Java Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Java Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Java Engineer salary in Cambridge is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 October 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +56
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.27% - 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.83%
75th Percentile £85,000 - £76,250
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £80,000 - £72,500
% change year-on-year - - +20.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 358 584 397
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.02% 96.05% 93.41%
Number of salaries quoted 244 354 242
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £28,688 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £85,750
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -22.73% +4.76% -

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Java Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 14 October 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 Cambridge region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (100.00%) Istio
1 1 (100.00%) Micronaut
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Micronaut
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Domain-Driven Design
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Istio
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform