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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 24 17
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Java 1,047 1,158 2,230
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.85% 9.51% 9.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.58% 22.86% 22.56%
Number of salaries quoted 589 734 1,701
10th Percentile £56,250 £56,625 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £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 £107,500 £130,000 £127,500
90th Percentile £133,000 £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 5,348 5,065 9,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 24.79% 41.61% 39.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,770 3,512 7,701
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,325 £47,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,000 £80,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% +0.63% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £135,000 £130,000
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 June 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 June 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 -19 154 £100,000 +2.56% 32
South London -8 24 £70,000 -15.15% 4
West London -10 22 £80,000 +166.67% 12
East London -6 3 - - 8
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 21 (2.01%) Apache Spark
1 21 (2.01%) Confluence
2 17 (1.62%) Apache
3 15 (1.43%) Palantir Foundry
4 12 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.57%) JBoss
6 5 (0.48%) Camunda
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%) Liferay
9 2 (0.19%) Moodle
9 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.096%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.096%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.096%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (0.76%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (1.05%) Maximo
2 5 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.48%) Temenos T24
3 4 (0.38%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.096%) Endur
4 1 (0.096%) Findur
4 1 (0.096%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.096%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 465 (44.41%) AWS
2 192 (18.34%) GCP
3 176 (16.81%) Azure
4 63 (6.02%) Amazon EKS
5 60 (5.73%) SaaS
6 52 (4.97%) GitHub
7 49 (4.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (2.87%) Serverless
9 24 (2.29%) OpenShift
10 21 (2.01%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (1.81%) Pulumi
12 18 (1.72%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (1.53%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (1.53%) dbt
14 14 (1.34%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.34%) GitHub Copilot
15 12 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
15 12 (1.15%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 31 (2.96%) HTTP
2 25 (2.39%) Broadband
3 23 (2.20%) TCP/IP
4 12 (1.15%) DMARC
5 5 (0.48%) Network Security
6 4 (0.38%) BGP
6 4 (0.38%) IPv4
6 4 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (0.38%) VPN
7 3 (0.29%) Internet
7 3 (0.29%) Kerberos
7 3 (0.29%) VLAN
8 2 (0.19%) AMQP
8 2 (0.19%) Firewall
8 2 (0.19%) LAN
8 2 (0.19%) SAN
8 2 (0.19%) WAN
9 1 (0.096%) DNS
9 1 (0.096%) IPsec
9 1 (0.096%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (7.45%) NoSQL
2 57 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
3 56 (5.35%) Relational Database
4 28 (2.67%) MongoDB
5 27 (2.58%) RDBMS
6 22 (2.10%) Db2
6 22 (2.10%) SQL Server
7 15 (1.43%) BigQuery
8 11 (1.05%) DynamoDB
8 11 (1.05%) MySQL
9 10 (0.96%) Big Data
9 10 (0.96%) Metadata
10 9 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (0.86%) Redis
11 8 (0.76%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
13 6 (0.57%) DTS
13 6 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.48%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 55 (5.25%) Git
2 52 (4.97%) TeamCity
3 49 (4.68%) GitLab
4 43 (4.11%) Jenkins
5 32 (3.06%) JIRA
5 32 (3.06%) Selenium
6 29 (2.77%) Cucumber
7 18 (1.72%) JUnit
8 15 (1.43%) Jaeger
8 15 (1.43%) Maven
9 14 (1.34%) Gradle
10 12 (1.15%) Bitbucket
11 11 (1.05%) Claude Code
12 9 (0.86%) Postman
13 8 (0.76%) Cypress.io
14 7 (0.67%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 7 (0.67%) Mockito
14 7 (0.67%) WebDriver
15 6 (0.57%) JMeter
16 5 (0.48%) Subversion
General
1 407 (38.87%) Finance
2 200 (19.10%) Banking
3 169 (16.14%) Social Skills
4 106 (10.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 101 (9.65%) Front Office
6 81 (7.74%) Law
7 79 (7.55%) Public Sector
8 74 (7.07%) Retail
9 65 (6.21%) Financial Institution
10 59 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
11 44 (4.20%) Back Office
12 30 (2.87%) Investment Banking
13 20 (1.91%) Telecoms
14 17 (1.62%) Games
15 15 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.24%) Billing
17 11 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.76%) Health Technology
18 8 (0.76%) Tech for Good
19 7 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 329 (31.42%) Developer
2 255 (24.36%) Senior
3 252 (24.07%) Software Engineer
4 219 (20.92%) Java Engineer
5 187 (17.86%) Java Developer
6 157 (15.00%) Lead
7 89 (8.50%) Java Software Engineer
8 83 (7.93%) Senior Developer
9 79 (7.55%) Senior Software Engineer
10 63 (6.02%) Senior Java Engineer
11 59 (5.64%) Lead Software Engineer
12 52 (4.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 50 (4.78%) Senior Java Developer
14 49 (4.68%) Full-Stack Developer
15 48 (4.58%) Architect
16 46 (4.39%) Principal Engineer
17 43 (4.11%) Software Developer
18 39 (3.72%) Engineering Manager
19 36 (3.44%) Developer/Software Engineer
20 34 (3.25%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (24.45%) Spring
2 215 (20.53%) Spring Boot
3 149 (14.23%) Kafka
4 119 (11.37%) React
5 112 (10.70%) REST
6 81 (7.74%) Node.js
7 58 (5.54%) .NET
8 54 (5.16%) RESTful
9 52 (4.97%) AngularJS
10 40 (3.82%) GraphQL
11 37 (3.53%) Web Services
12 34 (3.25%) Redux
13 28 (2.67%) HTML
14 27 (2.58%) Elastic Stack
14 27 (2.58%) OAuth
15 24 (2.29%) SOAP
16 23 (2.20%) Middleware
17 22 (2.10%) CSS
18 21 (2.01%) Hibernate
19 20 (1.91%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 201 (19.20%) Cloud Native
2 104 (9.93%) Distributed Systems
3 98 (9.36%) Product Ownership
4 89 (8.50%) Public Cloud
5 49 (4.68%) Fixed Income
6 46 (4.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 31 (2.96%) Blog
7 31 (2.96%) Distributed Architecture
8 30 (2.87%) Equities
9 22 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (2.01%) e-Learning
11 20 (1.91%) Onboarding
12 19 (1.81%) FPGA
12 19 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
13 13 (1.24%) Data Structures
14 12 (1.15%) Security Posture
15 11 (1.05%) AI Agents
15 11 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.05%) Mobile Banking
16 9 (0.86%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 112 (10.70%) Linux
2 26 (2.48%) Unix
3 25 (2.39%) Windows
4 21 (2.01%) Android
5 9 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.76%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (37.15%) Software Engineering
2 319 (30.47%) CI/CD
3 297 (28.37%) Agile
4 250 (23.88%) Microservices
5 227 (21.68%) DevOps
6 208 (19.87%) Test Automation
7 204 (19.48%) Mentoring
8 177 (16.91%) Roadmaps
9 146 (13.94%) Technical Leadership
10 144 (13.75%) Full-Stack Development
11 138 (13.18%) Containerisation
12 135 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
13 133 (12.70%) Infrastructure as Code
14 126 (12.03%) AI
15 102 (9.74%) Fintech
16 99 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
17 89 (8.50%) Low Latency
18 88 (8.40%) Event-Driven
19 79 (7.55%) Clean Code
20 78 (7.45%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 308 (29.42%) Python
2 154 (14.71%) SQL
3 151 (14.42%) JavaScript
4 106 (10.12%) Go
5 94 (8.98%) TypeScript
6 93 (8.88%) C#
7 92 (8.79%) C++
8 48 (4.58%) Bash
9 44 (4.20%) Kotlin
10 33 (3.15%) Rust
11 31 (2.96%) C
12 20 (1.91%) PowerShell
12 20 (1.91%) Scala
13 9 (0.86%) PHP
13 9 (0.86%) R
14 8 (0.76%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.76%) Ruby
15 7 (0.67%) Julia
15 7 (0.67%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 141 (13.47%) Security Cleared
2 98 (9.36%) Degree
3 91 (8.69%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.54%) DV Cleared
5 56 (5.35%) AWS Certification
6 48 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (1.53%) OSCP
9 12 (1.15%) CREST Certified
10 11 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.86%) ISTQB
11 9 (0.86%) PhD
12 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.57%) Cisco 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%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (4.78%) QA
2 17 (1.62%) GDPR
3 15 (1.43%) 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 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.38%) NIST
10 3 (0.29%) WCAG
11 2 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.096%) MiFID
System Software
1 138 (13.18%) Docker
2 12 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (1.05%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.48%) KVM
5 4 (0.38%) Squid
5 4 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
5 4 (0.38%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.38%) vSphere
6 2 (0.19%) Firmware
6 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.096%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.096%) OpenDJ
7 1 (0.096%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 231 (22.06%) Kubernetes
2 141 (13.47%) Terraform
3 77 (7.35%) Grafana
4 44 (4.20%) Ansible
5 37 (3.53%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.81%) Argo
7 15 (1.43%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.76%) Kibana
9 7 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.38%) Packer
10 4 (0.38%) Puppet
10 4 (0.38%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.29%) Rancher
12 2 (0.19%) Data Guard
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle Flashback
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.19%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.19%) WSUS
13 1 (0.096%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 45 (4.30%) Google
2 34 (3.25%) Microsoft
3 31 (2.96%) Oracle
4 23 (2.20%) IBM
4 23 (2.20%) Palantir
4 23 (2.20%) Splunk
5 17 (1.62%) Foundry
6 14 (1.34%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.24%) VMware
8 12 (1.15%) Red Hat
8 12 (1.15%) SendGrid
9 11 (1.05%) Solace
10 10 (0.96%) MuleSoft
10 10 (0.96%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.67%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.67%) SAP
12 6 (0.57%) Databricks
12 6 (0.57%) Guidewire
13 5 (0.48%) Sybase
14 4 (0.38%) TIBCO