Senior Java Software Developer Jobs

Senior Java Software Developer
UK

The median Senior Java Software Developer salary in the UK is £66,750 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 904 965 1140
Rank change year-on-year +61 +175 -259
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Software Developer 6 14 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.014% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.015% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 96
10th Percentile - £70,500 -
25th Percentile £61,750 £78,750 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £86,250 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.61% -28.13% +100.00%
75th Percentile £125,000 £110,625 £128,750
90th Percentile £157,500 £115,875 £130,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,500 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.29% +40.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Java Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Java Software Developer in the UK

Senior Java Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Java Software Developer in the UK

Senior Java Software Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Java Software Developer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Java Software Developer in the UK

Senior Java Software Developer
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Java Software Developer within the UK 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
England +95 6 £66,750 -22.61% 3
South East +21 4 £63,500 -9.29%
UK excluding London -8 4 £63,500 -9.29% 1
London +117 2 £150,000 +57.89% 1
Work from Home +72 2 £150,000 +57.89% 2

Senior Java Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Senior Java Software 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 featuring Senior Java Software Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
1 6 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 4 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) OWASP
2 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 4 (66.67%) TDD
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) OOP
2 4 (66.67%) OO
3 2 (33.33%) Apache
3 2 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (33.33%) Front Office
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Ruby
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Fixed Income

Senior Java Software Developer Skill Set
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 2 (33.33%) Apache
1 2 (33.33%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) dbt
1 2 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) Amazon Athena
2 2 (33.33%) Apache Arrow
2 2 (33.33%) Apache Ignite
2 2 (33.33%) Dremio
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Front Office
2 2 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) gRPC
1 2 (33.33%) NumPy
1 2 (33.33%) Pandas
1 2 (33.33%) Protocol Buffers
1 2 (33.33%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Derivative
1 2 (33.33%) Equities
1 2 (33.33%) Fixed Income
1 2 (33.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 4 (66.67%) OO
2 4 (66.67%) OOP
2 4 (66.67%) OWASP
2 4 (66.67%) TDD
2 4 (66.67%) Unit Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Investment Management
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Product Management
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 2 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (33.33%) Ruby
3 2 (33.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (66.67%) Degree