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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 41 56
Rank change year-on-year -18 +15 -38
Permanent jobs citing Java 23 61 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.04% 5.83% 3.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.11% 20.75% 8.75%
Number of salaries quoted 14 28 27
10th Percentile £47,650 £41,250 £52,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,938 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.15% +8.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £64,250 £102,200 £92,250
South East median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +4.17% -4.00%

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 207 294 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 18.37% 28.11% 44.41%
Number of salaries quoted 158 158 242
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,313 £40,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025. 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 14 £57,750 -23.00% 7
Buckingham +5 1 - -
Beaconsfield -4 1 - -
Amersham - 1 - -
Chalfont St Giles - 1 - -
Chesham - 1 - -
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 (4.35%) Anypoint
1 1 (4.35%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 3 (13.04%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Boomi
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub
3 1 (4.35%) iPaaS
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.35%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) HTTP
1 1 (4.35%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.35%) Metadata
2 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
2 1 (4.35%) MySQL
2 1 (4.35%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Selenium
2 3 (13.04%) Cypress.io
2 3 (13.04%) WebDriver
3 2 (8.70%) JIRA
4 1 (4.35%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (4.35%) Cucumber
4 1 (4.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (4.35%) Postman
4 1 (4.35%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Law
3 6 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (26.09%) Public Sector
4 5 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Finance
6 1 (4.35%) Banking
6 1 (4.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Developer
2 3 (13.04%) Developer in Test
2 3 (13.04%) Salesforce Developer
2 3 (13.04%) Software Developer
3 2 (8.70%) Java Developer
3 2 (8.70%) Senior
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Developer
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Applications Support
4 1 (4.35%) Applications Support Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Graduate
4 1 (4.35%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Quality Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Technical Business Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (39.13%) HTML
2 6 (26.09%) REST
3 5 (21.74%) SOAP
4 4 (17.39%) .NET
4 4 (17.39%) Spring
5 3 (13.04%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (13.04%) Middleware
5 3 (13.04%) Playwright
5 3 (13.04%) RESTful
5 3 (13.04%) Spring Boot
5 3 (13.04%) Visualforce
6 2 (8.70%) Kafka
7 1 (4.35%) jQuery
7 1 (4.35%) JSON
7 1 (4.35%) OAuth
7 1 (4.35%) OpenID
7 1 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (4.35%) SAML
7 1 (4.35%) Web Services
7 1 (4.35%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (13.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (4.35%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
1 1 (4.35%) Unix
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Computer Science
2 11 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (43.48%) Agile
3 10 (43.48%) AI
3 10 (43.48%) Machine Learning
4 9 (39.13%) Data Privacy
5 6 (26.09%) CI/CD
5 6 (26.09%) Community of Practice
5 6 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (26.09%) Technology Strategy
6 5 (21.74%) Test Automation
7 4 (17.39%) DevOps
7 4 (17.39%) Software Testing
8 3 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (13.04%) SDET
8 3 (13.04%) Sprint Planning
8 3 (13.04%) Sprint Retrospective
8 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
8 3 (13.04%) Test Strategy
8 3 (13.04%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (69.57%) Python
2 15 (65.22%) SQL
3 14 (60.87%) C#
4 13 (56.52%) JavaScript
5 11 (47.83%) PHP
6 10 (43.48%) C++
7 9 (39.13%) C
7 9 (39.13%) Dart
7 9 (39.13%) MATLAB
7 9 (39.13%) R
7 9 (39.13%) Ruby
7 9 (39.13%) Rust
7 9 (39.13%) TypeScript
8 3 (13.04%) Apex Code
9 1 (4.35%) Go
9 1 (4.35%) Groovy
9 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
9 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) Degree
2 14 (60.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (26.09%) SC Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) Accessibility
1 3 (13.04%) QA
2 1 (4.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.35%) Control-M
2 1 (4.35%) Kibana
2 1 (4.35%) PingFederate
2 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) MuleSoft
2 3 (13.04%) Salesforce
3 2 (8.70%) Oracle
4 1 (4.35%) Dell
4 1 (4.35%) Dynatrace
4 1 (4.35%) Epicor
4 1 (4.35%) Google
4 1 (4.35%) IBM
4 1 (4.35%) IFS
4 1 (4.35%) Infor
4 1 (4.35%) Informatica
4 1 (4.35%) Jitterbit
4 1 (4.35%) SAP
4 1 (4.35%) SnapLogic
4 1 (4.35%) Software AG
4 1 (4.35%) Talend
4 1 (4.35%) TIBCO
4 1 (4.35%) Workday