Java Developer Jobs in Scotland

Java Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Java Developer salary in Scotland is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 107 107
Rank change year-on-year -103 0 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 74 119 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.10% 2.53% 2.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 2.81% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 53 101 95
10th Percentile £35,850 £43,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £55,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +7.20% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £81,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,527 4,234 5,571
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.87% 90.05% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,624 2,303 3,003
10th Percentile £27,825 £31,569 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Java Developer in Scotland

Java Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java Developer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Java Developer in Scotland

Java Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Java Developer in Scotland

Java Developer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 6 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
Glasgow -110 58 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Edinburgh +13 14 £58,159 -16.92% 3
Dundee - 2 £45,000 - 1
West Lothian - 1 £72,500 -
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 -
Java Developer
UK

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Java Developer 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 Scotland region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 74 (100.00%) Java
2 51 (68.92%) Spring
3 46 (62.16%) Agile
4 39 (52.70%) Finance
5 31 (41.89%) CI/CD
6 28 (37.84%) AngularJS
7 26 (35.14%) Jenkins
7 26 (35.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (32.43%) AWS
8 24 (32.43%) Law
8 24 (32.43%) Banking
9 22 (29.73%) Full Stack Development
10 21 (28.38%) SDLC
11 20 (27.03%) TDD
12 19 (25.68%) Artificial Intelligence
13 18 (24.32%) Spring Boot
13 18 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (22.97%) Docker
14 17 (22.97%) Software Engineering
15 16 (21.62%) REST
15 16 (21.62%) Machine Learning
16 15 (20.27%) Computer Science
16 15 (20.27%) React
16 15 (20.27%) Degree
16 15 (20.27%) SQL
16 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
17 14 (18.92%) Design Patterns
17 14 (18.92%) JavaScript
18 13 (17.57%) Scrum
18 13 (17.57%) JSON

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 13 (17.57%) Apache Spark
2 3 (4.05%) Confluence
3 2 (2.70%) Apache
4 1 (1.35%) WildFly
Cloud Services
1 24 (32.43%) AWS
2 5 (6.76%) Azure
3 4 (5.41%) Amazon S3
3 4 (5.41%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.41%) Serverless
4 1 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (1.35%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (1.35%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.35%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.57%) Apache Hive
1 13 (17.57%) Big Data
2 10 (13.51%) NoSQL
3 4 (5.41%) DynamoDB
4 3 (4.05%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.35%) DB2
5 1 (1.35%) MySQL
5 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (35.14%) Jenkins
2 12 (16.22%) GitLab
3 11 (14.86%) CircleCI
4 9 (12.16%) Maven
5 8 (10.81%) Git
6 4 (5.41%) JUnit
7 3 (4.05%) JIRA
7 3 (4.05%) Mockito
8 2 (2.70%) Eclipse
9 1 (1.35%) Cucumber
9 1 (1.35%) JHipster
9 1 (1.35%) Postman
9 1 (1.35%) Travis CI
General
1 39 (52.70%) Finance
2 26 (35.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 24 (32.43%) Banking
3 24 (32.43%) Law
4 13 (17.57%) Private Banking
5 10 (13.51%) Social Skills
6 4 (5.41%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.05%) Advertising
7 3 (4.05%) Front Office
8 2 (2.70%) Police
8 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.35%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (68.92%) Spring
2 28 (37.84%) AngularJS
3 18 (24.32%) Spring Boot
4 16 (21.62%) REST
5 15 (20.27%) React
6 13 (17.57%) JSON
7 10 (13.51%) Kafka
8 8 (10.81%) CSS
8 8 (10.81%) HTML
9 7 (9.46%) Web Services
10 6 (8.11%) XML
11 5 (6.76%) OAuth
11 5 (6.76%) SOAP
12 4 (5.41%) Java EE
12 4 (5.41%) JSP
12 4 (5.41%) OpenID
12 4 (5.41%) Struts
13 3 (4.05%) Hibernate
13 3 (4.05%) JSF
13 3 (4.05%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.57%) Algorithms
1 13 (17.57%) Data Structures
2 8 (10.81%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.76%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (5.41%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.05%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (4.05%) IoT
5 3 (4.05%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.35%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.86%) Unix
2 2 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (62.16%) Agile
2 31 (41.89%) CI/CD
3 22 (29.73%) Full Stack Development
4 21 (28.38%) SDLC
5 20 (27.03%) TDD
6 19 (25.68%) Artificial Intelligence
7 18 (24.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (22.97%) Software Engineering
9 16 (21.62%) Machine Learning
10 15 (20.27%) Computer Science
10 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (18.92%) Design Patterns
12 13 (17.57%) Asset Management
12 13 (17.57%) Community of Practice
12 13 (17.57%) Investment Management
12 13 (17.57%) OOP
12 13 (17.57%) Operational Stability
12 13 (17.57%) Scrum
12 13 (17.57%) Visualisation
12 13 (17.57%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (20.27%) SQL
3 14 (18.92%) JavaScript
4 11 (14.86%) Shell Script
5 5 (6.76%) Python
6 4 (5.41%) Groovy
7 3 (4.05%) C++
8 1 (1.35%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (20.27%) Degree
2 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (2.70%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 17 (22.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (12.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.35%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) Oracle
2 5 (6.76%) ForgeRock
3 1 (1.35%) Apple