Java Jobs in the Midlands

Java
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 101 55
Rank change year-on-year +1 -46 -33
Permanent jobs citing Java 178 277 558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.54% 2.37% 5.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.49% 8.93% 15.97%
Number of salaries quoted 121 231 266
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £93,125
England median annual salary £71,991 £73,805 £80,000
% change year-on-year -2.46% -7.74% +10.34%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,549 3,103 3,495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.13% 26.54% 36.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 2,591 1,862
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the Midlands

Java
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Java in the Midlands

Java
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the Midlands over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Java in the Midlands

Java
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. 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
West Midlands -11 110 £53,688 -5.81% 149
East Midlands +32 67 £46,250 -11.90% 91
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (14.61%) Confluence
2 13 (7.30%) CMS
2 13 (7.30%) WordPress
3 8 (4.49%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.81%) Apache
5 3 (1.69%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.12%) Jupyter
6 2 (1.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.56%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.56%) Mendix
7 1 (0.56%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (6.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.69%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (7.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 98 (55.06%) Azure
2 75 (42.13%) AWS
3 36 (20.22%) GCP
4 20 (11.24%) Power Platform
5 17 (9.55%) SaaS
6 14 (7.87%) GitHub
6 14 (7.87%) Slack
7 13 (7.30%) Zapier
8 11 (6.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 9 (5.06%) Serverless
10 8 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (4.49%) Power Automate
10 8 (4.49%) PowerApps
11 6 (3.37%) ChatGPT
12 4 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (2.25%) Cloud Functions
12 4 (2.25%) Google App Engine
12 4 (2.25%) Google Compute Engine
13 3 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.69%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.69%) Firewall
1 3 (1.69%) SSL
2 2 (1.12%) DNS
3 1 (0.56%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (23.60%) SQL Server
2 28 (15.73%) MySQL
3 26 (14.61%) NoSQL
4 17 (9.55%) Relational Database
5 12 (6.74%) Power BI
6 8 (4.49%) DB2
7 7 (3.93%) Big Data
8 5 (2.81%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.81%) RDBMS
9 4 (2.25%) BigQuery
9 4 (2.25%) Cloud Spanner
9 4 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.25%) MaxDB
9 4 (2.25%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (2.25%) SAP HANA
10 3 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.69%) Hadoop
11 2 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.56%) Hazelcast
12 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (20.22%) JIRA
2 34 (19.10%) Selenium
3 32 (17.98%) GitLab
4 31 (17.42%) Bitbucket
4 31 (17.42%) Cucumber
4 31 (17.42%) Maven
4 31 (17.42%) SonarQube
4 31 (17.42%) Sonatype Nexus
5 20 (11.24%) Git
6 19 (10.67%) Eclipse
6 19 (10.67%) JUnit
6 19 (10.67%) Mockito
7 17 (9.55%) IntelliJ
7 17 (9.55%) Jasmine
7 17 (9.55%) Karma Test Runner
7 17 (9.55%) Protractor
8 3 (1.69%) Appium
8 3 (1.69%) Bitbucket Server
8 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.69%) Vagrant
General
1 62 (34.83%) Finance
2 39 (21.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 37 (20.79%) Banking
4 28 (15.73%) Social Skills
5 19 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.99%) Police
7 14 (7.87%) Law
8 13 (7.30%) Manufacturing
9 12 (6.74%) Retail
10 11 (6.18%) Marketing
11 7 (3.93%) Investment Banking
12 6 (3.37%) Corporate Banking
13 4 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (1.69%) Retail Banking
15 2 (1.12%) Advertising
15 2 (1.12%) Electronics
15 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (1.12%) Public Sector
16 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 78 (43.82%) Developer
2 51 (28.65%) Software Engineer
3 31 (17.42%) Java Developer
4 16 (8.99%) SaaS Developer
5 15 (8.43%) Backend Developer
6 14 (7.87%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (7.30%) Data Scientist
7 13 (7.30%) Graduate
7 13 (7.30%) Graduate Developer
8 11 (6.18%) Senior
9 10 (5.62%) Java Engineer
10 9 (5.06%) IT Graduate
10 9 (5.06%) Lead
11 8 (4.49%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 7 (3.93%) Architect
12 7 (3.93%) Java Software Engineer
13 5 (2.81%) C# Developer
13 5 (2.81%) PHP Developer
13 5 (2.81%) Senior Software Engineer
13 5 (2.81%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (37.08%) React
2 56 (31.46%) CSS
3 54 (30.34%) JPA
4 52 (29.21%) Spring
5 47 (26.40%) Hibernate
5 47 (26.40%) HTML
6 41 (23.03%) Spring Boot
7 38 (21.35%) Kafka
8 31 (17.42%) Redux
9 30 (16.85%) .NET
10 23 (12.92%) AngularJS
11 18 (10.11%) RabbitMQ
12 16 (8.99%) RESTful
13 14 (7.87%) Laravel
14 11 (6.18%) REST
15 10 (5.62%) jQuery
16 9 (5.06%) ASP.NET
17 8 (4.49%) Node.js
17 8 (4.49%) Web Services
18 7 (3.93%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.42%) Enterprise Software
1 31 (17.42%) Product Ownership
2 21 (11.80%) Algorithms
3 13 (7.30%) Mobile App
4 7 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (3.37%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 5 (2.81%) Cyberattack
6 5 (2.81%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.69%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.69%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) PKI
8 2 (1.12%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.12%) Reference Data
8 2 (1.12%) Replication
9 1 (0.56%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 33 (18.54%) Linux
2 10 (5.62%) Windows
3 7 (3.93%) Unix
4 5 (2.81%) Rocky
5 4 (2.25%) AIX
5 4 (2.25%) Android
6 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.69%) VMS
7 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.56%) CentOS
7 1 (0.56%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (50.56%) Agile
2 69 (38.76%) Software Engineering
3 64 (35.96%) Microservices
4 63 (35.39%) Full-Stack Development
5 58 (32.58%) Containerisation
6 53 (29.78%) DevOps
7 50 (28.09%) Front End Development
8 48 (26.97%) Computer Science
9 44 (24.72%) SDLC
10 43 (24.16%) CI/CD
11 41 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (23.03%) Test Automation
12 37 (20.79%) TDD
13 32 (17.98%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (17.42%) Performance Optimisation
15 29 (16.29%) User Experience
16 26 (14.61%) Clean Code
17 25 (14.04%) Artificial Intelligence
18 23 (12.92%) Analytics
19 21 (11.80%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 92 (51.69%) SQL
2 55 (30.90%) Python
3 52 (29.21%) JavaScript
4 33 (18.54%) C#
5 29 (16.29%) C++
6 24 (13.48%) PHP
7 13 (7.30%) R
8 9 (5.06%) TypeScript
9 7 (3.93%) Rust
10 4 (2.25%) ABAP
10 4 (2.25%) Go
10 4 (2.25%) Ruby
11 3 (1.69%) Bash
11 3 (1.69%) Groovy
11 3 (1.69%) Perl
11 3 (1.69%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.69%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.12%) Ada
13 1 (0.56%) C
13 1 (0.56%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 55 (30.90%) Degree
2 30 (16.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (8.99%) Security Cleared
4 10 (5.62%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.12%) CISSP
5 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.12%) PMP
5 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (26.97%) QA
2 6 (3.37%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.25%) GDPR
4 2 (1.12%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.12%) NIST
5 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 65 (36.52%) Docker
2 3 (1.69%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (26.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.49%) Terraform
3 6 (3.37%) Ansible
4 3 (1.69%) Nagios
4 3 (1.69%) Nessus
4 3 (1.69%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.56%) Grafana
5 1 (0.56%) Marathon
5 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (17.42%) Solace
2 21 (11.80%) Microsoft
3 18 (10.11%) IBM
4 13 (7.30%) WooCommerce
5 6 (3.37%) Oracle
5 6 (3.37%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.81%) Google
7 4 (2.25%) SAP
8 3 (1.69%) Databricks
8 3 (1.69%) Juniper
8 3 (1.69%) Sybase
9 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.56%) UiPath