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 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 20 52
Rank change year-on-year -44 +32 -21
Permanent jobs citing Java 495 692 638
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.72% 9.72% 3.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.73% 31.27% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 335 232 472
10th Percentile £35,200 £37,525 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £67,037 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.39% +3.93% -0.77%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £112,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £77,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year -5.84% +4.76% -8.13%

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 2,792 2,213 4,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.34% 31.09% 29.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,973 1,498 4,154
10th Percentile £32,600 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,934 £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 30 April 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 30 April 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
Yorkshire +3 221 £72,500 +2.12% 27
North West -60 203 £70,000 +3.70% 64
North East -4 71 £53,750 -4.87% 33
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 9 (1.82%) Apache
1 9 (1.82%) Apache Spark
1 9 (1.82%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.41%) JBoss
3 4 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.81%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.61%) Confluence
4 3 (0.61%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.40%) CICS
5 2 (0.40%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.20%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.20%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 240 (48.48%) AWS
2 121 (24.44%) Serverless
3 93 (18.79%) Azure
4 84 (16.97%) Amazon ECS
4 84 (16.97%) Amazon S3
4 84 (16.97%) AWS CloudFormation
4 84 (16.97%) AWS Lambda
5 65 (13.13%) AWS Step Functions
6 49 (9.90%) Amazon ECR
7 48 (9.70%) Apigee
8 28 (5.66%) Amazon SQS
9 26 (5.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 25 (5.05%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 25 (5.05%) GCP
11 23 (4.65%) Amazon EKS
12 22 (4.44%) GitHub
13 19 (3.84%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (3.64%) SaaS
15 16 (3.23%) Azure AKS
16 13 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.63%) Broadband
2 4 (0.81%) AMQP
2 4 (0.81%) HTTP
3 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.20%) SAN
4 1 (0.20%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (15.35%) DynamoDB
2 53 (10.71%) NoSQL
3 45 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (5.86%) MongoDB
5 25 (5.05%) Amazon Athena
6 22 (4.44%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.64%) MySQL
8 10 (2.02%) SQL Server
9 8 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.41%) Hadoop
11 6 (1.21%) Big Data
12 5 (1.01%) Power BI
12 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.81%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.81%) Cloudera CDH
13 4 (0.81%) Flink
13 4 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.81%) GIS
13 4 (0.81%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 82 (16.57%) Jenkins
2 70 (14.14%) GitLab
3 49 (9.90%) Git
4 46 (9.29%) SonarQube
5 44 (8.89%) Cypress.io
6 43 (8.69%) Maven
7 20 (4.04%) JIRA
8 12 (2.42%) Claude Code
8 12 (2.42%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.02%) Selenium
10 6 (1.21%) JUnit
10 6 (1.21%) REST Assured
11 5 (1.01%) Postman
12 4 (0.81%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.81%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.81%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.81%) JMeter
13 2 (0.40%) Gatling
13 2 (0.40%) Vagrant
General
1 63 (12.73%) Social Skills
2 53 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 50 (10.10%) Finance
4 20 (4.04%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (3.43%) Games
6 14 (2.83%) Banking
7 12 (2.42%) Retail
8 8 (1.62%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.01%) Advertising
12 4 (0.81%) Marketing
13 2 (0.40%) Back Office
13 2 (0.40%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.40%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.40%) Legal
14 1 (0.20%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 230 (46.46%) Developer
2 179 (36.16%) Java Developer
3 121 (24.44%) Senior
4 102 (20.61%) Software Engineer
5 76 (15.35%) Lead
6 74 (14.95%) Java Engineer
7 61 (12.32%) Senior Developer
8 49 (9.90%) Full-Stack Developer
9 48 (9.70%) Senior Java Developer
10 37 (7.47%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 35 (7.07%) Java Software Engineer
12 31 (6.26%) Software Developer
13 24 (4.85%) AWS Developer
13 24 (4.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 24 (4.85%) Lead Software Engineer
14 23 (4.65%) Junior
15 21 (4.24%) Architect
15 21 (4.24%) Senior Java Engineer
16 18 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
16 18 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (26.06%) Spring Boot
2 113 (22.83%) AngularJS
3 111 (22.42%) Spring
4 75 (15.15%) Node.js
5 65 (13.13%) React
6 44 (8.89%) REST
7 42 (8.48%) .NET
7 42 (8.48%) Gherkin
8 40 (8.08%) Jest
9 33 (6.67%) RESTful
10 22 (4.44%) Kafka
11 16 (3.23%) CSS
11 16 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (2.83%) GraphQL
12 14 (2.83%) Web Services
13 13 (2.63%) Android SDK
13 13 (2.63%) HTML
14 12 (2.42%) Vue
15 10 (2.02%) RabbitMQ
16 9 (1.82%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.07%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (4.65%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.24%) Mobile App
4 20 (4.04%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.63%) Social Media
6 7 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.21%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.21%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.01%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.01%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.81%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.81%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.61%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.61%) Hedge funds
10 3 (0.61%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.87%) Linux
2 15 (3.03%) Unix
2 15 (3.03%) Windows
3 14 (2.83%) Android
4 4 (0.81%) CentOS
4 4 (0.81%) Debian
4 4 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.81%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (43.43%) Agile
2 170 (34.34%) CI/CD
3 147 (29.70%) Software Engineering
4 133 (26.87%) DevOps
5 108 (21.82%) Microservices
6 104 (21.01%) Full-Stack Development
7 96 (19.39%) Mentoring
8 84 (16.97%) Test Automation
9 75 (15.15%) Scrum
10 66 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
11 63 (12.73%) TDD
12 56 (11.31%) AI
13 54 (10.91%) SDLC
14 45 (9.09%) Coaching
15 43 (8.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 42 (8.48%) Clean Code
17 41 (8.28%) Secure Coding
18 40 (8.08%) BDD
18 40 (8.08%) Design Patterns
19 37 (7.47%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 122 (24.65%) Python
2 112 (22.63%) SQL
3 97 (19.60%) TypeScript
4 96 (19.39%) JavaScript
5 48 (9.70%) C#
5 48 (9.70%) Kotlin
6 44 (8.89%) Groovy
7 41 (8.28%) Bash
8 15 (3.03%) C++
9 14 (2.83%) C
9 14 (2.83%) Go
10 12 (2.42%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.81%) PHP
11 4 (0.81%) Scala
12 2 (0.40%) R
13 1 (0.20%) Delphi
13 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.20%) Perl
13 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (12.32%) Security Cleared
2 47 (9.49%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.29%) AWS Certification
4 37 (7.47%) Degree
5 28 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (4.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 23 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
7 18 (3.64%) DV Cleared
8 17 (3.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (2.83%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 14 (2.83%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.82%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.20%) MBA
11 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.84%) QA
2 10 (2.02%) Accessibility
2 10 (2.02%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.20%) GDPR
4 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 14443
4 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 7816
4 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 101 (20.40%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (10.51%) Kubernetes
1 52 (10.51%) Terraform
2 40 (8.08%) HP Fortify
3 18 (3.64%) Ansible
4 13 (2.63%) Argo
5 5 (1.01%) Packer
6 4 (0.81%) Puppet
7 3 (0.61%) Grafana
7 3 (0.61%) Rancher
8 2 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.40%) Kibana
8 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.20%) Control-M
9 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 23 (4.65%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.82%) Google
3 7 (1.41%) IBM
3 7 (1.41%) Oracle
4 5 (1.01%) AppDynamics
4 5 (1.01%) Pega
5 4 (0.81%) Red Hat
5 4 (0.81%) SaltStack
6 3 (0.61%) Adobe
6 3 (0.61%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.40%) Cognos
7 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.40%) VMware
7 2 (0.40%) WSO2
8 1 (0.20%) Databricks
8 1 (0.20%) Veracode