Java Software Engineer Job Trends in London

Java Software Engineer
England > London

The median Java Software Engineer salary in London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
7 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 172 219
Rank change year-on-year -173 +47 +137
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 79 255 282
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.33% 2.09% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 2.28% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 64 183 244
10th Percentile £71,125 £78,750 £77,500
25th Percentile £90,000 £101,250 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £148,750
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £163,500
England median annual salary £80,000 £110,000 £112,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% -2.22% +25.00%

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 21,928 11,206 18,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 91.69% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 15,013 7,272 12,981
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in London

Java Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Software Engineer in London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Software Engineer in London

Java Software Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Central London -2 12 £90,000 +1.41% 2
Java Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 August 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 London region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Java
1 79 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 36 (45.57%) AWS
3 24 (30.38%) Spring Boot
4 23 (29.11%) Microservices
5 17 (21.52%) Full-Stack Development
5 17 (21.52%) Python
6 16 (20.25%) Kafka
6 16 (20.25%) Spring
7 15 (18.99%) CI/CD
7 15 (18.99%) Test Automation
8 13 (16.46%) Kubernetes
8 13 (16.46%) React
9 12 (15.19%) Computer Science
9 12 (15.19%) TypeScript
10 11 (13.92%) Agile
10 11 (13.92%) AI
10 11 (13.92%) Clean Code
10 11 (13.92%) Investment Management
11 10 (12.66%) Fintech
11 10 (12.66%) GCP
11 10 (12.66%) Go
11 10 (12.66%) Kotlin
11 10 (12.66%) Node.js
12 9 (11.39%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (11.39%) Continuous Deployment
12 9 (11.39%) Degree
12 9 (11.39%) Deployment Automation
12 9 (11.39%) Grafana
12 9 (11.39%) JavaScript

Java Software Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.27%) Camunda
1 1 (1.27%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 36 (45.57%) AWS
2 10 (12.66%) GCP
3 9 (11.39%) Amazon EKS
4 5 (6.33%) SaaS
5 4 (5.06%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (3.80%) Azure
7 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.27%) Serverless
7 1 (1.27%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.59%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.27%) Db2
3 1 (1.27%) MySQL
3 1 (1.27%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (11.39%) TeamCity
2 4 (5.06%) Claude Code
3 1 (1.27%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.27%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.27%) JIRA
3 1 (1.27%) Selenium
General
1 33 (41.77%) Finance
2 16 (20.25%) Front Office
3 14 (17.72%) Banking
4 9 (11.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (11.39%) Law
4 9 (11.39%) Retail
5 8 (10.13%) Health Technology
5 8 (10.13%) Social Skills
5 8 (10.13%) Tech for Good
6 5 (6.33%) Back Office
6 5 (6.33%) Financial Institution
7 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.53%) Games
9 1 (1.27%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (30.38%) Spring Boot
2 16 (20.25%) Kafka
2 16 (20.25%) Spring
3 13 (16.46%) React
4 10 (12.66%) Node.js
5 8 (10.13%) GraphQL
5 8 (10.13%) Redux
6 4 (5.06%) Model Context Protocol
7 3 (3.80%) Next.js
7 3 (3.80%) RESTful
8 2 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (2.53%) REST
9 1 (1.27%) .NET
9 1 (1.27%) CSS
9 1 (1.27%) Gherkin
9 1 (1.27%) HTML
9 1 (1.27%) JPA
9 1 (1.27%) OAuth
9 1 (1.27%) OpenID
9 1 (1.27%) Spring Security
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.72%) Cloud Native
2 8 (10.13%) Fixed Income
3 6 (7.59%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (6.33%) Distributed Architecture
5 4 (5.06%) Blog
6 3 (3.80%) Equities
6 3 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.53%) Derivative
7 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (29.11%) Microservices
3 17 (21.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (18.99%) CI/CD
4 15 (18.99%) Test Automation
5 12 (15.19%) Computer Science
6 11 (13.92%) Agile
6 11 (13.92%) AI
6 11 (13.92%) Clean Code
6 11 (13.92%) Investment Management
7 10 (12.66%) Fintech
8 9 (11.39%) Continuous Deployment
8 9 (11.39%) Deployment Automation
9 8 (10.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (10.13%) Order Management
9 8 (10.13%) Portfolio Management
10 7 (8.86%) Low Latency
10 7 (8.86%) Workflow
11 5 (6.33%) LLM
11 5 (6.33%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 79 (100.00%) Java
2 17 (21.52%) Python
3 12 (15.19%) TypeScript
4 10 (12.66%) Go
4 10 (12.66%) Kotlin
5 9 (11.39%) JavaScript
6 4 (5.06%) SQL
7 1 (1.27%) C#
7 1 (1.27%) C++
Qualifications
1 9 (11.39%) Degree
2 5 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.53%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (16.46%) Kubernetes
2 9 (11.39%) Grafana
2 9 (11.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.27%) Google
1 1 (1.27%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.27%) OpenAI
66 Java Software Engineer jobs in London