Java Job Trends in England

Java
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 27 34
Rank change year-on-year -30 +7 -14
Permanent jobs citing Java 2,330 3,054 4,739
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.71% 7.36% 5.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.78% 23.76% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,530 1,463 3,520
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 £115,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,761 12,855 28,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.36% 30.99% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,441 8,699 22,705
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Java job vacancy trend in England

Java
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in England over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in England

Java
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the England region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -13 1,045 £85,000 -19.05% 544
North of England -24 659 £69,305 +2.67% 187
North West -36 293 £70,000 - 107
Yorkshire +23 230 £72,500 +3.57% 54
South East -46 214 £70,000 +7.69% 135
South West -31 211 £60,000 -4.00% 103
North East 0 136 £53,750 +19.44% 27
Midlands -97 112 £62,500 +8.23% 68
West Midlands -64 92 £62,500 +4.17% 43
East of England -62 58 £51,359 +16.73% 38
East Midlands -79 19 £60,000 +26.32% 25
Java
UK

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 46 (1.97%) Confluence
2 45 (1.93%) Apache
3 35 (1.50%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
6 12 (0.52%) JBoss
7 9 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.34%) Camunda
8 8 (0.34%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.21%) CMS
9 5 (0.21%) GeoServer
9 5 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 3 (0.13%) CICS
11 3 (0.13%) SAS
11 3 (0.13%) SharePoint
11 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.086%) Documentum
Applications
1 15 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.52%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.17%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.086%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.086%) PTC Creo
5 2 (0.086%) Windchill
6 1 (0.043%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 14 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.47%) Maximo
3 5 (0.21%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.21%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.13%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.043%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.043%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.043%) Endur
6 1 (0.043%) Findur
6 1 (0.043%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.043%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.043%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 968 (41.55%) AWS
2 460 (19.74%) Azure
3 295 (12.66%) GCP
4 191 (8.20%) Serverless
5 148 (6.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 121 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
7 118 (5.06%) Amazon S3
8 113 (4.85%) Amazon ECS
9 112 (4.81%) SaaS
10 110 (4.72%) GitHub
11 105 (4.51%) Amazon EKS
12 71 (3.05%) AWS Step Functions
13 65 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
14 52 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
15 45 (1.93%) Amazon ECR
16 43 (1.85%) Amazon SQS
16 43 (1.85%) Apigee
17 36 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 36 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
17 36 (1.55%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 44 (1.89%) Broadband
2 32 (1.37%) HTTP
3 24 (1.03%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.56%) DMARC
5 9 (0.39%) Network Security
6 8 (0.34%) IPv4
6 8 (0.34%) Software-Defined Networking
7 7 (0.30%) AMQP
7 7 (0.30%) MQTT
8 5 (0.21%) BGP
8 5 (0.21%) VPN
9 4 (0.17%) Internet
9 4 (0.17%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.13%) Firewall
10 3 (0.13%) VLAN
11 2 (0.086%) DNS
11 2 (0.086%) Ethernet
11 2 (0.086%) LAN
11 2 (0.086%) SAN
11 2 (0.086%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (7.55%) NoSQL
2 173 (7.42%) PostgreSQL
3 112 (4.81%) MongoDB
4 108 (4.64%) Relational Database
5 87 (3.73%) DynamoDB
6 83 (3.56%) MySQL
7 70 (3.00%) SQL Server
8 39 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
9 31 (1.33%) Elasticsearch
9 31 (1.33%) RDBMS
10 26 (1.12%) BigQuery
10 26 (1.12%) Db2
11 25 (1.07%) Big Data
12 21 (0.90%) Redis
13 18 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
14 16 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
15 15 (0.64%) Hadoop
15 15 (0.64%) Metadata
16 13 (0.56%) Power BI
17 12 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 216 (9.27%) Git
2 176 (7.55%) Jenkins
3 162 (6.95%) GitLab
4 82 (3.52%) JIRA
5 80 (3.43%) Cucumber
6 75 (3.22%) Maven
7 65 (2.79%) JUnit
8 63 (2.70%) Cypress.io
8 63 (2.70%) Selenium
9 56 (2.40%) TeamCity
10 54 (2.32%) SonarQube
11 34 (1.46%) JMeter
12 33 (1.42%) Postman
13 31 (1.33%) Bitbucket
14 28 (1.20%) Mockito
14 28 (1.20%) Subversion
15 25 (1.07%) Claude Code
15 25 (1.07%) Eclipse
15 25 (1.07%) Gradle
16 22 (0.94%) REST Assured
General
1 582 (24.98%) Finance
2 344 (14.76%) Social Skills
3 215 (9.23%) Public Sector
4 212 (9.10%) Banking
5 159 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
6 143 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 103 (4.42%) Front Office
8 100 (4.29%) Law
9 90 (3.86%) Retail
10 68 (2.92%) Financial Institution
11 47 (2.02%) Back Office
12 37 (1.59%) Investment Banking
13 30 (1.29%) Health Technology
14 28 (1.20%) Games
15 22 (0.94%) Aerospace
16 21 (0.90%) Manufacturing
17 19 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
18 18 (0.77%) Legal
19 17 (0.73%) Advertising
20 16 (0.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 868 (37.25%) Developer
2 576 (24.72%) Java Developer
3 568 (24.38%) Senior
4 537 (23.05%) Software Engineer
5 398 (17.08%) Java Engineer
6 336 (14.42%) Lead
7 212 (9.10%) Senior Developer
8 177 (7.60%) Java Software Engineer
8 177 (7.60%) Senior Software Engineer
9 152 (6.52%) Senior Java Developer
10 149 (6.39%) Full-Stack Developer
11 130 (5.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 124 (5.32%) Software Developer
13 123 (5.28%) Senior Java Engineer
14 117 (5.02%) Lead Software Engineer
15 95 (4.08%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 85 (3.65%) Architect
17 69 (2.96%) Consultant
18 68 (2.92%) Senior Java Software Engineer
19 63 (2.70%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 515 (22.10%) Spring
2 438 (18.80%) Spring Boot
3 289 (12.40%) React
4 231 (9.91%) AngularJS
5 229 (9.83%) REST
6 217 (9.31%) Node.js
7 213 (9.14%) Kafka
8 160 (6.87%) RESTful
9 148 (6.35%) .NET
10 87 (3.73%) Web Services
11 74 (3.18%) CSS
11 74 (3.18%) Vue
12 68 (2.92%) HTML
13 62 (2.66%) GraphQL
14 56 (2.40%) SOAP
15 50 (2.15%) Elastic Stack
15 50 (2.15%) JSON
16 49 (2.10%) OAuth
17 48 (2.06%) Hibernate
18 46 (1.97%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 281 (12.06%) Cloud Native
2 176 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
3 145 (6.22%) Product Ownership
4 99 (4.25%) Public Cloud
5 54 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 49 (2.10%) Fixed Income
6 49 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
7 41 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (1.72%) Data Structures
8 40 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 38 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
10 34 (1.46%) e-Learning
11 33 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 32 (1.37%) Blog
12 32 (1.37%) Mobile App
12 32 (1.37%) Virtual Team
13 30 (1.29%) Equities
14 23 (0.99%) Algorithms
15 20 (0.86%) Social Media
16 17 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 216 (9.27%) Linux
2 52 (2.23%) Windows
3 49 (2.10%) Unix
4 43 (1.85%) Android
5 16 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 13 (0.56%) Windows Server
7 10 (0.43%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.26%) CentOS
8 6 (0.26%) Debian
8 6 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.17%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.086%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 810 (34.76%) Software Engineering
2 802 (34.42%) Agile
3 715 (30.69%) CI/CD
4 545 (23.39%) DevOps
5 516 (22.15%) Microservices
6 458 (19.66%) Test Automation
7 457 (19.61%) Full-Stack Development
8 403 (17.30%) Mentoring
9 357 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
10 277 (11.89%) Containerisation
11 272 (11.67%) AI
12 246 (10.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 241 (10.34%) TDD
14 238 (10.21%) Infrastructure as Code
15 218 (9.36%) Technical Leadership
16 215 (9.23%) Roadmaps
17 204 (8.76%) Scrum
18 202 (8.67%) Computer Science
19 182 (7.81%) SDLC
20 164 (7.04%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 718 (30.82%) Python
2 433 (18.58%) SQL
3 423 (18.15%) JavaScript
4 253 (10.86%) TypeScript
5 234 (10.04%) C#
6 212 (9.10%) C++
7 157 (6.74%) Go
8 119 (5.11%) Bash
9 100 (4.29%) Kotlin
10 61 (2.62%) C
10 61 (2.62%) Groovy
11 58 (2.49%) Scala
12 55 (2.36%) Rust
13 47 (2.02%) PHP
14 33 (1.42%) PowerShell
15 29 (1.24%) PL/SQL
16 28 (1.20%) Perl
17 18 (0.77%) Ruby
17 18 (0.77%) Shell Script
18 15 (0.64%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 393 (16.87%) Security Cleared
2 247 (10.60%) Degree
3 241 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 137 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 131 (5.62%) DV Cleared
6 97 (4.16%) AWS Certification
7 42 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 30 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
10 24 (1.03%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 20 (0.86%) OSCP
12 16 (0.69%) DBS Check
13 15 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.60%) ISTQB
15 13 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
16 12 (0.52%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.52%) PhD
17 11 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
18 9 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
19 8 (0.34%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (6.65%) QA
2 61 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 42 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.82%) WCAG
5 18 (0.77%) GDPR
6 14 (0.60%) GRC
7 12 (0.52%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.47%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.30%) ISO 20022
9 7 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.21%) NIST
11 4 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 14443
11 4 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 4 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.086%) Good Clinical Practice
13 2 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.043%) GxP
14 1 (0.043%) MiFID
System Software
1 362 (15.54%) Docker
2 17 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.47%) vSphere
4 8 (0.34%) Squid
4 8 (0.34%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.30%) Firmware
6 5 (0.21%) KVM
6 5 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.086%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.086%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 432 (18.54%) Kubernetes
2 275 (11.80%) Terraform
3 107 (4.59%) Grafana
4 106 (4.55%) Ansible
5 45 (1.93%) Prometheus
6 41 (1.76%) Argo
7 33 (1.42%) HP Fortify
8 29 (1.24%) Kibana
9 16 (0.69%) Puppet
10 14 (0.60%) Packer
11 13 (0.56%) Rancher
12 12 (0.52%) Kustomize
13 11 (0.47%) logstash
14 8 (0.34%) ZABBIX
15 7 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
15 7 (0.30%) yum
16 5 (0.21%) FTK
17 3 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
17 3 (0.13%) Oracle Flashback
17 3 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 89 (3.82%) Oracle
2 82 (3.52%) Microsoft
3 75 (3.22%) Google
4 51 (2.19%) Splunk
5 38 (1.63%) IBM
6 24 (1.03%) Palantir
6 24 (1.03%) Salesforce
7 23 (0.99%) Red Hat
8 22 (0.94%) Dynatrace
8 22 (0.94%) VMware
9 21 (0.90%) SAP
10 19 (0.82%) Foundry
10 19 (0.82%) ServiceNow
11 18 (0.77%) AppDynamics
12 15 (0.64%) Adobe
13 14 (0.60%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.56%) SendGrid
15 11 (0.47%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.47%) Solace
16 9 (0.39%) Veracode