Java Engineer Job Trends, Salaries & Skill Sets in Kent

Java Engineer
South East > Kent

As of 9 June 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Engineer salary in Kent.

	6 months to 9 Jun 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	102
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer	0	0	1
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent	-	-	0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category	-	-	0.065%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£108,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£112,500
75^th Percentile	-	-	£116,250
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South East median annual salary	£90,000	£70,000	£70,000
% change year-on-year	+28.57%	-	-6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title	1,364	422	1,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	94.85%	63.08%	94.48%
Number of salaries quoted	854	292	1,120
10^th Percentile	£26,890	£25,300	£26,000
25^th Percentile	£30,000	£30,000	£31,438
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	£40,000	£42,500
Median % change year-on-year	+12.50%	-5.88%	-8.60%
75^th Percentile	£56,250	£57,625	£60,000
90^th Percentile	£72,500	£68,750	£68,875
South East median annual salary	£52,500	£52,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-	+5.00%	-9.09%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.