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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 21 46
Rank change year-on-year -45 +25 -18
Permanent jobs citing Java 456 611 703
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.67% 8.96% 4.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.96% 28.51% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 308 230 491
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,076 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.73% - +2.36%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £112,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -9.38%

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 2,688 2,143 4,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.72% 31.41% 29.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,920 1,501 4,154
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,925 £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 £88,750 £91,250 £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 16 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 16 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 +10 210 £70,000 - 46
North West -64 186 £70,000 +4.42% 77
North East -12 60 £52,315 -6.16% 37
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 (2.41%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.97%) Apache
2 9 (1.97%) OpenStack
3 7 (1.54%) JBoss
4 4 (0.88%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.66%) Confluence
6 2 (0.44%) CICS
6 2 (0.44%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.22%) PegaRULES
7 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.22%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Oracle SCM
1 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 227 (49.78%) AWS
2 120 (26.32%) Serverless
3 89 (19.52%) Azure
4 81 (17.76%) AWS Lambda
5 80 (17.54%) Amazon ECS
6 78 (17.11%) Amazon S3
7 77 (16.89%) AWS CloudFormation
8 60 (13.16%) AWS Step Functions
9 46 (10.09%) Amazon ECR
10 45 (9.87%) Apigee
11 28 (6.14%) GCP
12 27 (5.92%) Amazon SQS
13 26 (5.70%) Amazon EKS
14 23 (5.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (5.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 20 (4.39%) GitHub
15 20 (4.39%) SaaS
16 14 (3.07%) dbt
17 10 (2.19%) Datadog
17 10 (2.19%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.85%) Broadband
2 5 (1.10%) AMQP
3 4 (0.88%) HTTP
4 2 (0.44%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.22%) SAN
5 1 (0.22%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (15.35%) DynamoDB
2 51 (11.18%) NoSQL
3 37 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (5.04%) Relational Database
5 21 (4.61%) Amazon Athena
6 19 (4.17%) MongoDB
7 18 (3.95%) MySQL
8 9 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (1.75%) Hadoop
9 8 (1.75%) SQL Server
10 7 (1.54%) Big Data
11 5 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.10%) Cloudera CDH
11 5 (1.10%) Power BI
11 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.88%) GIS
12 4 (0.88%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.88%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 79 (17.32%) Jenkins
2 55 (12.06%) GitLab
3 48 (10.53%) Git
4 45 (9.87%) SonarQube
5 42 (9.21%) Cypress.io
6 40 (8.77%) Maven
7 20 (4.39%) JIRA
8 14 (3.07%) Cucumber
9 10 (2.19%) Claude Code
9 10 (2.19%) Selenium
10 6 (1.32%) JMeter
10 6 (1.32%) JUnit
10 6 (1.32%) REST Assured
11 5 (1.10%) Postman
12 4 (0.88%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.88%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.88%) Eclipse
12 4 (0.88%) IntelliJ
13 3 (0.66%) Locust
14 2 (0.44%) Vagrant
General
1 63 (13.82%) Social Skills
2 44 (9.65%) Finance
3 40 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 19 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (3.73%) Games
6 13 (2.85%) Retail
7 12 (2.63%) Banking
8 8 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.32%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.10%) Advertising
12 4 (0.88%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.66%) Marketing
14 2 (0.44%) Back Office
14 2 (0.44%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 204 (44.74%) Developer
2 157 (34.43%) Java Developer
3 102 (22.37%) Software Engineer
4 97 (21.27%) Senior
5 70 (15.35%) Java Engineer
5 70 (15.35%) Lead
6 49 (10.75%) Senior Developer
7 44 (9.65%) Full-Stack Developer
8 37 (8.11%) Senior Java Developer
9 34 (7.46%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 33 (7.24%) Java Software Engineer
11 29 (6.36%) Software Developer
12 23 (5.04%) Architect
12 23 (5.04%) Junior
13 22 (4.82%) Lead Software Engineer
14 20 (4.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 19 (4.17%) AWS Developer
15 19 (4.17%) Senior Java Engineer
16 18 (3.95%) Applications Developer
17 17 (3.73%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (27.19%) Spring Boot
2 106 (23.25%) Spring
3 104 (22.81%) AngularJS
4 67 (14.69%) Node.js
5 59 (12.94%) React
6 43 (9.43%) REST
7 42 (9.21%) .NET
7 42 (9.21%) Gherkin
8 39 (8.55%) Jest
9 33 (7.24%) RESTful
10 20 (4.39%) Kafka
11 16 (3.51%) Elastic Stack
12 15 (3.29%) CSS
13 14 (3.07%) GraphQL
13 14 (3.07%) Web Services
14 13 (2.85%) Android SDK
15 12 (2.63%) HTML
16 11 (2.41%) Hibernate
16 11 (2.41%) RabbitMQ
17 10 (2.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (7.89%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (4.61%) Mobile App
5 13 (2.85%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.85%) Social Media
6 7 (1.54%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.32%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.10%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.10%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.88%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.88%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.66%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.66%) IoT
10 3 (0.66%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.92%) Linux
2 14 (3.07%) Android
3 6 (1.32%) Unix
4 5 (1.10%) CentOS
4 5 (1.10%) Debian
4 5 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.10%) Ubuntu
4 5 (1.10%) Windows
5 1 (0.22%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (43.64%) Agile
2 160 (35.09%) CI/CD
3 143 (31.36%) Software Engineering
4 124 (27.19%) DevOps
5 101 (22.15%) Microservices
6 95 (20.83%) Full-Stack Development
7 85 (18.64%) Mentoring
8 70 (15.35%) Test Automation
9 65 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (13.60%) Scrum
11 60 (13.16%) TDD
12 52 (11.40%) AI
13 51 (11.18%) SDLC
14 45 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (9.21%) BDD
15 42 (9.21%) Clean Code
16 39 (8.55%) Containerisation
17 38 (8.33%) Computer Science
17 38 (8.33%) Design Patterns
17 38 (8.33%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 114 (25.00%) Python
2 104 (22.81%) SQL
3 98 (21.49%) JavaScript
4 93 (20.39%) TypeScript
5 48 (10.53%) C#
6 46 (10.09%) Kotlin
7 42 (9.21%) Groovy
8 38 (8.33%) Bash
9 14 (3.07%) Go
10 13 (2.85%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.63%) C
11 12 (2.63%) C++
12 3 (0.66%) PHP
12 3 (0.66%) Scala
13 2 (0.44%) R
14 1 (0.22%) ABAP
14 1 (0.22%) Delphi
14 1 (0.22%) Perl
14 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (11.84%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.31%) AWS Certification
3 42 (9.21%) SC Cleared
4 39 (8.55%) Degree
5 30 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (4.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 22 (4.82%) ITIL Certification
7 19 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (3.51%) Azure Certification
8 16 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (3.51%) TOGAF Certification
9 15 (3.29%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.97%) AWS Certified Developer
11 7 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.22%) MBA
12 1 (0.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.39%) QA
2 13 (2.85%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.10%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.66%) WCAG
5 2 (0.44%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.22%) GDPR
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 102 (22.37%) Docker
2 2 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 59 (12.94%) Kubernetes
2 44 (9.65%) Terraform
3 39 (8.55%) HP Fortify
4 20 (4.39%) Ansible
5 6 (1.32%) Grafana
6 5 (1.10%) Packer
6 5 (1.10%) Puppet
7 3 (0.66%) Argo
7 3 (0.66%) Rancher
8 2 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.44%) Kibana
8 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.22%) Control-M
9 1 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (5.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.19%) Google
3 7 (1.54%) IBM
3 7 (1.54%) Oracle
4 5 (1.10%) AppDynamics
4 5 (1.10%) Pega
4 5 (1.10%) Red Hat
4 5 (1.10%) SaltStack
5 3 (0.66%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.44%) Adobe
6 2 (0.44%) Cognos
6 2 (0.44%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.44%) VMware
6 2 (0.44%) WSO2
7 1 (0.22%) Databricks
7 1 (0.22%) SAP
7 1 (0.22%) Veracode