Java Developer Job Trends in East Sussex

Java Developer
South East > East Sussex

The median Java Developer salary in East Sussex is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £82,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile £87,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £80,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +28.00% -10.71% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 620 382 714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 91.17% 92.85%
Number of salaries quoted 489 206 579
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,875 £80,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Java Developer
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in East Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in East Sussex

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, 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 East Sussex region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) DBeaver
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Servlets
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SVG
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) DBeaver
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Terragrunt
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) Servlets
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) SVG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Data Discovery
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Fraud Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft