Java Job Trends in the North of England

Java
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 19 57
Rank change year-on-year -25 +38 -19
Permanent jobs citing Java 669 1,002 582
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.20% 10.66% 3.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.16% 37.39% 11.85%
Number of salaries quoted 484 226 376
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £49,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,690 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £91,934 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,500 £77,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.03% - -3.13%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,491 2,680 4,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.71% 28.50% 27.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,647 1,426 3,878
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Java job vacancy trend in the North of England

Java
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in the North of England

Java
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 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
North West -35 301 £70,000 - 59
Yorkshire +35 228 £72,500 +3.57% 30
North East +4 140 £53,750 +19.44% 26
Java
England

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 10 (1.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (1.35%) Apache
3 8 (1.20%) Confluence
4 7 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.75%) JBoss
6 5 (0.75%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.60%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.30%) CICS
8 2 (0.30%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.30%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.30%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 274 (40.96%) AWS
2 116 (17.34%) Serverless
3 113 (16.89%) Azure
4 86 (12.86%) AWS Lambda
5 82 (12.26%) Amazon S3
5 82 (12.26%) AWS CloudFormation
6 79 (11.81%) Amazon ECS
7 61 (9.12%) AWS Step Functions
8 44 (6.58%) GitHub
9 39 (5.83%) Amazon ECR
10 35 (5.23%) Apigee
10 35 (5.23%) GCP
11 33 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
12 32 (4.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 28 (4.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 27 (4.04%) Amazon SQS
15 22 (3.29%) SaaS
16 21 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
17 14 (2.09%) Datadog
18 13 (1.94%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.94%) Broadband
2 2 (0.30%) AMQP
2 2 (0.30%) MQTT
2 2 (0.30%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.15%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (10.61%) DynamoDB
2 56 (8.37%) NoSQL
3 43 (6.43%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (5.08%) MongoDB
5 31 (4.63%) Amazon Athena
6 24 (3.59%) MySQL
7 21 (3.14%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.94%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.64%) Power BI
10 8 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (1.20%) BigQuery
10 8 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.75%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.60%) Big Data
14 4 (0.60%) Redis
Development Applications
1 79 (11.81%) Jenkins
2 66 (9.87%) GitLab
3 59 (8.82%) Git
4 36 (5.38%) Cypress.io
4 36 (5.38%) Maven
5 32 (4.78%) SonarQube
6 24 (3.59%) JIRA
7 13 (1.94%) Cucumber
8 12 (1.79%) Claude Code
9 11 (1.64%) JUnit
10 10 (1.49%) Selenium
11 9 (1.35%) Spock
12 8 (1.20%) Bitbucket
13 7 (1.05%) Postman
14 6 (0.90%) Artifactory
14 6 (0.90%) REST Assured
15 5 (0.75%) Android Studio
15 5 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 5 (0.75%) Gradle
15 5 (0.75%) IntelliJ
General
1 85 (12.71%) Public Sector
2 80 (11.96%) Finance
3 67 (10.01%) Social Skills
4 35 (5.23%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.39%) Banking
7 13 (1.94%) Games
8 9 (1.35%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.20%) Marketing
9 8 (1.20%) Retail
10 6 (0.90%) Publishing
11 5 (0.75%) Advertising
11 5 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.60%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.60%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.45%) Back Office
13 3 (0.45%) Legal
13 3 (0.45%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.30%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 319 (47.68%) Developer
2 245 (36.62%) Java Developer
3 178 (26.61%) Senior
4 116 (17.34%) Software Engineer
5 113 (16.89%) Java Engineer
6 98 (14.65%) Lead
7 89 (13.30%) Senior Developer
8 72 (10.76%) Senior Java Developer
9 65 (9.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 59 (8.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 48 (7.17%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 47 (7.03%) Java Software Engineer
13 38 (5.68%) Software Developer
14 37 (5.53%) Senior Software Engineer
15 33 (4.93%) DevOps Engineer
15 33 (4.93%) Senior Java Engineer
16 31 (4.63%) AWS Developer
17 30 (4.48%) Lead Software Engineer
18 28 (4.19%) Junior
18 28 (4.19%) Lead Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (22.72%) Spring
2 146 (21.82%) Spring Boot
3 140 (20.93%) AngularJS
4 90 (13.45%) Node.js
5 68 (10.16%) React
6 52 (7.77%) .NET
7 42 (6.28%) RESTful
8 37 (5.53%) REST
9 34 (5.08%) Gherkin
10 27 (4.04%) Vue
11 25 (3.74%) Jest
12 22 (3.29%) CSS
12 22 (3.29%) Kafka
13 21 (3.14%) HTML
14 19 (2.84%) GraphQL
15 18 (2.69%) Android SDK
16 10 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
17 9 (1.35%) Hibernate
18 8 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
19 7 (1.05%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
2 32 (4.78%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.59%) Mobile App
4 15 (2.24%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.94%) Social Media
7 12 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
8 10 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (1.35%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (0.90%) Legacy Applications
11 6 (0.90%) Legacy Code
11 6 (0.90%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.75%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.75%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.75%) Hedge funds
12 5 (0.75%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.60%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 32 (4.78%) Linux
2 20 (2.99%) Android
3 16 (2.39%) Windows
4 15 (2.24%) Unix
5 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.30%) CentOS
5 2 (0.30%) Debian
5 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (37.22%) Agile
2 215 (32.14%) CI/CD
3 179 (26.76%) Software Engineering
4 173 (25.86%) Full-Stack Development
5 164 (24.51%) DevOps
6 141 (21.08%) Microservices
7 137 (20.48%) Test Automation
8 126 (18.83%) Mentoring
9 103 (15.40%) TDD
10 79 (11.81%) Coaching
10 79 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
10 79 (11.81%) Scrum
11 76 (11.36%) AI
12 63 (9.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (8.07%) Continuous Integration
14 53 (7.92%) Clean Code
14 53 (7.92%) Containerisation
15 51 (7.62%) SDLC
16 49 (7.32%) Design Patterns
17 48 (7.17%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 155 (23.17%) Python
2 142 (21.23%) SQL
3 122 (18.24%) JavaScript
4 91 (13.60%) TypeScript
5 61 (9.12%) C#
6 58 (8.67%) Kotlin
7 42 (6.28%) Groovy
8 36 (5.38%) Bash
9 23 (3.44%) C++
10 17 (2.54%) Scala
11 16 (2.39%) Go
12 8 (1.20%) C
12 8 (1.20%) PHP
13 7 (1.05%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.45%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.15%) Perl
15 1 (0.15%) Swift
15 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (13.45%) Security Cleared
2 59 (8.82%) SC Cleared
3 34 (5.08%) Degree
4 29 (4.33%) AWS Certification
5 27 (4.04%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.84%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 19 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
7 14 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.60%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.60%) MBA
12 3 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (4.04%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.89%) QA
3 15 (2.24%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.64%) WCAG
5 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 121 (18.09%) Docker
2 3 (0.45%) vSphere
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 75 (11.21%) Terraform
2 63 (9.42%) Kubernetes
3 28 (4.19%) Ansible
4 24 (3.59%) HP Fortify
5 13 (1.94%) Argo
6 5 (0.75%) Grafana
6 5 (0.75%) Packer
7 3 (0.45%) Control-M
7 3 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.30%) Kibana
8 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 17 (2.54%) Adobe
1 17 (2.54%) Splunk
2 15 (2.24%) Microsoft
3 14 (2.09%) AppDynamics
4 13 (1.94%) Google
5 9 (1.35%) Oracle
6 8 (1.20%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.05%) IBM
8 5 (0.75%) Pega
9 4 (0.60%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.60%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.60%) VMware
10 3 (0.45%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.30%) Cognos
11 2 (0.30%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.30%) NEC
11 2 (0.30%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.30%) Talend
11 2 (0.30%) WSO2
12 1 (0.15%) Veracode