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 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 67 32
Rank change year-on-year -10 -35 -10
Permanent jobs citing Java 267 315 500
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.49% 3.29% 6.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.10% 11.52% 18.32%
Number of salaries quoted 172 144 358
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,075 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.45% -4.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £87,250 £93,778 £86,250
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -

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 1,768 2,734 2,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.46% 28.55% 36.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,374 1,477 2,228
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,042 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% -0.38% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,125 £83,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 26 December 2025.

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 26 December 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
Yorkshire +31 142 £71,250 +29.55% 199
North West -14 112 £67,500 +12.50% 241
North East -20 15 £60,100 -1.88% 49
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 11 (4.12%) Apache Spark
2 10 (3.75%) OpenStack
3 6 (2.25%) Apache
4 4 (1.50%) Camunda
5 3 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.12%) Mule
6 2 (0.75%) CMS
6 2 (0.75%) JBoss
6 2 (0.75%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.37%) IIS
7 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.75%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.37%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 163 (61.05%) AWS
2 82 (30.71%) Azure
3 65 (24.34%) Serverless
4 38 (14.23%) Amazon ECS
5 31 (11.61%) GCP
6 30 (11.24%) AWS CloudFormation
7 27 (10.11%) Amazon S3
7 27 (10.11%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (7.12%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (7.12%) AWS Step Functions
9 18 (6.74%) SaaS
10 17 (6.37%) Amazon ECR
10 17 (6.37%) Apigee
11 11 (4.12%) GitHub
12 10 (3.75%) OpenShift
13 9 (3.37%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (2.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 6 (2.25%) dbt
14 6 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (1.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) AMQP
2 4 (1.50%) HTTP
3 2 (0.75%) SAN
3 2 (0.75%) SSH
4 1 (0.37%) DNS
4 1 (0.37%) TCAP
4 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.36%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (8.99%) DynamoDB
2 24 (8.99%) NoSQL
3 19 (7.12%) Relational Database
4 13 (4.87%) MySQL
5 12 (4.49%) MongoDB
5 12 (4.49%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.00%) Hadoop
7 7 (2.62%) Big Data
8 6 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.87%) Oracle Database
10 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
10 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.12%) Cloudera CDH
11 3 (1.12%) Neo4j
12 2 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
12 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 54 (20.22%) Jenkins
2 40 (14.98%) GitLab
3 28 (10.49%) Git
4 27 (10.11%) SonarQube
5 21 (7.87%) Cypress.io
6 19 (7.12%) Maven
7 9 (3.37%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.62%) JIRA
8 7 (2.62%) JUnit
8 7 (2.62%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.87%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.87%) Selenium
10 3 (1.12%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.12%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.75%) Babel
11 2 (0.75%) JMeter
11 2 (0.75%) Locust
11 2 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.75%) webpack
General
1 80 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 57 (21.35%) Finance
3 20 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.99%) Public Sector
4 16 (5.99%) Retail
5 13 (4.87%) Games
6 12 (4.49%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.37%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.87%) Banking
8 5 (1.87%) Marketing
9 4 (1.50%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.12%) Legal
11 2 (0.75%) Back Office
11 2 (0.75%) Billing
11 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Law
12 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 101 (37.83%) Developer
2 66 (24.72%) Java Developer
3 59 (22.10%) Senior
4 55 (20.60%) Software Engineer
5 44 (16.48%) Lead
6 30 (11.24%) Architect
7 24 (8.99%) Senior Developer
8 20 (7.49%) Senior Java Developer
9 17 (6.37%) Software Developer
10 16 (5.99%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (5.62%) Java Engineer
11 15 (5.62%) Lead Developer
11 15 (5.62%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (4.87%) Applications Architect
12 13 (4.87%) Graduate
13 11 (4.12%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 10 (3.75%) Lead Java Developer
14 10 (3.75%) Software Architect
15 9 (3.37%) Junior
15 9 (3.37%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (28.09%) Spring
1 75 (28.09%) Spring Boot
2 45 (16.85%) AngularJS
3 41 (15.36%) React
4 34 (12.73%) Node.js
5 32 (11.99%) REST
6 28 (10.49%) .NET
7 27 (10.11%) RESTful
8 26 (9.74%) CSS
9 23 (8.61%) Kafka
10 19 (7.12%) Gherkin
10 19 (7.12%) Jest
11 15 (5.62%) HTML
12 14 (5.24%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (5.24%) Web Services
13 13 (4.87%) Hibernate
14 12 (4.49%) Micronaut
15 7 (2.62%) ASP.NET
15 7 (2.62%) jQuery
15 7 (2.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.86%) Distributed Systems
2 25 (9.36%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (8.24%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.24%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.00%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.25%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.50%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.50%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.12%) IoT
8 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.12%) Sports Betting
9 2 (0.75%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.75%) DataPower
9 2 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.75%) NHS
9 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.75%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.37%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.86%) Linux
2 8 (3.00%) Windows
3 3 (1.12%) CentOS
3 3 (1.12%) Debian
3 3 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.12%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.75%) Android
5 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.37%) SUSE
5 1 (0.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (40.07%) Agile
2 103 (38.58%) CI/CD
3 98 (36.70%) DevOps
4 82 (30.71%) Software Engineering
5 81 (30.34%) Microservices
6 62 (23.22%) Mentoring
7 56 (20.97%) Computer Science
8 55 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
9 44 (16.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 41 (15.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (14.23%) Containerisation
11 38 (14.23%) SDLC
11 38 (14.23%) TDD
12 32 (11.99%) Scrum
13 30 (11.24%) Clean Code
13 30 (11.24%) Test Automation
14 28 (10.49%) Data Modelling
14 28 (10.49%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (10.11%) Enterprise Architecture
15 27 (10.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 94 (35.21%) Python
2 81 (30.34%) JavaScript
3 72 (26.97%) TypeScript
4 67 (25.09%) SQL
5 60 (22.47%) C#
6 24 (8.99%) Bash
7 20 (7.49%) C
8 17 (6.37%) Kotlin
9 16 (5.99%) Groovy
10 15 (5.62%) C++
11 13 (4.87%) Scala
12 12 (4.49%) Go
12 12 (4.49%) PHP
13 10 (3.75%) PL/SQL
14 9 (3.37%) PowerShell
15 6 (2.25%) Perl
16 4 (1.50%) Ruby
17 3 (1.12%) R
17 3 (1.12%) Rust
18 1 (0.37%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 59 (22.10%) Degree
2 47 (17.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (14.98%) AWS Certification
4 28 (10.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 25 (9.36%) Azure Certification
6 22 (8.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (8.24%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (7.49%) Security Cleared
8 14 (5.24%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.62%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.62%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.25%) HND
11 5 (1.87%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.75%) PhD
14 1 (0.37%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.37%) MBA
14 1 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.12%) QA
2 7 (2.62%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.87%) GDPR
4 3 (1.12%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.12%) NIST
4 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.75%) WCAG
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
System Software
1 73 (27.34%) Docker
2 2 (0.75%) vSphere
3 1 (0.37%) Squid
3 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 66 (24.72%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.49%) Ansible
3 19 (7.12%) Terraform
4 17 (6.37%) HP Fortify
5 8 (3.00%) Grafana
6 3 (1.12%) Puppet
7 2 (0.75%) Control-M
7 2 (0.75%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.75%) Rancher
8 1 (0.37%) Kibana
8 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 35 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.87%) Google
3 9 (3.37%) Oracle
4 6 (2.25%) Allen-Bradley
4 6 (2.25%) Siemens
4 6 (2.25%) Toshiba
5 4 (1.50%) AppDynamics
5 4 (1.50%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.50%) Pega
5 4 (1.50%) WSO2
6 3 (1.12%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.12%) SaltStack
7 2 (0.75%) Adobe
7 2 (0.75%) SAP
7 2 (0.75%) VMware
8 1 (0.37%) IBM
8 1 (0.37%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.37%) New Relic
8 1 (0.37%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.37%) Splunk