Java Job Trends in Glasgow

Java
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -35 +4 +4
Permanent jobs citing Java 24 179 1,524
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.40% 29.59% 41.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.51% 57.93% 62.64%
Number of salaries quoted 7 20 115
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,188 £53,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £74,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.75% +35.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,250 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -22.24%

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 117 309 2,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 11.70% 51.07% 66.69%
Number of salaries quoted 61 85 371
10th Percentile £27,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £46,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £64,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +17.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £94,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -4.35%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Java job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Java
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Glasgow over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Glasgow

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 2 (8.33%) WebSphere
1 2 (8.33%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) GitHub
2 2 (8.33%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.33%) MySQL
3 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Git
1 4 (16.67%) JIRA
2 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (4.17%) IntelliJ
3 1 (4.17%) Maven
3 1 (4.17%) Subversion
General
1 9 (37.50%) Banking
2 5 (20.83%) Investment Banking
3 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 19 (79.17%) Developer
2 17 (70.83%) Java Developer
3 8 (33.33%) Senior
4 7 (29.17%) Senior Developer
4 7 (29.17%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (12.50%) Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Applications Support
7 2 (8.33%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (8.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 2 (8.33%) Support Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Lead
8 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 1 (4.17%) Systems Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Technical Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Technical Business Analyst
8 1 (4.17%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) Spring
2 4 (16.67%) Spring Boot
3 3 (12.50%) JPA
3 3 (12.50%) REST
4 2 (8.33%) .NET
4 2 (8.33%) Hibernate
4 2 (8.33%) JSF
4 2 (8.33%) JSP
4 2 (8.33%) Kafka
4 2 (8.33%) React
5 1 (4.17%) CSS
5 1 (4.17%) DOM
5 1 (4.17%) HTML
5 1 (4.17%) J2EE
5 1 (4.17%) JDBC
5 1 (4.17%) Next.js
5 1 (4.17%) SAX
5 1 (4.17%) Servlets
5 1 (4.17%) XML
5 1 (4.17%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.17%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 3 (12.50%) Agile
3 3 (12.50%) Microservices
3 3 (12.50%) Test Automation
4 2 (8.33%) Analytics
4 2 (8.33%) Data Analytics
4 2 (8.33%) ITIL
4 2 (8.33%) ITSM
4 2 (8.33%) Machine Learning
4 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (8.33%) Open Source
4 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (8.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (8.33%) SDLC
4 2 (8.33%) Service Management
4 2 (8.33%) Unit Testing
5 1 (4.17%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.50%) Python
1 3 (12.50%) SQL
2 2 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (8.33%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) QA
2 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle