Java Software Engineer Job Trends in Merseyside

Java Software Engineer
North West > Merseyside

The median Java Software Engineer salary in Merseyside is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 13 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.95% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% - -
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £65,000 - -
25th Percentile £70,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £70,000 £88,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -20.45% +58.56% -28.39%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Merseyside

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Merseyside. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Merseyside with a recognized job title 1,275 531 787
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 89.85% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 820 250 535
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,298
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside.

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in Merseyside

Java Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Merseyside over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Software Engineer in Merseyside

Java Software Engineer
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 19 September 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
Liverpool - 10 £85,000 - 4
Java Software Engineer
North West

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside

For the 6 months to 19 September 2026, Java Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Merseyside region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Java
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (76.92%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
3 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) Cypress.io
3 3 (23.08%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (23.08%) Git
3 3 (23.08%) IBM
3 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 3 (23.08%) Jest
3 3 (23.08%) JUnit
3 3 (23.08%) Mockito
3 3 (23.08%) Playwright
3 3 (23.08%) React
3 3 (23.08%) React Native
3 3 (23.08%) RESTful
3 3 (23.08%) Selenium
3 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
3 3 (23.08%) Spring
3 3 (23.08%) TDD
3 3 (23.08%) Tomcat
3 3 (23.08%) WCAG
3 3 (23.08%) WebSphere

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
1 3 (23.08%) Tomcat
1 3 (23.08%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Cypress.io
1 3 (23.08%) Git
1 3 (23.08%) JUnit
1 3 (23.08%) Mockito
1 3 (23.08%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Jest
1 3 (23.08%) Playwright
1 3 (23.08%) React
1 3 (23.08%) React Native
1 3 (23.08%) RESTful
1 3 (23.08%) Spring
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (76.92%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
3 3 (23.08%) End-to-End Testing
3 3 (23.08%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
1 3 (23.08%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) IBM