Full-Stack Java Developer Job Trends in Croydon

Full-Stack Java Developer
South London > Croydon

The median Full-Stack Java Developer salary in Croydon is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 33 35
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack Java Developer 16 9 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Croydon 14.04% 5.81% 4.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.53% 6.34% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £76,250
25th Percentile £67,500 - £81,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £82,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £83,750
90th Percentile - - £86,875
South London median annual salary £70,000 - £82,500
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Croydon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Croydon with a recognized job title 103 142 153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.35% 91.61% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 52 32 92
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £34,250 £38,750 £47,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.93% -7.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £58,500 £65,272 £77,813
90th Percentile £69,000 £68,750 £83,750
South London median annual salary £45,000 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.89% -6.96% +4.55%

Full-Stack Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack Java Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancy trend in Croydon

Full-Stack Java Developer
Salary Trend in Croydon

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancies in Croydon.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack Java Developer job vacancies in Croydon

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Full-Stack Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Croydon region featuring Full-Stack Java Developer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Agile
1 16 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 16 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 16 (100.00%) AWS
1 16 (100.00%) BDD
1 16 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 16 (100.00%) Docker
1 16 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 16 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 16 (100.00%) JSON
1 16 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 16 (100.00%) Microservices
1 16 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 16 (100.00%) REST
1 16 (100.00%) Serverless
1 16 (100.00%) Spring
1 16 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 16 (100.00%) TDD
1 16 (100.00%) Web Services
1 16 (100.00%) XML
2 15 (93.75%) ActiveMQ
2 15 (93.75%) Amazon EC2
2 15 (93.75%) Apache Camel
2 15 (93.75%) Dynatrace
2 15 (93.75%) Hibernate
2 15 (93.75%) HTML
2 15 (93.75%) JMeter
2 15 (93.75%) jQuery

Full-Stack Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 16 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 16 (100.00%) AWS
1 16 (100.00%) Serverless
2 15 (93.75%) Amazon EC2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (93.75%) RDBMS
2 15 (93.75%) Relational Database
3 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (100.00%) Jenkins
2 15 (93.75%) JMeter
2 15 (93.75%) JUnit
2 15 (93.75%) Mockito
3 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 15 (93.75%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (100.00%) JSON
1 16 (100.00%) REST
1 16 (100.00%) Spring
1 16 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 16 (100.00%) Web Services
1 16 (100.00%) XML
2 15 (93.75%) ActiveMQ
2 15 (93.75%) Apache Camel
2 15 (93.75%) Hibernate
2 15 (93.75%) HTML
2 15 (93.75%) jQuery
2 15 (93.75%) WireMock
3 1 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (6.25%) Mustache
3 1 (6.25%) Node.js
3 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Agile
1 16 (100.00%) BDD
1 16 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 16 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 16 (100.00%) Microservices
1 16 (100.00%) TDD
2 15 (93.75%) Process Management
2 15 (93.75%) SDLC
2 15 (93.75%) Workflow
3 1 (6.25%) Biometrics
3 1 (6.25%) DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Kanban
3 1 (6.25%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (93.75%) Python
2 15 (93.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (87.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 16 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (100.00%) Kubernetes
2 15 (93.75%) Kibana
3 1 (6.25%) Ansible
Vendors
1 15 (93.75%) Dynatrace
1 15 (93.75%) Splunk