Java Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh
The median Java Engineer salary in Edinburgh is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 89 | 88 | 132 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | +44 | +5 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 6 | 27 | 15 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 0.65% | 1.77% | 0.70% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.71% | 1.84% | 0.74% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6 | 23 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,625 | - | £68,470 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,938 | £45,000 | £69,926 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £50,000 | £80,294 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +60.00% | -37.73% | +14.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £126,758 | £66,125 | £89,852 |
| 90th Percentile | £140,677 | £91,934 | - |
| Scotland median annual salary | £80,000 | £50,000 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.00% | -28.57% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title | 849 | 1,464 | 2,039 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.58% | 95.87% | 95.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 420 | 1,034 | 1,200 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,375 | £32,575 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £46,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £72,433 | £77,715 |
| 90th Percentile | £98,474 | £91,934 | £90,000 |
| Scotland median annual salary | £55,000 | £52,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -8.70% | +9.52% |
Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Job postings that featured Java Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Java Engineer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer in Edinburgh.
Java Engineer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh
Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Engineer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.
Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Java Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.
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Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: