Java Job Trends in Lancashire

Java
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 12 46
Rank change year-on-year -59 +34 -12
Permanent jobs citing Java 14 316 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.80% 36.32% 3.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.33% 74.88% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 13 9 29
10th Percentile £49,631 £48,867 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,869 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,326 £57,560 £73,805
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -22.01% +34.19%
75th Percentile £74,987 £59,081 £80,000
90th Percentile £78,997 - £81,000
North West median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -7.41%

All Programming Languages
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 168 422 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 9.64% 48.51% 25.35%
Number of salaries quoted 101 98 243
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,475 £30,400
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% -4.63% +5.26%
75th Percentile £55,972 £53,688 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,640 £59,081 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Java job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Java
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Lancashire

Java
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Blackpool -2 12 £55,000 -4.90% 1
Blackburn -12 1 £60,326 +20.52%
Java
North West

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) AWS
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure AKS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) MongoDB
1 5 (35.71%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (14.29%) MySQL
2 2 (14.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) GitLab
General
1 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
2 3 (21.43%) Aerospace
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 5 (35.71%) Senior
3 4 (28.57%) Java Engineer
3 4 (28.57%) Java Software Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Lead
4 3 (21.43%) Senior DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Node.js
2 2 (14.29%) RESTful
3 1 (7.14%) Pyramid
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Software Engineering
2 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 6 (42.86%) Microservices
4 5 (35.71%) Coaching
4 5 (35.71%) Mentoring
4 5 (35.71%) Test Automation
5 4 (28.57%) CI/CD
6 3 (21.43%) Business Case
6 3 (21.43%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (21.43%) DevOps
6 3 (21.43%) Line Management
6 3 (21.43%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
6 3 (21.43%) Open Source
6 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
6 3 (21.43%) Project Planning
6 3 (21.43%) Roadmaps
6 3 (21.43%) Scrum
6 3 (21.43%) SDLC
6 3 (21.43%) Technology Roadmap
7 2 (14.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) C
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) Argo
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform