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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 27 32
Rank change year-on-year -31 +5 -12
Permanent jobs citing Java 2,332 3,061 4,752
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.72% 7.33% 5.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.79% 23.73% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,533 1,466 3,541
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 £103,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £73,805
% change year-on-year -6.67% +1.62% -4.77%

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 15,767 12,901 28,512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.36% 30.88% 30.83%
Number of salaries quoted 11,441 8,728 22,681
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 3 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 3 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 -12 1,048 £85,000 -19.05% 530
North of England -25 658 £69,305 +2.67% 180
North West -35 294 £70,000 - 102
Yorkshire +27 228 £72,500 +3.57% 52
South East -45 213 £70,000 +7.69% 137
South West -27 212 £60,000 -4.00% 98
North East +2 136 £53,750 +19.44% 27
Midlands -90 111 £62,500 +8.23% 67
West Midlands -57 91 £65,000 +8.33% 42
East of England -58 58 £51,359 +16.73% 35
East Midlands -75 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 47 (2.02%) Confluence
2 46 (1.97%) Apache
3 36 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.64%) Palantir Foundry
6 12 (0.51%) 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 13 (0.56%) 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
1 970 (41.60%) AWS
2 463 (19.85%) Azure
3 294 (12.61%) GCP
4 195 (8.36%) Serverless
5 150 (6.43%) AWS CloudFormation
6 123 (5.27%) AWS Lambda
7 117 (5.02%) Amazon S3
8 114 (4.89%) Amazon ECS
9 112 (4.80%) SaaS
10 110 (4.72%) GitHub
11 106 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
12 71 (3.04%) AWS Step Functions
13 65 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
14 52 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
15 45 (1.93%) Amazon ECR
16 42 (1.80%) Amazon SQS
16 42 (1.80%) Apigee
17 36 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 36 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
17 36 (1.54%) 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 11 (0.47%) 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 6 (0.26%) BGP
8 6 (0.26%) VPN
9 4 (0.17%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.13%) DNS
10 3 (0.13%) Firewall
10 3 (0.13%) Internet
10 3 (0.13%) IPsec
10 3 (0.13%) VLAN
11 2 (0.086%) LAN
11 2 (0.086%) SAN
11 2 (0.086%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (7.63%) NoSQL
2 173 (7.42%) PostgreSQL
3 114 (4.89%) MongoDB
4 107 (4.59%) 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 32 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
10 31 (1.33%) RDBMS
11 27 (1.16%) Big Data
11 27 (1.16%) Db2
12 26 (1.11%) BigQuery
13 22 (0.94%) Redis
14 18 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
15 17 (0.73%) Hadoop
16 16 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
17 15 (0.64%) Metadata
18 13 (0.56%) Power BI
19 12 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 215 (9.22%) 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 64 (2.74%) Selenium
9 63 (2.70%) Cypress.io
10 56 (2.40%) TeamCity
11 54 (2.32%) SonarQube
12 34 (1.46%) JMeter
13 32 (1.37%) Postman
14 31 (1.33%) Bitbucket
15 28 (1.20%) Mockito
15 28 (1.20%) Subversion
16 25 (1.07%) Claude Code
16 25 (1.07%) Eclipse
16 25 (1.07%) Gradle
17 22 (0.94%) REST Assured
General
1 587 (25.17%) Finance
2 347 (14.88%) Social Skills
3 218 (9.35%) Public Sector
4 212 (9.09%) Banking
5 159 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
6 144 (6.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 103 (4.42%) Front Office
8 101 (4.33%) Law
9 91 (3.90%) 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
15 22 (0.94%) Manufacturing
16 19 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
17 18 (0.77%) Legal
18 17 (0.73%) Advertising
19 15 (0.64%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 862 (36.96%) Developer
2 572 (24.53%) Java Developer
2 572 (24.53%) Senior
3 539 (23.11%) Software Engineer
4 399 (17.11%) Java Engineer
5 337 (14.45%) Lead
6 209 (8.96%) Senior Developer
7 179 (7.68%) Senior Software Engineer
8 177 (7.59%) Java Software Engineer
9 149 (6.39%) Senior Java Developer
10 147 (6.30%) Full-Stack Developer
11 132 (5.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 124 (5.32%) Senior Java Engineer
13 122 (5.23%) Software Developer
14 117 (5.02%) Lead Software Engineer
15 94 (4.03%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 84 (3.60%) Architect
17 71 (3.04%) Consultant
18 69 (2.96%) Senior Java Software Engineer
19 63 (2.70%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 513 (22.00%) Spring
2 434 (18.61%) Spring Boot
3 291 (12.48%) React
4 233 (9.99%) AngularJS
5 226 (9.69%) REST
6 219 (9.39%) Node.js
7 216 (9.26%) Kafka
8 160 (6.86%) RESTful
9 151 (6.48%) .NET
10 88 (3.77%) Web Services
11 74 (3.17%) Vue
12 73 (3.13%) CSS
13 67 (2.87%) HTML
14 62 (2.66%) GraphQL
15 56 (2.40%) SOAP
16 50 (2.14%) Elastic Stack
17 49 (2.10%) Hibernate
17 49 (2.10%) JSON
18 47 (2.02%) Middleware
18 47 (2.02%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 283 (12.14%) Cloud Native
2 178 (7.63%) Distributed Systems
3 145 (6.22%) Product Ownership
4 100 (4.29%) Public Cloud
5 54 (2.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 50 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 49 (2.10%) Fixed Income
8 43 (1.84%) Onboarding
9 41 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (1.72%) Data Structures
11 38 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
12 34 (1.46%) e-Learning
13 33 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
14 32 (1.37%) Blog
14 32 (1.37%) Virtual Team
15 31 (1.33%) Mobile App
16 29 (1.24%) Equities
17 23 (0.99%) Algorithms
18 20 (0.86%) Social Media
19 17 (0.73%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 218 (9.35%) Linux
2 52 (2.23%) Windows
3 49 (2.10%) Unix
4 43 (1.84%) 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
1 813 (34.86%) Software Engineering
2 805 (34.52%) Agile
3 718 (30.79%) CI/CD
4 545 (23.37%) DevOps
5 516 (22.13%) Microservices
6 461 (19.77%) Test Automation
7 457 (19.60%) Full-Stack Development
8 404 (17.32%) Mentoring
9 357 (15.31%) Problem-Solving
10 276 (11.84%) Containerisation
11 275 (11.79%) AI
12 245 (10.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 242 (10.38%) Infrastructure as Code
14 239 (10.25%) TDD
15 220 (9.43%) Technical Leadership
16 218 (9.35%) Roadmaps
17 205 (8.79%) Computer Science
18 204 (8.75%) Scrum
19 181 (7.76%) SDLC
20 164 (7.03%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 724 (31.05%) Python
2 436 (18.70%) SQL
3 422 (18.10%) JavaScript
4 255 (10.93%) TypeScript
5 236 (10.12%) C#
6 214 (9.18%) C++
7 157 (6.73%) Go
8 120 (5.15%) Bash
9 98 (4.20%) Kotlin
10 64 (2.74%) C
11 61 (2.62%) Groovy
12 58 (2.49%) Scala
13 55 (2.36%) Rust
14 48 (2.06%) PHP
15 33 (1.42%) PowerShell
16 30 (1.29%) Perl
17 29 (1.24%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.90%) Ruby
19 18 (0.77%) Shell Script
20 15 (0.64%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 396 (16.98%) Security Cleared
2 250 (10.72%) Degree
3 242 (10.38%) SC Cleared
4 139 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 133 (5.70%) DV Cleared
6 99 (4.25%) AWS Certification
7 44 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 30 (1.29%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.11%) 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 (0.51%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.51%) PhD
17 11 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
18 9 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
19 8 (0.34%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (6.69%) QA
2 61 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 42 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 19 (0.81%) WCAG
5 18 (0.77%) GDPR
6 14 (0.60%) GRC
7 12 (0.51%) 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
10 5 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 14443
11 4 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 7816
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
1 360 (15.44%) 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
1 429 (18.40%) Kubernetes
2 278 (11.92%) Terraform
3 106 (4.55%) Grafana
4 105 (4.50%) Ansible
5 44 (1.89%) 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 (0.51%) 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%) AWS Copilot
17 3 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
17 3 (0.13%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 90 (3.86%) Oracle
2 84 (3.60%) Microsoft
3 74 (3.17%) Google
4 51 (2.19%) Splunk
5 40 (1.72%) 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%) SAP
8 22 (0.94%) VMware
9 19 (0.81%) Foundry
9 19 (0.81%) ServiceNow
10 18 (0.77%) AppDynamics
11 15 (0.64%) Adobe
11 15 (0.64%) MuleSoft
12 13 (0.56%) SendGrid
13 11 (0.47%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.47%) Solace
14 9 (0.39%) Veracode