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

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 347 220
Rank change year-on-year +63 -127 +85
Permanent jobs citing Code Quality 1,030 982 3,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.04% 0.97% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.02% 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 693 489 754
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £67,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.32% +4.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,000 £102,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,173 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.31% -12.00% +13.64%

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 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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% +10.53%

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 11 May 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 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +72 884 £60,000 -14.29% 241
UK excluding London +117 778 £55,173 +0.31% 138
Work from Home +132 548 £62,500 -7.41% 140
North of England +106 212 £55,173 +0.31% 48
London -50 193 £80,000 +6.67% 105
North West +107 170 £50,000 -6.98% 30
South East +21 157 £59,750 +13.81% 21
Midlands +85 146 £55,173 +2.65% 30
South West +59 119 £60,000 +14.29% 14
East Midlands +44 91 £68,750 +37.50% 11
East of England +12 56 £52,500 -4.55% 13
West Midlands +43 55 £50,000 -28.57% 19
Scotland -47 54 £52,500 -27.31% 7
Yorkshire +48 35 £60,000 +9.09% 12
Wales +20 27 £52,686 -4.21% 5
Northern Ireland +25 7 £45,000 - 3
North East -1 7 £55,173 -22.66% 6

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 (2.62%) Apache
2 22 (2.14%) SAS
3 16 (1.55%) ArcGIS
4 5 (0.49%) CMS
4 5 (0.49%) Confluence
5 4 (0.39%) WordPress
6 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.29%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.19%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) WinCC
8 1 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.097%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.097%) Drupal
8 1 (0.097%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.097%) Tornado
8 1 (0.097%) TYPO3
8 1 (0.097%) WildFly
Applications
1 18 (1.75%) Simulink
2 3 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.29%) Trello
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (0.29%) SAP CX
1 3 (0.29%) SAP ERP
1 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.19%) Magento
3 1 (0.097%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 370 (35.92%) Azure
2 262 (25.44%) AWS
3 113 (10.97%) IBM Cloud
4 92 (8.93%) GCP
5 86 (8.35%) SaaS
6 67 (6.50%) Serverless
7 48 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (3.50%) GitHub
9 32 (3.11%) Amazon S3
10 26 (2.52%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (1.55%) Power Platform
12 13 (1.26%) PaaS
13 12 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (0.97%) Azure Pipelines
14 10 (0.97%) IaaS
14 10 (0.97%) PowerApps
15 9 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (0.87%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.84%) Firewall
2 16 (1.55%) Internet
3 14 (1.36%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.17%) DNS
5 10 (0.97%) SNMP
5 10 (0.97%) tcpdump
6 5 (0.49%) 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 (0.19%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.19%) Modbus
8 2 (0.19%) Profibus
9 1 (0.097%) 5G
9 1 (0.097%) Broadband
9 1 (0.097%) DHCP
9 1 (0.097%) MQTT
9 1 (0.097%) VPN
9 1 (0.097%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (16.80%) PostgreSQL
2 149 (14.47%) MongoDB
3 141 (13.69%) NoSQL
4 126 (12.23%) Relational Database
5 113 (10.97%) DB2
6 107 (10.39%) MySQL
7 75 (7.28%) SQL Server
8 40 (3.88%) RDBMS
9 37 (3.59%) Oracle Database
10 19 (1.84%) DynamoDB
10 19 (1.84%) GIS
11 14 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
11 14 (1.36%) Redis
12 13 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.26%) Power BI
13 11 (1.07%) Geospatial Data
14 7 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.58%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 198 (19.22%) Git
2 81 (7.86%) GitLab
3 44 (4.27%) Jenkins
4 42 (4.08%) JIRA
5 36 (3.50%) Cucumber
5 36 (3.50%) JDeveloper
6 33 (3.20%) Selenium
7 25 (2.43%) JUnit
8 23 (2.23%) JMeter
9 19 (1.84%) REST Assured
9 19 (1.84%) TestNG
10 17 (1.65%) WebDriver
11 16 (1.55%) Cypress.io
11 16 (1.55%) Visual Studio
12 12 (1.17%) Maven
12 12 (1.17%) MSTest
13 9 (0.87%) Gradle
13 9 (0.87%) Xcode
14 8 (0.78%) NUnit
14 8 (0.78%) SonarQube
General
1 310 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 160 (15.53%) Public Sector
3 145 (14.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 112 (10.87%) Finance
5 85 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
6 53 (5.15%) Retail
7 38 (3.69%) Legal
7 38 (3.69%) Marketing
8 36 (3.50%) Electronics
9 32 (3.11%) Games
10 26 (2.52%) Law
11 25 (2.43%) Telecoms
12 18 (1.75%) Automotive
13 16 (1.55%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.46%) Banking
15 14 (1.36%) Aviation
15 14 (1.36%) Tech for Good
16 13 (1.26%) French Language
17 9 (0.87%) Welsh Language
18 7 (0.68%) Billing
Job Titles
1 426 (41.36%) Developer
2 190 (18.45%) Software Engineer
3 179 (17.38%) Lead
3 179 (17.38%) Senior
4 121 (11.75%) Full Stack Engineer
5 111 (10.78%) Azure Engineer
6 110 (10.68%) Software Developer
7 80 (7.77%) Full Stack Developer
8 77 (7.48%) Lead Developer
9 76 (7.38%) Senior Developer
10 64 (6.21%) .NET Developer
11 59 (5.73%) Technical Leader
12 45 (4.37%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (3.50%) Ruby Engineer
14 35 (3.40%) PHP Developer
14 35 (3.40%) Tester
15 32 (3.11%) Java Developer
16 28 (2.72%) QA Engineer
17 27 (2.62%) Java Engineer
18 25 (2.43%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (30.58%) .NET
2 304 (29.51%) React
3 264 (25.63%) HTML
4 261 (25.34%) CSS
5 202 (19.61%) Web Services
6 196 (19.03%) AngularJS
7 176 (17.09%) REST
8 156 (15.15%) Vue
9 155 (15.05%) ASP.NET
10 139 (13.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 133 (12.91%) ASP.NET Core
12 131 (12.72%) jQuery
13 123 (11.94%) Node.js
14 119 (11.55%) RESTful
15 113 (10.97%) Backbone.js
15 113 (10.97%) Ember.js
16 50 (4.85%) .NET Core
17 49 (4.76%) JSON
18 43 (4.17%) XML
19 42 (4.08%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 146 (14.17%) Data Structures
2 142 (13.79%) Algorithms
3 116 (11.26%) Blockchain
4 115 (11.17%) e-Learning
5 113 (10.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 62 (6.02%) Private Cloud
7 48 (4.66%) Product Ownership
8 43 (4.17%) Mobile App
9 37 (3.59%) Management Information System
10 34 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
11 33 (3.20%) Greenfield Project
12 25 (2.43%) Embedded Systems
13 22 (2.14%) CMDB
14 21 (2.04%) Onboarding
14 21 (2.04%) Satnav
15 19 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (1.84%) IoT
16 18 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
17 17 (1.65%) Cloud Native
17 17 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 186 (18.06%) Linux
2 154 (14.95%) Windows
3 145 (14.08%) Apple iOS
4 134 (13.01%) Android
5 16 (1.55%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.097%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (49.22%) Agile
2 381 (36.99%) Problem-Solving
3 339 (32.91%) Software Engineering
4 335 (32.52%) Full Stack Development
5 294 (28.54%) Mentoring
6 245 (23.79%) Design Patterns
7 237 (23.01%) DevOps
8 199 (19.32%) Test Automation
9 191 (18.54%) MVC
10 189 (18.35%) User Experience
11 179 (17.38%) CI/CD
12 176 (17.09%) Continuous Integration
12 176 (17.09%) Web Development
13 173 (16.80%) Coaching
14 170 (16.50%) OO
15 166 (16.12%) Microservices
16 161 (15.63%) SOLID
17 147 (14.27%) Computer Science
17 147 (14.27%) OOP
18 141 (13.69%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 440 (42.72%) JavaScript
2 333 (32.33%) C#
3 278 (26.99%) Java
4 257 (24.95%) SQL
5 217 (21.07%) Python
6 129 (12.52%) TypeScript
7 79 (7.67%) Go
8 78 (7.57%) C++
9 75 (7.28%) C
10 68 (6.60%) PHP
11 49 (4.76%) Bash
12 46 (4.47%) Perl
13 40 (3.88%) Ruby
14 29 (2.82%) Swift
15 24 (2.33%) Kotlin
16 18 (1.75%) VB.NET
17 15 (1.46%) PowerShell
18 11 (1.07%) Embedded C
19 10 (0.97%) Apex Code
20 8 (0.78%) Scala
Qualifications
1 199 (19.32%) Degree
2 140 (13.59%) Security Cleared
3 125 (12.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 76 (7.38%) SC Cleared
5 38 (3.69%) Master's Degree
6 32 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.26%) AWS Certification
9 10 (0.97%) AWS Certified Developer
9 10 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.68%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.29%) CITP
12 3 (0.29%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.29%) SAP Certification
13 2 (0.19%) ISEB
13 2 (0.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.19%) PhD
13 2 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 216 (20.97%) QA
2 35 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 33 (3.20%) Software Quality Assurance
4 8 (0.78%) GDPR
5 5 (0.49%) Automotive SPICE
5 5 (0.49%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.49%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.49%) SLA
6 4 (0.39%) Def Stans
6 4 (0.39%) IEC 61508
6 4 (0.39%) MISRA
6 4 (0.39%) MISRA C
7 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.29%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.097%) WCAG
System Software
1 145 (14.08%) Docker
2 17 (1.65%) Firmware
3 10 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
4 8 (0.78%) KVM
4 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.39%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.097%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 114 (11.07%) Kubernetes
2 30 (2.91%) Terraform
3 15 (1.46%) Grafana
4 14 (1.36%) Ansible
5 11 (1.07%) Puppet
6 10 (0.97%) Graphite
6 10 (0.97%) HAProxy
6 10 (0.97%) Nagios
6 10 (0.97%) vCenter Server
7 5 (0.49%) Istio
7 5 (0.49%) Kibana
8 2 (0.19%) Consul
Vendors
1 120 (11.65%) IBM
2 113 (10.97%) Red Hat
3 75 (7.28%) Microsoft
4 73 (7.09%) Oracle
5 37 (3.59%) Google
6 32 (3.11%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.36%) Xilinx
8 10 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.87%) Apple
9 9 (0.87%) TOWER Software
9 9 (0.87%) Xamarin
10 8 (0.78%) Cisco
10 8 (0.78%) VMware
11 7 (0.68%) ESRI
12 5 (0.49%) BT
13 4 (0.39%) Databricks
14 3 (0.29%) Atlassian
14 3 (0.29%) Mercator
14 3 (0.29%) SAP
15 2 (0.19%) F5