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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 26 15
Rank change year-on-year -11 -11 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 840 1,216 1,945
As % of all permanent jobs in London 5.88% 7.85% 10.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.34% 19.12% 23.38%
Number of salaries quoted 536 799 1,600
10th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £142,500 £143,750
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +8.84% -2.00%

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 4,343 6,360 8,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 30.42% 41.05% 43.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,060 4,083 7,208
10th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £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 £106,250 £101,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £125,000 £125,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 17 January 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 17 January 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 +10 155 £100,000 +11.11% 86
South London +4 19 £62,600 +4.33% 9
West London -2 9 £82,500 +48.65% 14
East London -11 3 £75,000 -45.45% 11
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 41 (4.88%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (4.76%) Apache
2 40 (4.76%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.67%) Confluence
4 11 (1.31%) JBoss
5 10 (1.19%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.71%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.48%) Appian
7 4 (0.48%) nginx
7 4 (0.48%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.36%) Liferay
8 3 (0.36%) Luigi
8 3 (0.36%) Mule
9 2 (0.24%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.24%) Camunda
9 2 (0.24%) Moodle
10 1 (0.12%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.12%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 9 (1.07%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.48%) Maximo
2 4 (0.48%) Shopify
3 2 (0.24%) Adaptiv
3 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Bloomberg AIM
4 1 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 382 (45.48%) AWS
2 125 (14.88%) Azure
3 118 (14.05%) GCP
4 69 (8.21%) Amazon EKS
5 58 (6.90%) SaaS
6 45 (5.36%) GitHub
7 42 (5.00%) Serverless
8 37 (4.40%) Snowflake
9 35 (4.17%) dbt
10 26 (3.10%) Amazon Kinesis
10 26 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (2.86%) Datadog
12 21 (2.50%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (2.38%) OpenShift
14 19 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
15 17 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (1.79%) Amazon S3
16 15 (1.79%) GitHub Copilot
17 11 (1.31%) Amazon EMR
18 10 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.45%) TCP/IP
2 13 (1.55%) HTTP
3 12 (1.43%) Broadband
4 8 (0.95%) Multicast
5 7 (0.83%) VPN
6 4 (0.48%) AMQP
6 4 (0.48%) DNS
6 4 (0.48%) Firewall
6 4 (0.48%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.36%) BGP
7 3 (0.36%) LAN
7 3 (0.36%) SAN
7 3 (0.36%) VLAN
7 3 (0.36%) WAN
8 2 (0.24%) DHCP
8 2 (0.24%) FTP
8 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.24%) Internet
8 2 (0.24%) SMTP
8 2 (0.24%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.76%) Relational Database
2 80 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
3 53 (6.31%) NoSQL
4 47 (5.60%) RDBMS
5 46 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
6 41 (4.88%) Data Lake
7 40 (4.76%) SQL Server
8 37 (4.40%) MongoDB
9 36 (4.29%) Big Data
10 34 (4.05%) Hadoop
11 31 (3.69%) Apache Ignite
12 28 (3.33%) Amazon Athena
12 28 (3.33%) Apache Arrow
12 28 (3.33%) Apache Iceberg
12 28 (3.33%) Dremio
13 22 (2.62%) DB2
14 19 (2.26%) DynamoDB
15 17 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
16 15 (1.79%) MySQL
16 15 (1.79%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 65 (7.74%) Jenkins
2 48 (5.71%) Selenium
3 37 (4.40%) TeamCity
4 35 (4.17%) Git
5 33 (3.93%) JIRA
6 28 (3.33%) Cucumber
7 23 (2.74%) JUnit
8 21 (2.50%) Bitbucket
8 21 (2.50%) JMeter
9 20 (2.38%) Cypress.io
9 20 (2.38%) GitLab
10 14 (1.67%) Mockito
11 12 (1.43%) Postman
11 12 (1.43%) WebDriver
12 10 (1.19%) Jaeger
13 7 (0.83%) Maven
13 7 (0.83%) Subversion
14 6 (0.71%) REST Assured
14 6 (0.71%) Vite
15 5 (0.60%) webpack
General
1 311 (37.02%) Finance
2 223 (26.55%) Banking
2 223 (26.55%) Social Skills
3 106 (12.62%) Front Office
4 91 (10.83%) Investment Banking
5 70 (8.33%) Financial Institution
6 68 (8.10%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (8.10%) Law
7 61 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 45 (5.36%) Public Sector
9 44 (5.24%) Retail
10 29 (3.45%) Back Office
11 22 (2.62%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.02%) Billing
13 13 (1.55%) Games
13 13 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.71%) Legal
15 6 (0.71%) Marketing
16 5 (0.60%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 294 (35.00%) Developer
2 214 (25.48%) Senior
3 188 (22.38%) Software Engineer
4 166 (19.76%) Java Developer
5 147 (17.50%) Java Engineer
6 116 (13.81%) Lead
7 95 (11.31%) Java Software Engineer
8 80 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
9 78 (9.29%) Full-Stack Developer
10 73 (8.69%) Senior Java Engineer
11 63 (7.50%) AWS Engineer
12 59 (7.02%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 50 (5.95%) Architect
14 49 (5.83%) Senior Java Software Engineer
15 43 (5.12%) Senior Developer
16 42 (5.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 35 (4.17%) Python Engineer
18 33 (3.93%) AWS Software Engineer
18 33 (3.93%) Development Engineer
19 31 (3.69%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 181 (21.55%) Spring
2 144 (17.14%) React
3 130 (15.48%) Spring Boot
4 116 (13.81%) Kafka
5 98 (11.67%) REST
6 65 (7.74%) RESTful
7 63 (7.50%) Node.js
8 61 (7.26%) .NET
9 54 (6.43%) HTML
10 45 (5.36%) AngularJS
11 38 (4.52%) CSS
12 36 (4.29%) Hibernate
13 32 (3.81%) GraphQL
13 32 (3.81%) gRPC
14 31 (3.69%) Pandas
15 28 (3.33%) NumPy
15 28 (3.33%) Protocol Buffers
15 28 (3.33%) SciPy
15 28 (3.33%) SOAP
16 27 (3.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 155 (18.45%) Cloud Native
2 132 (15.71%) Distributed Systems
3 76 (9.05%) Equities
4 62 (7.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 51 (6.07%) Derivative
6 48 (5.71%) Fixed Income
7 42 (5.00%) Hedge funds
8 41 (4.88%) Product Ownership
9 40 (4.76%) Algorithms
10 32 (3.81%) Greenfield Project
11 30 (3.57%) Pricing Data
12 28 (3.33%) Onboarding
13 24 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
14 22 (2.62%) Management Information System
15 21 (2.50%) FPGA
15 21 (2.50%) Public Cloud
16 20 (2.38%) Data Structures
17 19 (2.26%) Distributed Architecture
18 17 (2.02%) Blog
18 17 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (12.50%) Linux
2 23 (2.74%) Windows
3 22 (2.62%) Unix
4 12 (1.43%) Android
5 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.36%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.24%) CentOS
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.24%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) AIX
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (34.17%) Agile
2 276 (32.86%) Software Engineering
3 266 (31.67%) CI/CD
4 198 (23.57%) Microservices
5 166 (19.76%) DevOps
6 154 (18.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 151 (17.98%) Test Automation
8 144 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
9 120 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 102 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 99 (11.79%) Computer Science
12 97 (11.55%) Low Latency
13 92 (10.95%) Containerisation
13 92 (10.95%) Roadmaps
14 87 (10.36%) Fintech
15 84 (10.00%) AI
16 83 (9.88%) Technical Leadership
17 70 (8.33%) TDD
17 70 (8.33%) User Experience
18 65 (7.74%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 293 (34.88%) Python
2 170 (20.24%) JavaScript
3 132 (15.71%) SQL
4 129 (15.36%) TypeScript
5 93 (11.07%) C#
6 58 (6.90%) Go
7 55 (6.55%) C++
8 54 (6.43%) Kotlin
9 41 (4.88%) C
9 41 (4.88%) Scala
10 18 (2.14%) Rust
11 17 (2.02%) Bash
11 17 (2.02%) Shell Script
12 9 (1.07%) Ruby
13 8 (0.95%) Groovy
13 8 (0.95%) PowerShell
14 7 (0.83%) PHP
15 6 (0.71%) Perl
15 6 (0.71%) VBA
16 5 (0.60%) RPG
Qualifications
1 122 (14.52%) Degree
2 102 (12.14%) Security Cleared
3 56 (6.67%) SC Cleared
4 47 (5.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (4.64%) DV Cleared
6 38 (4.52%) Master's Degree
7 29 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 20 (2.38%) PhD
9 12 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (1.07%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.83%) CREST Certified
11 7 (0.83%) OSCP
12 5 (0.60%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.48%) OSCE
14 3 (0.36%) ISEB
14 3 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 2 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (0.24%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.17%) QA
2 18 (2.14%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.90%) GDPR
4 11 (1.31%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.71%) PCI DSS
6 6 (0.71%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.48%) EU AI Act
7 4 (0.48%) SEPA
7 4 (0.48%) SLA
8 2 (0.24%) PSD2
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 134 (15.95%) Docker
2 15 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
4 10 (1.19%) Active Directory
5 8 (0.95%) HDFS
6 3 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.24%) KVM
8 1 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.12%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.12%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.12%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 197 (23.45%) Kubernetes
2 62 (7.38%) Terraform
3 30 (3.57%) Ansible
3 30 (3.57%) Grafana
4 24 (2.86%) Argo
5 17 (2.02%) Kibana
6 15 (1.79%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.19%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.48%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.36%) Nagios
10 3 (0.36%) Puppet
11 2 (0.24%) logstash
11 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 1 (0.12%) Icinga
12 1 (0.12%) Rancher
12 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (4.17%) Oracle
2 28 (3.33%) Google
3 25 (2.98%) Guidewire
4 19 (2.26%) Informatica
4 19 (2.26%) Talend
5 18 (2.14%) Databricks
5 18 (2.14%) Microsoft
6 17 (2.02%) Splunk
7 15 (1.79%) IBM
8 14 (1.67%) Atlassian
8 14 (1.67%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.43%) Dell
10 10 (1.19%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.83%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.83%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.83%) Solace
12 6 (0.71%) SAP
13 5 (0.60%) ForgeRock
13 5 (0.60%) HP
13 5 (0.60%) Salesforce