J2SE Job Trends in Central London

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring J2SE skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 - 193
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.050% - 0.11%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.22% - 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £85,000
75th Percentile £66,250 - £87,500
90th Percentile - - £92,000
London median annual salary £62,500 - £115,000
% change year-on-year - - +15.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Central London

J2SE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 462 804 1,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 23.15% 24.55% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 392 539 1,079
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,436 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £111,250 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,500 £116,250
London median annual salary £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% +3.23%

J2SE
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing J2SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for J2SE in Central London

J2SE
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing J2SE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing J2SE

J2SE
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
City of London - 1 £62,500 - 1
J2SE
London

J2SE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript