Java SE Job Trends in Edinburgh

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, JSE)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Java SE skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Java SE 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.098% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.51% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - -
75th Percentile £31,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £30,000 - £75,000

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Edinburgh

Java SE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 198 345 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 19.34% 29.06% 36.15%
Number of salaries quoted 56 199 296
10th Percentile - £42,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -11.44% +14.62%
75th Percentile £78,881 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,875 £90,000 £96,539
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +5.00%

Java SE
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Java SE job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Java SE
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Java SE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Java SE

Java SE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) WildFly
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) IntelliJ
1 1 (100.00%) jMock
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) Quarkus
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Swing
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker