Java Developer Job Trends in Bridgend

Java Developer
South Wales > Bridgend

The median Java Developer salary in Bridgend is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 1.96% - 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% - 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 - £43,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.43%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bridgend

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bridgend. 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 Bridgend with a recognized job title 50 15 177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.04% 100.00% 98.88%
Number of salaries quoted 39 4 98
10th Percentile £29,750 - £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,250 £40,553
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -10.61% +35.18%
75th Percentile £55,000 £40,938 £50,938
90th Percentile £58,000 £42,625 £53,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £46,244
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.53% -0.55%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

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

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Java Developer
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Bridgend.

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Bridgend

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend

For the 6 months to 13 March 2026, Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bridgend region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) React

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Gradle
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Spring MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Security
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Build Automation
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes