Java Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Java
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 12 54
Rank change year-on-year -41 +42 -22
Permanent jobs citing Java 18 98 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.95% 11.28% 3.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.84% 28.24% 6.81%
Number of salaries quoted 16 63 17
10th Percentile £43,125 - £41,750
25th Percentile £52,188 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -1.75%
75th Percentile £78,500 £73,750 £81,250
90th Percentile - £84,250 £89,250
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% -10.71%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 183 347 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 19.81% 39.93% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 133 167 336
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £44,889
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -1.44%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,375 £80,001
90th Percentile £82,000 £80,000 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -4.17%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Java job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Java
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 27 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Cambridgeshire

Java
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 within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Cambridge -23 18 £75,000 +11.11% 8
Java
East of England

Java
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 10 (55.56%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) Internet
1 1 (5.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (16.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) GitLab
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) Selenium
2 1 (5.56%) WebDriver
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
3 1 (5.56%) Electronics
3 1 (5.56%) Publishing
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Software Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Lead
2 7 (38.89%) Lead Software Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) JavaScript Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) UI Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) UX Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Java Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
6 1 (5.56%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Principal Java Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Principal Software Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior
6 1 (5.56%) Test Automation Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (77.78%) React
2 7 (38.89%) Web Services
3 5 (27.78%) AngularJS
4 4 (22.22%) Spring
4 4 (22.22%) Vue
5 3 (16.67%) Kafka
5 3 (16.67%) Node.js
5 3 (16.67%) Spring Boot
6 1 (5.56%) .NET
6 1 (5.56%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 1 (5.56%) CSS
6 1 (5.56%) HTML
6 1 (5.56%) HTML5
6 1 (5.56%) Jest
6 1 (5.56%) Material-UI
6 1 (5.56%) Micronaut
6 1 (5.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) e-Learning
1 7 (38.89%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (11.11%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
3 1 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Android
1 1 (5.56%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 13 (72.22%) Full-Stack Development
3 11 (61.11%) User Experience
3 11 (61.11%) UX Design
4 10 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (44.44%) Agile
5 8 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (44.44%) Kanban
5 8 (44.44%) Scrum
6 7 (38.89%) OO
6 7 (38.89%) Product Vision
6 7 (38.89%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (38.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 7 (38.89%) Scrum-ban
6 7 (38.89%) Test Strategy
6 7 (38.89%) Web Development
7 5 (27.78%) CI/CD
7 5 (27.78%) Front End Development
7 5 (27.78%) SDLC
8 4 (22.22%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 15 (83.33%) JavaScript
1 15 (83.33%) Python
2 10 (55.56%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) C++
3 1 (5.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) DBS Check
2 4 (22.22%) Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (5.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Istio
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Huawei