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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 43 29
Rank change year-on-year -26 -14 -12
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,749 2,416 4,269
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.97% 5.39% 6.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.79% 15.67% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 1,478 3,397
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,227
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,176 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +10.34% -6.45%
75th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £130,000 £137,500 £121,521
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%

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 11,075 15,414 24,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 18.84% 34.36% 36.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8,227 9,255 20,610
10th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £102,500 £112,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 13 February 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 13 February 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 -9 918 £100,000 -2.44% 247
North of England -14 323 £67,500 +3.85% 161
South East -59 184 £62,500 -4.58% 182
Yorkshire +11 171 £71,250 +5.56% 51
South West -26 161 £65,000 - 97
North West -18 137 £67,500 +5.88% 83
Midlands -33 87 £50,000 +11.11% 59
West Midlands -4 67 £50,000 -4.76% 44
East of England -76 36 £60,000 +14.29% 26
East Midlands -37 19 £52,100 +48.86% 15
North East -36 15 £55,100 -8.17% 27
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 (3.37%) Apache
2 56 (3.20%) Apache Spark
3 41 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
4 25 (1.43%) Confluence
5 19 (1.09%) JBoss
6 13 (0.74%) OpenStack
6 13 (0.74%) WebSphere
7 12 (0.69%) IIS
8 7 (0.40%) Anypoint
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.34%) Mule
10 5 (0.29%) SharePoint
11 4 (0.23%) Appian
11 4 (0.23%) nginx
12 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.17%) CMS
12 3 (0.17%) Liferay
12 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.17%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 12 (0.69%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.17%) Simulink
5 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.11%) Windchill
6 1 (0.057%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.057%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (0.57%) Maximo
2 7 (0.40%) Fidessa
3 6 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.29%) Shopify
5 2 (0.11%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.11%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.057%) Bloomberg AIM
6 1 (0.057%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 796 (45.51%) AWS
2 320 (18.30%) Azure
3 202 (11.55%) GCP
4 164 (9.38%) Serverless
5 126 (7.20%) SaaS
6 124 (7.09%) Amazon EKS
7 98 (5.60%) AWS Lambda
8 90 (5.15%) Amazon S3
9 87 (4.97%) Amazon ECS
10 84 (4.80%) GitHub
11 68 (3.89%) AWS CloudFormation
12 48 (2.74%) AWS Step Functions
13 45 (2.57%) OpenShift
14 37 (2.12%) Amazon SQS
15 36 (2.06%) dbt
15 36 (2.06%) Snowflake
16 33 (1.89%) Apigee
17 32 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
18 31 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
19 29 (1.66%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 34 (1.94%) TCP/IP
2 23 (1.32%) Broadband
3 17 (0.97%) HTTP
4 11 (0.63%) AMQP
4 11 (0.63%) Internet
4 11 (0.63%) VPN
5 8 (0.46%) Multicast
6 6 (0.34%) BGP
6 6 (0.34%) Firewall
6 6 (0.34%) VLAN
7 4 (0.23%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.23%) SAN
8 3 (0.17%) DNS
8 3 (0.17%) PuTTY
9 2 (0.11%) DHCP
9 2 (0.11%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.11%) LAN
9 2 (0.11%) NAS
9 2 (0.11%) SNMP
9 2 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 160 (9.15%) PostgreSQL
2 143 (8.18%) NoSQL
3 119 (6.80%) Relational Database
4 77 (4.40%) SQL Server
5 72 (4.12%) MongoDB
6 63 (3.60%) DynamoDB
7 55 (3.14%) RDBMS
8 53 (3.03%) Big Data
9 52 (2.97%) MySQL
10 49 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
11 47 (2.69%) Hadoop
12 41 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
13 32 (1.83%) Data Lake
14 31 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
15 28 (1.60%) DB2
16 27 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
16 27 (1.54%) Neo4j
17 17 (0.97%) Apache Cassandra
17 17 (0.97%) Apache Ignite
17 17 (0.97%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 160 (9.15%) Jenkins
2 132 (7.55%) Git
3 108 (6.17%) Selenium
4 97 (5.55%) GitLab
5 89 (5.09%) JIRA
6 64 (3.66%) Cucumber
6 64 (3.66%) Cypress.io
7 63 (3.60%) TeamCity
8 61 (3.49%) JUnit
9 58 (3.32%) Maven
10 47 (2.69%) Postman
11 41 (2.34%) WebDriver
12 40 (2.29%) SonarQube
13 35 (2.00%) SoapUI
14 32 (1.83%) Bitbucket
15 28 (1.60%) Team Foundation Server
16 27 (1.54%) JMeter
17 22 (1.26%) Mockito
18 19 (1.09%) Jaeger
19 17 (0.97%) REST Assured
General
1 464 (26.53%) Finance
2 433 (24.76%) Social Skills
3 256 (14.64%) Banking
4 133 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
5 129 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 125 (7.15%) Law
7 110 (6.29%) Public Sector
8 106 (6.06%) Financial Institution
9 101 (5.77%) Front Office
10 100 (5.72%) Retail
11 82 (4.69%) Investment Banking
12 50 (2.86%) Back Office
13 33 (1.89%) Games
14 31 (1.77%) Telecoms
15 24 (1.37%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.37%) Pharmaceutical
16 23 (1.32%) Aerospace
17 19 (1.09%) Billing
18 18 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
18 18 (1.03%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 613 (35.05%) Developer
2 416 (23.79%) Software Engineer
3 403 (23.04%) Senior
4 355 (20.30%) Java Developer
5 246 (14.07%) Java Engineer
6 229 (13.09%) Lead
7 148 (8.46%) Java Software Engineer
8 139 (7.95%) Full-Stack Developer
9 131 (7.49%) Senior Developer
10 119 (6.80%) Senior Software Engineer
11 100 (5.72%) Architect
12 97 (5.55%) Senior Java Engineer
13 96 (5.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 89 (5.09%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 89 (5.09%) Senior Java Developer
15 68 (3.89%) AWS Engineer
16 64 (3.66%) Software Developer
17 54 (3.09%) Lead Software Engineer
17 54 (3.09%) Senior Java Software Engineer
18 43 (2.46%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 394 (22.53%) Spring
2 341 (19.50%) Spring Boot
3 312 (17.84%) React
4 208 (11.89%) REST
5 186 (10.63%) Kafka
6 155 (8.86%) .NET
6 155 (8.86%) AngularJS
7 153 (8.75%) Node.js
8 133 (7.60%) RESTful
9 118 (6.75%) HTML
10 91 (5.20%) SOAP
11 85 (4.86%) CSS
12 69 (3.95%) Hibernate
13 67 (3.83%) Elastic Stack
14 63 (3.60%) Web Services
15 49 (2.80%) GraphQL
16 48 (2.74%) JSON
17 46 (2.63%) Vue
18 45 (2.57%) Jest
19 42 (2.40%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 268 (15.32%) Cloud Native
2 184 (10.52%) Distributed Systems
3 74 (4.23%) Product Ownership
4 60 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
5 55 (3.14%) Equities
6 53 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 47 (2.69%) Enterprise Software
8 42 (2.40%) Algorithms
9 40 (2.29%) Fixed Income
10 38 (2.17%) Derivative
11 37 (2.12%) Blog
12 33 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
12 33 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
13 29 (1.66%) Distributed Architecture
13 29 (1.66%) Management Information System
13 29 (1.66%) Public Cloud
14 28 (1.60%) Onboarding
15 24 (1.37%) Hedge funds
16 23 (1.32%) FPGA
17 22 (1.26%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 196 (11.21%) Linux
2 35 (2.00%) Unix
3 31 (1.77%) Windows
4 29 (1.66%) Android
5 11 (0.63%) Apple iOS
6 8 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.40%) CentOS
7 7 (0.40%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.34%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.29%) Debian
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.057%) AIX
11 1 (0.057%) FreeRTOS
11 1 (0.057%) SUSE
11 1 (0.057%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 645 (36.88%) Agile
2 608 (34.76%) Software Engineering
3 571 (32.65%) CI/CD
4 420 (24.01%) DevOps
5 414 (23.67%) Microservices
6 353 (20.18%) Full-Stack Development
7 319 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
8 295 (16.87%) Mentoring
9 289 (16.52%) Test Automation
10 220 (12.58%) Computer Science
11 211 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 198 (11.32%) Containerisation
13 181 (10.35%) Scrum
14 177 (10.12%) AI
15 170 (9.72%) TDD
16 153 (8.75%) SDLC
17 145 (8.29%) Fintech
18 140 (8.00%) Roadmaps
19 134 (7.66%) Infrastructure as Code
19 134 (7.66%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 600 (34.31%) Python
2 405 (23.16%) JavaScript
3 348 (19.90%) SQL
4 271 (15.49%) TypeScript
5 209 (11.95%) C#
6 129 (7.38%) Go
7 123 (7.03%) C++
8 95 (5.43%) Kotlin
9 92 (5.26%) C
10 84 (4.80%) Bash
11 57 (3.26%) Scala
12 40 (2.29%) PHP
13 37 (2.12%) Groovy
14 32 (1.83%) Rust
15 30 (1.72%) PL/SQL
16 21 (1.20%) R
17 17 (0.97%) PowerShell
17 17 (0.97%) Ruby
18 16 (0.91%) Shell Script
19 14 (0.80%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 289 (16.52%) Degree
2 271 (15.49%) Security Cleared
3 156 (8.92%) SC Cleared
4 130 (7.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 101 (5.77%) DV Cleared
6 90 (5.15%) AWS Certification
7 60 (3.43%) Master's Degree
8 45 (2.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 36 (2.06%) Azure Certification
10 31 (1.77%) ISTQB
10 31 (1.77%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (1.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 25 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
13 21 (1.20%) PhD
14 19 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
15 15 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (0.74%) AWS Certified Developer
16 13 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 9 (0.51%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.51%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (6.58%) QA
2 45 (2.57%) Accessibility
3 24 (1.37%) GDPR
4 21 (1.20%) Data Quality
5 18 (1.03%) PCI DSS
6 16 (0.91%) SOC 2
7 12 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.23%) EU AI Act
9 4 (0.23%) SEPA
9 4 (0.23%) SLA
9 4 (0.23%) WCAG
10 3 (0.17%) NCSC
10 3 (0.17%) NIST
11 2 (0.11%) ECSS
11 2 (0.11%) MISRA
11 2 (0.11%) PSD2
12 1 (0.057%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.057%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 319 (18.24%) Docker
2 16 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
4 11 (0.63%) Active Directory
5 9 (0.51%) HDFS
6 5 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.23%) Firmware
7 4 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.11%) KVM
8 2 (0.11%) vSphere
9 1 (0.057%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.057%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.057%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.057%) Squid
Systems Management
1 425 (24.30%) Kubernetes
2 169 (9.66%) Terraform
3 89 (5.09%) Grafana
4 78 (4.46%) Ansible
5 43 (2.46%) Prometheus
6 42 (2.40%) Argo
7 27 (1.54%) HP Fortify
8 26 (1.49%) Kibana
9 19 (1.09%) Kustomize
10 10 (0.57%) Rancher
11 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.40%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.40%) Puppet
11 7 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.34%) yum
13 5 (0.29%) FTK
13 5 (0.29%) logstash
14 3 (0.17%) Control-M
14 3 (0.17%) Nagios
15 2 (0.11%) Packer
Vendors
1 100 (5.72%) Oracle
2 68 (3.89%) Microsoft
3 62 (3.54%) Google
4 27 (1.54%) MuleSoft
5 26 (1.49%) Atlassian
5 26 (1.49%) Databricks
6 24 (1.37%) IBM
7 22 (1.26%) Informatica
7 22 (1.26%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.20%) Splunk
9 19 (1.09%) Guidewire
9 19 (1.09%) Talend
10 18 (1.03%) SAP
11 13 (0.74%) Dynatrace
11 13 (0.74%) Red Hat
12 12 (0.69%) Dell
13 11 (0.63%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.57%) Adobe
14 10 (0.57%) Solace
15 9 (0.51%) Siemens