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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 20 55
Rank change year-on-year -39 +35 -25
Permanent jobs citing Java 28 39 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.95% 7.94% 2.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.98% 19.31% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 32
10th Percentile £42,500 £25,750 £39,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £26,250 £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -28.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £78,250 £70,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £76,500 £88,625
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -24.00% -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 255 202 615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 17.79% 41.14% 38.85%
Number of salaries quoted 174 154 468
10th Percentile £39,606 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,500 £44,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,125 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 21 May 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 21 May 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 -13 28 £67,500 +145.45% 6
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 15 (53.57%) AWS
2 9 (32.14%) SaaS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (10.71%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (10.71%) Redis
2 1 (3.57%) MySQL
2 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.57%) GitLab
2 1 (3.57%) Selenium
2 1 (3.57%) WebDriver
General
1 14 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Advertising
3 1 (3.57%) Electronics
3 1 (3.57%) Finance
3 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (60.71%) Software Engineer
2 13 (46.43%) Lead
2 13 (46.43%) Lead Software Engineer
3 10 (35.71%) Developer
3 10 (35.71%) Software Developer
4 9 (32.14%) Java Developer
4 9 (32.14%) Java Software Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) JavaScript Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) UI Engineer
5 3 (10.71%) UX Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Developer
6 1 (3.57%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.57%) C# Software Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Graduate C# Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Graduate C# Software Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Graduate PHP Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 1 (3.57%) Java Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (57.14%) React
2 13 (46.43%) Web Services
3 3 (10.71%) AngularJS
3 3 (10.71%) Node.js
3 3 (10.71%) Vue
4 2 (7.14%) Spring
5 1 (3.57%) CSS
5 1 (3.57%) jQuery
5 1 (3.57%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 13 (46.43%) e-Learning
1 13 (46.43%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (89.29%) Full-Stack Development
2 17 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (60.71%) Software Engineering
3 16 (57.14%) User Experience
3 16 (57.14%) UX Design
4 15 (53.57%) Agile
5 13 (46.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (46.43%) Kanban
5 13 (46.43%) OO
5 13 (46.43%) Product Vision
5 13 (46.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 13 (46.43%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 13 (46.43%) Scrum
5 13 (46.43%) Scrum-ban
5 13 (46.43%) Test Strategy
5 13 (46.43%) Web Development
6 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 4 (14.29%) Physics
7 3 (10.71%) Machine Learning
7 3 (10.71%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 17 (60.71%) JavaScript
1 17 (60.71%) Python
2 13 (46.43%) TypeScript
3 2 (7.14%) SQL
4 1 (3.57%) C#
4 1 (3.57%) C++
4 1 (3.57%) Go
4 1 (3.57%) PHP
4 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) DBS Check
2 4 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (46.43%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Firmware