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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 34 25
Rank change year-on-year -9 -9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Java 28 47 96
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.35% 6.12% 7.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.05% 18.58% 20.08%
Number of salaries quoted 20 22 52
10th Percentile £46,575 £48,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,625 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £70,000 £49,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +42.13% -29.64%
75th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £67,813
90th Percentile - £94,500 £86,500
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +40.00% -24.24%

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 133 253 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.18% 32.94% 37.76%
Number of salaries quoted 89 106 249
10th Percentile - £25,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £51,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.41% -15.00% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £92,500 £80,400
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -2.34%

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 10 October 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 2 (7.14%) Confluence
2 1 (3.57%) Ethereum
Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) GCP
3 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.71%) Network Security
2 1 (3.57%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.57%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) GitLab
2 1 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.57%) JMeter
2 1 (3.57%) Selenium
2 1 (3.57%) WebDriver
2 1 (3.57%) Zephyr
General
1 15 (53.57%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Tech for Good
3 2 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.14%) Automotive
3 2 (7.14%) Banking
3 2 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.14%) Retail Banking
3 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 12 (42.86%) Senior
2 10 (35.71%) Developer
2 10 (35.71%) Java Developer
2 10 (35.71%) Software Engineer
3 9 (32.14%) Senior Developer
3 9 (32.14%) Senior Java Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Java Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (10.71%) Principal Java Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Graduate
7 2 (7.14%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (7.14%) Test Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Associate Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
8 1 (3.57%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 1 (3.57%) Head of Engineering
8 1 (3.57%) Java Software Engineer
8 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 1 (3.57%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) Kafka
1 2 (7.14%) Spring
1 2 (7.14%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.57%) CSS
2 1 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (3.57%) HTML
2 1 (3.57%) Playwright
2 1 (3.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Mobile Banking
1 2 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.57%) Bitcoin
2 1 (3.57%) Blockchain
2 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.57%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) Software Engineering
2 7 (25.00%) Agile
3 5 (17.86%) Test Automation
4 4 (14.29%) AI
5 3 (10.71%) CI/CD
5 3 (10.71%) Configuration Management
5 3 (10.71%) DevOps
5 3 (10.71%) SDLC
6 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.14%) Data Science
6 2 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (7.14%) Machine Learning
6 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 2 (7.14%) Performance Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Roadmaps
6 2 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (7.14%) Scenario Testing
6 2 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.14%) Test Strategy
6 2 (7.14%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (17.86%) Python
3 4 (14.29%) TypeScript
4 2 (7.14%) Ada
4 2 (7.14%) Go
4 2 (7.14%) Kotlin
4 2 (7.14%) Rust
5 1 (3.57%) Bash
5 1 (3.57%) C#
5 1 (3.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Azure Certification
2 2 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) ISTQB
2 2 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.57%) Grafana
2 1 (3.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (3.57%) AppDynamics
2 1 (3.57%) Dynatrace
2 1 (3.57%) YouTube