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

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 12 45
Rank change year-on-year -49 +33 -20
Permanent jobs citing Java 10 114 18
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.20% 11.17% 3.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.32% 26.21% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8 80 7
10th Percentile £47,425 £47,500 £51,700
25th Percentile £55,938 £60,938 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - -6.90% +16.00%
75th Percentile £79,375 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,250 - £84,750
East of England median annual salary £28,250 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -58.15% -10.00% +15.38%

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 188 435 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 22.60% 42.61% 43.74%
Number of salaries quoted 138 238 156
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £41,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +3.85% +8.60%
75th Percentile £63,750 £79,688 £85,750
90th Percentile £77,150 £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 5 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 5 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 -35 10 £67,500 -1.82% 9
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 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (20.00%) Amazon ECS
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (10.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) GitLab
1 1 (10.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (10.00%) JMeter
1 1 (10.00%) Postman
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Applications Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) CAD Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Graduate Applications Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Graduate Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Java Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Java Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) React
2 3 (30.00%) Kafka
2 3 (30.00%) Spring
2 3 (30.00%) Spring Boot
3 2 (20.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (10.00%) .NET
4 1 (10.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (10.00%) CSS
4 1 (10.00%) HTML
4 1 (10.00%) HTML5
4 1 (10.00%) Jest
4 1 (10.00%) Material-UI
4 1 (10.00%) Micronaut
4 1 (10.00%) Node.js
4 1 (10.00%) Playwright
4 1 (10.00%) REST
4 1 (10.00%) RESTful
4 1 (10.00%) Vue
4 1 (10.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (10.00%) e-Learning
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (30.00%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (30.00%) DevOps
3 3 (30.00%) SDLC
3 3 (30.00%) Security Testing
3 3 (30.00%) User Experience
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Front End Development
4 2 (20.00%) Kanban
4 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
4 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 2 (20.00%) Microservices
4 2 (20.00%) OWASP
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (60.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) C++
4 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) Numerate Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PhD
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Istio
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Huawei