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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 23 17
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,051 1,199 2,153
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.68% 9.65% 9.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.67% 23.15% 24.19%
Number of salaries quoted 598 772 1,608
10th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £110,000 £130,000 £140,000
90th Percentile £133,250 £142,500 £150,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £77,500
% 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 5,344 5,179 8,902
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 23.78% 41.68% 40.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,778 3,589 6,764
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,500 £61,250
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 £103,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £135,000 £130,875
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 20 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 20 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 -18 146 £98,750 +1.28% 39
South London -20 24 £70,000 -15.15% 4
West London -11 19 £80,000 +166.67% 7
East London -6 2 - - 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 30 (2.85%) Confluence
2 25 (2.38%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.52%) Apache
4 15 (1.43%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (1.14%) Camunda
6 4 (0.38%) CMS
7 3 (0.29%) JBoss
7 3 (0.29%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.29%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.19%) Moodle
8 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.095%) CICS
9 1 (0.095%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.095%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.095%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.095%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (1.33%) MS Visio
2 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.095%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 10 (0.95%) Maximo
2 5 (0.48%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.48%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.095%) Bloomberg TOMS
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
1 487 (46.34%) AWS
2 189 (17.98%) Azure
3 188 (17.89%) GCP
4 73 (6.95%) Amazon EKS
5 65 (6.18%) AWS CloudFormation
6 55 (5.23%) SaaS
7 53 (5.04%) Serverless
8 52 (4.95%) GitHub
9 30 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
10 28 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
11 25 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (2.28%) OpenShift
13 19 (1.81%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (1.62%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (1.52%) Amazon EventBridge
15 16 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
16 14 (1.33%) AWS Control Tower
16 14 (1.33%) dbt
17 13 (1.24%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.95%) HTTP
2 22 (2.09%) TCP/IP
3 17 (1.62%) Network Security
4 15 (1.43%) Broadband
5 13 (1.24%) DMARC
6 9 (0.86%) BGP
6 9 (0.86%) VPN
7 6 (0.57%) DNS
7 6 (0.57%) IPsec
8 5 (0.48%) Internet
8 5 (0.48%) Kerberos
9 4 (0.38%) IPv4
9 4 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.29%) Firewall
10 3 (0.29%) VLAN
11 2 (0.19%) LAN
11 2 (0.19%) SAN
11 2 (0.19%) WAN
12 1 (0.095%) FIX Connectivity
12 1 (0.095%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (7.71%) NoSQL
2 64 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
3 51 (4.85%) Relational Database
4 34 (3.24%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.38%) Db2
5 25 (2.38%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.71%) Big Data
7 16 (1.52%) RDBMS
8 15 (1.43%) BigQuery
9 13 (1.24%) Hadoop
10 12 (1.14%) DynamoDB
10 12 (1.14%) Redis
11 11 (1.05%) MySQL
12 10 (0.95%) DTS
12 10 (0.95%) Metadata
13 8 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
14 7 (0.67%) Apache Hive
14 7 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
15 6 (0.57%) HBase
Development Applications
1 62 (5.90%) Git
2 53 (5.04%) GitLab
3 51 (4.85%) TeamCity
4 47 (4.47%) Jenkins
5 34 (3.24%) Cucumber
6 33 (3.14%) JIRA
7 32 (3.04%) Selenium
8 19 (1.81%) JUnit
9 13 (1.24%) Gradle
9 13 (1.24%) Maven
10 12 (1.14%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.05%) Mockito
12 10 (0.95%) Claude Code
13 8 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.76%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.67%) JMeter
14 7 (0.67%) Postman
15 5 (0.48%) Jaeger
15 5 (0.48%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.48%) WebDriver
General
1 439 (41.77%) Finance
2 204 (19.41%) Banking
3 171 (16.27%) Social Skills
4 110 (10.47%) Front Office
5 95 (9.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 87 (8.28%) Public Sector
7 78 (7.42%) Law
8 76 (7.23%) Retail
9 68 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
10 64 (6.09%) Financial Institution
11 42 (4.00%) Back Office
12 30 (2.85%) Investment Banking
13 15 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.24%) Marketing
15 11 (1.05%) Games
16 10 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.95%) Telecoms
17 9 (0.86%) Billing
17 9 (0.86%) Manufacturing
18 8 (0.76%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 308 (29.31%) Developer
2 268 (25.50%) Senior
3 243 (23.12%) Software Engineer
4 226 (21.50%) Java Engineer
5 169 (16.08%) Java Developer
6 149 (14.18%) Lead
7 84 (7.99%) Senior Developer
8 81 (7.71%) Java Software Engineer
9 73 (6.95%) Senior Software Engineer
10 61 (5.80%) Senior Java Engineer
11 60 (5.71%) Lead Software Engineer
12 50 (4.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 48 (4.57%) Principal Engineer
14 47 (4.47%) Architect
14 47 (4.47%) Senior Java Developer
15 43 (4.09%) Consultant
15 43 (4.09%) Software Developer
16 38 (3.62%) Engineering Manager
17 35 (3.33%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 35 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (24.07%) Spring
2 216 (20.55%) Spring Boot
3 176 (16.75%) Kafka
4 117 (11.13%) React
5 115 (10.94%) REST
6 92 (8.75%) Node.js
7 64 (6.09%) .NET
8 60 (5.71%) RESTful
9 53 (5.04%) AngularJS
10 42 (4.00%) GraphQL
11 36 (3.43%) Redux
12 34 (3.24%) Web Services
13 29 (2.76%) OAuth
14 24 (2.28%) Middleware
14 24 (2.28%) OAuth2
15 23 (2.19%) Hibernate
16 22 (2.09%) FIX Protocol
17 21 (2.00%) HTML
18 20 (1.90%) Playwright
19 19 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 204 (19.41%) Cloud Native
2 119 (11.32%) Distributed Systems
3 102 (9.71%) Product Ownership
4 96 (9.13%) Public Cloud
5 54 (5.14%) Fixed Income
6 48 (4.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 42 (4.00%) Onboarding
8 34 (3.24%) Equities
9 31 (2.95%) Blog
9 31 (2.95%) Distributed Architecture
10 26 (2.47%) e-Learning
11 25 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
13 16 (1.52%) Data Structures
13 16 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
13 16 (1.52%) FPGA
14 13 (1.24%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.05%) AI Agents
15 11 (1.05%) Derivative
15 11 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 105 (9.99%) Linux
2 31 (2.95%) Windows
3 19 (1.81%) Unix
4 16 (1.52%) Android
5 11 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 8 (0.76%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (37.49%) Software Engineering
2 337 (32.06%) CI/CD
3 298 (28.35%) Agile
4 265 (25.21%) Microservices
5 217 (20.65%) Test Automation
6 215 (20.46%) DevOps
7 196 (18.65%) Mentoring
8 182 (17.32%) Roadmaps
9 153 (14.56%) AI
10 149 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
11 147 (13.99%) Technical Leadership
12 142 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
13 131 (12.46%) Full-Stack Development
14 127 (12.08%) Containerisation
15 105 (9.99%) Event-Driven
16 99 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
17 94 (8.94%) Fintech
17 94 (8.94%) Low Latency
18 85 (8.09%) Computer Science
19 81 (7.71%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 343 (32.64%) Python
2 172 (16.37%) SQL
3 142 (13.51%) JavaScript
4 97 (9.23%) C#
5 96 (9.13%) TypeScript
6 94 (8.94%) C++
6 94 (8.94%) Go
7 55 (5.23%) Bash
8 39 (3.71%) Kotlin
9 35 (3.33%) C
9 35 (3.33%) Rust
10 26 (2.47%) Ruby
11 23 (2.19%) PowerShell
12 21 (2.00%) PHP
13 20 (1.90%) Scala
14 19 (1.81%) Perl
15 10 (0.95%) RPG
16 9 (0.86%) R
17 8 (0.76%) VBA
18 7 (0.67%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 144 (13.70%) Security Cleared
2 106 (10.09%) Degree
3 89 (8.47%) SC Cleared
4 65 (6.18%) AWS Certification
5 56 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 54 (5.14%) DV Cleared
7 50 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (1.43%) OSCP
9 11 (1.05%) CREST Certified
9 11 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.86%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.67%) PhD
13 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.38%) CCNA
14 4 (0.38%) CCSP
14 4 (0.38%) CISSP
14 4 (0.38%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.14%) QA
2 20 (1.90%) GDPR
3 19 (1.81%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.33%) GRC
5 11 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.95%) SOC 2
7 8 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.67%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.67%) ISO 20022
8 7 (0.67%) NIST
9 6 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.29%) WCAG
11 2 (0.19%) MiFID
12 1 (0.095%) PSD2
12 1 (0.095%) UCITS
System Software
1 121 (11.51%) Docker
2 16 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (1.24%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.48%) KVM
6 4 (0.38%) Squid
6 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.38%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.38%) vSphere
7 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.095%) Firmware
8 1 (0.095%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 216 (20.55%) Kubernetes
2 147 (13.99%) Terraform
3 79 (7.52%) Grafana
4 39 (3.71%) Ansible
5 33 (3.14%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.86%) Argo
7 7 (0.67%) Kibana
7 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.57%) Hadoop YARN
9 5 (0.48%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.38%) Packer
10 4 (0.38%) Puppet
10 4 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.29%) Data Guard
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle Flashback
11 3 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.29%) Rancher
12 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (4.19%) Oracle
2 41 (3.90%) Google
2 41 (3.90%) Microsoft
3 33 (3.14%) IBM
4 28 (2.66%) Splunk
5 24 (2.28%) Palantir
6 17 (1.62%) Foundry
6 17 (1.62%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.62%) VMware
7 14 (1.33%) Red Hat
7 14 (1.33%) SAP
8 13 (1.24%) SendGrid
9 11 (1.05%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.05%) Solace
10 9 (0.86%) MuleSoft
10 9 (0.86%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.76%) Bloomberg
11 8 (0.76%) HP
12 7 (0.67%) Databricks
13 6 (0.57%) Dynatrace