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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 35 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 -29 +2
Permanent jobs citing Java 21 42 353
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 3.03% 5.51% 35.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.34% 16.87% 58.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 68
10th Percentile £41,875 £46,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,813 £51,563 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.85% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £74,688 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £63,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.48% -2.69% -

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 94 249 602
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 13.54% 32.68% 60.26%
Number of salaries quoted 66 109 205
10th Percentile £30,375 £36,000 £31,550
25th Percentile £39,500 £39,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £52,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.05% -0.94% +0.95%
75th Percentile £85,000 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,500 £70,000
Scotland median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.27% -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 18 December 2025.

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 (9.52%) WebSphere
1 2 (9.52%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) AWS
1 6 (28.57%) GitHub
2 5 (23.81%) SaaS
3 3 (14.29%) Azure
4 2 (9.52%) Boomi
4 2 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (4.76%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (28.57%) MongoDB
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.76%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) JUnit
2 1 (4.76%) Selenium
2 1 (4.76%) TestNG
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Back Office
3 2 (9.52%) Banking
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Private Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Developer
2 9 (42.86%) Java Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Core Java Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Kafka Developer
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Applications Support
5 2 (9.52%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Dynamics NAV Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Integration Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Java Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) React Developer
5 2 (9.52%) SaaS Developer
5 2 (9.52%) Support Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Ruby Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) React
2 4 (19.05%) Kafka
2 4 (19.05%) Spring
3 3 (14.29%) .NET
3 3 (14.29%) Hibernate
3 3 (14.29%) REST
3 3 (14.29%) RESTful
3 3 (14.29%) XML
4 2 (9.52%) AngularJS
4 2 (9.52%) SOAP
4 2 (9.52%) Web Services
5 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
5 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (4.76%) Entity Framework
5 1 (4.76%) JMS
5 1 (4.76%) JSON
5 1 (4.76%) Middleware
5 1 (4.76%) Spring Boot
5 1 (4.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) NHS
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.76%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (4.76%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.76%) Low-Code
2 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Agile
2 6 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
3 5 (23.81%) Multithreading
3 5 (23.81%) OOP
3 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (19.05%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (19.05%) OO
5 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 3 (14.29%) Data Integration
5 3 (14.29%) Design Patterns
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
5 3 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 3 (14.29%) Web Development
6 2 (9.52%) Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) C#
3 2 (9.52%) C
3 2 (9.52%) Python
3 2 (9.52%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.76%) Groovy
4 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.76%) Kotlin
4 1 (4.76%) Ruby
4 1 (4.76%) Scala
4 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.76%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) ISO 9001
1 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.52%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.52%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.76%) Talend