Java Job Trends in Central London

Java
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London citing Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 28 30
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 -19
Permanent jobs citing Java 95 172 219
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 3.56% 9.28% 6.85%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.02% 23.34% 15.13%
Number of salaries quoted 84 157 171
10th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £116,250 £118,750 £107,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £132,500 £120,000
London median annual salary £85,000 £105,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% +14.29%

All Programming Languages
Central London

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies citing coding skills in Central London.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills 593 737 1,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 22.20% 39.75% 45.28%
Number of salaries quoted 478 628 1,002
10th Percentile £52,125 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £132,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £82,500 £82,500 £82,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.13%

Java Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Java job vacancy trend in Central London

Java Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Java

Java Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Central London over the 6 months to 23 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Central London

Java 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 Java within the Central London region over the 6 months to 23 October 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
Job Ads
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -16 94 £100,000 +5.26% 107
City of Westminster +5 3 £131,840 +129.29% 34
West End of London -1 1 £100,000 +73.91% 8
Java
London

Java Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Python44.2%42
2C#22.1%21
3C++12.6%12
4JavaScript11.6%11
4SQL11.6%11
6TypeScript10.5%10
7Bash8.4%8
7Rust8.4%8
9Julia7.4%7
9MATLAB7.4%7
9R7.4%7
12VBA6.3%6
13Go2.1%2
13PowerShell2.1%2
15Apex Code1.1%1
15Groovy1.1%1
15Ruby1.1%1
15SHACL1.1%1
15SOQL1.1%1
15SPARQL1.1%1