Java Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Java
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 44 79
Rank change year-on-year -20 +35 -66
Permanent jobs citing Java 25 57 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.82% 5.91% 2.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.38% 19.06% 7.54%
Number of salaries quoted 25 33 21
10th Percentile £51,500 £46,500 £38,691
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -11.11%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £92,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -

All Programming Languages
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 202 299 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 14.68% 31.02% 27.45%
Number of salaries quoted 172 167 300
10th Percentile £33,025 £35,750 £36,125
25th Percentile £39,688 £46,250 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,750 £68,500 £61,563
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £56,687 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.52% +9.09% -4.35%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Java job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Java
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 22 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Buckinghamshire

Java
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 within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 22 January 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 -17 25 £60,000 -20.00% 5
Java
South East

Java
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) Anypoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (32.00%) Azure
2 7 (28.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 7 (28.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 5 (20.00%) iPaaS
4 3 (12.00%) AWS
5 2 (8.00%) GCP
5 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.00%) Boomi
6 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.00%) Power Automate
6 1 (4.00%) SaaS
6 1 (4.00%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.00%) Metadata
2 1 (4.00%) MySQL
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Selenium
2 4 (16.00%) Cypress.io
2 4 (16.00%) WebDriver
3 1 (4.00%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (4.00%) Cucumber
3 1 (4.00%) Postman
3 1 (4.00%) SoapUI
General
1 20 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (64.00%) Public Sector
3 14 (56.00%) Law
4 13 (52.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) Finance
6 1 (4.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Developer
2 7 (28.00%) Salesforce Developer
3 6 (24.00%) Architect
4 5 (20.00%) Senior
4 5 (20.00%) Senior Developer
5 4 (16.00%) Applications Architect
5 4 (16.00%) Integration Architect
6 3 (12.00%) Developer in Test
6 3 (12.00%) Java Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (12.00%) Software Developer
7 2 (8.00%) Senior Software Developer
7 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (4.00%) Applications Support
8 1 (4.00%) Applications Support Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) QA Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Quality Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Support Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Technical Engineer
8 1 (4.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (52.00%) REST
1 13 (52.00%) SOAP
2 11 (44.00%) Middleware
3 10 (40.00%) .NET
4 7 (28.00%) Lightning Web Components
4 7 (28.00%) Visualforce
5 5 (20.00%) JSON
5 5 (20.00%) XML
6 4 (16.00%) Playwright
7 3 (12.00%) RESTful
8 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET
8 1 (4.00%) CSS
8 1 (4.00%) jQuery
8 1 (4.00%) Kafka
8 1 (4.00%) pytest
8 1 (4.00%) React
8 1 (4.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (32.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (12.00%) Low-Code
4 2 (8.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (8.00%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (8.00%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Unix
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (72.00%) Agile
1 18 (72.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (52.00%) Community of Practice
2 13 (52.00%) Technology Strategy
3 12 (48.00%) Computer Science
4 11 (44.00%) Data Modelling
4 11 (44.00%) Translating Business Requirements
5 10 (40.00%) CI/CD
6 9 (36.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (36.00%) DevOps
7 5 (20.00%) ERP
7 5 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 5 (20.00%) Test Automation
8 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) CRM
8 4 (16.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (16.00%) TDD
8 4 (16.00%) Test Scripting
8 4 (16.00%) Test Strategy
8 4 (16.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) Python
2 8 (32.00%) C#
2 8 (32.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (28.00%) Apex Code
3 7 (28.00%) SQL
4 2 (8.00%) PHP
5 1 (4.00%) C++
5 1 (4.00%) Go
5 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (76.00%) Degree
2 12 (48.00%) SC Cleared
2 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
3 10 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (8.00%) AWS Certification
4 2 (8.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (40.00%) QA
2 4 (16.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Control-M
1 1 (4.00%) Kibana
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) MuleSoft
2 7 (28.00%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.00%) Dell
3 1 (4.00%) Dynatrace
3 1 (4.00%) Epicor
3 1 (4.00%) IBM
3 1 (4.00%) IFS
3 1 (4.00%) Infor
3 1 (4.00%) Informatica
3 1 (4.00%) Jitterbit
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) SnapLogic
3 1 (4.00%) Software AG
3 1 (4.00%) Talend
3 1 (4.00%) TIBCO
3 1 (4.00%) Workday