Java Job Trends in the City of London

Java
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 27 29
Rank change year-on-year -12 +2 -20
Permanent jobs citing Java 90 160 206
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.14% 9.96% 7.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.29% 24.02% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 71 146 156
10th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £58,125
25th Percentile £71,250 £73,750 £67,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £97,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +14.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £116,250 £115,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £135,000 £121,250
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -5.56%

All Programming Languages
City of 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 the City of London.

6 months to
6 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills 492 666 1,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 22.62% 41.47% 46.35%
Number of salaries quoted 390 557 903
10th Percentile £54,875 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £69,063 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £122,750 £132,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -4.46%

Java Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Java job vacancy trend in the City of London

Java Salary Trend in the City of London

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

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

Java Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in the City of London

Java Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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
1Python40.0%36
2C#22.2%20
3C++13.3%12
4JavaScript12.2%11
4SQL12.2%11
6TypeScript11.1%10
7Bash7.8%7
7Julia7.8%7
7MATLAB7.8%7
7R7.8%7
7Rust7.8%7
12VBA5.6%5
13Go2.2%2
13PowerShell2.2%2
15Apex Code1.1%1
15Groovy1.1%1
15Ruby1.1%1
15SHACL1.1%1
15SOQL1.1%1
15SPARQL1.1%1