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 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 25 35
Rank change year-on-year -29 +10 -15
Permanent jobs citing Java 2,274 3,000 4,639
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.78% 7.63% 5.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.23% 23.65% 16.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,476 1,404 3,456
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +3.33% -6.25%
75th Percentile £90,000 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -9.68%

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 14,927 12,683 28,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.23% 32.27% 30.79%
Number of salaries quoted 10,678 8,486 22,842
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 £86,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £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 9 June 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 9 June 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 1,050 £85,000 -19.05% 230
North of England -30 626 £69,305 +2.67% 148
North West -38 266 £70,000 -8.98% 72
Yorkshire +23 241 £72,500 +2.12% 42
South East -27 224 £70,000 +7.69% 91
South West -33 188 £60,000 - 73
North East 0 119 £52,130 +9.75% 35
Midlands -89 105 £58,750 +6.82% 34
West Midlands -59 87 £57,500 -4.17% 28
East of England -52 54 £53,180 +20.86% 33
East Midlands -84 17 £60,000 +26.32% 6
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 44 (1.93%) Apache
2 39 (1.72%) Confluence
3 34 (1.50%) Apache Spark
4 28 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
6 14 (0.62%) JBoss
7 10 (0.44%) OpenStack
8 8 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.35%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
9 7 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.22%) CMS
10 5 (0.22%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.22%) IIS
10 5 (0.22%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.18%) Camunda
12 3 (0.13%) CICS
12 3 (0.13%) Liferay
12 3 (0.13%) SAS
12 3 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.13%) Windchill
6 2 (0.088%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.088%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.044%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (0.48%) Maximo
2 9 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.13%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.13%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.088%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.088%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.044%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.044%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.044%) Endur
5 1 (0.044%) Findur
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.044%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.044%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.044%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 932 (40.99%) AWS
2 424 (18.65%) Azure
3 267 (11.74%) GCP
4 181 (7.96%) Serverless
5 137 (6.02%) AWS CloudFormation
6 119 (5.23%) SaaS
7 118 (5.19%) Amazon S3
8 113 (4.97%) AWS Lambda
9 110 (4.84%) Amazon ECS
10 104 (4.57%) Amazon EKS
11 100 (4.40%) GitHub
12 74 (3.25%) AWS Step Functions
13 64 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
14 48 (2.11%) Amazon ECR
15 47 (2.07%) Apigee
16 43 (1.89%) Amazon SQS
17 40 (1.76%) GitHub Actions
18 37 (1.63%) dbt
19 36 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 35 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.20%) Broadband
2 33 (1.45%) HTTP
3 26 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.40%) DMARC
5 8 (0.35%) IPv4
5 8 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
6 7 (0.31%) AMQP
7 5 (0.22%) MQTT
8 3 (0.13%) BGP
8 3 (0.13%) Internet
8 3 (0.13%) Network Security
8 3 (0.13%) VLAN
8 3 (0.13%) VPN
9 2 (0.088%) Firewall
9 2 (0.088%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.088%) LAN
9 2 (0.088%) SAN
9 2 (0.088%) WAN
10 1 (0.044%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.044%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (8.31%) NoSQL
2 164 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
3 105 (4.62%) MongoDB
3 105 (4.62%) Relational Database
4 90 (3.96%) DynamoDB
5 73 (3.21%) MySQL
6 65 (2.86%) SQL Server
7 40 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
8 38 (1.67%) RDBMS
9 31 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
10 26 (1.14%) Big Data
11 25 (1.10%) Db2
12 23 (1.01%) BigQuery
13 20 (0.88%) Redis
14 18 (0.79%) Hadoop
15 16 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
16 15 (0.66%) Metadata
17 13 (0.57%) Neo4j
17 13 (0.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 197 (8.66%) Git
2 176 (7.74%) Jenkins
3 155 (6.82%) GitLab
4 90 (3.96%) JIRA
5 81 (3.56%) Maven
5 81 (3.56%) Selenium
6 73 (3.21%) Cucumber
7 67 (2.95%) Cypress.io
8 62 (2.73%) JUnit
9 57 (2.51%) TeamCity
10 56 (2.46%) SonarQube
11 40 (1.76%) Postman
12 33 (1.45%) JMeter
13 31 (1.36%) Mockito
14 28 (1.23%) Bitbucket
14 28 (1.23%) Gradle
15 25 (1.10%) Claude Code
16 24 (1.06%) REST Assured
17 21 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
18 20 (0.88%) WebDriver
General
1 565 (24.85%) Finance
2 354 (15.57%) Social Skills
3 231 (10.16%) Banking
4 202 (8.88%) Public Sector
5 158 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
6 153 (6.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 105 (4.62%) Front Office
7 105 (4.62%) Law
8 95 (4.18%) Retail
9 70 (3.08%) Financial Institution
10 49 (2.15%) Back Office
11 43 (1.89%) Investment Banking
12 31 (1.36%) Games
13 28 (1.23%) Health Technology
14 23 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 22 (0.97%) Aerospace
16 20 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
17 19 (0.84%) Tech for Good
18 18 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
18 18 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 846 (37.20%) Developer
2 571 (25.11%) Java Developer
3 564 (24.80%) Senior
4 532 (23.39%) Software Engineer
5 397 (17.46%) Java Engineer
6 339 (14.91%) Lead
7 217 (9.54%) Senior Developer
8 181 (7.96%) Java Software Engineer
9 170 (7.48%) Senior Software Engineer
10 157 (6.90%) Senior Java Developer
11 147 (6.46%) Full-Stack Developer
12 137 (6.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 122 (5.36%) Senior Java Engineer
14 112 (4.93%) Lead Software Engineer
15 111 (4.88%) Software Developer
16 95 (4.18%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 78 (3.43%) Architect
18 66 (2.90%) Lead Developer
18 66 (2.90%) Senior Java Software Engineer
19 55 (2.42%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 503 (22.12%) Spring
2 427 (18.78%) Spring Boot
3 299 (13.15%) React
4 229 (10.07%) AngularJS
4 229 (10.07%) REST
5 206 (9.06%) Node.js
6 197 (8.66%) Kafka
7 151 (6.64%) .NET
8 140 (6.16%) RESTful
9 91 (4.00%) HTML
10 86 (3.78%) Web Services
11 80 (3.52%) CSS
12 68 (2.99%) SOAP
13 65 (2.86%) Vue
14 62 (2.73%) GraphQL
15 60 (2.64%) JSON
16 58 (2.55%) Elastic Stack
17 47 (2.07%) Playwright
18 46 (2.02%) Gherkin
19 44 (1.93%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 253 (11.13%) Cloud Native
2 177 (7.78%) Distributed Systems
3 143 (6.29%) Product Ownership
4 94 (4.13%) Public Cloud
5 52 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 48 (2.11%) Fixed Income
7 42 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
9 38 (1.67%) Distributed Architecture
9 38 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 36 (1.58%) Data Structures
11 34 (1.50%) Blog
12 33 (1.45%) e-Learning
12 33 (1.45%) Mobile App
13 32 (1.41%) Equities
14 30 (1.32%) Virtual Team
15 24 (1.06%) Onboarding
16 21 (0.92%) Algorithms
17 20 (0.88%) FPGA
17 20 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 194 (8.53%) Linux
2 50 (2.20%) Android
3 49 (2.15%) Unix
4 44 (1.93%) Windows
5 14 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.48%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.22%) CentOS
8 5 (0.22%) Debian
8 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.18%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.088%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 803 (35.31%) Agile
2 772 (33.95%) Software Engineering
3 686 (30.17%) CI/CD
4 522 (22.96%) DevOps
5 489 (21.50%) Microservices
6 468 (20.58%) Full-Stack Development
7 433 (19.04%) Test Automation
8 406 (17.85%) Mentoring
9 334 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
10 258 (11.35%) Containerisation
11 256 (11.26%) AI
12 233 (10.25%) TDD
13 224 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 219 (9.63%) Scrum
14 219 (9.63%) Technical Leadership
15 214 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
16 213 (9.37%) Roadmaps
17 193 (8.49%) Computer Science
18 177 (7.78%) SDLC
19 161 (7.08%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 663 (29.16%) Python
2 437 (19.22%) SQL
3 423 (18.60%) JavaScript
4 264 (11.61%) TypeScript
5 236 (10.38%) C#
6 185 (8.14%) C++
7 160 (7.04%) Go
8 112 (4.93%) Bash
9 107 (4.71%) Kotlin
10 63 (2.77%) Groovy
11 61 (2.68%) C
12 50 (2.20%) Scala
13 42 (1.85%) Rust
14 40 (1.76%) PHP
15 35 (1.54%) PL/SQL
16 27 (1.19%) PowerShell
17 18 (0.79%) R
18 16 (0.70%) Apex Code
18 16 (0.70%) Perl
19 13 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 357 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 253 (11.13%) Degree
3 223 (9.81%) SC Cleared
4 133 (5.85%) DV Cleared
5 130 (5.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 95 (4.18%) AWS Certification
7 36 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 30 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.14%) ISTQB
9 26 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
10 24 (1.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 22 (0.97%) OSCP
12 19 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 18 (0.79%) DBS Check
14 15 (0.66%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 14 (0.62%) Azure Certification
15 14 (0.62%) CREST Certified
16 13 (0.57%) PhD
17 12 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
18 9 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (6.55%) QA
2 57 (2.51%) Accessibility
3 39 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 14 (0.62%) GDPR
4 14 (0.62%) GRC
4 14 (0.62%) PCI DSS
4 14 (0.62%) WCAG
5 12 (0.53%) SOC 2
6 9 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.26%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 14443
8 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 7816
9 3 (0.13%) NIST
10 2 (0.088%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.088%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.044%) MiFID
11 1 (0.044%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 350 (15.39%) Docker
2 15 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.44%) vSphere
5 8 (0.35%) Squid
5 8 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.18%) Firmware
6 4 (0.18%) KVM
7 3 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.088%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.044%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.044%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.044%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.044%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.044%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 416 (18.29%) Kubernetes
2 259 (11.39%) Terraform
3 99 (4.35%) Grafana
4 96 (4.22%) Ansible
5 47 (2.07%) Argo
6 46 (2.02%) Prometheus
7 36 (1.58%) HP Fortify
8 28 (1.23%) Kibana
9 18 (0.79%) Kustomize
10 14 (0.62%) Packer
11 12 (0.53%) Puppet
12 11 (0.48%) Rancher
13 9 (0.40%) logstash
14 8 (0.35%) ZABBIX
15 6 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
15 6 (0.26%) yum
16 5 (0.22%) FTK
17 3 (0.13%) AWS Copilot
17 3 (0.13%) Progress Chef
18 2 (0.088%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 86 (3.78%) Oracle
2 81 (3.56%) Microsoft
3 72 (3.17%) Google
4 39 (1.72%) Splunk
5 29 (1.28%) IBM
6 25 (1.10%) Salesforce
7 21 (0.92%) Palantir
8 20 (0.88%) Dynatrace
8 20 (0.88%) Red Hat
9 19 (0.84%) Foundry
10 17 (0.75%) AppDynamics
10 17 (0.75%) VMware
11 16 (0.70%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.62%) ServiceNow
13 13 (0.57%) Databricks
13 13 (0.57%) SAP
14 12 (0.53%) Solace
15 11 (0.48%) Adobe
15 11 (0.48%) Atlassian
16 9 (0.40%) SendGrid