Java Job Trends in Birmingham

Java
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 43 62
Rank change year-on-year 0 +19 -9
Permanent jobs citing Java 104 58 76
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 2.84% 4.88% 3.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.61% 18.95% 11.55%
Number of salaries quoted 40 52 46
10th Percentile £47,429 £41,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £62,000 £48,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% +30.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 - £79,375
West Midlands median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% -4.35%

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.

6 months to
17 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 460 306 658
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.54% 25.74% 29.99%
Number of salaries quoted 298 264 314
10th Percentile £40,746 £36,975 £31,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £77,500 £79,600
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%

Java Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Java job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Java Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Java

Java Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Birmingham over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Birmingham

Java Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1JavaScript22.1%23
1SQL22.1%23
3COBOL19.2%20
3JCL19.2%20
5PL/SQL13.5%14
6Bash9.6%10
7Python7.7%8
8ABAP6.7%7
9R4.8%5
10C3.8%4
10C#3.8%4
12C++2.9%3
13Scala1.0%1
13T-SQL1.0%1