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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 28 37
Rank change year-on-year -27 +9 -16
Permanent jobs citing Java 2,432 3,028 3,801
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.65% 6.93% 5.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.68% 23.31% 17.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,577 1,421 2,671
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £78,810 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% -1.49% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £115,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £143,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.65% -

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 16,565 12,988 21,378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.02% 29.70% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 12,070 8,734 16,155
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,750 £46,250
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 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 August 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 August 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 1,066 £85,000 -19.05% 850
North of England -26 683 £67,500 - 182
North West -36 309 £70,000 - 97
South West -22 254 £60,000 - 108
Yorkshire +38 224 £72,500 +7.41% 51
South East -53 213 £67,500 +3.85% 117
North East +5 150 £55,000 +18.92% 35
Midlands -72 139 £67,500 +12.50% 74
West Midlands -50 116 £67,500 +12.50% 59
East of England -67 54 £51,359 +16.73% 37
East Midlands -76 22 £60,000 +26.32% 14
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 59 (2.43%) Confluence
2 50 (2.06%) Apache
3 43 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 30 (1.23%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.62%) Camunda
6 14 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 14 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
7 9 (0.37%) JBoss
8 8 (0.33%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.33%) SharePoint Server
9 6 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 5 (0.21%) CICS
10 5 (0.21%) CMS
10 5 (0.21%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.21%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
11 3 (0.12%) SAS
11 3 (0.12%) SharePoint
11 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.082%) Moodle
Applications
1 19 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 7 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.12%) Moqups
7 2 (0.082%) PTC Creo
7 2 (0.082%) Windchill
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.041%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.041%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.041%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.33%) Maximo
3 5 (0.21%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.21%) Temenos T24
4 3 (0.12%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.12%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.082%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.041%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.041%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.041%) Endur
6 1 (0.041%) Findur
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.041%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.041%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,007 (41.41%) AWS
2 509 (20.93%) Azure
3 300 (12.34%) GCP
4 197 (8.10%) Serverless
5 155 (6.37%) AWS CloudFormation
6 129 (5.30%) GitHub
7 122 (5.02%) AWS Lambda
8 116 (4.77%) Amazon ECS
9 110 (4.52%) Amazon S3
10 94 (3.87%) SaaS
11 90 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
12 78 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
13 65 (2.67%) GitHub Actions
14 64 (2.63%) AWS Step Functions
15 41 (1.69%) Amazon ECR
16 40 (1.64%) OpenShift
17 36 (1.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 36 (1.48%) Apigee
18 35 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
18 35 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.44%) HTTP
2 32 (1.32%) Broadband
3 19 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.70%) Network Security
5 13 (0.53%) DMARC
6 9 (0.37%) MQTT
7 8 (0.33%) IPv4
7 8 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
8 6 (0.25%) BGP
8 6 (0.25%) DNS
8 6 (0.25%) IPsec
8 6 (0.25%) Kerberos
8 6 (0.25%) VPN
9 5 (0.21%) AMQP
9 5 (0.21%) Firewall
9 5 (0.21%) Internet
10 3 (0.12%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.12%) LAN
10 3 (0.12%) SAN
10 3 (0.12%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 172 (7.07%) PostgreSQL
2 170 (6.99%) NoSQL
3 125 (5.14%) MongoDB
4 114 (4.69%) Relational Database
5 86 (3.54%) MySQL
6 81 (3.33%) DynamoDB
7 74 (3.04%) SQL Server
8 38 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
9 35 (1.44%) Big Data
10 27 (1.11%) Db2
10 27 (1.11%) Redis
11 25 (1.03%) BigQuery
12 22 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
12 22 (0.90%) Hadoop
13 21 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
14 16 (0.66%) Metadata
14 16 (0.66%) RDBMS
15 14 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
16 13 (0.53%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 251 (10.32%) Git
2 193 (7.94%) Jenkins
3 177 (7.28%) GitLab
4 94 (3.87%) JIRA
5 85 (3.50%) Cucumber
5 85 (3.50%) JUnit
6 75 (3.08%) Maven
6 75 (3.08%) Selenium
7 63 (2.59%) Cypress.io
8 50 (2.06%) SonarQube
9 46 (1.89%) TeamCity
10 42 (1.73%) Postman
11 40 (1.64%) JMeter
12 36 (1.48%) Eclipse
13 35 (1.44%) Mockito
14 33 (1.36%) Subversion
15 32 (1.32%) Bitbucket
16 24 (0.99%) Claude Code
17 23 (0.95%) REST Assured
18 20 (0.82%) Gradle
General
1 649 (26.69%) Finance
2 394 (16.20%) Social Skills
3 240 (9.87%) Public Sector
4 218 (8.96%) Banking
5 176 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 111 (4.56%) Front Office
8 93 (3.82%) Law
9 75 (3.08%) Retail
10 59 (2.43%) Financial Institution
11 41 (1.69%) Investment Banking
12 35 (1.44%) Health Technology
13 32 (1.32%) Back Office
14 31 (1.27%) Marketing
15 28 (1.15%) Manufacturing
16 25 (1.03%) Legal
17 24 (0.99%) Games
18 19 (0.78%) Aerospace
18 19 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (0.78%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 859 (35.32%) Developer
2 610 (25.08%) Senior
3 561 (23.07%) Software Engineer
4 560 (23.03%) Java Developer
5 415 (17.06%) Java Engineer
6 349 (14.35%) Lead
7 209 (8.59%) Senior Developer
8 186 (7.65%) Senior Software Engineer
9 162 (6.66%) Java Software Engineer
10 154 (6.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 140 (5.76%) Full-Stack Developer
12 137 (5.63%) Senior Java Developer
13 128 (5.26%) Senior Java Engineer
14 124 (5.10%) Lead Software Engineer
15 123 (5.06%) Software Developer
16 88 (3.62%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 79 (3.25%) Principal Engineer
18 75 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
19 74 (3.04%) Architect
20 72 (2.96%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 560 (23.03%) Spring
2 467 (19.20%) Spring Boot
3 288 (11.84%) React
4 269 (11.06%) Kafka
5 237 (9.75%) AngularJS
6 232 (9.54%) REST
7 226 (9.29%) Node.js
8 184 (7.57%) RESTful
9 164 (6.74%) .NET
10 86 (3.54%) Web Services
11 79 (3.25%) CSS
12 71 (2.92%) GraphQL
12 71 (2.92%) HTML
13 66 (2.71%) Vue
14 54 (2.22%) OAuth
15 51 (2.10%) Playwright
16 49 (2.01%) Hibernate
17 47 (1.93%) JSON
17 47 (1.93%) RabbitMQ
18 46 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 305 (12.54%) Cloud Native
2 225 (9.25%) Distributed Systems
3 158 (6.50%) Product Ownership
4 109 (4.48%) Public Cloud
5 66 (2.71%) Onboarding
6 57 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 56 (2.30%) Fixed Income
8 55 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 52 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (1.73%) Data Structures
11 41 (1.69%) Distributed Architecture
12 36 (1.48%) Virtual Team
13 35 (1.44%) e-Learning
13 35 (1.44%) Mobile App
14 33 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
15 32 (1.32%) Equities
16 28 (1.15%) Algorithms
17 22 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
18 21 (0.86%) Social Media
19 20 (0.82%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 217 (8.92%) Linux
2 62 (2.55%) Windows
3 44 (1.81%) Android
4 40 (1.64%) Unix
5 18 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 14 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.21%) CentOS
9 4 (0.16%) Debian
9 4 (0.16%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.082%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 862 (35.44%) Software Engineering
2 826 (33.96%) Agile
3 799 (32.85%) CI/CD
4 577 (23.73%) Microservices
5 575 (23.64%) DevOps
6 496 (20.39%) Test Automation
7 471 (19.37%) Full-Stack Development
8 425 (17.48%) Mentoring
9 402 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
10 354 (14.56%) AI
11 307 (12.62%) Containerisation
12 285 (11.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 280 (11.51%) Infrastructure as Code
14 250 (10.28%) TDD
15 240 (9.87%) Roadmaps
16 227 (9.33%) Technical Leadership
17 223 (9.17%) Computer Science
18 220 (9.05%) Scrum
19 206 (8.47%) SDLC
20 199 (8.18%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 795 (32.69%) Python
2 463 (19.04%) SQL
3 435 (17.89%) JavaScript
4 266 (10.94%) TypeScript
5 255 (10.49%) C#
6 233 (9.58%) C++
7 150 (6.17%) Go
8 113 (4.65%) Bash
9 105 (4.32%) Kotlin
10 72 (2.96%) Scala
11 66 (2.71%) C
12 59 (2.43%) Groovy
12 59 (2.43%) PHP
13 55 (2.26%) Rust
14 43 (1.77%) Perl
15 36 (1.48%) PowerShell
16 34 (1.40%) Ruby
17 32 (1.32%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.86%) Shell Script
19 14 (0.58%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 423 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 274 (11.27%) Degree
3 246 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 155 (6.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 145 (5.96%) DV Cleared
6 98 (4.03%) AWS Certification
7 56 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 28 (1.15%) Master's Degree
9 21 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
10 20 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 18 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (0.74%) ISTQB
11 18 (0.74%) OSCP
12 14 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
13 13 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.49%) DBS Check
15 10 (0.41%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
17 8 (0.33%) Azure Certification
17 8 (0.33%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (6.54%) QA
2 74 (3.04%) Accessibility
3 54 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 26 (1.07%) WCAG
5 21 (0.86%) GDPR
6 14 (0.58%) GRC
6 14 (0.58%) NIST
7 12 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.29%) ISO 20022
9 7 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.29%) SOC 2
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.12%) MiFID
11 3 (0.12%) PSD2
11 3 (0.12%) UCITS
12 2 (0.082%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.082%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 390 (16.04%) Docker
2 21 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (0.45%) vSphere
4 8 (0.33%) Squid
4 8 (0.33%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.25%) Firmware
5 6 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.21%) KVM
7 3 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.082%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 443 (18.22%) Kubernetes
2 278 (11.43%) Terraform
3 112 (4.61%) Ansible
4 94 (3.87%) Grafana
5 37 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 28 (1.15%) Argo
6 28 (1.15%) HP Fortify
6 28 (1.15%) Kibana
7 16 (0.66%) Puppet
8 13 (0.53%) Packer
9 11 (0.45%) Rancher
10 10 (0.41%) logstash
11 8 (0.33%) ZABBIX
12 6 (0.25%) Hadoop YARN
12 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.25%) yum
13 5 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
14 4 (0.16%) Control-M
15 3 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
15 3 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 100 (4.11%) Oracle
2 97 (3.99%) Microsoft
3 72 (2.96%) Google
4 61 (2.51%) Splunk
5 43 (1.77%) IBM
6 33 (1.36%) SAP
7 28 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 25 (1.03%) VMware
9 24 (0.99%) AppDynamics
10 23 (0.95%) Adobe
10 23 (0.95%) Dynatrace
10 23 (0.95%) Palantir
10 23 (0.95%) Salesforce
11 21 (0.86%) ServiceNow
12 18 (0.74%) Foundry
13 16 (0.66%) OpenAI
14 14 (0.58%) MuleSoft
15 13 (0.53%) Databricks
15 13 (0.53%) SendGrid
16 12 (0.49%) Bloomberg