J2SE Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of 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 132 - 176
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.058% - 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% - 0.36%
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
Central London median annual salary £62,500 - £85,000

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 411 709 1,118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 23.91% 24.78% 32.46%
Number of salaries quoted 350 482 1,020
10th Percentile £52,450 £46,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £125,125 £120,000 £116,375
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -

J2SE
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for J2SE in the City of London

J2SE
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing J2SE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing J2SE

J2SE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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