Java Engineer Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Java Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Java Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 January 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer 3 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.43% - 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% - 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile - - £68,125
90th Percentile - - £79,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £87,319 £52,500
% change year-on-year -31.29% +66.32% -19.23%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 659 565 1,191
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 96.75% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 457 252 838
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,075 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Java Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in Gloucestershire

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 30 January 2026, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Spring
2 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) Vue

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

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) Spring
1 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
1 1 (33.33%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) AI
1 3 (100.00%) Data Science
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared