Java Job Trends in Edinburgh

Java
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 27 15
Rank change year-on-year -12 -12 +1
Permanent jobs citing Java 30 69 126
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.86% 8.20% 8.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.67% 27.38% 23.25%
Number of salaries quoted 21 51 97
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £36,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -20.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £81,375 £91,934
90th Percentile £75,000 £98,750 £100,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +8.49% -23.68%

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 180 252 542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 17.16% 29.96% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 127 162 447
10th Percentile £33,750 £41,375 £43,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,118 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £92,833 £73,886
90th Percentile £82,000 £100,000 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.23% +5.51% -4.35%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Java job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Java
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Edinburgh

Java
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 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.33%) dbt
1 4 (13.33%) SaaS
2 3 (10.00%) Azure
2 3 (10.00%) PaaS
3 2 (6.67%) AWS
3 2 (6.67%) GCP
3 2 (6.67%) GitHub
4 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.33%) Firebase
4 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.33%) Google Play
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) MySQL
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (3.33%) Android Studio
2 1 (3.33%) ClearCase
2 1 (3.33%) ClearQuest
2 1 (3.33%) Crashlytics
2 1 (3.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.33%) fastlane
2 1 (3.33%) Gradle
2 1 (3.33%) HP UFT
2 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.33%) JIRA
2 1 (3.33%) JUnit
2 1 (3.33%) LoadRunner
2 1 (3.33%) Selenium
2 1 (3.33%) Subversion
2 1 (3.33%) WebDriver
2 1 (3.33%) Zephyr
General
1 7 (23.33%) Finance
2 6 (20.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Aviation
3 1 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Senior
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 6 (20.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Engineering Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Senior Applications Support
2 6 (20.00%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Senior Support Analyst
2 6 (20.00%) Software Engineering Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Software Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Support Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Developer
3 5 (16.67%) Software Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Java Developer
4 4 (13.33%) Java Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Java Software Engineer
4 4 (13.33%) Lead
4 4 (13.33%) Senior Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (3.33%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (3.33%) Android SDK
2 1 (3.33%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (3.33%) Kafka
2 1 (3.33%) Playwright
2 1 (3.33%) RESTful
2 1 (3.33%) Retrofit
2 1 (3.33%) Spring
2 1 (3.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.33%) Swing
2 1 (3.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.67%) SCADA
2 1 (3.33%) Blog
2 1 (3.33%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (3.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (26.67%) Mentoring
3 6 (20.00%) Collateral Management
3 6 (20.00%) Test Automation
4 3 (10.00%) Agile
4 3 (10.00%) BDD
4 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 2 (6.67%) Analytics
5 2 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.67%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (6.67%) Scrum
5 2 (6.67%) SDLC
6 1 (3.33%) API Development
6 1 (3.33%) API Integration
6 1 (3.33%) Case Management
6 1 (3.33%) Coaching
6 1 (3.33%) Data Engineering
6 1 (3.33%) Defect Management
6 1 (3.33%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 7 (23.33%) SQL
2 5 (16.67%) Python
3 2 (6.67%) C++
4 1 (3.33%) C
4 1 (3.33%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.33%) Kotlin
4 1 (3.33%) Perl
4 1 (3.33%) Rust
4 1 (3.33%) Scala
4 1 (3.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) Degree
2 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (3.33%) PhD
2 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Oracle
2 1 (3.33%) Databricks
2 1 (3.33%) Dynatrace
2 1 (3.33%) Google
2 1 (3.33%) Siemens