.02%) Software Engineer
6 26 (5.70%) .NET Developer
7 24 (5.26%) Java Developer
8 23 (5.04%) Full Stack Developer
9 22 (4.82%) React Developer
10 15 (3.29%) Lead
11 13 (2.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 13 (2.85%) Python Developer
12 11 (2.41%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 10 (2.19%) Ada Engineer
13 10 (2.19%) Ada Software Engineer
13 10 (2.19%) Senior React Developer
14 8 (1.75%) C# Developer
14 8 (1.75%) DevOps Engineer
14 8 (1.75%) Embedded Engineer
14 8 (1.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (40.57%) HTML
2 81 (17.76%) React
3 54 (11.84%) CSS
4 45 (9.87%) .NET
5 33 (7.24%) AngularJS
6 30 (6.58%) RESTful
7 28 (6.14%) Node.js
8 26 (5.70%) Spring
9 24 (5.26%) Spring Boot
10 23 (5.04%) REST
11 22 (4.82%) Kafka
12 20 (4.39%) AWS CDK
13 16 (3.51%) .NET Core
14 15 (3.29%) .NET Framework
15 13 (2.85%) HTML5
15 13 (2.85%) Vue
16 12 (2.63%) Web Services
17 11 (2.41%) XML
18 9 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
18 9 (1.97%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.39%) Product Ownership
2 12 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (1.75%) Mobile App
4 8 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 7 (1.54%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (1.54%) Wiki
6 6 (1.32%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.32%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
6 6 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.10%) Solar Panel
8 4 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.88%) Social Media
9 3 (0.66%) Hedge funds
9 3 (0.66%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.66%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.73%) Linux
2 11 (2.41%) Windows
3 6 (1.32%) Android
4 5 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.88%) Unix
6 3 (0.66%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (42.98%) Artificial Intelligence
2 194 (42.54%) Software Engineering
3 181 (39.69%) Conversational UI
4 120 (26.32%) Agile
5 81 (17.76%) CI/CD
6 80 (17.54%) DevOps
6 80 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (13.16%) Computer Science
8 57 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 57 (12.50%) User Experience
9 46 (10.09%) Microservices
10 40 (8.77%) Front End Development
11 37 (8.11%) Infrastructure as Code
12 36 (7.89%) Continuous Integration
13 35 (7.68%) Full Stack Development
13 35 (7.68%) Scrum
13 35 (7.68%) TDD
14 33 (7.24%) Design Patterns
15 31 (6.80%) Unit Testing
16 29 (6.36%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 207 (45.39%) JavaScript
2 185 (40.57%) Python
3 182 (39.91%) SQL
4 158 (34.65%) C#
5 65 (14.25%) Java
6 43 (9.43%) TypeScript
7 15 (3.29%) Go
8 14 (3.07%) C
9 12 (2.63%) C++
10 10 (2.19%) Ada
11 9 (1.97%) Bash
12 8 (1.75%) Kotlin
13 7 (1.54%) Bicep
13 7 (1.54%) PowerShell
14 6 (1.32%) PHP
14 6 (1.32%) Shell Script
15 5 (1.10%) Perl
15 5 (1.10%) Ruby
16 3 (0.66%) ABAP
16 3 (0.66%) Scala
Qualifications
1 247 (54.17%) Degree
2 54 (11.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (7.02%) Security Cleared
4 20 (4.39%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.29%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.10%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.66%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.44%) HND
8 2 (0.44%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.22%) APMP
9 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (12.28%) QA
2 30 (6.58%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.41%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (0.88%) WCAG
6 3 (0.66%) ISO 22301
6 3 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.66%) MiFID
7 2 (0.44%) GDPR
7 2 (0.44%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.22%) HL7
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (9.21%) Docker
2 9 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.44%) HDFS
3 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (9.65%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.04%) Terraform
3 22 (4.82%) Grafana
4 11 (2.41%) Kibana
5 6 (1.32%) Progress Chef
6 5 (1.10%) Ansible
7 4 (0.88%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.66%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.44%) Hadoop YARN
9 2 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.22%) Argo
10 1 (0.22%) Istio
10 1 (0.22%) logstash
10 1 (0.22%) Oozie
10 1 (0.22%) Puppet
10 1 (0.22%) SCOM
Vendors
1 181 (39.69%) PayPal
2 29 (6.36%) Oracle
3 20 (4.39%) Microsoft
4 17 (3.73%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.41%) Google
5 11 (2.41%) IBM
6 9 (1.97%) Splunk
7 6 (1.32%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.32%) Virgin Media
8 5 (1.10%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.10%) SAP
9 3 (0.66%) Black Duck
10 2 (0.44%) Adobe
10 2 (0.44%) Apple
10 2 (0.44%) Confluent
10 2 (0.44%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.44%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.44%) Typelevel
10 2 (0.44%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.22%) ServiceNow