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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 32 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 -22 +6
Permanent jobs citing Java 22 29 1,073
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.83% 5.23% 44.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.51% 17.58% 62.53%
Number of salaries quoted 6 14 96
10th Percentile £41,875 £49,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £46,813 £57,625 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +19.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £71,563 £83,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,375 £100,000 £76,875
Scotland median annual salary £70,079 £67,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year +3.82% +11.57% -10.55%

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 83 165 1,716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 10.67% 29.78% 70.62%
Number of salaries quoted 47 76 294
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,625 £39,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - -
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £78,750
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 £56,409 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.93% +2.56% -7.60%

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 5 March 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 4 (18.18%) WebSphere
1 4 (18.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) AWS
2 4 (18.18%) Azure
3 2 (9.09%) Boomi
4 1 (4.55%) GitHub
4 1 (4.55%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.09%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.55%) MySQL
3 1 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (18.18%) Git
1 4 (18.18%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 7 (31.82%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Banking
3 4 (18.18%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Private Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Developer
2 12 (54.55%) Java Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Applications Support
3 4 (18.18%) Applications Support Analyst
3 4 (18.18%) Support Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Integration Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Core Java Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Java Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Kafka Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Ruby Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) .NET
1 4 (18.18%) Spring
2 3 (13.64%) REST
2 3 (13.64%) Spring Boot
3 2 (9.09%) Kafka
3 2 (9.09%) React
3 2 (9.09%) SOAP
3 2 (9.09%) Web Services
4 1 (4.55%) AngularJS
4 1 (4.55%) Hibernate
4 1 (4.55%) JMS
4 1 (4.55%) JPA
4 1 (4.55%) JSON
4 1 (4.55%) Middleware
4 1 (4.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) ITIL
1 4 (18.18%) ITSM
1 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (18.18%) Project Delivery
1 4 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (18.18%) Service Management
2 3 (13.64%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (13.64%) Software Engineering
3 2 (9.09%) Agile
3 2 (9.09%) Multithreading
4 1 (4.55%) Analytics
4 1 (4.55%) Data Analytics
4 1 (4.55%) Data Integration
4 1 (4.55%) E-Commerce
4 1 (4.55%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.55%) Machine Learning
4 1 (4.55%) Open Source
4 1 (4.55%) Scrum
4 1 (4.55%) Test Automation
4 1 (4.55%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 4 (18.18%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.55%) C#
3 1 (4.55%) Groovy
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.55%) Kotlin
3 1 (4.55%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Ruby
3 1 (4.55%) Scala
3 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) MuleSoft
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Oracle
2 1 (4.55%) Talend