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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 26 16
Rank change year-on-year -14 -10 -2
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,054 1,068 2,014
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.37% 8.89% 10.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.13% 22.09% 25.24%
Number of salaries quoted 566 651 1,436
10th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £58,938
25th Percentile £66,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £142,500 £148,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% -

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 5,509 4,834 7,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 22.85% 40.23% 41.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,769 3,286 5,549
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,000 £80,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -3.03% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £116,250 £135,000 £137,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -18 130 £100,000 +11.11% 109
South London -23 21 £70,000 -15.15% 12
West London -21 16 £80,000 +33.33% 82
East London -5 1 - - 14
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 39 (3.70%) Confluence
2 19 (1.80%) Apache
3 17 (1.61%) Camunda
4 16 (1.52%) Palantir Foundry
5 14 (1.33%) Apache Spark
6 10 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.38%) JBoss
8 3 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.28%) CMS
8 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.28%) SAS
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
9 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.095%) CICS
10 1 (0.095%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.095%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.095%) Oracle 10gAS
10 1 (0.095%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.23%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.47%) Moqups
4 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.095%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.47%) Fidessa
1 5 (0.47%) Maximo
1 5 (0.47%) Temenos T24
2 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.19%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
4 1 (0.095%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.095%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.095%) Endur
4 1 (0.095%) Findur
4 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.095%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.095%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 498 (47.25%) AWS
2 226 (21.44%) Azure
3 185 (17.55%) GCP
4 71 (6.74%) AWS CloudFormation
5 68 (6.45%) GitHub
6 51 (4.84%) Amazon EKS
7 48 (4.55%) Serverless
8 46 (4.36%) SaaS
9 32 (3.04%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (2.66%) Amazon ECS
11 27 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
13 22 (2.09%) GitHub Copilot
14 21 (1.99%) Anthropic Claude
15 19 (1.80%) Datadog
16 18 (1.71%) Amazon S3
16 18 (1.71%) OpenShift
17 17 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
18 15 (1.42%) Amazon EventBridge
19 14 (1.33%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.23%) HTTP
2 17 (1.61%) Network Security
3 14 (1.33%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.23%) DMARC
5 8 (0.76%) DNS
6 7 (0.66%) BGP
6 7 (0.66%) VPN
7 6 (0.57%) IPsec
8 5 (0.47%) Broadband
8 5 (0.47%) Internet
8 5 (0.47%) IPv4
8 5 (0.47%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.28%) LAN
10 3 (0.28%) SAN
10 3 (0.28%) WAN
11 2 (0.19%) Firewall
12 1 (0.095%) IPv6
12 1 (0.095%) MPLS
12 1 (0.095%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (8.25%) NoSQL
2 69 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (5.31%) Relational Database
4 49 (4.65%) MongoDB
5 32 (3.04%) SQL Server
6 20 (1.90%) MySQL
7 19 (1.80%) Big Data
8 18 (1.71%) Db2
8 18 (1.71%) Redis
9 13 (1.23%) DynamoDB
10 11 (1.04%) Hadoop
11 10 (0.95%) DTS
12 9 (0.85%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.66%) Pinecone
14 6 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
14 6 (0.57%) Apache Hive
14 6 (0.57%) HBase
15 5 (0.47%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 85 (8.06%) Git
2 66 (6.26%) GitLab
3 62 (5.88%) Jenkins
4 45 (4.27%) Cucumber
5 44 (4.17%) JIRA
6 37 (3.51%) TeamCity
7 35 (3.32%) Selenium
8 26 (2.47%) JUnit
9 19 (1.80%) Maven
10 17 (1.61%) Postman
11 16 (1.52%) Bitbucket
11 16 (1.52%) Cypress.io
11 16 (1.52%) Mockito
12 14 (1.33%) Claude Code
13 11 (1.04%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 10 (0.95%) JMeter
14 10 (0.95%) REST Assured
15 9 (0.85%) Gradle
16 6 (0.57%) MLflow
16 6 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 444 (42.13%) Finance
2 218 (20.68%) Banking
3 204 (19.35%) Social Skills
4 86 (8.16%) Public Sector
5 81 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 74 (7.02%) Front Office
7 68 (6.45%) Law
8 66 (6.26%) Analytical Skills
9 56 (5.31%) Financial Institution
10 50 (4.74%) Retail
11 26 (2.47%) Back Office
11 26 (2.47%) Investment Banking
12 25 (2.37%) Marketing
13 16 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.23%) Tech for Good
15 11 (1.04%) Health Technology
16 9 (0.85%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
18 6 (0.57%) Aviation
18 6 (0.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 293 (27.80%) Senior
2 252 (23.91%) Java Engineer
3 251 (23.81%) Software Engineer
4 235 (22.30%) Developer
5 144 (13.66%) Lead
6 134 (12.71%) Java Developer
7 104 (9.87%) Senior Software Engineer
8 76 (7.21%) Senior Developer
9 71 (6.74%) Java Software Engineer
9 71 (6.74%) Senior Java Engineer
10 59 (5.60%) Principal Engineer
11 48 (4.55%) Architect
12 47 (4.46%) Principal Java Engineer
13 46 (4.36%) Lead Software Engineer
14 39 (3.70%) Engineering Manager
15 38 (3.61%) Software Developer
16 35 (3.32%) Consultant
16 35 (3.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 34 (3.23%) Senior Java Developer
18 33 (3.13%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 279 (26.47%) Spring
2 228 (21.63%) Spring Boot
3 184 (17.46%) Kafka
4 135 (12.81%) REST
5 123 (11.67%) Terraform
6 81 (7.69%) React
7 78 (7.40%) RESTful
8 69 (6.55%) .NET
9 63 (5.98%) Node.js
10 45 (4.27%) AngularJS
11 38 (3.61%) OAuth
12 27 (2.56%) FIX Protocol
12 27 (2.56%) OAuth2
13 26 (2.47%) Hibernate
14 25 (2.37%) Middleware
14 25 (2.37%) RabbitMQ
15 24 (2.28%) Web Services
16 20 (1.90%) Playwright
17 17 (1.61%) JPA
18 16 (1.52%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 216 (20.49%) Cloud Native
2 162 (15.37%) Distributed Systems
3 123 (11.67%) Product Ownership
4 111 (10.53%) Public Cloud
5 56 (5.31%) Onboarding
6 40 (3.80%) Distributed Architecture
7 37 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 36 (3.42%) e-Learning
9 32 (3.04%) Enterprise Software
9 32 (3.04%) Equities
10 27 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
11 25 (2.37%) AI Agents
12 24 (2.28%) Fixed Income
13 19 (1.80%) Blog
13 19 (1.80%) Virtual Team
14 18 (1.71%) Algorithms
15 17 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
15 17 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
16 16 (1.52%) Data Structures
16 16 (1.52%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 85 (8.06%) Linux
2 31 (2.94%) Windows
3 14 (1.33%) Android
4 13 (1.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (0.95%) Apple iOS
5 10 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.85%) Unix
7 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.095%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (40.51%) Software Engineering
2 353 (33.49%) CI/CD
3 303 (28.75%) Microservices
4 268 (25.43%) Agile
5 223 (21.16%) Test Automation
6 217 (20.59%) DevOps
7 216 (20.49%) Mentoring
8 202 (19.17%) AI
9 191 (18.12%) Roadmaps
10 172 (16.32%) Event-Driven
11 161 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
12 158 (14.99%) Infrastructure as Code
13 157 (14.90%) Technical Leadership
14 129 (12.24%) Containerisation
15 118 (11.20%) Continuous Improvement
16 107 (10.15%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 103 (9.77%) Fintech
18 102 (9.68%) Full-Stack Development
19 94 (8.92%) BDD
19 94 (8.92%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 332 (31.50%) Python
2 172 (16.32%) SQL
3 102 (9.68%) C#
4 97 (9.20%) JavaScript
5 81 (7.69%) C++
6 72 (6.83%) TypeScript
7 70 (6.64%) Go
8 54 (5.12%) Kotlin
9 46 (4.36%) Bash
10 34 (3.23%) C
11 32 (3.04%) Ruby
12 29 (2.75%) Rust
13 22 (2.09%) PowerShell
14 21 (1.99%) Perl
14 21 (1.99%) PHP
14 21 (1.99%) Scala
15 11 (1.04%) R
16 10 (0.95%) RPG
17 8 (0.76%) VBA
18 7 (0.66%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 137 (13.00%) Security Cleared
2 109 (10.34%) Degree
3 78 (7.40%) SC Cleared
4 71 (6.74%) AWS Certification
5 63 (5.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 60 (5.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 48 (4.55%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.42%) OSCP
9 11 (1.04%) CREST Certified
10 9 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.85%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.76%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.66%) CISSP
12 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.47%) AWS Certified Developer
14 5 (0.47%) Azure Certification
14 5 (0.47%) CCSP
14 5 (0.47%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (6.17%) QA
2 21 (1.99%) GDPR
3 19 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.33%) GRC
4 14 (1.33%) ISO 20022
5 9 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.66%) NIST
6 7 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.38%) WCAG
9 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.28%) MiFID
9 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.28%) UCITS
10 2 (0.19%) PSD2
11 1 (0.095%) SOC 2
System Software
1 133 (12.62%) Docker
2 18 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.47%) KVM
5 5 (0.47%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.38%) Squid
6 4 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.38%) vSphere
7 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.095%) Firmware
8 1 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 213 (20.21%) Kubernetes
2 58 (5.50%) Grafana
3 39 (3.70%) Ansible
4 24 (2.28%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.66%) Kibana
6 6 (0.57%) Argo
6 6 (0.57%) Hadoop YARN
6 6 (0.57%) Kubeflow
6 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.57%) Puppet
7 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (0.38%) Packer
8 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.28%) ITRS Geneos
9 3 (0.28%) Rancher
9 3 (0.28%) WSUS
10 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.19%) kaniko
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 60 (5.69%) Oracle
2 51 (4.84%) Google
3 49 (4.65%) Microsoft
4 31 (2.94%) IBM
5 28 (2.66%) Splunk
6 25 (2.37%) Palantir
7 20 (1.90%) Red Hat
8 19 (1.80%) VMware
9 16 (1.52%) Foundry
9 16 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 15 (1.42%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.23%) SAP
11 13 (1.23%) SendGrid
12 12 (1.14%) Bloomberg
13 11 (1.04%) Solace
14 10 (0.95%) Databricks
15 9 (0.85%) HP
16 8 (0.76%) Dynatrace
16 8 (0.76%) Guidewire
17 7 (0.66%) AppDynamics