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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 22 16
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,043 1,156 2,229
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.84% 9.49% 9.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.52% 22.78% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 587 730 1,705
10th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £107,500 £130,000 £130,000
90th Percentile £133,500 £142,500 £150,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% -6.25%

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 5,344 5,074 9,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.81% 41.65% 40.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,765 3,516 7,714
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,625 £47,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £134,500 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 19 June 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 19 June 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 -17 152 £100,000 +2.56% 33
South London -8 23 £60,000 -27.27% 4
West London -15 21 £80,000 +166.67% 12
East London -6 3 - - 7
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 22 (2.11%) Confluence
2 21 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 17 (1.63%) Apache
4 15 (1.44%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (0.67%) JBoss
7 5 (0.48%) Camunda
7 5 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 4 (0.38%) CMS
9 3 (0.29%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.29%) SAS
10 2 (0.19%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.19%) Liferay
10 2 (0.19%) Moodle
10 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.096%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.096%) WebLogic
Applications
1 9 (0.86%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.096%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (1.05%) Maximo
2 5 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.48%) Temenos T24
3 3 (0.29%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.096%) Endur
4 1 (0.096%) Findur
4 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.096%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 463 (44.39%) AWS
2 191 (18.31%) GCP
3 174 (16.68%) Azure
4 63 (6.04%) Amazon EKS
5 61 (5.85%) SaaS
6 51 (4.89%) GitHub
7 49 (4.70%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (2.88%) Serverless
9 24 (2.30%) OpenShift
10 20 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (1.82%) Pulumi
12 18 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (1.53%) dbt
14 15 (1.44%) Azure Service Bus
15 14 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
15 14 (1.34%) GitHub Copilot
16 11 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
16 11 (1.05%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.88%) HTTP
2 25 (2.40%) Broadband
3 23 (2.21%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.05%) DMARC
5 5 (0.48%) Network Security
6 4 (0.38%) BGP
6 4 (0.38%) IPv4
6 4 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (0.38%) VPN
7 3 (0.29%) Internet
7 3 (0.29%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.29%) VLAN
8 2 (0.19%) AMQP
8 2 (0.19%) Firewall
8 2 (0.19%) LAN
8 2 (0.19%) SAN
8 2 (0.19%) WAN
9 1 (0.096%) DNS
9 1 (0.096%) IPsec
9 1 (0.096%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (7.48%) NoSQL
2 58 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (5.37%) Relational Database
4 28 (2.68%) MongoDB
5 27 (2.59%) RDBMS
6 23 (2.21%) Db2
7 22 (2.11%) SQL Server
8 15 (1.44%) BigQuery
9 11 (1.05%) DynamoDB
9 11 (1.05%) MySQL
10 10 (0.96%) Big Data
10 10 (0.96%) Metadata
11 9 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.86%) Redis
12 8 (0.77%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (0.58%) DTS
14 6 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 54 (5.18%) Git
2 53 (5.08%) TeamCity
3 49 (4.70%) GitLab
4 44 (4.22%) Jenkins
5 33 (3.16%) Selenium
6 32 (3.07%) JIRA
7 30 (2.88%) Cucumber
8 18 (1.73%) JUnit
9 15 (1.44%) Jaeger
9 15 (1.44%) Maven
10 14 (1.34%) Gradle
11 13 (1.25%) Bitbucket
12 11 (1.05%) Claude Code
13 9 (0.86%) Postman
14 8 (0.77%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 7 (0.67%) Mockito
15 7 (0.67%) WebDriver
16 6 (0.58%) JMeter
17 5 (0.48%) SpecFlow
General
1 408 (39.12%) Finance
2 200 (19.18%) Banking
3 170 (16.30%) Social Skills
4 106 (10.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 100 (9.59%) Front Office
6 81 (7.77%) Law
7 79 (7.57%) Public Sector
8 74 (7.09%) Retail
9 65 (6.23%) Financial Institution
10 59 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
11 44 (4.22%) Back Office
12 30 (2.88%) Investment Banking
13 20 (1.92%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.63%) Games
15 15 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.25%) Billing
17 11 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.77%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.77%) Tech for Good
19 7 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 328 (31.45%) Developer
2 256 (24.54%) Senior
3 251 (24.07%) Software Engineer
4 219 (21.00%) Java Engineer
5 187 (17.93%) Java Developer
6 154 (14.77%) Lead
7 89 (8.53%) Java Software Engineer
8 83 (7.96%) Senior Developer
9 79 (7.57%) Senior Software Engineer
10 63 (6.04%) Senior Java Engineer
11 58 (5.56%) Lead Software Engineer
12 52 (4.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 50 (4.79%) Full-Stack Developer
13 50 (4.79%) Senior Java Developer
14 49 (4.70%) Architect
15 46 (4.41%) Principal Engineer
16 43 (4.12%) Software Developer
17 39 (3.74%) Engineering Manager
18 36 (3.45%) Developer/Software Engineer
19 34 (3.26%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 255 (24.45%) Spring
2 213 (20.42%) Spring Boot
3 148 (14.19%) Kafka
4 120 (11.51%) React
5 111 (10.64%) REST
6 81 (7.77%) Node.js
7 59 (5.66%) .NET
8 54 (5.18%) RESTful
9 53 (5.08%) AngularJS
10 41 (3.93%) GraphQL
11 37 (3.55%) Web Services
12 34 (3.26%) Redux
13 29 (2.78%) HTML
14 28 (2.68%) Elastic Stack
15 26 (2.49%) OAuth
16 25 (2.40%) SOAP
17 24 (2.30%) Middleware
18 23 (2.21%) CSS
19 22 (2.11%) Hibernate
20 20 (1.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 201 (19.27%) Cloud Native
2 102 (9.78%) Distributed Systems
3 97 (9.30%) Product Ownership
4 88 (8.44%) Public Cloud
5 49 (4.70%) Fixed Income
6 46 (4.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 31 (2.97%) Blog
7 31 (2.97%) Distributed Architecture
8 29 (2.78%) Equities
9 22 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (2.01%) e-Learning
11 20 (1.92%) Onboarding
12 19 (1.82%) FPGA
13 18 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
14 13 (1.25%) Data Structures
15 12 (1.15%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.05%) AI Agents
16 11 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
16 11 (1.05%) Mobile Banking
17 9 (0.86%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 110 (10.55%) Linux
2 26 (2.49%) Unix
3 25 (2.40%) Windows
4 21 (2.01%) Android
5 9 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.77%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (37.30%) Software Engineering
2 318 (30.49%) CI/CD
3 296 (28.38%) Agile
4 250 (23.97%) Microservices
5 223 (21.38%) DevOps
6 208 (19.94%) Test Automation
7 203 (19.46%) Mentoring
8 177 (16.97%) Roadmaps
9 146 (14.00%) Technical Leadership
10 145 (13.90%) Full-Stack Development
11 136 (13.04%) Containerisation
12 135 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
13 132 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
14 127 (12.18%) AI
15 102 (9.78%) Fintech
16 98 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 89 (8.53%) Low Latency
18 87 (8.34%) Event-Driven
19 78 (7.48%) Clean Code
20 77 (7.38%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 306 (29.34%) Python
2 155 (14.86%) SQL
3 152 (14.57%) JavaScript
4 106 (10.16%) Go
5 94 (9.01%) TypeScript
6 93 (8.92%) C#
7 92 (8.82%) C++
8 47 (4.51%) Bash
9 44 (4.22%) Kotlin
10 33 (3.16%) Rust
11 31 (2.97%) C
12 20 (1.92%) PowerShell
12 20 (1.92%) Scala
13 9 (0.86%) PHP
13 9 (0.86%) R
14 8 (0.77%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.77%) Ruby
15 7 (0.67%) Julia
15 7 (0.67%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.58%) Perl
Qualifications
1 140 (13.42%) Security Cleared
2 98 (9.40%) Degree
3 91 (8.72%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.56%) DV Cleared
5 56 (5.37%) AWS Certification
6 48 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (1.53%) OSCP
9 12 (1.15%) CREST Certified
10 11 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.86%) ISTQB
11 9 (0.86%) PhD
12 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.38%) CCNA
15 4 (0.38%) RHCE
15 4 (0.38%) RHCSA
16 3 (0.29%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.70%) QA
2 16 (1.53%) GDPR
3 15 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.34%) GRC
5 11 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.96%) SOC 2
7 7 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.67%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.38%) NIST
10 3 (0.29%) WCAG
11 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.096%) MiFID
System Software
1 137 (13.14%) Docker
2 12 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.05%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.48%) KVM
5 4 (0.38%) Squid
5 4 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.38%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.38%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.096%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.096%) OpenDJ
7 1 (0.096%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 230 (22.05%) Kubernetes
2 141 (13.52%) Terraform
3 77 (7.38%) Grafana
4 44 (4.22%) Ansible
5 37 (3.55%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.73%) Argo
7 15 (1.44%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.77%) Kibana
9 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.38%) Packer
10 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.29%) Puppet
12 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.19%) Rancher
12 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.19%) WSUS
13 1 (0.096%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 45 (4.31%) Google
2 34 (3.26%) Microsoft
3 31 (2.97%) Oracle
4 23 (2.21%) Palantir
4 23 (2.21%) Splunk
5 22 (2.11%) IBM
6 17 (1.63%) Foundry
7 14 (1.34%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.25%) VMware
9 12 (1.15%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.05%) SendGrid
10 11 (1.05%) Solace
11 10 (0.96%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.96%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.67%) Dynatrace
12 7 (0.67%) SAP
13 6 (0.58%) Databricks
14 5 (0.48%) Guidewire
15 4 (0.38%) AppDynamics
15 4 (0.38%) Blue Prism