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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 71 18
Rank change year-on-year -51 -53 +22
Permanent jobs citing Java 37 42 366
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.82% 2.21% 9.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.20% 8.43% 30.70%
Number of salaries quoted 31 34 205
10th Percentile £46,250 £26,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,125 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -19.57% -11.54%
75th Percentile £78,125 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,375 £88,750
South East median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +17.12% -14.62%

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 712 498 1,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.72% 26.25% 31.63%
Number of salaries quoted 578 356 922
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £41,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,563 £68,438
90th Percentile £86,500 £79,375 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £56,145 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.87% +2.08% -8.33%

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 2 August 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 2 August 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
Farnborough -27 13 £75,000 +11.11% 2
Southampton -20 9 £74,000 +55.79% 2
Romsey - 4 £62,500 -
Portsmouth -1 1 £92,500 +100.00% 6
Fleet -4 1 £52,500 -
Fareham -35 1 £41,500 +27.69%
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 (5.41%) Confluence
1 2 (5.41%) JBoss
2 1 (2.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Chatbot
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Infor SunSystems
Cloud Services
1 21 (56.76%) Azure
2 17 (45.95%) AWS
3 7 (18.92%) Serverless
4 6 (16.22%) GCP
5 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.41%) SaaS
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.70%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.70%) BrowserStack
6 1 (2.70%) GitHub
6 1 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.70%) Sumo Logic
6 1 (2.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) MQTT
2 1 (2.70%) ATM
2 1 (2.70%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Oracle Database
1 3 (8.11%) Relational Database
2 2 (5.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.70%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (56.76%) Git
2 4 (10.81%) Android Studio
3 3 (8.11%) GitLab
3 3 (8.11%) Selenium
4 2 (5.41%) Jenkins
4 2 (5.41%) JIRA
4 2 (5.41%) JMeter
5 1 (2.70%) Cucumber
5 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
5 1 (2.70%) Gatling
5 1 (2.70%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (2.70%) JUnit
5 1 (2.70%) LoadRunner
5 1 (2.70%) NUnit
5 1 (2.70%) Ranorex
5 1 (2.70%) REST Assured
5 1 (2.70%) Snyk
5 1 (2.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Finance
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Law
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (45.95%) Software Engineer
2 11 (29.73%) Developer
3 8 (21.62%) Java Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Lead
4 5 (13.51%) Lead Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Lead Java Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Senior
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (8.11%) Android Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) .NET Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (2.70%) IT Support Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) Knowledge Specialist
7 1 (2.70%) Principal .NET Developer
7 1 (2.70%) QA Analyst
7 1 (2.70%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Software Tester
7 1 (2.70%) Systems Developer
7 1 (2.70%) Technology Director
7 1 (2.70%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) React
2 7 (18.92%) Kafka
3 5 (13.51%) REST
3 5 (13.51%) Spring
4 2 (5.41%) .NET
4 2 (5.41%) gRPC
4 2 (5.41%) JSON
4 2 (5.41%) SOAP
5 1 (2.70%) Apache Camel
5 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.70%) JavaFX
5 1 (2.70%) Next.js
5 1 (2.70%) Node.js
5 1 (2.70%) Playwright
5 1 (2.70%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (2.70%) React Native
5 1 (2.70%) RESTful
5 1 (2.70%) XHR
5 1 (2.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) Data Structures
2 6 (16.22%) Product Ownership
3 5 (13.51%) Algorithms
3 5 (13.51%) Robotics
4 4 (10.81%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (8.11%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.70%) Lidar
7 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (32.43%) Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Android
3 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Agile
1 21 (56.76%) CI/CD
2 19 (51.35%) Software Engineering
3 16 (43.24%) DevOps
4 14 (37.84%) Containerisation
4 14 (37.84%) Test Automation
5 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (27.03%) Computer Science
6 10 (27.03%) DevSecOps
6 10 (27.03%) Microservices
7 9 (24.32%) Scrum
8 7 (18.92%) AI
8 7 (18.92%) Machine Learning
9 6 (16.22%) Edge Computing
9 6 (16.22%) Kanban
10 5 (13.51%) Code Quality
10 5 (13.51%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 5 (13.51%) Software Delivery
11 4 (10.81%) Android Development
11 4 (10.81%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 20 (54.05%) Python
2 18 (48.65%) JavaScript
3 12 (32.43%) Go
3 12 (32.43%) TypeScript
4 10 (27.03%) Rust
5 5 (13.51%) C
5 5 (13.51%) C++
6 4 (10.81%) C#
6 4 (10.81%) SQL
7 2 (5.41%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.70%) Ada
8 1 (2.70%) PHP
8 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (59.46%) Security Cleared
2 15 (40.54%) Degree
3 9 (24.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (21.62%) SC Cleared
5 4 (10.81%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.70%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) QA
2 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 16 (43.24%) Docker
2 1 (2.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (37.84%) Kubernetes
2 7 (18.92%) Terraform
3 6 (16.22%) Ansible
4 2 (5.41%) Podman
4 2 (5.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Oracle
2 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.70%) Infor
3 1 (2.70%) NVIDIA
3 1 (2.70%) Veracode
3 1 (2.70%) Yahoo!