Senior Java Engineer Job Trends in Cambridge

Senior Java Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior Java Engineer salary in Cambridge is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 August 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 0.095% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £72,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 985 335 615
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 94.63% 97.62%
Number of salaries quoted 735 233 474
10th Percentile £33,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £48,875 £30,000 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,988 £74,500 £85,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% -2.78%

Senior Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Senior Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Senior Java Engineer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Java Engineer job vacancies in Cambridge

Senior Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 14 August 2026, Senior 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 Senior Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
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%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Micronaut
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Mob Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
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%) Use Case

Senior 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%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Micronaut
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%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) IoT
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
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%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Mob Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes