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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 33 23
Rank change year-on-year -36 -10 -6
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,633 3,214 3,751
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.47% 5.48% 8.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.92% 16.63% 20.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,079 1,979 2,970
10th Percentile £43,500 £41,339 £46,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,713 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £75,554
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +5.89% +0.74%
75th Percentile £113,750 £113,625 £97,500
90th Percentile £136,250 £142,500 £127,500
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +3.45%

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 10,256 19,332 18,689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 21.82% 32.97% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,651 11,646 15,499
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,603 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 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 -11 942 £105,000 +5.00% 265
North of England -5 261 £65,000 +8.33% 74
South East -85 165 £62,500 -2.34% 251
North West -14 121 £67,500 +12.50% 47
Yorkshire +33 119 £67,500 +22.73% 20
South West -40 111 £65,000 +1.96% 100
Midlands +19 109 £60,000 +50.00% 52
West Midlands +30 81 £62,500 +19.05% 34
East of England -78 36 £37,000 -45.19% 43
East Midlands +10 28 £57,500 +64.29% 18
North East -13 23 £55,000 -6.75% 7
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 86 (5.27%) Apache
2 84 (5.14%) Apache Airflow
3 53 (3.25%) Apache Spark
4 36 (2.20%) Confluence
5 15 (0.92%) JBoss
6 9 (0.55%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.49%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.43%) IIS
9 6 (0.37%) Anypoint
9 6 (0.37%) Mule
9 6 (0.37%) nginx
10 5 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.31%) Camunda
10 5 (0.31%) SharePoint
11 4 (0.24%) Appian
12 3 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.18%) Luigi
12 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.18%) Simulink
5 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.061%) Trello
6 1 (0.061%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (0.49%) Dynamics NAV
1 8 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.43%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.31%) Maximo
3 5 (0.31%) Shopify
4 4 (0.24%) Adaptiv
4 4 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.061%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.061%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.061%) Summit
6 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 795 (48.68%) AWS
2 330 (20.21%) Azure
3 207 (12.68%) GCP
4 141 (8.63%) Serverless
5 101 (6.18%) Amazon EKS
6 92 (5.63%) SaaS
7 90 (5.51%) GitHub
8 81 (4.96%) AWS Lambda
9 73 (4.47%) Amazon ECS
9 73 (4.47%) Amazon S3
9 73 (4.47%) dbt
10 69 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
11 67 (4.10%) Snowflake
12 42 (2.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 40 (2.45%) OpenShift
14 39 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
15 30 (1.84%) Datadog
16 25 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
17 24 (1.47%) Amazon Kinesis
18 22 (1.35%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.02%) TCP/IP
2 26 (1.59%) HTTP
3 19 (1.16%) DNS
4 18 (1.10%) Firewall
5 16 (0.98%) SSH
6 14 (0.86%) FTP
6 14 (0.86%) SMTP
7 11 (0.67%) AMQP
8 10 (0.61%) Internet
8 10 (0.61%) VPN
9 9 (0.55%) Multicast
10 7 (0.43%) SAN
11 4 (0.24%) Broadband
11 4 (0.24%) DHCP
11 4 (0.24%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.24%) LAN
11 4 (0.24%) WAN
12 3 (0.18%) BGP
12 3 (0.18%) PuTTY
12 3 (0.18%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (9.43%) PostgreSQL
2 142 (8.70%) Relational Database
3 103 (6.31%) NoSQL
4 94 (5.76%) SQL Server
5 79 (4.84%) Data Lake
6 76 (4.65%) MongoDB
7 66 (4.04%) MySQL
8 62 (3.80%) Amazon Athena
9 61 (3.74%) Apache Iceberg
10 59 (3.61%) Apache Arrow
10 59 (3.61%) Dremio
11 56 (3.43%) Apache Ignite
12 54 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
13 51 (3.12%) Amazon RDS
14 50 (3.06%) Big Data
15 44 (2.69%) RDBMS
16 42 (2.57%) DynamoDB
17 41 (2.51%) Hadoop
18 30 (1.84%) BigQuery
19 25 (1.53%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 177 (10.84%) Jenkins
2 138 (8.45%) Git
3 99 (6.06%) Selenium
4 88 (5.39%) JIRA
5 77 (4.72%) GitLab
6 71 (4.35%) JUnit
7 57 (3.49%) Cucumber
8 44 (2.69%) Cypress.io
9 40 (2.45%) JMeter
9 40 (2.45%) Postman
10 34 (2.08%) Maven
10 34 (2.08%) Mockito
11 33 (2.02%) TeamCity
11 33 (2.02%) WebDriver
12 32 (1.96%) Bitbucket
13 26 (1.59%) SoapUI
14 24 (1.47%) SonarQube
15 20 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
16 18 (1.10%) Team Foundation Server
17 15 (0.92%) REST Assured
General
1 620 (37.97%) Finance
2 458 (28.05%) Social Skills
3 316 (19.35%) Banking
4 192 (11.76%) Law
5 170 (10.41%) Front Office
6 163 (9.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 150 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
8 134 (8.21%) Investment Banking
9 106 (6.49%) Public Sector
10 101 (6.18%) Financial Institution
11 57 (3.49%) Marketing
12 51 (3.12%) Retail
13 34 (2.08%) Back Office
14 32 (1.96%) Games
15 25 (1.53%) Legal
16 19 (1.16%) Billing
16 19 (1.16%) Manufacturing
16 19 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
17 17 (1.04%) Aerospace
18 15 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 562 (34.42%) Developer
2 448 (27.43%) Software Engineer
3 396 (24.25%) Senior
4 269 (16.47%) Java Developer
5 248 (15.19%) Java Engineer
6 240 (14.70%) Lead
7 175 (10.72%) Java Software Engineer
8 149 (9.12%) Senior Software Engineer
9 108 (6.61%) Senior Java Engineer
10 107 (6.55%) AWS Engineer
11 101 (6.18%) Architect
12 100 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
13 98 (6.00%) Senior Developer
14 93 (5.70%) Lead Software Engineer
15 79 (4.84%) Python Engineer
15 79 (4.84%) Senior Java Software Engineer
16 71 (4.35%) Python Software Engineer
17 69 (4.23%) AWS Software Engineer
18 65 (3.98%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 60 (3.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 355 (21.74%) Spring
2 311 (19.04%) React
3 278 (17.02%) Spring Boot
4 235 (14.39%) Kafka
5 166 (10.17%) REST
6 160 (9.80%) .NET
7 156 (9.55%) RESTful
8 148 (9.06%) Node.js
9 120 (7.35%) HTML
10 118 (7.23%) AngularJS
11 97 (5.94%) CSS
12 78 (4.78%) Hibernate
13 71 (4.35%) Pandas
14 64 (3.92%) gRPC
14 64 (3.92%) SOAP
15 60 (3.67%) GraphQL
15 60 (3.67%) Web Services
16 59 (3.61%) NumPy
16 59 (3.61%) SciPy
17 56 (3.43%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 288 (17.64%) Cloud Native
2 184 (11.27%) Distributed Systems
3 115 (7.04%) Equities
4 109 (6.67%) Fixed Income
5 104 (6.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 89 (5.45%) Derivative
7 72 (4.41%) Algorithms
8 69 (4.23%) Hedge funds
9 66 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
10 56 (3.43%) Onboarding
10 56 (3.43%) Product Ownership
11 55 (3.37%) Pricing Data
12 48 (2.94%) Public Cloud
13 46 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
14 39 (2.39%) Management Information System
15 34 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
15 34 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
16 29 (1.78%) Data Structures
17 26 (1.59%) Virtual Team
18 24 (1.47%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 191 (11.70%) Linux
2 42 (2.57%) Windows
3 23 (1.41%) Unix
4 22 (1.35%) Android
5 14 (0.86%) VMS
6 13 (0.80%) Apple iOS
7 12 (0.73%) Amazon Linux
8 7 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.24%) CentOS
10 3 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.12%) Debian
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.061%) AIX
12 1 (0.061%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.061%) SUSE
12 1 (0.061%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 729 (44.64%) Agile
2 602 (36.86%) Software Engineering
3 531 (32.52%) CI/CD
4 389 (23.82%) Microservices
5 351 (21.49%) DevOps
6 344 (21.07%) Problem-Solving
7 252 (15.43%) Full-Stack Development
8 248 (15.19%) Test Automation
9 247 (15.13%) Mentoring
10 244 (14.94%) Computer Science
11 239 (14.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 205 (12.55%) SDLC
13 165 (10.10%) AI
14 162 (9.92%) Containerisation
15 161 (9.86%) TDD
16 160 (9.80%) Scrum
17 149 (9.12%) Fintech
18 131 (8.02%) Clean Code
19 124 (7.59%) Machine Learning
20 122 (7.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 666 (40.78%) Python
2 409 (25.05%) JavaScript
3 354 (21.68%) SQL
4 294 (18.00%) TypeScript
5 236 (14.45%) C#
6 157 (9.61%) C++
7 134 (8.21%) Go
8 108 (6.61%) Kotlin
9 92 (5.63%) C
10 69 (4.23%) Scala
11 51 (3.12%) PHP
12 38 (2.33%) Groovy
13 37 (2.27%) Bash
13 37 (2.27%) Shell Script
14 34 (2.08%) PL/SQL
14 34 (2.08%) PowerShell
15 26 (1.59%) Perl
15 26 (1.59%) Rust
16 22 (1.35%) Ruby
17 18 (1.10%) R
Qualifications
1 290 (17.76%) Degree
2 207 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 142 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 130 (7.96%) SC Cleared
5 76 (4.65%) AWS Certification
6 66 (4.04%) Master's Degree
7 61 (3.74%) DV Cleared
8 44 (2.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 38 (2.33%) Azure Certification
10 30 (1.84%) PhD
11 24 (1.47%) ISTQB
12 21 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
13 19 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
14 18 (1.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 11 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
16 9 (0.55%) HND
17 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
17 6 (0.37%) PMI Certification
17 6 (0.37%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.06%) QA
2 46 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 28 (1.71%) GDPR
4 17 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (0.67%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.67%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.61%) ISO 9001
7 9 (0.55%) NIST
8 7 (0.43%) HIPAA
8 7 (0.43%) SLA
9 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.24%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.24%) SEPA
10 4 (0.24%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.24%) WCAG
11 3 (0.18%) NCSC
12 2 (0.12%) ITGC
12 2 (0.12%) PSD2
System Software
1 273 (16.72%) Docker
2 25 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
5 11 (0.67%) HDFS
6 4 (0.24%) DFS Replication
6 4 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.18%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Flume
8 2 (0.12%) Firmware
8 2 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.061%) KVM
9 1 (0.061%) Squid
Systems Management
1 400 (24.49%) Kubernetes
2 117 (7.16%) Terraform
3 67 (4.10%) Grafana
4 50 (3.06%) Ansible
5 39 (2.39%) Kibana
6 36 (2.20%) Prometheus
7 21 (1.29%) Argo
8 12 (0.73%) Progress Chef
9 9 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.43%) Control-M
10 7 (0.43%) HP Fortify
11 6 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
12 5 (0.31%) logstash
12 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (0.24%) Nagios
13 4 (0.24%) Puppet
14 3 (0.18%) Rancher
15 2 (0.12%) Kustomize
15 2 (0.12%) WSUS
15 2 (0.12%) yum
Vendors
1 114 (6.98%) Oracle
2 87 (5.33%) Microsoft
3 75 (4.59%) Google
4 36 (2.20%) Guidewire
5 33 (2.02%) Splunk
6 28 (1.71%) Atlassian
7 25 (1.53%) Dynatrace
8 24 (1.47%) Databricks
8 24 (1.47%) MuleSoft
9 22 (1.35%) SAP
10 18 (1.10%) IBM
10 18 (1.10%) Informatica
11 17 (1.04%) ServiceNow
12 14 (0.86%) Dell
12 14 (0.86%) Talend
13 13 (0.80%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.67%) Adobe
14 11 (0.67%) Salesforce
14 11 (0.67%) Solace
15 10 (0.61%) Foundry