Java Jobs in the South West

Java
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Java skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Java over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 22 20
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 -10
Permanent jobs citing Java 613 672 948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.70% 9.60% 11.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.14% 25.21% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 453 337 545
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,303
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -9.38% +10.34% +11.54%

All Programming Languages
South West

Java is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,044 2,666 4,111
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.28% 38.07% 51.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,421 1,745 2,820
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £51,758
Median % change year-on-year - +6.26% +8.96%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the South West

Java
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in the South West.

Salary trend for Java in the South West

Java
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Java in the South West

Java
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Gloucestershire -8 227 £60,000 -7.69% 30
Bristol -7 225 £62,500 -3.85% 42
Dorset +13 71 £52,500 - 11
Devon +6 38 £36,984 +5.67% 7
Wiltshire -39 26 £35,000 -23.50% 7
Somerset -9 15 £50,000 -9.09% 12
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 32 (5.22%) Apache
2 24 (3.92%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.12%) Confluence
4 5 (0.82%) JBoss
4 5 (0.82%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.49%) Captiva
6 3 (0.49%) FileNet
6 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.49%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.49%) SAS
6 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.33%) Mule
7 2 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.16%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) iTrent
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 266 (43.39%) AWS
2 205 (33.44%) Azure
3 65 (10.60%) GCP
3 65 (10.60%) OpenShift
4 36 (5.87%) SaaS
5 31 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
5 31 (5.06%) Serverless
6 26 (4.24%) Power Platform
6 26 (4.24%) PowerApps
7 24 (3.92%) AWS Lambda
8 22 (3.59%) GitHub
9 19 (3.10%) npm
10 15 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (1.96%) Power Automate
13 10 (1.63%) Firebase
14 9 (1.47%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.47%) Amazon S3
15 6 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.53%) DHCP
1 40 (6.53%) DNS
2 36 (5.87%) HTTP
2 36 (5.87%) TCP/IP
3 19 (3.10%) AMQP
4 9 (1.47%) Network Security
5 8 (1.31%) Firewall
6 4 (0.65%) VPN
6 4 (0.65%) VSAN
7 3 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.33%) Internet
9 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.50%) Relational Database
2 38 (6.20%) Big Data
3 29 (4.73%) MySQL
4 28 (4.57%) SQL Server
5 25 (4.08%) Hadoop
6 23 (3.75%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.26%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (2.45%) BigQuery
9 15 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (2.12%) Cloudera CDH
11 12 (1.96%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.96%) Power BI
12 11 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.79%) MongoDB
13 10 (1.63%) RDBMS
14 8 (1.31%) Flink
15 7 (1.14%) Data Mining
15 7 (1.14%) Oracle Database
15 7 (1.14%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 62 (10.11%) Jenkins
2 60 (9.79%) Git
3 41 (6.69%) GitLab
4 29 (4.73%) JIRA
5 24 (3.92%) Subversion
6 23 (3.75%) Selenium
7 21 (3.43%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.94%) Maven
9 16 (2.61%) Visual Studio
10 15 (2.45%) Eclipse
11 13 (2.12%) Storybook
12 12 (1.96%) Cypress.io
13 10 (1.63%) LabVIEW
13 10 (1.63%) Oracle Forms
14 8 (1.31%) NetBeans
15 7 (1.14%) IntelliJ
15 7 (1.14%) JUnit
16 6 (0.98%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.98%) WebDriver
17 4 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 125 (20.39%) Finance
2 122 (19.90%) Social Skills
3 55 (8.97%) Aerospace
4 54 (8.81%) Banking
5 37 (6.04%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (5.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 33 (5.38%) Public Sector
8 30 (4.89%) Fire and Rescue
9 24 (3.92%) Telecoms
10 20 (3.26%) Retail
11 19 (3.10%) Financial Institution
12 17 (2.77%) Electronics
13 15 (2.45%) Military
14 14 (2.28%) Law
15 12 (1.96%) Marketing
15 12 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (1.96%) Tech for Good
16 10 (1.63%) Games
17 8 (1.31%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 195 (31.81%) Software Engineer
2 194 (31.65%) Developer
3 128 (20.88%) Senior
4 67 (10.93%) Java Developer
5 66 (10.77%) Lead
6 64 (10.44%) Java Engineer
7 61 (9.95%) Software Developer
8 43 (7.01%) Java Software Engineer
9 41 (6.69%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
10 39 (6.36%) Senior Software Engineer
11 36 (5.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 34 (5.55%) Senior Developer
13 32 (5.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 27 (4.40%) Applications Developer
15 23 (3.75%) Architect
16 21 (3.43%) Full Stack Developer
17 17 (2.77%) Data Engineer
17 17 (2.77%) DevOps Engineer
17 17 (2.77%) Lead Developer
17 17 (2.77%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (19.90%) Spring
2 120 (19.58%) React
3 91 (14.85%) Spring Boot
4 82 (13.38%) AngularJS
5 54 (8.81%) Kafka
6 52 (8.48%) Node.js
6 52 (8.48%) REST
7 51 (8.32%) HTML
8 40 (6.53%) CSS
9 37 (6.04%) RESTful
10 30 (4.89%) Hibernate
11 28 (4.57%) Swagger
12 26 (4.24%) OpenAPI
13 23 (3.75%) .NET
14 18 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
15 15 (2.45%) Web Services
16 14 (2.28%) gRPC
17 13 (2.12%) HTML5
17 13 (2.12%) Material-UI
17 13 (2.12%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 46 (7.50%) Private Cloud
2 25 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 18 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 13 (2.12%) Product Ownership
4 13 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (1.96%) Algorithms
5 12 (1.96%) Data Centre
6 11 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.47%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.31%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.14%) Animation
9 7 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.14%) Fibre Optics
9 7 (1.14%) Video Editing
10 6 (0.98%) Blockchain
11 5 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.82%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.82%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.82%) Robotics
11 5 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 118 (19.25%) Linux
2 79 (12.89%) Windows
3 50 (8.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 28 (4.57%) Apple iOS
5 20 (3.26%) Android
6 14 (2.28%) Unix
7 13 (2.12%) CentOS
7 13 (2.12%) Debian
7 13 (2.12%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.14%) AIX
8 7 (1.14%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.49%) Solaris
10 1 (0.16%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (49.10%) Agile
2 281 (45.84%) Software Engineering
3 166 (27.08%) DevOps
4 134 (21.86%) Problem-Solving
5 109 (17.78%) Microservices
6 94 (15.33%) Scrum
7 93 (15.17%) Continuous Integration
8 92 (15.01%) Actionable Insight
9 83 (13.54%) Test Automation
10 79 (12.89%) Full Stack Development
11 75 (12.23%) CI/CD
12 74 (12.07%) Open Source
13 67 (10.93%) Collaborative Working
14 66 (10.77%) Containerisation
15 64 (10.44%) SDLC
16 56 (9.14%) Software Architecture
17 55 (8.97%) Mentoring
18 48 (7.83%) Computer Science
19 45 (7.34%) Code Quality
19 45 (7.34%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 277 (45.19%) Python
2 193 (31.48%) JavaScript
3 147 (23.98%) SQL
4 83 (13.54%) C#
5 73 (11.91%) TypeScript
6 60 (9.79%) Bash
7 51 (8.32%) PowerShell
8 39 (6.36%) C++
9 38 (6.20%) Go
10 33 (5.38%) C
11 28 (4.57%) Scala
12 22 (3.59%) PHP
12 22 (3.59%) Shell Script
13 18 (2.94%) Kotlin
14 14 (2.28%) Swift
15 11 (1.79%) Rust
16 10 (1.63%) Objective-C
16 10 (1.63%) Ruby
17 5 (0.82%) Fortran
17 5 (0.82%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 217 (35.40%) Security Cleared
2 92 (15.01%) DV Cleared
3 83 (13.54%) SC Cleared
4 79 (12.89%) Degree
5 26 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.12%) HNC
7 7 (1.14%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.65%) CCNA
8 4 (0.65%) CCNP
8 4 (0.65%) CISA
8 4 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.65%) CISM
8 4 (0.65%) CISSP
8 4 (0.65%) CRISC
8 4 (0.65%) PMI Certification
8 4 (0.65%) SANS
9 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.16%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.04%) QA
2 9 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.14%) SLA
4 6 (0.98%) ISO 9001
4 6 (0.98%) TickIT
5 4 (0.65%) NIST
6 3 (0.49%) GDPR
7 2 (0.33%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.33%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.33%) SEPA
8 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.16%) AQAP
8 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 161 (26.26%) Docker
2 42 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (6.53%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.31%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 160 (26.10%) Kubernetes
2 76 (12.40%) Ansible
3 54 (8.81%) Puppet
4 33 (5.38%) Terraform
5 10 (1.63%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.14%) Kibana
7 6 (0.98%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.82%) Argo
8 5 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.82%) Grafana
8 5 (0.82%) Opsgenie
9 3 (0.49%) Oracle Statspack
9 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 81 (13.21%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.32%) Red Hat
3 42 (6.85%) VMware
4 39 (6.36%) Google
4 39 (6.36%) Oracle
5 13 (2.12%) SaltStack
6 11 (1.79%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.79%) SAP
7 10 (1.63%) Xamarin
8 8 (1.31%) Cisco
8 8 (1.31%) Teradata
9 7 (1.14%) AppDynamics
10 5 (0.82%) Citrix
11 4 (0.65%) Civica
11 4 (0.65%) HP
11 4 (0.65%) IBM
11 4 (0.65%) NEC
12 3 (0.49%) Kofax
12 3 (0.49%) Northgate
12 3 (0.49%) ServiceNow