Java Developer Job Trends in the North East

Java Developer
England > North East

The median Java Developer salary in the North East is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 88 61
Rank change year-on-year +12 -27 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 3 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.30% 0.45% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.48% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £56,500 - £54,400
25th Percentile £58,750 £51,250 £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -29.53% +42.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £85,500
90th Percentile - - £90,600
England median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 878 1,247 536
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.80% 94.54% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 549 672 439
10th Percentile £25,087 £24,960 £29,500
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -
75th Percentile £59,652 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in the North East

Java Developer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in the North East

Java Developer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the North East region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Tyne and Wear +13 3 £65,000 +23.81% 3
Java Developer
England

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, Java Developer 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 North East region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Scala
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 2 (66.67%) TDD
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (66.67%) Pair Programming
1 2 (66.67%) TDD
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Scala
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared