Java Software Engineer Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Java Software Engineer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Java Software Engineer salary in Buckinghamshire is £70,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 September 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.050% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,750 - -
75th Percentile £73,625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £112,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -37.78% +40.63%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 1,907 1,046 1,110
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 87.31% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,390 430 585
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £80,872
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Java Software Engineer
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 September 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 1 £70,750 - 1
Java Software Engineer
South East

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 5 September 2026, Java Software 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker