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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 13 10
Rank change year-on-year -30 -3 +8
Permanent jobs citing Java 23 38 1,763
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.34% 9.07% 46.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.54% 33.63% 65.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6 20 113
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +25.00% -15.38%
75th Percentile £76,250 £88,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,250 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £57,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.90% +0.43% -17.20%

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 112 113 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 11.41% 26.97% 70.85%
Number of salaries quoted 57 75 344
10th Percentile £27,000 £39,550 £35,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £47,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £94,000 £79,625
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%

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 20 May 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 3 (13.04%) WebSphere
1 3 (13.04%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (21.74%) AWS
2 3 (13.04%) Azure
3 2 (8.70%) GitHub
3 2 (8.70%) GitHub Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.70%) MySQL
3 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Git
1 3 (13.04%) JIRA
2 2 (8.70%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (30.43%) Banking
2 5 (21.74%) Investment Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 20 (86.96%) Developer
2 18 (78.26%) Java Developer
3 6 (26.09%) Senior
3 6 (26.09%) Senior Developer
3 6 (26.09%) Senior Java Developer
4 4 (17.39%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (13.04%) Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Applications Support
5 3 (13.04%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Support Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Java Developer
7 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) Spring
2 3 (13.04%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) Spring Boot
3 2 (8.70%) Hibernate
3 2 (8.70%) JPA
3 2 (8.70%) Kafka
3 2 (8.70%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (17.39%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (13.04%) ITIL
2 3 (13.04%) ITSM
2 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (13.04%) Project Delivery
2 3 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (13.04%) Service Management
3 2 (8.70%) Analytics
3 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
3 2 (8.70%) Data Analytics
3 2 (8.70%) Machine Learning
3 2 (8.70%) Microservices
3 2 (8.70%) Open Source
3 2 (8.70%) Software Engineering
3 2 (8.70%) Test Automation
3 2 (8.70%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
1 3 (13.04%) T-SQL
2 2 (8.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.04%) QA
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle