Java Engineer Job Trends in Bristol

Java Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Java Engineer salary in Bristol is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 101 96
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer 3 11 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.15% 0.76% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.80% 2.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 30
10th Percentile £54,000 £59,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £71,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £94,637 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.60% +64.59% -8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £105,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £122,271 £80,750
South West median annual salary £60,000 £73,750 £53,250
% change year-on-year -18.64% +38.50% -18.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,830 1,377 1,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.70% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 821 1,253
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -3.45% +8.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,250 £88,600
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +5.00%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Java Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Bristol

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 23 December 2025, Java Engineer 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 Bristol region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
3 1 (33.33%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Biotechnology
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
3 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) TDD

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 1 (33.33%) ActiveMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Biotechnology
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Python