J2SE Job Trends in England

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring J2SE skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 649 744 687
Rank change year-on-year +95 -57 +438
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 1 5 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.002% 0.007% 0.064%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.014% 0.037% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 34
10th Percentile - - £84,125
25th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -39.13% +15.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% -39.13% +15.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

J2SE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 7,051 13,352 14,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 16.34% 19.43% 27.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,617 8,762 12,065
10th Percentile £38,750 £39,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £108,450
UK median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% -2.26% +2.31%

J2SE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing J2SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for J2SE in England

J2SE
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing J2SE.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing J2SE

J2SE
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the England region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +70 1 £62,500 - 1
J2SE
UK

J2SE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Low Latency
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript