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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 25 15
Rank change year-on-year -20 -10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Java 24 59 107
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.23% 7.41% 8.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.11% 27.57% 23.94%
Number of salaries quoted 18 45 80
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,563 £49,118 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% +15.00% -29.15%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £91,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £89,367 £100,000
Scotland median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +8.49% -20.90%

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 149 214 447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 13.87% 26.88% 35.09%
Number of salaries quoted 103 138 336
10th Percentile £40,992 £37,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £80,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,556 £89,375
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -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 13 August 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 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) SaaS
2 3 (12.50%) dbt
2 3 (12.50%) PaaS
3 2 (8.33%) Azure
4 1 (4.17%) AWS
4 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.17%) Firebase
4 1 (4.17%) GCP
4 1 (4.17%) GitHub
4 1 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (4.17%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.50%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (4.17%) Android Studio
2 1 (4.17%) Crashlytics
2 1 (4.17%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.17%) fastlane
2 1 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (4.17%) Gradle
2 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.17%) Selenium
2 1 (4.17%) WebDriver
2 1 (4.17%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (8.33%) Aerospace
3 2 (8.33%) Automotive
3 2 (8.33%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Aviation
4 1 (4.17%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Java Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Senior
2 6 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Engineering Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Java Software Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering Manager
3 4 (16.67%) Software Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Developer
4 3 (12.50%) Lead
4 3 (12.50%) Principal Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Principal Java Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Test Leader
5 2 (8.33%) Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Applications Support
5 2 (8.33%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Java Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Developer
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (4.17%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (4.17%) Android SDK
2 1 (4.17%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (4.17%) Playwright
2 1 (4.17%) RESTful
2 1 (4.17%) Retrofit
2 1 (4.17%) Spring
2 1 (4.17%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) Blog
2 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Software Engineering
2 5 (20.83%) Test Automation
3 4 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (12.50%) BDD
4 3 (12.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (12.50%) SDLC
5 2 (8.33%) Collateral Management
5 2 (8.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (8.33%) Configuration Management
5 2 (8.33%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.33%) Scrum
6 1 (4.17%) AI
6 1 (4.17%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (4.17%) Kanban
6 1 (4.17%) OWASP
6 1 (4.17%) Performance Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Software Testing
6 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.17%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (8.33%) Ada
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
3 1 (4.17%) C++
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) Kotlin
3 1 (4.17%) Rust
3 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) ISTQB
3 1 (4.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (4.17%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) Oracle
2 1 (4.17%) Dynatrace
2 1 (4.17%) Google