Java Jobs in Bristol

Java
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 33 21
Rank change year-on-year -3 -12 -8
Permanent jobs citing Java 74 197 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 6.06% 5.66% 10.52%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.63% 17.86% 25.02%
Number of salaries quoted 47 173 131
10th Percentile £47,231 £39,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £43,750 £53,985
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,351
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -8.19% +8.92%
75th Percentile £82,625 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £140,677 £85,000 £91,250
South West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +13.64%

All Programming Languages
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 377 1,103 1,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 30.88% 31.71% 42.05%
Number of salaries quoted 296 889 696
10th Percentile £39,939 £35,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £45,000 £46,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -2.61% +4.48%
75th Percentile £69,063 £73,750 £74,063
90th Percentile £90,625 £87,500 £86,250
South West median annual salary £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Java in Bristol

Java
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in Bristol.

Salary trend for Java in Bristol

Java
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Bristol over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Java in Bristol

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (1.35%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 40 (54.05%) Azure
2 34 (45.95%) AWS
3 19 (25.68%) GCP
4 8 (10.81%) Apigee
5 6 (8.11%) npm
5 6 (8.11%) PaaS
6 4 (5.41%) GitHub
7 3 (4.05%) BrowserStack
7 3 (4.05%) SaaS
7 3 (4.05%) Sauce Labs
7 3 (4.05%) Serverless
8 2 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (2.70%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (2.70%) Stackdriver
9 1 (1.35%) Boomi
9 1 (1.35%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.46%) SSL
2 2 (2.70%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (1.35%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.92%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.05%) MongoDB
2 3 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.70%) Big Data
3 2 (2.70%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.35%) MySQL
4 1 (1.35%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (16.22%) Git
2 8 (10.81%) GitLab
2 8 (10.81%) Sonatype Nexus
3 6 (8.11%) Cucumber
3 6 (8.11%) Cypress.io
3 6 (8.11%) Jenkins
3 6 (8.11%) webpack
4 3 (4.05%) Appium
5 2 (2.70%) JUnit
5 2 (2.70%) Maven
5 2 (2.70%) SonarQube
6 1 (1.35%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.35%) Eclipse RCP
6 1 (1.35%) Jaeger
6 1 (1.35%) JIRA
6 1 (1.35%) SoapUI
General
1 35 (47.30%) Finance
2 25 (33.78%) Banking
3 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
4 9 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (12.16%) Electronics
5 3 (4.05%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.05%) Marketing
5 3 (4.05%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.70%) Retail
7 1 (1.35%) Games
7 1 (1.35%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 30 (40.54%) Software Engineer
2 19 (25.68%) Lead
3 11 (14.86%) Developer
4 8 (10.81%) Java Engineer
4 8 (10.81%) Lead Java Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Architect
5 7 (9.46%) Development Manager
5 7 (9.46%) Full-Stack Developer
5 7 (9.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (8.11%) Team Leader
7 5 (6.76%) Senior
7 5 (6.76%) Senior Software Engineer
7 5 (6.76%) Software Team Leader
8 4 (5.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 4 (5.41%) Java Developer
8 4 (5.41%) Lead Software Engineer
9 3 (4.05%) Junior
9 3 (4.05%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (28.38%) React
1 21 (28.38%) Spring Boot
2 15 (20.27%) AngularJS
3 13 (17.57%) RESTful
3 13 (17.57%) Spring
4 9 (12.16%) OAuth
5 8 (10.81%) REST
5 8 (10.81%) Vue
6 7 (9.46%) Android Jetpack
6 7 (9.46%) Jetpack Compose
6 7 (9.46%) SwiftUI
6 7 (9.46%) UIKit
7 6 (8.11%) Jest
7 6 (8.11%) React Native
7 6 (8.11%) Web Services
8 5 (6.76%) Node.js
9 4 (5.41%) .NET
9 4 (5.41%) Kafka
9 4 (5.41%) Playwright
10 3 (4.05%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) Cloud Native
2 10 (13.51%) Public Cloud
3 8 (10.81%) Data Structures
3 8 (10.81%) Private Cloud
4 7 (9.46%) Virtual Team
5 6 (8.11%) Algorithms
5 6 (8.11%) DataPower
5 6 (8.11%) Distributed Applications
5 6 (8.11%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (8.11%) Product Ownership
6 3 (4.05%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (2.70%) PKI
7 2 (2.70%) Reference Data
7 2 (2.70%) Replication
7 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.35%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.68%) Apple iOS
2 13 (17.57%) Android
3 7 (9.46%) Windows
4 6 (8.11%) Linux
5 3 (4.05%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (58.11%) Software Engineering
2 42 (56.76%) Agile
3 29 (39.19%) Test Automation
4 27 (36.49%) Microservices
5 20 (27.03%) CI/CD
5 20 (27.03%) Full-Stack Development
6 18 (24.32%) Containerisation
7 17 (22.97%) Roadmaps
8 15 (20.27%) Event-Driven
8 15 (20.27%) Mentoring
8 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (16.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 11 (14.86%) Computer Science
10 11 (14.86%) Continuous Integration
11 10 (13.51%) iOS Development
12 9 (12.16%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (12.16%) End-to-End Testing
12 9 (12.16%) Software Delivery
13 8 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
13 8 (10.81%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 27 (36.49%) Python
2 21 (28.38%) JavaScript
3 18 (24.32%) SQL
4 9 (12.16%) C#
5 7 (9.46%) Bash
5 7 (9.46%) Kotlin
5 7 (9.46%) Swift
6 6 (8.11%) C++
7 5 (6.76%) Go
8 3 (4.05%) Rust
8 3 (4.05%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.70%) Clojure
9 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.35%) Ada
10 1 (1.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 10 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.11%) Degree
4 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) QA
2 2 (2.70%) NIST
3 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (22.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (20.27%) Kubernetes
2 7 (9.46%) Terraform
3 3 (4.05%) Argo
4 2 (2.70%) Graylog
4 2 (2.70%) Istio
4 2 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.35%) Ansible
5 1 (1.35%) Kustomize
5 1 (1.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (8.11%) Apple
1 6 (8.11%) Google
1 6 (8.11%) IBM
1 6 (8.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.41%) F5
3 3 (4.05%) SAP
4 2 (2.70%) Dynatrace
4 2 (2.70%) Splunk
5 1 (1.35%) Genesys
5 1 (1.35%) SnapLogic