Java Job Trends in Hampshire

Java
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 51 34
Rank change year-on-year -58 -17 +1
Permanent jobs citing Java 14 67 197
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.46% 4.15% 5.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.25% 14.60% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 12 40 119
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -30.36% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,813 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +2.36% +2.92%

All Programming Languages
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 431 459 1,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 14.15% 28.40% 31.77%
Number of salaries quoted 361 396 996
10th Percentile £36,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £81,875
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Java job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Java
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Hampshire over the 6 months to 28 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Hampshire

Java
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 28 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Southampton -7 3 £90,000 +89.47% 2
Farnborough -16 3 £37,500 -44.44% 2
Fleet -10 1 £52,500 - 2
Winchester -14 1 £57,500 +31.43%
Portsmouth -14 1 £92,500 +79.34% 1
Java
South East

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (14.29%) JBoss
2 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Boomi
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 2 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Git
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
1 3 (21.43%) Postman
2 2 (14.29%) Android Studio
2 2 (14.29%) Selenium
2 2 (14.29%) SoapUI
2 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (14.29%) WebDriver
3 1 (7.14%) JUnit
3 1 (7.14%) NUnit
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Android Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Java Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Java Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) REST
1 5 (35.71%) SOAP
2 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 3 (21.43%) HTML
3 2 (14.29%) JSON
3 2 (14.29%) React
3 2 (14.29%) XML
4 1 (7.14%) CSS
4 1 (7.14%) Next.js
4 1 (7.14%) Node.js
4 1 (7.14%) React Native
4 1 (7.14%) Spring
4 1 (7.14%) Spring Boot
4 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Android
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
3 3 (21.43%) Microservices
3 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (21.43%) Scrum
3 3 (21.43%) Software Architecture
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 2 (14.29%) Android Development
4 2 (14.29%) API Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Data Mapping
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) Logistics
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Test Management
4 2 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) C
3 4 (28.57%) C++
3 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 4 (28.57%) Python
4 3 (21.43%) Go
4 3 (21.43%) TypeScript
5 2 (14.29%) Kotlin
6 1 (7.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
4 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle
2 1 (7.14%) IFS
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft