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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 62 44
Rank change year-on-year -49 -18 -12
Permanent jobs citing Java 16 83 128
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.61% 3.60% 4.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.98% 12.58% 13.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13 42 96
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £45,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -23.21% +16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,875 £75,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £86,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +4.17%

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 402 660 974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.25% 28.63% 34.59%
Number of salaries quoted 344 452 841
10th Percentile £32,575 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,938 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +6.36% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +6 5 £55,000 -24.14% 3
Farnborough -13 3 £37,500 - 4
Portsmouth +2 2 £92,500 +79.34% 11
Winchester -10 1 £57,500 +31.43%
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 (12.50%) JBoss
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) AWS
2 4 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
3 2 (12.50%) OpenShift
4 1 (6.25%) Boomi
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle Database
1 2 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
1 3 (18.75%) Postman
2 2 (12.50%) Cucumber
2 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 2 (12.50%) JMeter
2 2 (12.50%) JUnit
2 2 (12.50%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) SoapUI
2 2 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
2 2 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
2 2 (12.50%) WebDriver
3 1 (6.25%) Git
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Developer
2 3 (18.75%) Java Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Java Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Kafka Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (12.50%) Systems Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Test Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Java Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technology Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (31.25%) REST
1 5 (31.25%) SOAP
2 3 (18.75%) HTML
2 3 (18.75%) React
2 3 (18.75%) Spring
3 2 (12.50%) .NET
3 2 (12.50%) AngularJS
3 2 (12.50%) Hibernate
3 2 (12.50%) JSON
3 2 (12.50%) Kafka
3 2 (12.50%) Vue
3 2 (12.50%) XML
4 1 (6.25%) CSS
4 1 (6.25%) Spring Boot
4 1 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Agile
1 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
1 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
2 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (18.75%) Microservices
4 2 (12.50%) API Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Data Mapping
4 2 (12.50%) ERP
4 2 (12.50%) Logistics
4 2 (12.50%) Product Management
4 2 (12.50%) Prototyping
4 2 (12.50%) Rapid Prototyping
4 2 (12.50%) Scrum
4 2 (12.50%) Software Testing
4 2 (12.50%) Test Management
4 2 (12.50%) Test Scripting
4 2 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C#
1 5 (31.25%) C++
1 5 (31.25%) Python
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) Go
3 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
4 2 (12.50%) C
4 2 (12.50%) Kotlin
4 2 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 1 (6.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) Degree
3 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) ISTQB
4 2 (12.50%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Ansible
1 2 (12.50%) Progress Chef
2 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (6.25%) IFS
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft