Java Job Trends in London

Java
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 31 19
Rank change year-on-year -3 -12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Java 948 1,082 1,942
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.70% 7.92% 8.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.34% 19.05% 21.46%
Number of salaries quoted 572 766 1,595
10th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £105,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £144,375 £145,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -0.66% +4.14% -7.22%

All Programming Languages
London

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,660 5,681 9,051
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.01% 41.56% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,275 3,975 7,741
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £48,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £101,250
90th Percentile £126,250 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £63,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% +8.33% -7.69%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Java job vacancy trend in London

Java
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in London over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in London

Java
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 11 March 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 -5 143 £100,000 - 104
South London -6 13 £70,000 -6.67% 2
West London -11 13 £61,250 +104.17% 9
East London -11 4 £75,000 - 12
Java
England

Java
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 35 (3.69%) Apache Spark
2 22 (2.32%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.48%) Apache
4 13 (1.37%) Confluence
5 12 (1.27%) JBoss
6 11 (1.16%) WebSphere
7 8 (0.84%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.42%) Appian
8 4 (0.42%) Camunda
8 4 (0.42%) Moodle
8 4 (0.42%) nginx
8 4 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.42%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.32%) Liferay
10 2 (0.21%) Mule
11 1 (0.11%) CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Ethereum
11 1 (0.11%) Hyperledger
11 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (0.95%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (1.05%) Maximo
2 7 (0.74%) Fidessa
3 4 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.42%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Bloomberg AIM
Cloud Services
1 421 (44.41%) AWS
2 161 (16.98%) GCP
3 126 (13.29%) Azure
4 90 (9.49%) Amazon EKS
5 81 (8.54%) SaaS
6 48 (5.06%) GitHub
7 32 (3.38%) Serverless
8 30 (3.16%) OpenShift
9 23 (2.43%) dbt
10 22 (2.32%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (2.11%) Amazon Kinesis
12 19 (2.00%) AWS Lambda
12 19 (2.00%) Pulumi
13 18 (1.90%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (1.90%) Datadog
14 17 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (1.69%) GitHub Copilot
15 16 (1.69%) Snowflake
16 15 (1.58%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.38%) TCP/IP
2 24 (2.53%) Broadband
3 11 (1.16%) HTTP
4 10 (1.05%) VPN
5 6 (0.63%) BGP
5 6 (0.63%) Multicast
5 6 (0.63%) VLAN
6 5 (0.53%) AMQP
6 5 (0.53%) Firewall
6 5 (0.53%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.21%) DHCP
7 2 (0.21%) DNS
7 2 (0.21%) Internet
7 2 (0.21%) LAN
7 2 (0.21%) NAS
7 2 (0.21%) SAN
7 2 (0.21%) SNMP
7 2 (0.21%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (8.23%) PostgreSQL
1 78 (8.23%) Relational Database
2 65 (6.86%) NoSQL
3 47 (4.96%) RDBMS
4 31 (3.27%) SQL Server
5 28 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (2.95%) DB2
6 27 (2.85%) MongoDB
7 25 (2.64%) Big Data
8 22 (2.32%) Hadoop
9 15 (1.58%) DynamoDB
10 14 (1.48%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (1.37%) MySQL
11 13 (1.37%) Neo4j
12 11 (1.16%) Apache Hive
12 11 (1.16%) Data Lake
12 11 (1.16%) Flink
12 11 (1.16%) Pentaho
13 10 (1.05%) Redis
14 9 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 64 (6.75%) TeamCity
2 50 (5.27%) Jenkins
3 46 (4.85%) Selenium
4 34 (3.59%) Git
5 31 (3.27%) Cucumber
6 25 (2.64%) GitLab
7 23 (2.43%) JIRA
8 16 (1.69%) Jaeger
9 15 (1.58%) JUnit
10 13 (1.37%) Bitbucket
11 12 (1.27%) Cypress.io
11 12 (1.27%) WebDriver
12 11 (1.16%) JMeter
13 10 (1.05%) Gradle
14 8 (0.84%) Maven
15 7 (0.74%) Postman
16 6 (0.63%) Mockito
17 5 (0.53%) Claude Code
17 5 (0.53%) SpecFlow
18 4 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 346 (36.50%) Finance
2 224 (23.63%) Banking
3 208 (21.94%) Social Skills
4 118 (12.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 113 (11.92%) Front Office
6 106 (11.18%) Law
7 86 (9.07%) Retail
8 85 (8.97%) Financial Institution
9 65 (6.86%) Investment Banking
10 64 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
11 59 (6.22%) Public Sector
12 53 (5.59%) Back Office
13 30 (3.16%) Telecoms
14 22 (2.32%) Games
15 18 (1.90%) Billing
16 14 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
19 7 (0.74%) Marketing
20 6 (0.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 339 (35.76%) Developer
2 247 (26.05%) Software Engineer
3 243 (25.63%) Senior
4 192 (20.25%) Java Developer
5 168 (17.72%) Java Engineer
6 146 (15.40%) Lead
7 102 (10.76%) Java Software Engineer
8 87 (9.18%) Full-Stack Developer
9 80 (8.44%) Senior Software Engineer
10 69 (7.28%) Senior Java Engineer
11 67 (7.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 67 (7.07%) Senior Developer
12 58 (6.12%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 52 (5.49%) Architect
14 49 (5.17%) Lead Software Engineer
15 48 (5.06%) Senior Java Developer
16 43 (4.54%) AWS Engineer
16 43 (4.54%) React Developer
17 38 (4.01%) Senior Java Software Engineer
18 36 (3.80%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (21.31%) Spring
2 178 (18.78%) React
3 155 (16.35%) Spring Boot
4 142 (14.98%) Kafka
5 112 (11.81%) REST
6 94 (9.92%) Node.js
7 65 (6.86%) .NET
8 60 (6.33%) GraphQL
9 58 (6.12%) AngularJS
10 57 (6.01%) RESTful
11 47 (4.96%) HTML
12 40 (4.22%) SOAP
13 38 (4.01%) CSS
14 36 (3.80%) Redux
15 35 (3.69%) Web Services
16 34 (3.59%) Elastic Stack
17 29 (3.06%) Hibernate
18 27 (2.85%) JSON
19 26 (2.74%) FIX Protocol
20 25 (2.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 192 (20.25%) Cloud Native
2 129 (13.61%) Distributed Systems
3 57 (6.01%) Fixed Income
4 50 (5.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 46 (4.85%) Product Ownership
6 41 (4.32%) Equities
7 38 (4.01%) Blog
8 28 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
8 28 (2.95%) Public Cloud
9 25 (2.64%) Derivative
10 21 (2.22%) Data Structures
10 21 (2.22%) Distributed Architecture
10 21 (2.22%) FPGA
10 21 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
12 16 (1.69%) Algorithms
12 16 (1.69%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.37%) Legacy Code
14 12 (1.27%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 119 (12.55%) Linux
2 34 (3.59%) Unix
3 25 (2.64%) Windows
4 21 (2.22%) Android
5 7 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.21%) CentOS
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (36.60%) Software Engineering
2 321 (33.86%) Agile
3 305 (32.17%) CI/CD
4 221 (23.31%) Microservices
5 194 (20.46%) DevOps
6 193 (20.36%) Full-Stack Development
7 184 (19.41%) Test Automation
8 153 (16.14%) Mentoring
9 142 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
10 116 (12.24%) Fintech
11 113 (11.92%) Containerisation
12 111 (11.71%) AI
13 107 (11.29%) Roadmaps
14 103 (10.86%) Continuous Improvement
15 100 (10.55%) Technical Leadership
16 90 (9.49%) Low Latency
17 82 (8.65%) Clean Code
18 80 (8.44%) Computer Science
18 80 (8.44%) Infrastructure as Code
19 67 (7.07%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 292 (30.80%) Python
2 199 (20.99%) JavaScript
3 148 (15.61%) SQL
4 139 (14.66%) TypeScript
5 114 (12.03%) Go
6 80 (8.44%) C#
7 67 (7.07%) C++
8 58 (6.12%) Kotlin
9 38 (4.01%) C
10 31 (3.27%) Rust
11 28 (2.95%) Bash
12 25 (2.64%) Scala
13 11 (1.16%) PowerShell
13 11 (1.16%) Shell Script
14 9 (0.95%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.84%) PHP
16 6 (0.63%) Ruby
16 6 (0.63%) VBA
17 5 (0.53%) RPG
18 4 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 130 (13.71%) Security Cleared
2 114 (12.03%) Degree
3 83 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 51 (5.38%) DV Cleared
5 43 (4.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (3.38%) AWS Certification
7 28 (2.95%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (1.48%) PhD
9 11 (1.16%) CREST Certified
9 11 (1.16%) OSCP
10 10 (1.05%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.53%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.42%) OSCE
12 4 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.32%) ISEB
13 3 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.21%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
15 1 (0.11%) FFIEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.69%) QA
2 16 (1.69%) GDPR
2 16 (1.69%) PCI DSS
3 15 (1.58%) SOC 2
4 11 (1.16%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.05%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.42%) EU AI Act
7 4 (0.42%) SLA
8 2 (0.21%) GRC
8 2 (0.21%) NIST
8 2 (0.21%) WCAG
9 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 142 (14.98%) Docker
2 13 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (0.42%) HDFS
4 4 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.32%) KVM
6 1 (0.11%) Firmware
6 1 (0.11%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.11%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.11%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 254 (26.79%) Kubernetes
2 121 (12.76%) Terraform
3 68 (7.17%) Grafana
4 39 (4.11%) Ansible
5 30 (3.16%) Argo
5 30 (3.16%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.69%) Kustomize
7 10 (1.05%) Kibana
8 8 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.21%) logstash
9 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 2 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.11%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.11%) Icinga
10 1 (0.11%) Nagios
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Flashback
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.11%) Rancher
Vendors
1 36 (3.80%) Google
2 24 (2.53%) Oracle
3 21 (2.22%) IBM
4 18 (1.90%) Microsoft
5 17 (1.79%) MuleSoft
6 16 (1.69%) Databricks
7 15 (1.58%) Informatica
7 15 (1.58%) Talend
8 13 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.27%) Atlassian
9 12 (1.27%) Dell
9 12 (1.27%) Splunk
10 11 (1.16%) Solace
11 10 (1.05%) OpenAI
12 9 (0.95%) Guidewire
13 8 (0.84%) SAP
14 7 (0.74%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.63%) Foundry
15 6 (0.63%) Mercator
15 6 (0.63%) Red Hat