Java Software Engineer Job Trends in Liverpool

Java Software Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Java Software Engineer salary in Liverpool is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 10 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Liverpool 0.87% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £70,000 - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Merseyside median annual salary £85,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 1,077 380 650
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 93.83% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 672 196 449
10th Percentile £30,775 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £35,000 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +0.95% +6.06%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £68,279
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,748
Merseyside median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +1.01%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Liverpool.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Liverpool

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Liverpool.

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Liverpool

Java Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Liverpool

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Liverpool over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Software Engineer in Liverpool

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 19 September 2026, Java Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Liverpool region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) Java
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Git
2 3 (30.00%) IBM
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (30.00%) Jest
2 3 (30.00%) JUnit
2 3 (30.00%) Mockito
2 3 (30.00%) Playwright
2 3 (30.00%) React
2 3 (30.00%) React Native
2 3 (30.00%) RESTful
2 3 (30.00%) Selenium
2 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (30.00%) Spring
2 3 (30.00%) TDD
2 3 (30.00%) Tomcat
2 3 (30.00%) WCAG
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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 3 (30.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (30.00%) Tomcat
1 3 (30.00%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Cypress.io
1 3 (30.00%) Git
1 3 (30.00%) JUnit
1 3 (30.00%) Mockito
1 3 (30.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Jest
1 3 (30.00%) Playwright
1 3 (30.00%) React
1 3 (30.00%) React Native
1 3 (30.00%) RESTful
1 3 (30.00%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (30.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (30.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) IBM