Java Software Engineer Jobs in Edinburgh

Java Software Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Java Software Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 149 141
Rank change year-on-year +53 -8 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 20 7 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.31% 0.32% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.33% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 9
10th Percentile - - £53,500
25th Percentile £45,000 - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +64.71%
75th Percentile £69,750 - £75,000
90th Percentile £91,934 - -
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -25.93% -3.57% +47.37%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,468 2,109 2,227
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.89% 95.56% 97.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 1,235 1,389
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,409 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,773 £84,056
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Java Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Java Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Java Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Java Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Java Software Engineer in Edinburgh

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Java Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (100.00%) Java
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (55.00%) Spring
5 9 (45.00%) Linux
5 9 (45.00%) Network Security
5 9 (45.00%) Microservices
5 9 (45.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (40.00%) Spring Boot
6 8 (40.00%) Agile
7 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
8 6 (30.00%) GCP
8 6 (30.00%) Kubernetes
8 6 (30.00%) REST
8 6 (30.00%) GitHub
8 6 (30.00%) Docker
8 6 (30.00%) DevOps
8 6 (30.00%) Test Automation
8 6 (30.00%) RESTful
8 6 (30.00%) Azure
8 6 (30.00%) AWS
8 6 (30.00%) Finance
8 6 (30.00%) JSON
8 6 (30.00%) Web Services
8 6 (30.00%) SQL
9 5 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
9 5 (25.00%) Git
10 4 (20.00%) Degree
10 4 (20.00%) SaaS

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (10.00%) JBoss
1 2 (10.00%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) AWS
1 6 (30.00%) Azure
1 6 (30.00%) GCP
1 6 (30.00%) GitHub
2 4 (20.00%) IBM Cloud
2 4 (20.00%) SaaS
3 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Git
2 4 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (20.00%) Maven
2 4 (20.00%) Selenium
3 2 (10.00%) IntelliJ
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (30.00%) Finance
4 4 (20.00%) Banking
5 2 (10.00%) Games
5 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) Spring
2 8 (40.00%) Spring Boot
3 6 (30.00%) JSON
3 6 (30.00%) REST
3 6 (30.00%) RESTful
3 6 (30.00%) Web Services
4 4 (20.00%) Kafka
4 4 (20.00%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (15.00%) J2EE
6 2 (10.00%) AngularJS
6 2 (10.00%) Hibernate
6 2 (10.00%) Java EE
6 2 (10.00%) JPA
6 2 (10.00%) Oracle ADF
6 2 (10.00%) SOAP
6 2 (10.00%) XML
6 2 (10.00%) XSD
7 1 (5.00%) React
7 1 (5.00%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 12 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (45.00%) Microservices
4 8 (40.00%) Agile
5 7 (35.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (30.00%) DevOps
6 6 (30.00%) Test Automation
7 5 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (20.00%) BDD
8 4 (20.00%) Fintech
8 4 (20.00%) High Availability
8 4 (20.00%) Low Latency
8 4 (20.00%) SDLC
8 4 (20.00%) TDD
9 3 (15.00%) Actionable Insight
10 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
10 2 (10.00%) Front End Development
10 2 (10.00%) Full Stack Development
10 2 (10.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 2 (10.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (30.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.00%) C#
4 1 (5.00%) Python
4 1 (5.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Google
1 4 (20.00%) IBM
2 2 (10.00%) Dynatrace
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle