Java Job Trends in Derbyshire

Java
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 43 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 -10 -5
Permanent jobs citing Java 18 5 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 3.94% 1.05% 2.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.18% 5.56% 12.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 9
10th Percentile - £29,250 £54,900
25th Percentile - £33,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,750 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -15.95% +25.41%
75th Percentile - £62,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £58,000 £35,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +65.71% -40.68% +4.42%

All Programming Languages
Derbyshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 85 90 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 18.60% 18.99% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 49 47 47
10th Percentile £29,525 £34,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -18.18% +11.68%
75th Percentile £66,250 £52,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £69,700 £61,250 £67,750
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Java job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Java
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Java

Java
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Derby -5 5 £40,000 -33.33% 4
Glossop - 3 - -
High Peak - 3 - -
Chesterfield -3 1 - -
Dronfield - 1 - -
Alfreton - 1 - -
Ashbourne - 1 - - 1
Bakewell - 1 - -
Belper - 1 - -
Buxton - 1 - -
Java
East Midlands

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 2 (11.11%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) MariaDB
2 1 (5.56%) MySQL
2 1 (5.56%) RDBMS
2 1 (5.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Bitbucket
1 6 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 6 (33.33%) GitLab
1 6 (33.33%) JIRA
1 6 (33.33%) Maven
1 6 (33.33%) Selenium
1 6 (33.33%) SonarQube
1 6 (33.33%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 9 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (33.33%) Banking
2 6 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (22.22%) Corporate Banking
3 4 (22.22%) Investment Banking
3 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Architect
3 1 (5.56%) Java Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (5.56%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (72.22%) HTML
2 7 (38.89%) JPA
2 7 (38.89%) React
2 7 (38.89%) Spring
2 7 (38.89%) Spring Boot
3 6 (33.33%) CSS
3 6 (33.33%) Kafka
3 6 (33.33%) Redux
4 4 (22.22%) CSS3
4 4 (22.22%) HTML5
4 4 (22.22%) Jest
4 4 (22.22%) REST
4 4 (22.22%) RESTful
4 4 (22.22%) Sass
5 3 (16.67%) Hibernate
5 3 (16.67%) Yocto
6 1 (5.56%) OpenID
6 1 (5.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 6 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 3 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (16.67%) IoT
3 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Agile
2 10 (55.56%) Software Engineering
3 8 (44.44%) Computer Science
4 7 (38.89%) AI
4 7 (38.89%) Data Privacy
4 7 (38.89%) DevOps
4 7 (38.89%) Full-Stack Development
4 7 (38.89%) Machine Learning
5 6 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 6 (33.33%) Containerisation
5 6 (33.33%) Front End Development
5 6 (33.33%) Microservices
5 6 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
5 6 (33.33%) SDLC
5 6 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 5 (27.78%) Migration
7 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 4 (22.22%) Responsive Web Design
7 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (22.22%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) JavaScript
2 14 (77.78%) SQL
3 12 (66.67%) TypeScript
4 11 (61.11%) C++
4 11 (61.11%) Python
5 10 (55.56%) C
5 10 (55.56%) C#
6 7 (38.89%) Dart
6 7 (38.89%) MATLAB
6 7 (38.89%) PHP
6 7 (38.89%) R
6 7 (38.89%) Ruby
6 7 (38.89%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) Degree
2 7 (38.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) QA
2 4 (22.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Solace
2 3 (16.67%) Atmel