Java Developer Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Java Developer
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Java Developer salary in Cambridgeshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 9 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.61% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - -
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £48,500 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £60,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -28.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,419 502 1,658
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 94.54% 93.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,006 334 1,261
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,313 £35,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -7.77% -6.36%
75th Percentile £72,500 £63,437 £69,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £81,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £49,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.01% +4.21% -13.64%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Java Developer
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Java Developer
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Developer in Cambridgeshire

Java Developer
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 19 June 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
Cambridge - 9 £50,000 -
Java Developer
East of England

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 19 June 2026, Java Developer 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
2 1 (11.11%) Clean Code
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
2 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
2 1 (11.11%) Spring
2 1 (11.11%) Spring MVC
2 1 (11.11%) SQL

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 9 (100.00%) SaaS
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Spring
1 1 (11.11%) Spring MVC
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (11.11%) Agile
2 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
2 1 (11.11%) Clean Code
2 1 (11.11%) MVC
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) PL/SQL
2 1 (11.11%) SQL