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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 33 21
Rank change year-on-year -14 -12 -4
Permanent jobs citing Java 21 48 96
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 1.82% 6.31% 7.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.67% 21.33% 20.21%
Number of salaries quoted 17 29 64
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £50,000 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +15.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £90,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile - £82,751 £100,000
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +30.43% +15.00% -23.49%

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 126 225 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 10.94% 29.57% 37.88%
Number of salaries quoted 87 106 292
10th Percentile - £28,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £51,914 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -13.48% -
75th Percentile £78,037 £71,250 £73,886
90th Percentile £98,000 £95,000 £88,750
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 15 September 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 (9.52%) Confluence
2 1 (4.76%) Ethereum
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) SaaS
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) dbt
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
2 1 (4.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) Selenium
2 1 (4.76%) WebDriver
2 1 (4.76%) Zephyr
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Aerospace
2 2 (9.52%) Automotive
2 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Aviation
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Senior
2 7 (33.33%) Developer
2 7 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 7 (33.33%) Java Engineer
2 7 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 6 (28.57%) Senior Developer
3 6 (28.57%) Senior Java Developer
4 4 (19.05%) Java Software Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Principal Java Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 1 (4.76%) Head of Engineering
7 1 (4.76%) Lead
7 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 1 (4.76%) Test Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Playwright
1 1 (4.76%) Spring
1 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Bitcoin
2 1 (4.76%) Blockchain
2 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Software Engineering
2 5 (23.81%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) SDLC
3 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.52%) AI
4 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
4 2 (9.52%) Configuration Management
4 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.76%) Analytics
5 1 (4.76%) BDD
5 1 (4.76%) Commercialisation
5 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.76%) DevOps
5 1 (4.76%) Information Security
5 1 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.76%) Scrum
5 1 (4.76%) Software Architecture
5 1 (4.76%) Test Strategy
5 1 (4.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 3 (14.29%) Python
2 2 (9.52%) Ada
3 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker