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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 35 24
Rank change year-on-year -10 -11 -10
Permanent jobs citing Java 26 46 99
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.21% 6.11% 7.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.70% 19.01% 20.41%
Number of salaries quoted 21 24 57
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £49,688 £38,250
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 £68,750
90th Percentile - £85,625 £97,889
Scotland median annual salary £75,000 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% -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 132 242 485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.23% 32.14% 38.01%
Number of salaries quoted 89 104 262
10th Percentile - £26,275 £38,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £46,722
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 £70,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,000 £89,250 £84,750
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 28 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 (7.69%) Confluence
2 1 (3.85%) Ethereum
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.69%) AWS
1 2 (7.69%) SaaS
2 1 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) dbt
2 1 (3.85%) GCP
2 1 (3.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
1 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 1 (3.85%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Selenium
2 1 (3.85%) WebDriver
2 1 (3.85%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 2 (7.69%) Aerospace
2 2 (7.69%) Automotive
2 2 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (7.69%) Tech for Good
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Aviation
3 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Senior
2 9 (34.62%) Developer
2 9 (34.62%) Java Developer
2 9 (34.62%) Software Engineer
3 8 (30.77%) Java Engineer
3 8 (30.77%) Senior Developer
3 8 (30.77%) Senior Java Developer
4 4 (15.38%) Java Software Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Principal Java Engineer
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Associate Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Head of Engineering
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
7 1 (3.85%) SC Cleared Java Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Test Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Spring
1 2 (7.69%) Spring Boot
2 1 (3.85%) CSS
2 1 (3.85%) HTML
2 1 (3.85%) Kafka
2 1 (3.85%) Playwright
2 1 (3.85%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (3.85%) Bitcoin
2 1 (3.85%) Blockchain
2 1 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Software Engineering
2 6 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (11.54%) SDLC
3 3 (11.54%) Test Automation
4 2 (7.69%) AI
4 2 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 2 (7.69%) Configuration Management
4 2 (7.69%) DevOps
4 2 (7.69%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (7.69%) Roadmaps
4 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
5 1 (3.85%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.85%) Information Security
5 1 (3.85%) Performance Testing
5 1 (3.85%) Scrum
5 1 (3.85%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.85%) TDD
5 1 (3.85%) Test Scripting
5 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
2 3 (11.54%) Python
3 2 (7.69%) Ada
3 2 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
1 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes