Java Software Engineer Job Trends in England

Java Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Java Software Engineer salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 576 402 410
Rank change year-on-year -174 +8 +163
Permanent Java Software Engineer jobs 219 243 336
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.21% 0.57% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.62% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 180 141 250
10th Percentile £55,000 £71,250 £65,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £110,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% -4.35% +43.75%
75th Percentile £88,125 £135,000 £147,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £110,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% -4.35% +48.39%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
25 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in England matching a recognised job title 98,106 39,073 58,552
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.21% 91.00% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 67,960 23,707 33,387
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,536 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,999 £53,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -6.96% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,250 £52,500 £56,509
% change year-on-year +12.86% -7.09% -5.82%

Java Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Java Software Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Java Software Engineer Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in England

Java Software Engineer Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for Java Software Engineer jobs in England over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Software Engineer in England

Java Software Engineer Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Java Software Engineer jobs within the England region over the 6 months to 25 October 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England -14 85 £65,000 -11.86% 19
London -180 73 £90,000 -18.18% 95
North West +3 52 £65,000 -25.93% 17
South West -65 34 £60,000 - 8
Yorkshire -17 22 £59,813 -18.90% 2
South East -52 14 £90,000 - 6
North East -60 11 £100,000 +56.86%
Midlands -52 9 £55,000 -8.33% 4
West Midlands -41 8 £55,000 -10.20% 4
East of England -38 1 £72,500 -9.38% 13
East Midlands -45 1 £60,000 +50.00%
Java Software Engineer
UK

Java Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, Java Software Engineer job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Java Software Engineer job ads across the England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Java100.0%219
2Software Engineering99.1%217
3AWS22.8%50
4Agile20.5%45
5Full-Stack Development19.6%43
6Spring18.3%40
7Spring Boot16.9%37
8Python14.6%32
9Microservices14.2%31
10CI/CD11.9%26
10Kubernetes11.9%26
12AI11.0%24
13Test Automation10.0%22
14Fintech9.6%21
15PostgreSQL7.8%17
16Continuous Deployment7.3%16
17Amazon EKS6.8%15
17Clean Code6.8%15
17GCP6.8%15
17Security Cleared6.8%15
21Deployment Automation6.4%14
21Grafana6.4%14
21TeamCity6.4%14
21Terraform6.4%14
25Azure5.9%13
25TDD5.9%13
27Anthropic Claude5.5%12
27C++5.5%12
27Claude Code5.5%12
27Disruptive Innovation5.5%12

Java Software Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Java Software Engineer35.6%78
2Full-Stack Software Engineer9.6%21
2Lead Java Engineer9.6%21
2Lead Software Engineer9.6%21
5AWS Software Engineer8.2%18
6Python Software Engineer6.8%15
7Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer5.0%11
8Developer/Software Engineer4.1%9
8Java Quantitative Developer4.1%9
8Java Software Developer4.1%9
11Principal Java Engineer3.7%8
11Principal Software Engineer3.7%8
13C++ Software Engineer2.7%6
14Kafka Engineer1.8%4
15Onboarding Engineer0.9%2
15Software Development Engineer0.9%2
17.NET Software Engineer0.5%1
17Customer Service Engineer0.5%1
17Graduate C++ Software Engineer0.5%1
17Graduate Java Software Engineer0.5%1
163 Java Software Engineer jobs in England