JVM Tuning Job Trends in England

JVM Tuning
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring JVM Tuning skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 612 - 679
Rank change year-on-year - - +284
Permanent jobs citing JVM Tuning 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.009% - 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £123,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £131,250 - -
75th Percentile £143,125 - -
90th Percentile £144,250 - -
UK median annual salary £131,250 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

JVM Tuning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,913 43,729 44,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.21% 90.84% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 25,804 21,413 34,236
10th Percentile £28,742 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

JVM Tuning
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JVM Tuning relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

JVM Tuning job vacancy trend in England

JVM Tuning
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing JVM Tuning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing JVM Tuning

JVM Tuning
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JVM Tuning within the England region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 - 5 £131,250 - 1
JVM Tuning
UK

JVM Tuning
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) GCP
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) VisualVM
1 2 (40.00%) YourKit
2 1 (20.00%) Gradle
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Front Office
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Electronic Trading Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Electronic Trading Java Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Front Office Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Low Latency Java Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Scala Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Scala Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (40.00%) Akka
2 2 (40.00%) Kafka
3 1 (20.00%) React
3 1 (20.00%) Spring
3 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (40.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 5 (100.00%) Low Latency
2 3 (60.00%) Algorithmic Trading
2 3 (60.00%) Electronic Trading
2 3 (60.00%) Ultra-Low Latency
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Functional Programming
3 2 (40.00%) Garbage Collection
3 2 (40.00%) Memory Management
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Trading
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Market Making
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Order Management
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Solace