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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 22 17
Rank change year-on-year -13 -5 -4
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,045 1,179 2,253
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.76% 9.57% 9.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.47% 23.01% 23.12%
Number of salaries quoted 595 759 1,720
10th Percentile £55,500 £57,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £74,772 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £105,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £110,000 £130,000 £137,500
90th Percentile £135,750 £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 5,366 5,123 9,746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.46% 41.58% 40.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,801 3,576 7,566
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £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 £131,250
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 2 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 2 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 -21 153 £100,000 +2.56% 122
South London -10 24 £70,000 -15.15% 5
West London -10 21 £80,000 +166.67% 16
East London -2 3 - - 21
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 24 (2.30%) Confluence
2 21 (2.01%) Apache Spark
3 15 (1.44%) Apache
3 15 (1.44%) Palantir Foundry
4 12 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (0.77%) Camunda
6 5 (0.48%) JBoss
7 4 (0.38%) CMS
7 4 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.29%) SAS
9 2 (0.19%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.19%) Moodle
10 1 (0.096%) CICS
10 1 (0.096%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.096%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.096%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.096%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (0.96%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.096%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (1.05%) Maximo
2 5 (0.48%) Fidessa
2 5 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.48%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.096%) Endur
3 1 (0.096%) Findur
3 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.096%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 470 (44.98%) AWS
2 191 (18.28%) GCP
3 178 (17.03%) Azure
4 68 (6.51%) Amazon EKS
5 58 (5.55%) SaaS
6 55 (5.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 51 (4.88%) GitHub
8 34 (3.25%) Serverless
9 25 (2.39%) OpenShift
10 22 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
11 20 (1.91%) Amazon ECS
12 17 (1.63%) Amazon S3
12 17 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
12 17 (1.63%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (1.44%) dbt
13 15 (1.44%) Pulumi
14 14 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (1.24%) Azure Key Vault
15 13 (1.24%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (1.24%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.87%) HTTP
2 22 (2.11%) TCP/IP
3 21 (2.01%) Broadband
4 13 (1.24%) DMARC
5 9 (0.86%) Network Security
6 5 (0.48%) BGP
6 5 (0.48%) VPN
7 4 (0.38%) IPv4
7 4 (0.38%) Kerberos
7 4 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.29%) Firewall
8 3 (0.29%) Internet
8 3 (0.29%) VLAN
9 2 (0.19%) DNS
9 2 (0.19%) IPsec
9 2 (0.19%) LAN
9 2 (0.19%) SAN
9 2 (0.19%) WAN
10 1 (0.096%) LTE
10 1 (0.096%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (7.27%) NoSQL
2 60 (5.74%) PostgreSQL
3 53 (5.07%) Relational Database
4 29 (2.78%) MongoDB
5 24 (2.30%) Db2
6 23 (2.20%) RDBMS
6 23 (2.20%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.53%) BigQuery
8 12 (1.15%) MySQL
9 11 (1.05%) Big Data
9 11 (1.05%) DynamoDB
10 10 (0.96%) Metadata
11 9 (0.86%) Hadoop
11 9 (0.86%) Redis
12 8 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.77%) DTS
13 7 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
14 6 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 56 (5.36%) Git
2 53 (5.07%) TeamCity
3 50 (4.78%) GitLab
4 41 (3.92%) Jenkins
5 31 (2.97%) Cucumber
6 30 (2.87%) JIRA
6 30 (2.87%) Selenium
7 19 (1.82%) JUnit
8 15 (1.44%) Maven
9 14 (1.34%) Gradle
10 13 (1.24%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.05%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.05%) Jaeger
12 8 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 8 (0.77%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.77%) Mockito
13 7 (0.67%) Postman
14 6 (0.57%) WebDriver
15 5 (0.48%) JMeter
15 5 (0.48%) SpecFlow
General
1 415 (39.71%) Finance
2 196 (18.76%) Banking
3 163 (15.60%) Social Skills
4 103 (9.86%) Front Office
4 103 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 80 (7.66%) Law
6 79 (7.56%) Public Sector
7 75 (7.18%) Retail
8 65 (6.22%) Financial Institution
9 61 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
10 44 (4.21%) Back Office
11 28 (2.68%) Investment Banking
12 16 (1.53%) Telecoms
13 15 (1.44%) Games
13 15 (1.44%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.05%) Billing
14 11 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.77%) Health Technology
15 8 (0.77%) Manufacturing
15 8 (0.77%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 324 (31.00%) Developer
2 259 (24.78%) Senior
3 247 (23.64%) Software Engineer
4 219 (20.96%) Java Engineer
5 182 (17.42%) Java Developer
6 151 (14.45%) Lead
7 86 (8.23%) Java Software Engineer
8 85 (8.13%) Senior Developer
9 76 (7.27%) Senior Software Engineer
10 60 (5.74%) Senior Java Engineer
11 59 (5.65%) Lead Software Engineer
12 51 (4.88%) Architect
13 50 (4.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 49 (4.69%) Senior Java Developer
15 45 (4.31%) Principal Engineer
15 45 (4.31%) Software Developer
16 44 (4.21%) Full-Stack Developer
17 39 (3.73%) Engineering Manager
18 37 (3.54%) Consultant
19 35 (3.35%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 248 (23.73%) Spring
2 209 (20.00%) Spring Boot
3 155 (14.83%) Kafka
4 116 (11.10%) React
5 113 (10.81%) REST
6 82 (7.85%) Node.js
7 60 (5.74%) .NET
8 55 (5.26%) RESTful
9 52 (4.98%) AngularJS
10 40 (3.83%) GraphQL
11 36 (3.44%) Redux
12 35 (3.35%) Web Services
13 28 (2.68%) OAuth
14 25 (2.39%) Middleware
15 24 (2.30%) Elastic Stack
16 23 (2.20%) HTML
17 22 (2.11%) SOAP
18 21 (2.01%) FIX Protocol
18 21 (2.01%) Hibernate
18 21 (2.01%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 205 (19.62%) Cloud Native
2 107 (10.24%) Distributed Systems
3 96 (9.19%) Product Ownership
4 90 (8.61%) Public Cloud
5 49 (4.69%) Fixed Income
6 46 (4.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 32 (3.06%) Blog
8 30 (2.87%) Distributed Architecture
8 30 (2.87%) Equities
9 26 (2.49%) Onboarding
10 24 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
11 23 (2.20%) e-Learning
12 21 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
13 17 (1.63%) FPGA
14 16 (1.53%) Data Structures
15 13 (1.24%) Security Posture
16 11 (1.05%) AI Agents
16 11 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
17 9 (0.86%) Algorithms
17 9 (0.86%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 111 (10.62%) Linux
2 26 (2.49%) Windows
3 23 (2.20%) Unix
4 19 (1.82%) Android
5 10 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (37.61%) Software Engineering
2 320 (30.62%) CI/CD
3 293 (28.04%) Agile
4 255 (24.40%) Microservices
5 218 (20.86%) DevOps
6 207 (19.81%) Test Automation
7 197 (18.85%) Mentoring
8 174 (16.65%) Roadmaps
9 145 (13.88%) Technical Leadership
10 137 (13.11%) Full-Stack Development
11 134 (12.82%) Infrastructure as Code
12 133 (12.73%) Containerisation
12 133 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
13 132 (12.63%) AI
14 101 (9.67%) Fintech
15 97 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
16 95 (9.09%) Event-Driven
17 89 (8.52%) Low Latency
18 79 (7.56%) Clean Code
19 77 (7.37%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 322 (30.81%) Python
2 158 (15.12%) SQL
3 150 (14.35%) JavaScript
4 102 (9.76%) Go
5 94 (9.00%) C#
5 94 (9.00%) C++
6 93 (8.90%) TypeScript
7 51 (4.88%) Bash
8 41 (3.92%) Kotlin
9 36 (3.44%) Rust
10 33 (3.16%) C
11 22 (2.11%) PowerShell
12 20 (1.91%) Scala
13 13 (1.24%) Ruby
14 12 (1.15%) PHP
15 10 (0.96%) Perl
16 9 (0.86%) R
17 8 (0.77%) Apex Code
17 8 (0.77%) RPG
18 7 (0.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 145 (13.88%) Security Cleared
2 101 (9.67%) Degree
3 90 (8.61%) SC Cleared
4 59 (5.65%) DV Cleared
5 58 (5.55%) AWS Certification
6 52 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (1.53%) OSCP
9 13 (1.24%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.15%) CREST Certified
11 9 (0.86%) PhD
12 8 (0.77%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 5 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.38%) CCNA
15 4 (0.38%) RHCE
15 4 (0.38%) RHCSA
16 3 (0.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.78%) QA
2 18 (1.72%) GDPR
3 16 (1.53%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.34%) GRC
5 11 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.96%) SOC 2
7 7 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 7 (0.67%) ISO 20022
8 6 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.48%) NIST
10 4 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.29%) WCAG
12 1 (0.096%) MiFID
System Software
1 129 (12.34%) Docker
2 13 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.15%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.48%) KVM
4 5 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.38%) Squid
5 4 (0.38%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.38%) vSphere
6 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.19%) Firmware
7 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 226 (21.63%) Kubernetes
2 142 (13.59%) Terraform
3 79 (7.56%) Grafana
4 43 (4.11%) Ansible
5 35 (3.35%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.44%) Argo
7 11 (1.05%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.67%) Kibana
8 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.38%) Packer
9 4 (0.38%) Puppet
9 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.29%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle Flashback
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.29%) Rancher
10 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.19%) Hadoop YARN
11 2 (0.19%) WSUS
12 1 (0.096%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 45 (4.31%) Google
2 35 (3.35%) Oracle
3 34 (3.25%) Microsoft
4 27 (2.58%) IBM
5 25 (2.39%) Splunk
6 24 (2.30%) Palantir
7 17 (1.63%) Foundry
8 16 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 14 (1.34%) VMware
10 13 (1.24%) Red Hat
10 13 (1.24%) SendGrid
11 11 (1.05%) Solace
12 10 (0.96%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.96%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.77%) SAP
14 7 (0.67%) OpenAI
15 6 (0.57%) Databricks
15 6 (0.57%) Dynatrace
15 6 (0.57%) Guidewire
15 6 (0.57%) Sybase