Java Software Developer Job Trends in London

Java Software Developer
England > London

The median Java Software Developer salary in London is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
1 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 374 445
Rank change year-on-year -8 +71 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Developer 24 21 37
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.13% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.18% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 20 21 37
10th Percentile £68,375 £75,000 £44,000
25th Percentile £73,750 £107,500 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £115,000 £135,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -14.81% +50.00%
75th Percentile £142,500 £148,750 £155,000
90th Percentile - - £165,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £115,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -39.13% +119.05% -40.00%

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 16,528 11,644 20,994
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.74% 90.81% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 11,092 7,532 16,488
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.71%

Java Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Java Software Developer job vacancy trend in London

Java Software Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in London

Java Software Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Software Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Software Developer in London

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

For the 6 months to 1 April 2026, Java Software 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 Java Software Developer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 12 (50.00%) AWS
2 12 (50.00%) React
2 12 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 11 (45.83%) Full-Stack Development
4 10 (41.67%) Node.js
5 9 (37.50%) Agile
5 9 (37.50%) Kafka
5 9 (37.50%) Python
6 8 (33.33%) Go
6 8 (33.33%) GraphQL
6 8 (33.33%) Investment Management
6 8 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 8 (33.33%) Order Management
6 8 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
6 8 (33.33%) Redux
6 8 (33.33%) TypeScript
7 5 (20.83%) Business Strategy
7 5 (20.83%) Spring
8 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
9 3 (12.50%) Containerisation
9 3 (12.50%) Docker
9 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes
9 3 (12.50%) REST
9 3 (12.50%) Spring Boot
10 2 (8.33%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (8.33%) Amazon S3
10 2 (8.33%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (8.33%) AMQP

Java Software 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 12 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.33%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (8.33%) Amazon S3
2 2 (8.33%) Amazon SQS
2 2 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 2 (8.33%) SaaS
2 2 (8.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) Hadoop
General
1 14 (58.33%) Finance
2 9 (37.50%) Front Office
3 2 (8.33%) Aviation
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (50.00%) React
2 10 (41.67%) Node.js
3 9 (37.50%) Kafka
4 8 (33.33%) GraphQL
4 8 (33.33%) Redux
5 5 (20.83%) Spring
6 3 (12.50%) REST
6 3 (12.50%) Spring Boot
7 2 (8.33%) AngularJS
7 2 (8.33%) Hibernate
7 2 (8.33%) J2EE
7 2 (8.33%) JSON
7 2 (8.33%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (8.33%) SOAP
7 2 (8.33%) Spring Security
7 2 (8.33%) Web Services
7 2 (8.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Fixed Income
2 2 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (45.83%) Full-Stack Development
3 9 (37.50%) Agile
4 8 (33.33%) Investment Management
4 8 (33.33%) Order Management
4 8 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
5 5 (20.83%) Business Strategy
6 3 (12.50%) Containerisation
7 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 2 (8.33%) Clean Code
7 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Engineering
7 2 (8.33%) Data Science
7 2 (8.33%) DevOps
7 2 (8.33%) Fintech
7 2 (8.33%) OOA/OOD
7 2 (8.33%) SDLC
7 2 (8.33%) SOA
7 2 (8.33%) Wealth Management
8 1 (4.17%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (4.17%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (37.50%) Python
3 8 (33.33%) Go
3 8 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 8 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.33%) Terraform
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