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 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 11 47
Rank change year-on-year -45 +36 -22
Permanent jobs citing Java 12 109 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.36% 11.99% 3.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.42% 28.02% 7.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10 76 8
10th Percentile £38,975 £47,500 £49,000
25th Percentile £45,625 £60,000 £57,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £67,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.26% -5.26% +9.62%
75th Percentile £76,563 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £79,150 - £83,875
East of England median annual salary £31,500 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -53.33% -10.00% +11.11%

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 187 389 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 21.18% 42.79% 45.97%
Number of salaries quoted 136 215 154
10th Percentile £32,500 £42,500 £37,413
25th Percentile £40,938 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £65,000 £78,750 £85,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £85,000 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 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
Cambridge -32 12 £61,250 -9.26% 10
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 6 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Internet
1 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (16.67%) Redis
2 1 (8.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) GitLab
1 2 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 2 (16.67%) Selenium
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) JMeter
2 1 (8.33%) Postman
2 1 (8.33%) WebDriver
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Advertising
3 1 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (8.33%) Publishing
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 1 (8.33%) Graduate
4 1 (8.33%) Graduate Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Java Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Principal Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Security Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) React
2 3 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (25.00%) Kafka
2 3 (25.00%) Spring
2 3 (25.00%) Spring Boot
3 2 (16.67%) Node.js
3 2 (16.67%) Vue
3 2 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (8.33%) .NET
4 1 (8.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (8.33%) CSS
4 1 (8.33%) HTML
4 1 (8.33%) HTML5
4 1 (8.33%) Jest
4 1 (8.33%) Material-UI
4 1 (8.33%) Micronaut
4 1 (8.33%) Playwright
4 1 (8.33%) REST
4 1 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 2 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (16.67%) e-Learning
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 2 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 6 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) SDLC
3 4 (33.33%) User Experience
3 4 (33.33%) UX Design
4 3 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
4 3 (25.00%) DevOps
4 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 3 (25.00%) Kanban
4 3 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 3 (25.00%) Physics
4 3 (25.00%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) Security Testing
5 2 (16.67%) Application Security
5 2 (16.67%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Python
2 8 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 5 (41.67%) TypeScript
4 2 (16.67%) C#
5 1 (8.33%) C++
5 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) DBS Check
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (8.33%) Istio
2 1 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Huawei