Lead Java Engineer Job Trends in Gloucester

Lead Java Engineer
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Lead Java Engineer salary in Gloucester is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Java Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucester 0.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Gloucester with a recognized job title 526 95 334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.95% 95.96% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 263 62 202
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,150 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,000 £38,572
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.07% -5.09% -10.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £58,438
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,375 £67,500
Gloucestershire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 22 August 2026, Lead Java Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Gloucester region featuring Lead Java Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java