Java Job Trends in the East Midlands

Java
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 70 126
Rank change year-on-year -78 +56 -53
Permanent jobs citing Java 27 82 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.41% 3.52% 1.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.96% 15.71% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 33
10th Percentile £25,000 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £43,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +53.33% -35.34%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,625 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,750 £62,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% +3.23%

All Programming Languages
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 913 522 923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 13.75% 22.38% 23.44%
Number of salaries quoted 594 382 526
10th Percentile £29,825 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,313 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -8.63% -10.45%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,617 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.81% -3.67% -

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Java job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Java
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in the East Midlands

Java
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 September 2026. 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
Northamptonshire -22 16 £60,000 +3.45% 8
Nottinghamshire -21 6 £70,000 +55.56% 32
Derbyshire -27 2 £55,000 -33.33% 2
Leicestershire -48 2 £60,000 -7.69% 6
Lincolnshire -21 1 - - 2
Java
England

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) AWS
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) GCP
3 1 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.70%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.70%) Modbus
1 1 (3.70%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 10 (37.04%) Finance
2 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
3 4 (14.81%) Legal
4 3 (11.11%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Developer
2 7 (25.93%) Java Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Software Developer
4 4 (14.81%) ERP Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Architect
5 3 (11.11%) DevOps Manager
5 3 (11.11%) Java Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Java Software Developer
5 3 (11.11%) SAP Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Technical Architect
6 2 (7.41%) C# Developer
6 2 (7.41%) C# Software Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Graduate
6 2 (7.41%) Graduate C# Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Graduate Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Graduate Software Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 2 (7.41%) Software Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) Hibernate
1 5 (18.52%) JPA
2 3 (11.11%) JDBC
2 3 (11.11%) Node.js
2 3 (11.11%) OAuth
2 3 (11.11%) REST
2 3 (11.11%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (11.11%) SAPUI5
2 3 (11.11%) SOAP
3 2 (7.41%) .NET
3 2 (7.41%) CSS
3 2 (7.41%) jQuery
4 1 (3.70%) Playwright
4 1 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.70%) Robotics
2 1 (3.70%) SCADA
2 1 (3.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) DevOps
2 6 (22.22%) Agile
2 6 (22.22%) Event-Driven
3 5 (18.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (14.81%) ERP
4 4 (14.81%) Microservices
4 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
4 4 (14.81%) Test Automation
5 3 (11.11%) Analytics
5 3 (11.11%) CI/CD
5 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 3 (11.11%) Containerisation
5 3 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 3 (11.11%) Design Patterns
5 3 (11.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 3 (11.11%) Migration
5 3 (11.11%) Roadmaps
5 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
5 3 (11.11%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
2 6 (22.22%) C#
2 6 (22.22%) SQL
3 5 (18.52%) Python
4 4 (14.81%) TypeScript
5 3 (11.11%) ABAP
6 2 (7.41%) C++
6 2 (7.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) ISEB
3 1 (3.70%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 3 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) MOM
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) iManage
1 3 (11.11%) SAP
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.70%) Wonderware