Java Software Developer Job Trends in Leeds

Java Software Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Java Software Developer salary in Leeds is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Developer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Leeds with a recognized job title 869 1,658 1,621
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.45% 95.95% 97.53%
Number of salaries quoted 586 1,097 1,222
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +4.76%

Java Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Job postings that featured Java Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Job vacancy trend for Java Software Developer in Leeds

Java Software Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in Leeds

Java Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Java Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leeds region featuring Java Software Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Scala
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Micronaut
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) Fintech
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Logistics

Java Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 1 (33.33%) Micronaut
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Logistics
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Scala
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared