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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 28 15
Rank change year-on-year -13 -13 +1
Permanent jobs citing Java 26 59 105
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.47% 7.07% 8.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.22% 26.34% 23.86%
Number of salaries quoted 19 45 79
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,375 £49,118 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -14.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £97,987
90th Percentile £75,000 £89,367 £100,000
Scotland median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% +7.48% -20.15%

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 151 224 440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.37% 26.83% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 105 146 342
10th Percentile £37,371 £37,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £48,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -3.61%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £83,000 £98,474 £89,875
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 4 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 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (15.38%) SaaS
2 3 (11.54%) dbt
2 3 (11.54%) PaaS
3 2 (7.69%) Azure
4 1 (3.85%) AWS
4 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) Firebase
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.85%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.69%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Android Studio
2 1 (3.85%) Crashlytics
2 1 (3.85%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.85%) fastlane
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Gradle
2 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.85%) Selenium
2 1 (3.85%) WebDriver
2 1 (3.85%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 3 (11.54%) Financial Institution
2 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
3 2 (7.69%) Automotive
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Aviation
4 1 (3.85%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (30.77%) Senior
2 6 (23.08%) Java Engineer
2 6 (23.08%) Software Engineer
3 5 (19.23%) Engineering Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Software Engineering Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Software Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Developer
4 4 (15.38%) Java Software Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Applications Support
5 3 (11.54%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Java Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Lead
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Applications Support
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Support Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 1 (3.85%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (3.85%) Android SDK
2 1 (3.85%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (3.85%) Playwright
2 1 (3.85%) RESTful
2 1 (3.85%) Retrofit
2 1 (3.85%) Spring
2 1 (3.85%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Blog
2 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.85%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Software Engineering
2 5 (19.23%) Test Automation
3 4 (15.38%) Agile
4 3 (11.54%) BDD
4 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
4 3 (11.54%) Collateral Management
4 3 (11.54%) Mentoring
4 3 (11.54%) SDLC
5 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
5 2 (7.69%) Configuration Management
5 2 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
5 2 (7.69%) Scrum
6 1 (3.85%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (3.85%) Kanban
6 1 (3.85%) OWASP
6 1 (3.85%) Performance Testing
6 1 (3.85%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.85%) Test Scripting
6 1 (3.85%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Python
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
3 2 (7.69%) Ada
4 1 (3.85%) C++
4 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.85%) Kotlin
4 1 (3.85%) Rust
4 1 (3.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (11.54%) Oracle
2 1 (3.85%) Dynatrace
2 1 (3.85%) Google