The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
18 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
74 |
61 |
70 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-13 |
+9 |
-4 |
| Permanent jobs citing Java |
14 |
10 |
17 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Kent |
0.86% |
1.32% |
1.36% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
5.04% |
7.58% |
5.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
7 |
6 |
14 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£25,000 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
- |
£25,625 |
£46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£25,000 |
£41,250 |
£52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-39.39% |
-21.43% |
+11.70% |
| 75th Percentile |
£34,250 |
£82,188 |
£80,313 |
| 90th Percentile |
£47,050 |
£90,000 |
£157,375 |
| South East median annual salary |
£67,500 |
£65,000 |
£57,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.85% |
+13.04% |
-11.54% |
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 Kent.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills |
278 |
132 |
292 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent |
17.03% |
17.37% |
23.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
183 |
105 |
228 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,500 |
£28,550 |
£33,750 |
| 25th Percentile |
£41,250 |
£30,500 |
£41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£52,500 |
£40,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+31.25% |
-27.27% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£62,500 |
£62,500 |
£67,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£75,000 |
£75,000 |
| South East median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
- |
-5.98% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.
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Salary Trend in Kent
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Java.
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Salary Histogram in Kent
Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Kent over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.
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Job Locations in Kent
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Kent region over the 6 months to 18 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.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:
