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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 19 72
Rank change year-on-year -24 +53 -30
Permanent jobs citing Java 752 950 376
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.13% 10.00% 2.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.91% 38.20% 10.24%
Number of salaries quoted 542 166 172
10th Percentile £42,500 £28,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,308 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £79,688 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% +3.23%

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 3,597 2,487 3,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.97% 26.18% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,764 1,234 2,145
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 28 September 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 28 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
North West -34 384 £70,000 - 226
Yorkshire +24 186 £75,000 +15.38% 99
North East +16 182 £55,000 +15.79% 71
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 15 (1.99%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 10 (1.33%) Apache
3 10 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.06%) Jupyter
5 6 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.66%) Confluence
7 4 (0.53%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.53%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.40%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.40%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.40%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 276 (36.70%) AWS
2 105 (13.96%) Serverless
3 103 (13.70%) Azure
4 82 (10.90%) AWS Lambda
5 68 (9.04%) Amazon S3
6 62 (8.24%) AWS CloudFormation
7 59 (7.85%) Amazon ECS
8 47 (6.25%) GitHub
9 45 (5.98%) AWS Step Functions
10 38 (5.05%) GCP
11 28 (3.72%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (3.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 24 (3.19%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 23 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
16 21 (2.79%) Amazon ECR
17 19 (2.53%) SaaS
18 18 (2.39%) Amazon SQS
18 18 (2.39%) Datadog
19 16 (2.13%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.53%) RIP
2 3 (0.40%) AMQP
2 3 (0.40%) HTTP
3 2 (0.27%) 5G
3 2 (0.27%) MQTT
3 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.13%) DNS
4 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (6.65%) DynamoDB
2 37 (4.92%) NoSQL
3 34 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (4.26%) MongoDB
5 26 (3.46%) Amazon Athena
6 23 (3.06%) Relational Database
7 16 (2.13%) MySQL
8 12 (1.60%) Spark SQL
9 10 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.20%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.20%) Flink
10 9 (1.20%) Power BI
10 9 (1.20%) SQL Server
11 8 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.93%) Big Data
13 6 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.80%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.66%) Neo4j
15 4 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (9.31%) Git
2 61 (8.11%) GitLab
3 57 (7.58%) Jenkins
4 27 (3.59%) Maven
5 23 (3.06%) JUnit
6 22 (2.93%) Cypress.io
7 17 (2.26%) SonarQube
8 13 (1.73%) JIRA
8 13 (1.73%) Spock
9 10 (1.33%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.06%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.06%) Selenium
10 8 (1.06%) Storybook
11 7 (0.93%) Artifactory
11 7 (0.93%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.66%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.66%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.66%) fastlane
12 5 (0.66%) Gradle
General
1 96 (12.77%) Public Sector
2 89 (11.84%) Social Skills
3 86 (11.44%) Finance
4 41 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (2.93%) Banking
5 22 (2.93%) Publishing
6 20 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (1.60%) Retail
8 11 (1.46%) Marketing
9 10 (1.33%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.33%) Manufacturing
10 7 (0.93%) Legal
10 7 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (0.80%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.66%) Law
12 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.53%) iGaming
13 4 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 286 (38.03%) Developer
2 229 (30.45%) Senior
3 198 (26.33%) Java Developer
4 179 (23.80%) Java Engineer
5 135 (17.95%) Software Engineer
6 108 (14.36%) Lead
7 97 (12.90%) Senior Developer
8 89 (11.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 71 (9.44%) Senior Java Engineer
10 65 (8.64%) Senior Java Developer
11 57 (7.58%) Java Software Engineer
12 53 (7.05%) Senior Software Engineer
13 43 (5.72%) Full-Stack Developer
14 42 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
15 36 (4.79%) Software Developer
16 32 (4.26%) Senior Java Software Engineer
17 31 (4.12%) Technical Leader
18 29 (3.86%) AWS Developer
19 28 (3.72%) Full-Stack Java Developer
19 28 (3.72%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (24.73%) Spring
2 152 (20.21%) Spring Boot
3 125 (16.62%) AngularJS
4 86 (11.44%) Terraform
5 80 (10.64%) React
6 78 (10.37%) Node.js
7 48 (6.38%) Kafka
8 47 (6.25%) .NET
9 44 (5.85%) REST
10 28 (3.72%) RESTful
11 23 (3.06%) PySpark
11 23 (3.06%) Vue
12 19 (2.53%) Gherkin
13 18 (2.39%) CSS
13 18 (2.39%) HTML
14 13 (1.73%) Jest
14 13 (1.73%) RabbitMQ
15 11 (1.46%) OpenAPI
16 10 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
16 10 (1.33%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.38%) Distributed Systems
2 41 (5.45%) Cloud Native
3 13 (1.73%) Private Cloud
4 12 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (1.60%) Marketing Technology
4 12 (1.60%) Media Streaming
4 12 (1.60%) Podcast
5 10 (1.33%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.20%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.06%) Blog
7 8 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (0.80%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.66%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.66%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.66%) Hedge funds
10 5 (0.66%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.53%) EMV
11 4 (0.53%) Java Card
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.92%) Linux
2 19 (2.53%) Windows
3 15 (1.99%) Unix
4 11 (1.46%) Android
5 6 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.53%) VMS
7 3 (0.40%) CentOS
7 3 (0.40%) Debian
7 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (31.78%) Agile
2 232 (30.85%) CI/CD
3 218 (28.99%) Software Engineering
4 212 (28.19%) Full-Stack Development
5 179 (23.80%) DevOps
6 154 (20.48%) Microservices
7 144 (19.15%) Mentoring
8 128 (17.02%) Test Automation
9 93 (12.37%) TDD
10 91 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 84 (11.17%) AI
11 84 (11.17%) Containerisation
12 78 (10.37%) Coaching
12 78 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
12 78 (10.37%) Scrum
13 68 (9.04%) Infrastructure as Code
14 57 (7.58%) Continuous Integration
15 54 (7.18%) Event-Driven
16 50 (6.65%) Code Quality
17 46 (6.12%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 176 (23.40%) Python
2 134 (17.82%) SQL
3 115 (15.29%) JavaScript
4 105 (13.96%) TypeScript
5 75 (9.97%) C#
6 42 (5.59%) C++
7 39 (5.19%) Kotlin
8 29 (3.86%) Groovy
9 25 (3.32%) Bash
9 25 (3.32%) Scala
10 16 (2.13%) Go
11 11 (1.46%) C
12 9 (1.20%) PHP
12 9 (1.20%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.66%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.53%) Ruby
15 2 (0.27%) Perl
15 2 (0.27%) Rust
15 2 (0.27%) Swift
16 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 121 (16.09%) Security Cleared
2 70 (9.31%) SC Cleared
3 44 (5.85%) DV Cleared
4 38 (5.05%) Degree
5 15 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (1.86%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.20%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.93%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 7 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.53%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.53%) MBA
12 2 (0.27%) PhD
13 1 (0.13%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.39%) Data Quality
2 32 (4.26%) QA
3 31 (4.12%) Accessibility
4 16 (2.13%) WCAG
5 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 132 (17.55%) Docker
2 3 (0.40%) vSphere
3 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 99 (13.16%) Kubernetes
2 42 (5.59%) Ansible
3 15 (1.99%) Argo
4 8 (1.06%) HP Fortify
5 7 (0.93%) Packer
6 5 (0.66%) Puppet
7 4 (0.53%) Grafana
7 4 (0.53%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.40%) Control-M
8 3 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.27%) Kibana
9 2 (0.27%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.13%) logstash
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (3.19%) Adobe
2 21 (2.79%) Splunk
3 18 (2.39%) AppDynamics
4 14 (1.86%) Microsoft
5 12 (1.60%) Oracle
6 11 (1.46%) Google
7 8 (1.06%) Dynatrace
7 8 (1.06%) IBM
8 6 (0.80%) Red Hat
9 5 (0.66%) VMware
10 4 (0.53%) NEC
10 4 (0.53%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.40%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.40%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.40%) SaltStack
11 3 (0.40%) Talend
12 2 (0.27%) Apple
12 2 (0.27%) Databricks
12 2 (0.27%) New Relic
13 1 (0.13%) YouTube