Graduate Java Developer Job Trends in London

Graduate Java Developer
England > London

The median Graduate Java Developer salary in London is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 420 451
Rank change year-on-year +46 +31 +234
Permanent jobs requiring a Graduate Java Developer 1 1 6
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.007% 0.006% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.007% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £29,500
25th Percentile - £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +6.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile - £43,750 £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £30,000 £42,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -29.41% +21.43% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,669 14,355 17,481
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.71% 95.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,394 8,303 14,076
10th Percentile £36,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.45% -5.69%

Graduate Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Graduate Java Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Graduate Java Developer job vacancy trend in London

Graduate Java Developer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Java Developer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Graduate Java Developer job vacancies in London

Graduate Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Graduate Java Developer 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 London region featuring Graduate Java Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) OO

Graduate Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Innovation
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) SAP