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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 23 17
Rank change year-on-year -12 -6 -4
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,056 1,205 2,287
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.76% 9.58% 9.67%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.56% 23.05% 23.86%
Number of salaries quoted 600 778 1,735
10th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £67,188 £74,902 £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 £70,000 £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 5,399 5,228 9,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.36% 41.55% 40.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,807 3,643 7,384
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,125 £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 9 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 9 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 -19 150 £100,000 +2.56% 59
South London -9 24 £70,000 -15.15% 6
West London -11 22 £80,000 +166.67% 98
East London -1 3 - - 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 27 (2.56%) Confluence
2 24 (2.27%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.52%) Apache
4 15 (1.42%) Palantir Foundry
5 12 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.95%) Camunda
7 5 (0.47%) JBoss
8 4 (0.38%) CMS
8 4 (0.38%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.28%) SAS
10 2 (0.19%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.19%) Moodle
11 1 (0.095%) CICS
11 1 (0.095%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.095%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.095%) WebLogic
Applications
1 14 (1.33%) 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
1 488 (46.21%) AWS
2 193 (18.28%) GCP
3 188 (17.80%) Azure
4 75 (7.10%) Amazon EKS
5 64 (6.06%) AWS CloudFormation
6 59 (5.59%) SaaS
7 52 (4.92%) GitHub
8 48 (4.55%) Serverless
9 27 (2.56%) 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 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (1.42%) dbt
16 15 (1.42%) Pulumi
17 14 (1.33%) Amazon EventBridge
18 13 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.75%) 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%) AMQP
11 1 (0.095%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (7.95%) NoSQL
2 66 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (5.30%) Relational Database
4 31 (2.94%) MongoDB
5 25 (2.37%) Db2
6 23 (2.18%) RDBMS
6 23 (2.18%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.52%) Big Data
7 16 (1.52%) BigQuery
8 12 (1.14%) DynamoDB
8 12 (1.14%) Hadoop
8 12 (1.14%) MySQL
9 10 (0.95%) DTS
9 10 (0.95%) Metadata
9 10 (0.95%) Redis
10 8 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.57%) Apache Hive
12 6 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 61 (5.78%) Git
2 56 (5.30%) TeamCity
3 52 (4.92%) GitLab
4 45 (4.26%) Jenkins
5 33 (3.13%) Cucumber
6 30 (2.84%) JIRA
6 30 (2.84%) Selenium
7 21 (1.99%) JUnit
8 15 (1.42%) Maven
9 14 (1.33%) 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
1 428 (40.53%) Finance
2 200 (18.94%) Banking
3 169 (16.00%) Social Skills
4 107 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (10.04%) Front Office
6 85 (8.05%) Public Sector
7 83 (7.86%) Law
8 79 (7.48%) Retail
9 67 (6.34%) Financial Institution
10 63 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
11 45 (4.26%) Back Office
12 29 (2.75%) Investment Banking
13 15 (1.42%) Games
14 14 (1.33%) 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 7 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 315 (29.83%) Developer
2 271 (25.66%) Senior
3 247 (23.39%) Software Engineer
4 222 (21.02%) Java Engineer
5 174 (16.48%) Java Developer
6 154 (14.58%) Lead
7 85 (8.05%) Java Software Engineer
7 85 (8.05%) Senior Developer
8 77 (7.29%) Senior Software Engineer
9 62 (5.87%) Senior Java Engineer
10 59 (5.59%) Lead Software Engineer
11 50 (4.73%) Architect
11 50 (4.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 48 (4.55%) Senior Java Developer
13 47 (4.45%) Principal Engineer
14 44 (4.17%) Software Developer
15 42 (3.98%) Consultant
16 38 (3.60%) Engineering Manager
17 37 (3.50%) Full-Stack Developer
18 35 (3.31%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 251 (23.77%) Spring
2 211 (19.98%) Spring Boot
3 166 (15.72%) Kafka
4 118 (11.17%) React
5 114 (10.80%) REST
6 91 (8.62%) Node.js
7 62 (5.87%) .NET
8 58 (5.49%) RESTful
9 53 (5.02%) AngularJS
10 43 (4.07%) GraphQL
11 36 (3.41%) Redux
12 34 (3.22%) Web Services
13 28 (2.65%) OAuth
14 27 (2.56%) Middleware
15 24 (2.27%) Elastic Stack
15 24 (2.27%) Hibernate
16 23 (2.18%) OAuth2
17 22 (2.08%) FIX Protocol
18 21 (1.99%) HTML
18 21 (1.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 211 (19.98%) Cloud Native
2 113 (10.70%) Distributed Systems
3 97 (9.19%) Product Ownership
4 92 (8.71%) Public Cloud
5 51 (4.83%) Fixed Income
6 47 (4.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 36 (3.41%) Onboarding
8 34 (3.22%) Blog
9 31 (2.94%) Equities
10 29 (2.75%) Distributed Architecture
11 25 (2.37%) e-Learning
11 25 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.61%) FPGA
14 16 (1.52%) Data Structures
15 14 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
16 13 (1.23%) Security Posture
17 11 (1.04%) AI Agents
17 11 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
18 10 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 114 (10.80%) Linux
2 29 (2.75%) 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
1 391 (37.03%) Software Engineering
2 335 (31.72%) CI/CD
3 302 (28.60%) Agile
4 263 (24.91%) Microservices
5 220 (20.83%) DevOps
6 219 (20.74%) Test Automation
7 200 (18.94%) Mentoring
8 179 (16.95%) Roadmaps
9 148 (14.02%) Infrastructure as Code
10 145 (13.73%) AI
10 145 (13.73%) Technical Leadership
11 138 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
12 133 (12.59%) Containerisation
13 130 (12.31%) Full-Stack Development
14 101 (9.56%) Event-Driven
15 100 (9.47%) Fintech
16 97 (9.19%) Continuous Improvement
17 92 (8.71%) Low Latency
18 83 (7.86%) Computer Science
19 82 (7.77%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 343 (32.48%) Python
2 168 (15.91%) SQL
3 152 (14.39%) JavaScript
4 103 (9.75%) Go
5 100 (9.47%) C#
6 97 (9.19%) C++
7 96 (9.09%) TypeScript
8 58 (5.49%) Bash
9 41 (3.88%) Kotlin
10 36 (3.41%) Rust
11 35 (3.31%) C
12 23 (2.18%) PowerShell
13 22 (2.08%) Ruby
14 20 (1.89%) Scala
15 18 (1.70%) PHP
16 16 (1.52%) Perl
17 10 (0.95%) RPG
18 9 (0.85%) R
19 8 (0.76%) Apex Code
20 7 (0.66%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 147 (13.92%) Security Cleared
2 106 (10.04%) Degree
3 89 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 68 (6.44%) AWS Certification
5 56 (5.30%) DV Cleared
6 55 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 47 (4.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (1.52%) 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%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.11%) QA
2 19 (1.80%) GDPR
3 16 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.33%) GRC
5 12 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.95%) SOC 2
7 7 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.66%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.47%) 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 (12.22%) 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
1 228 (21.59%) Kubernetes
2 156 (14.77%) Terraform
3 83 (7.86%) 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%) WSUS
14 1 (0.095%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (4.36%) Google
2 40 (3.79%) Microsoft
2 40 (3.79%) Oracle
3 31 (2.94%) IBM
4 25 (2.37%) Splunk
5 24 (2.27%) Palantir
6 17 (1.61%) Foundry
7 16 (1.52%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.52%) 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