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 1 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -30 +3 +4
Permanent jobs citing Java 30 180 1,374
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 2.87% 27.23% 40.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.73% 56.60% 61.89%
Number of salaries quoted 10 20 111
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £54,781 £53,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £74,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.04% +35.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £79,375 £88,750 £70,625
90th Percentile £81,500 £100,250 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -24.40%

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 132 318 2,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 12.63% 48.11% 65.43%
Number of salaries quoted 73 90 357
10th Percentile £27,000 £39,075 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,500 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.23% +5.51% -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 1 July 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 (6.67%) WebSphere
1 2 (6.67%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (3.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (23.33%) AWS
2 5 (16.67%) GitHub
3 4 (13.33%) GitHub Copilot
4 2 (6.67%) Azure
5 1 (3.33%) Google Play
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (13.33%) MySQL
3 2 (6.67%) MongoDB
3 2 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 5 (16.67%) Git
3 4 (13.33%) JIRA
4 2 (6.67%) IntelliJ
4 2 (6.67%) Maven
5 1 (3.33%) Cucumber
5 1 (3.33%) JUnit
5 1 (3.33%) Mockito
5 1 (3.33%) SonarQube
5 1 (3.33%) Subversion
General
1 10 (33.33%) Banking
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
2 5 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.33%) Aviation
4 1 (3.33%) Front Office
4 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (66.67%) Developer
2 17 (56.67%) Java Developer
3 8 (26.67%) Senior
4 7 (23.33%) Senior Developer
4 7 (23.33%) Senior Java Developer
5 6 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (13.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
6 4 (13.33%) Lead
6 4 (13.33%) Technical Leader
7 3 (10.00%) Analyst
7 3 (10.00%) Applications Support
8 2 (6.67%) Applications Support Analyst
8 2 (6.67%) Java Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Java Software Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Support Analyst
9 1 (3.33%) Android Developer
9 1 (3.33%) Application Support Team Leader
9 1 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) Spring
2 7 (23.33%) Spring Boot
3 5 (16.67%) JPA
3 5 (16.67%) REST
4 4 (13.33%) Hibernate
4 4 (13.33%) JSP
4 4 (13.33%) Kafka
4 4 (13.33%) React
5 3 (10.00%) .NET
5 3 (10.00%) J2EE
5 3 (10.00%) Next.js
6 2 (6.67%) JSF
6 2 (6.67%) RESTful
7 1 (3.33%) CSS
7 1 (3.33%) DOM
7 1 (3.33%) HTML
7 1 (3.33%) Java EE
7 1 (3.33%) Servlets
7 1 (3.33%) XML
7 1 (3.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) CI/CD
1 9 (30.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (26.67%) Software Engineering
3 7 (23.33%) Agile
4 6 (20.00%) SDLC
5 5 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 5 (16.67%) Microservices
6 4 (13.33%) Analytics
6 4 (13.33%) Code Quality
6 4 (13.33%) Data Analytics
6 4 (13.33%) DevOps
6 4 (13.33%) Machine Learning
6 4 (13.33%) Test Automation
7 3 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
7 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 3 (10.00%) ITIL
7 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (10.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 5 (16.67%) Python
2 4 (13.33%) SQL
3 3 (10.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (10.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (3.33%) C#
4 1 (3.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (30.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (13.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (3.33%) Google
1 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
1 1 (3.33%) Oracle