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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 44 34
Rank change year-on-year -12 -10 -15
Permanent jobs citing Java 2 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 0.47% 1.03% 2.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.57% 4.21% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £35,625 £50,250
25th Percentile - £49,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +3.45% +28.89%
75th Percentile - £62,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £35,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +64.29% -41.67% +9.09%

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 56 95 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 13.02% 24.36% 22.64%
Number of salaries quoted 40 59 40
10th Percentile £34,750 £37,250 £38,150
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £69,000 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,975 £63,000 £70,250
East Midlands median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.22% -9.09% +4.27%

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 December 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 -8 2 £40,000 -33.33%
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MariaDB
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (50.00%) JPA
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (50.00%) Vue
1 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Atmel