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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 23 17
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,057 1,201 2,270
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.77% 9.55% 9.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.64% 23.00% 23.90%
Number of salaries quoted 600 773 1,721
10th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £67,188 £74,870 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £110,000 £132,500 £138,750
90th Percentile £136,250 £142,500 £150,000
England median annual salary £70,079 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.58% +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 5,381 5,222 9,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.28% 41.51% 40.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,794 3,631 7,305
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £132,500
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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -20 148 £100,000 +2.56% 60
South London -9 24 £70,000 -15.15% 6
West London -10 22 £80,000 +166.67% 8
East London -3 3 - - 13
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 27 (2.55%) Confluence
2 24 (2.27%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.51%) Apache
4 15 (1.42%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.95%) Camunda
7 4 (0.38%) CMS
7 4 (0.38%) JBoss
8 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.28%) SAS
8 3 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.19%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.19%) Moodle
10 1 (0.095%) CICS
10 1 (0.095%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.095%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.095%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (1.32%) MS Visio
2 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.95%) Maximo
2 5 (0.47%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.47%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.095%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.095%) Endur
3 1 (0.095%) Findur
3 1 (0.095%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.095%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 489 (46.26%) AWS
2 193 (18.26%) GCP
3 189 (17.88%) Azure
4 75 (7.10%) Amazon EKS
5 64 (6.05%) AWS CloudFormation
6 58 (5.49%) SaaS
7 52 (4.92%) GitHub
8 48 (4.54%) Serverless
9 27 (2.55%) Amazon ECS
10 26 (2.46%) OpenShift
11 25 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
12 24 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
13 18 (1.70%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (1.42%) dbt
16 15 (1.42%) Pulumi
17 14 (1.32%) Amazon EventBridge
18 13 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.74%) HTTP
2 22 (2.08%) TCP/IP
3 21 (1.99%) Broadband
4 15 (1.42%) Network Security
5 13 (1.23%) DMARC
6 8 (0.76%) BGP
6 8 (0.76%) VPN
7 5 (0.47%) DNS
7 5 (0.47%) IPsec
8 4 (0.38%) Internet
8 4 (0.38%) IPv4
8 4 (0.38%) Kerberos
8 4 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (0.28%) Firewall
9 3 (0.28%) VLAN
10 2 (0.19%) LAN
10 2 (0.19%) SAN
10 2 (0.19%) WAN
11 1 (0.095%) FIX Connectivity
11 1 (0.095%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (8.04%) NoSQL
2 65 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (5.30%) Relational Database
4 32 (3.03%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.37%) Db2
6 23 (2.18%) RDBMS
6 23 (2.18%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.51%) Big Data
7 16 (1.51%) BigQuery
8 12 (1.14%) DynamoDB
8 12 (1.14%) Hadoop
8 12 (1.14%) MySQL
9 11 (1.04%) Redis
10 10 (0.95%) DTS
10 10 (0.95%) Metadata
11 8 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (0.57%) Apache Hive
13 6 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 62 (5.87%) Git
2 56 (5.30%) TeamCity
3 52 (4.92%) GitLab
4 46 (4.35%) Jenkins
5 33 (3.12%) Cucumber
6 30 (2.84%) JIRA
6 30 (2.84%) Selenium
7 21 (1.99%) JUnit
8 15 (1.42%) Maven
9 14 (1.32%) Gradle
10 13 (1.23%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.04%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.04%) Jaeger
12 10 (0.95%) Mockito
13 8 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.76%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.66%) JMeter
15 6 (0.57%) Postman
16 5 (0.47%) REST Assured
16 5 (0.47%) WebDriver
General
1 429 (40.59%) Finance
2 201 (19.02%) Banking
3 169 (15.99%) Social Skills
4 107 (10.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (10.03%) Front Office
6 85 (8.04%) Public Sector
7 84 (7.95%) Law
8 81 (7.66%) Retail
9 67 (6.34%) Financial Institution
10 63 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
11 45 (4.26%) Back Office
12 29 (2.74%) Investment Banking
13 15 (1.42%) Games
14 14 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (1.04%) Telecoms
16 10 (0.95%) Billing
16 10 (0.95%) Marketing
16 10 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (0.85%) Manufacturing
18 8 (0.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 316 (29.90%) Developer
2 269 (25.45%) Senior
3 248 (23.46%) Software Engineer
4 223 (21.10%) Java Engineer
5 175 (16.56%) Java Developer
6 154 (14.57%) Lead
7 86 (8.14%) Java Software Engineer
8 85 (8.04%) Senior Developer
9 77 (7.28%) Senior Software Engineer
10 62 (5.87%) Senior Java Engineer
11 59 (5.58%) Lead Software Engineer
12 49 (4.64%) Architect
12 49 (4.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 48 (4.54%) Senior Java Developer
14 47 (4.45%) Principal Engineer
15 44 (4.16%) Software Developer
16 42 (3.97%) Consultant
17 38 (3.60%) Engineering Manager
18 37 (3.50%) Full-Stack Developer
19 35 (3.31%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (23.75%) Spring
2 214 (20.25%) Spring Boot
3 168 (15.89%) Kafka
4 119 (11.26%) React
5 114 (10.79%) REST
6 90 (8.51%) Node.js
7 60 (5.68%) .NET
8 58 (5.49%) RESTful
9 53 (5.01%) AngularJS
10 42 (3.97%) GraphQL
11 36 (3.41%) Redux
12 34 (3.22%) Web Services
13 28 (2.65%) OAuth
14 26 (2.46%) Middleware
15 24 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
16 23 (2.18%) Hibernate
16 23 (2.18%) OAuth2
17 22 (2.08%) FIX Protocol
18 21 (1.99%) HTML
19 20 (1.89%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 210 (19.87%) Cloud Native
2 114 (10.79%) Distributed Systems
3 97 (9.18%) Product Ownership
4 92 (8.70%) Public Cloud
5 51 (4.82%) Fixed Income
6 47 (4.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 36 (3.41%) Onboarding
8 34 (3.22%) Blog
9 31 (2.93%) Equities
10 29 (2.74%) Distributed Architecture
11 25 (2.37%) e-Learning
11 25 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
12 24 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.61%) Data Structures
13 17 (1.61%) FPGA
14 14 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
15 13 (1.23%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.04%) AI Agents
16 11 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
17 10 (0.95%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 114 (10.79%) Linux
2 29 (2.74%) Windows
3 23 (2.18%) Unix
4 18 (1.70%) Android
5 10 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.85%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (37.18%) Software Engineering
2 337 (31.88%) CI/CD
3 303 (28.67%) Agile
4 263 (24.88%) Microservices
5 222 (21.00%) DevOps
6 218 (20.62%) Test Automation
7 201 (19.02%) Mentoring
8 179 (16.93%) Roadmaps
9 150 (14.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 146 (13.81%) AI
11 143 (13.53%) Technical Leadership
12 137 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
13 133 (12.58%) Containerisation
14 129 (12.20%) Full-Stack Development
15 101 (9.56%) Event-Driven
15 101 (9.56%) Fintech
16 98 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
17 92 (8.70%) Low Latency
18 84 (7.95%) Computer Science
19 81 (7.66%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 344 (32.54%) Python
2 167 (15.80%) SQL
3 151 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 104 (9.84%) Go
5 99 (9.37%) C#
6 97 (9.18%) C++
6 97 (9.18%) TypeScript
7 58 (5.49%) Bash
8 42 (3.97%) Kotlin
9 37 (3.50%) Rust
10 35 (3.31%) C
11 23 (2.18%) PowerShell
12 22 (2.08%) Ruby
13 20 (1.89%) Scala
14 18 (1.70%) PHP
15 16 (1.51%) Perl
16 10 (0.95%) RPG
17 9 (0.85%) R
18 8 (0.76%) Apex Code
19 7 (0.66%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 147 (13.91%) Security Cleared
2 106 (10.03%) Degree
3 89 (8.42%) SC Cleared
4 68 (6.43%) AWS Certification
5 56 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 55 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (4.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (1.51%) OSCP
9 13 (1.23%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.14%) CREST Certified
11 9 (0.85%) ISTQB
11 9 (0.85%) PhD
12 7 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.38%) CCNA
14 4 (0.38%) RHCE
14 4 (0.38%) RHCSA
15 3 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.01%) QA
2 19 (1.80%) GDPR
3 17 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.32%) GRC
5 12 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.04%) SOC 2
7 7 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.66%) ISO 20022
7 7 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.57%) NIST
9 5 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.28%) WCAG
11 1 (0.095%) MiFID
11 1 (0.095%) PSD2
System Software
1 129 (12.20%) Docker
2 15 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.14%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.57%) KVM
5 5 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.38%) Squid
6 4 (0.38%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.38%) vSphere
7 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.095%) Firmware
9 1 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 229 (21.67%) Kubernetes
2 157 (14.85%) Terraform
3 83 (7.85%) Grafana
4 45 (4.26%) Ansible
5 37 (3.50%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.42%) Argo
7 11 (1.04%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (0.66%) Kibana
10 5 (0.47%) Hadoop YARN
11 4 (0.38%) Packer
11 4 (0.38%) Puppet
11 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.28%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.28%) Oracle Flashback
12 3 (0.28%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.28%) Rancher
12 3 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
13 2 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (4.35%) Google
2 40 (3.78%) Microsoft
2 40 (3.78%) Oracle
3 31 (2.93%) IBM
4 25 (2.37%) Splunk
5 24 (2.27%) Palantir
6 17 (1.61%) Foundry
7 16 (1.51%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.51%) VMware
8 13 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 13 (1.23%) SendGrid
9 12 (1.14%) SAP
10 11 (1.04%) Solace
11 10 (0.95%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.95%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.95%) Salesforce
12 7 (0.66%) Databricks
12 7 (0.66%) HP
13 6 (0.57%) Dynatrace
13 6 (0.57%) Guidewire