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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 28 37
Rank change year-on-year -28 +9 -16
Permanent jobs citing Java 2,418 3,033 3,866
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.64% 6.96% 5.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.64% 23.40% 17.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,570 1,421 2,724
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £54,375
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 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -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 16,518 12,959 21,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.04% 29.76% 29.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12,044 8,712 16,683
10th Percentile £37,575 £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 1 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 1 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 -13 1,064 £85,000 -20.93% 833
North of England -26 681 £68,076 +0.85% 194
North West -35 309 £70,000 - 108
South West -21 249 £60,000 -4.00% 109
Yorkshire +38 225 £72,500 +7.41% 51
South East -58 209 £68,750 +5.77% 119
North East +3 147 £55,000 +18.92% 36
Midlands -81 138 £67,500 +12.50% 76
West Midlands -48 115 £67,500 +12.50% 62
East of England -62 54 £51,359 +16.73% 38
East Midlands -82 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 60 (2.48%) Confluence
2 50 (2.07%) Apache
3 43 (1.78%) Apache Spark
4 30 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (0.62%) Camunda
5 15 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
6 14 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
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%) CMS
10 5 (0.21%) GeoServer
10 5 (0.21%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.17%) CICS
12 3 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
12 3 (0.12%) SAS
12 3 (0.12%) SharePoint
12 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.083%) Moodle
Applications
1 19 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.12%) Moqups
6 2 (0.083%) PTC Creo
6 2 (0.083%) Windchill
7 1 (0.041%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.041%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.041%) Photoshop
7 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 (0.083%) 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 1,000 (41.36%) AWS
2 502 (20.76%) Azure
3 297 (12.28%) GCP
4 198 (8.19%) Serverless
5 154 (6.37%) AWS CloudFormation
6 125 (5.17%) GitHub
7 123 (5.09%) AWS Lambda
8 117 (4.84%) Amazon ECS
9 111 (4.59%) Amazon S3
10 92 (3.80%) SaaS
11 90 (3.72%) Amazon EKS
12 75 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
13 64 (2.65%) AWS Step Functions
14 62 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
15 41 (1.70%) Amazon ECR
16 38 (1.57%) OpenShift
17 36 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 36 (1.49%) Apigee
18 35 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
18 35 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.41%) HTTP
2 32 (1.32%) Broadband
3 20 (0.83%) TCP/IP
4 17 (0.70%) Network Security
5 13 (0.54%) 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
1 173 (7.15%) PostgreSQL
2 169 (6.99%) NoSQL
3 126 (5.21%) MongoDB
4 113 (4.67%) Relational Database
5 86 (3.56%) MySQL
6 82 (3.39%) DynamoDB
7 73 (3.02%) SQL Server
8 38 (1.57%) Amazon Athena
9 35 (1.45%) Big Data
10 27 (1.12%) Redis
11 26 (1.08%) Db2
12 25 (1.03%) BigQuery
13 22 (0.91%) Hadoop
14 21 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
14 21 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
15 16 (0.66%) RDBMS
16 15 (0.62%) Metadata
17 14 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
17 14 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
18 13 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 246 (10.17%) Git
2 189 (7.82%) Jenkins
3 174 (7.20%) GitLab
4 94 (3.89%) JIRA
5 85 (3.52%) Cucumber
6 84 (3.47%) JUnit
7 75 (3.10%) Maven
8 73 (3.02%) Selenium
9 61 (2.52%) Cypress.io
10 48 (1.99%) SonarQube
11 45 (1.86%) TeamCity
12 40 (1.65%) JMeter
12 40 (1.65%) Postman
13 36 (1.49%) Eclipse
14 35 (1.45%) Mockito
15 33 (1.36%) Subversion
16 32 (1.32%) Bitbucket
17 24 (0.99%) Claude Code
18 23 (0.95%) REST Assured
19 20 (0.83%) Gradle
General
1 647 (26.76%) Finance
2 388 (16.05%) Social Skills
3 236 (9.76%) Public Sector
4 216 (8.93%) Banking
5 177 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 123 (5.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 111 (4.59%) Front Office
8 92 (3.80%) Law
9 75 (3.10%) Retail
10 59 (2.44%) Financial Institution
11 42 (1.74%) Investment Banking
12 35 (1.45%) Health Technology
13 32 (1.32%) Back Office
14 30 (1.24%) Marketing
15 28 (1.16%) Manufacturing
16 24 (0.99%) Legal
17 23 (0.95%) Games
18 19 (0.79%) Aerospace
18 19 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
18 19 (0.79%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 851 (35.19%) Developer
2 606 (25.06%) Senior
3 557 (23.04%) Java Developer
4 555 (22.95%) Software Engineer
5 415 (17.16%) Java Engineer
6 346 (14.31%) Lead
7 207 (8.56%) Senior Developer
8 184 (7.61%) Senior Software Engineer
9 160 (6.62%) Java Software Engineer
10 152 (6.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 141 (5.83%) Full-Stack Developer
12 136 (5.62%) Senior Java Developer
13 127 (5.25%) Senior Java Engineer
14 122 (5.05%) Lead Software Engineer
15 120 (4.96%) Software Developer
16 88 (3.64%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 78 (3.23%) Principal Engineer
18 75 (3.10%) DevOps Engineer
19 74 (3.06%) Architect
20 72 (2.98%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 559 (23.12%) Spring
2 466 (19.27%) Spring Boot
3 284 (11.75%) React
4 268 (11.08%) Kafka
5 234 (9.68%) AngularJS
6 229 (9.47%) REST
7 224 (9.26%) Node.js
8 181 (7.49%) RESTful
9 158 (6.53%) .NET
10 86 (3.56%) Web Services
11 78 (3.23%) CSS
12 71 (2.94%) HTML
13 70 (2.89%) GraphQL
14 65 (2.69%) Vue
15 53 (2.19%) OAuth
16 51 (2.11%) Playwright
17 49 (2.03%) Hibernate
18 47 (1.94%) JSON
19 46 (1.90%) RabbitMQ
20 45 (1.86%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 301 (12.45%) Cloud Native
2 224 (9.26%) Distributed Systems
3 155 (6.41%) Product Ownership
4 107 (4.43%) Public Cloud
5 64 (2.65%) Onboarding
6 56 (2.32%) Fixed Income
7 55 (2.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 55 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
8 51 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
9 41 (1.70%) Data Structures
9 41 (1.70%) Distributed Architecture
10 36 (1.49%) Virtual Team
11 35 (1.45%) e-Learning
11 35 (1.45%) Mobile App
12 33 (1.36%) Equities
13 32 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
14 27 (1.12%) Algorithms
15 22 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
16 21 (0.87%) Social Media
17 20 (0.83%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 218 (9.02%) Linux
2 61 (2.52%) Windows
3 43 (1.78%) Android
4 40 (1.65%) Unix
5 18 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 13 (0.54%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.21%) CentOS
9 4 (0.17%) Debian
9 4 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.083%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 852 (35.24%) Software Engineering
2 823 (34.04%) Agile
3 792 (32.75%) CI/CD
4 575 (23.78%) Microservices
5 570 (23.57%) DevOps
6 494 (20.43%) Test Automation
7 469 (19.40%) Full-Stack Development
8 423 (17.49%) Mentoring
9 398 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
10 349 (14.43%) AI
11 303 (12.53%) Containerisation
12 279 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 279 (11.54%) Infrastructure as Code
13 251 (10.38%) TDD
14 231 (9.55%) Roadmaps
15 224 (9.26%) Computer Science
15 224 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
16 218 (9.02%) Scrum
17 203 (8.40%) SDLC
18 198 (8.19%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 791 (32.71%) Python
2 460 (19.02%) SQL
3 425 (17.58%) JavaScript
4 263 (10.88%) TypeScript
5 251 (10.38%) C#
6 230 (9.51%) C++
7 147 (6.08%) Go
8 113 (4.67%) Bash
9 105 (4.34%) Kotlin
10 71 (2.94%) Scala
11 67 (2.77%) C
12 59 (2.44%) Groovy
12 59 (2.44%) PHP
13 54 (2.23%) Rust
14 43 (1.78%) Perl
15 36 (1.49%) PowerShell
16 34 (1.41%) Ruby
17 32 (1.32%) PL/SQL
18 21 (0.87%) Shell Script
19 13 (0.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 418 (17.29%) Security Cleared
2 274 (11.33%) Degree
3 243 (10.05%) SC Cleared
4 155 (6.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 145 (6.00%) DV Cleared
6 99 (4.09%) AWS Certification
7 57 (2.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 28 (1.16%) Master's Degree
9 21 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
10 20 (0.83%) 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 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 12 (0.50%) DBS Check
15 10 (0.41%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
17 8 (0.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 8 (0.33%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (6.53%) QA
2 74 (3.06%) Accessibility
3 54 (2.23%) Data Quality
4 26 (1.08%) WCAG
5 21 (0.87%) GDPR
6 14 (0.58%) GRC
7 12 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.50%) NIST
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 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 14443
10 4 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 7816
11 3 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.12%) PSD2
12 2 (0.083%) Good Clinical Practice
12 2 (0.083%) MiFID
12 2 (0.083%) Software Quality Assurance
12 2 (0.083%) UCITS
System Software
1 386 (15.96%) Docker
2 21 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 21 (0.87%) 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 (0.083%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 440 (18.20%) Kubernetes
2 277 (11.46%) Terraform
3 112 (4.63%) Ansible
4 92 (3.80%) Grafana
5 35 (1.45%) Prometheus
6 28 (1.16%) Argo
6 28 (1.16%) HP Fortify
6 28 (1.16%) Kibana
7 16 (0.66%) Puppet
8 13 (0.54%) 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 (0.17%) Control-M
15 3 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
15 3 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 99 (4.09%) Oracle
2 97 (4.01%) Microsoft
3 71 (2.94%) Google
4 61 (2.52%) Splunk
5 43 (1.78%) IBM
6 33 (1.36%) SAP
7 26 (1.08%) Red Hat
8 25 (1.03%) VMware
9 24 (0.99%) AppDynamics
9 24 (0.99%) Palantir
10 23 (0.95%) Adobe
10 23 (0.95%) Dynatrace
11 22 (0.91%) Salesforce
12 21 (0.87%) ServiceNow
13 19 (0.79%) Foundry
14 18 (0.74%) OpenAI
15 14 (0.58%) MuleSoft
16 13 (0.54%) Databricks
16 13 (0.54%) SendGrid
17 11 (0.45%) Solace