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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 69
Rank change year-on-year -25 +51 -16
Permanent jobs citing Java 689 975 425
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.08% 10.16% 2.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.05% 36.76% 10.75%
Number of salaries quoted 490 194 244
10th Percentile £40,675 £26,925 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,063 £48,031 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,076 £67,037 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £84,250 £76,204
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -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 3,617 2,652 3,953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.14% 27.64% 26.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,739 1,393 2,886
10th Percentile £36,750 £32,500 £34,750
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 £76,250 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,751 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% -5.38%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -35 308 £70,000 +1.82% 141
Yorkshire +46 215 £75,000 +11.11% 70
North East +5 166 £55,000 +15.79% 57
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 13 (1.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 13 (1.89%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.31%) Apache
3 7 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.02%) Confluence
4 6 (0.87%) Jupyter
4 6 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (0.44%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.44%) JBoss
5 3 (0.44%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.29%) CICS
6 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.29%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
7 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.29%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 270 (39.19%) AWS
2 109 (15.82%) Azure
3 108 (15.67%) Serverless
4 81 (11.76%) AWS Lambda
5 76 (11.03%) AWS CloudFormation
6 74 (10.74%) Amazon S3
7 69 (10.01%) Amazon ECS
8 53 (7.69%) AWS Step Functions
9 45 (6.53%) GitHub
10 40 (5.81%) GCP
11 33 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
12 31 (4.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 30 (4.35%) Amazon ECR
14 27 (3.92%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 26 (3.77%) Apigee
16 25 (3.63%) SaaS
17 23 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
19 16 (2.32%) Datadog
20 13 (1.89%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.74%) Broadband
2 3 (0.44%) RIP
3 2 (0.29%) AMQP
3 2 (0.29%) MQTT
4 1 (0.15%) DNS
4 1 (0.15%) HTTP
4 1 (0.15%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.29%) DynamoDB
2 45 (6.53%) NoSQL
3 35 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (4.35%) Amazon Athena
5 26 (3.77%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.63%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.47%) MySQL
8 13 (1.89%) SQL Server
9 10 (1.45%) Flink
10 9 (1.31%) BigQuery
10 9 (1.31%) Power BI
11 8 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 8 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.73%) Big Data
13 5 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.58%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.58%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 72 (10.45%) Git
2 71 (10.30%) Jenkins
3 61 (8.85%) GitLab
4 32 (4.64%) Maven
5 31 (4.50%) Cypress.io
6 23 (3.34%) SonarQube
7 22 (3.19%) JIRA
8 18 (2.61%) JUnit
9 12 (1.74%) Claude Code
9 12 (1.74%) Cucumber
10 11 (1.60%) Selenium
10 11 (1.60%) Spock
11 8 (1.16%) Bitbucket
11 8 (1.16%) Storybook
12 7 (1.02%) Postman
13 6 (0.87%) Artifactory
13 6 (0.87%) Eclipse
13 6 (0.87%) IntelliJ
13 6 (0.87%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 90 (13.06%) Finance
2 87 (12.63%) Public Sector
3 83 (12.05%) Social Skills
4 34 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.32%) Banking
7 13 (1.89%) Games
8 12 (1.74%) Retail
9 10 (1.45%) Investment Banking
9 10 (1.45%) Marketing
9 10 (1.45%) Publishing
10 9 (1.31%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.02%) Legal
12 6 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.73%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.73%) Financial Institution
14 4 (0.58%) Advertising
14 4 (0.58%) Local Government
14 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 312 (45.28%) Developer
2 229 (33.24%) Java Developer
3 201 (29.17%) Senior
4 113 (16.40%) Java Engineer
4 113 (16.40%) Software Engineer
5 100 (14.51%) Lead
6 97 (14.08%) Senior Developer
7 71 (10.30%) Senior Java Developer
8 65 (9.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 59 (8.56%) Full-Stack Developer
10 43 (6.24%) Senior Java Engineer
11 42 (6.10%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 41 (5.95%) Senior Software Engineer
13 40 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
14 34 (4.93%) Software Developer
15 33 (4.79%) AWS Developer
15 33 (4.79%) Java Software Engineer
16 29 (4.21%) Lead Software Engineer
17 27 (3.92%) Lead Java Engineer
18 23 (3.34%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (23.66%) Spring
2 143 (20.75%) Spring Boot
3 136 (19.74%) AngularJS
4 91 (13.21%) Node.js
5 67 (9.72%) React
6 51 (7.40%) .NET
7 41 (5.95%) REST
8 36 (5.22%) RESTful
9 29 (4.21%) Kafka
10 27 (3.92%) CSS
11 26 (3.77%) Gherkin
11 26 (3.77%) Vue
12 25 (3.63%) HTML
13 21 (3.05%) GraphQL
14 20 (2.90%) Jest
15 17 (2.47%) Android SDK
16 10 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
16 10 (1.45%) OpenAPI
16 10 (1.45%) RabbitMQ
17 9 (1.31%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 45 (6.53%) Distributed Systems
2 29 (4.21%) Cloud Native
3 21 (3.05%) Mobile App
4 15 (2.18%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.74%) Marketing Technology
6 12 (1.74%) Social Media
7 11 (1.60%) Private Cloud
8 10 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.87%) Algorithms
10 6 (0.87%) Blog
10 6 (0.87%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.87%) Hedge funds
10 6 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (0.73%) Legacy Code
11 5 (0.73%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.79%) Linux
2 21 (3.05%) Android
3 18 (2.61%) Windows
4 13 (1.89%) Unix
5 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.29%) CentOS
6 2 (0.29%) Debian
6 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.29%) VMS
7 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (34.83%) Agile
2 226 (32.80%) CI/CD
3 181 (26.27%) Software Engineering
4 174 (25.25%) DevOps
4 174 (25.25%) Full-Stack Development
5 144 (20.90%) Microservices
6 136 (19.74%) Test Automation
7 124 (18.00%) Mentoring
8 97 (14.08%) TDD
9 84 (12.19%) AI
9 84 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
10 80 (11.61%) Scrum
11 75 (10.89%) Coaching
12 71 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
13 67 (9.72%) Containerisation
14 64 (9.29%) Infrastructure as Code
15 61 (8.85%) Design Patterns
16 52 (7.55%) SDLC
17 51 (7.40%) Continuous Integration
18 50 (7.26%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 173 (25.11%) Python
2 135 (19.59%) SQL
3 122 (17.71%) JavaScript
4 94 (13.64%) TypeScript
5 66 (9.58%) C#
6 57 (8.27%) Kotlin
7 35 (5.08%) Groovy
8 30 (4.35%) Bash
8 30 (4.35%) C++
9 21 (3.05%) Scala
10 13 (1.89%) Go
11 11 (1.60%) C
12 10 (1.45%) PHP
13 8 (1.16%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.58%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.58%) Ruby
15 2 (0.29%) Swift
16 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.15%) Perl
16 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (15.82%) Security Cleared
2 69 (10.01%) SC Cleared
3 40 (5.81%) Degree
4 34 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 22 (3.19%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 13 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (1.31%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.73%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.58%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.58%) MBA
11 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
11 2 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.15%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.15%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.15%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.79%) Accessibility
2 29 (4.21%) QA
3 18 (2.61%) Data Quality
4 16 (2.32%) WCAG
5 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 124 (18.00%) Docker
2 3 (0.44%) vSphere
3 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 86 (12.48%) Terraform
2 72 (10.45%) Kubernetes
3 37 (5.37%) Ansible
4 16 (2.32%) HP Fortify
5 13 (1.89%) Argo
6 5 (0.73%) Grafana
7 3 (0.44%) Control-M
7 3 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
7 3 (0.44%) Packer
7 3 (0.44%) Puppet
8 2 (0.29%) Kibana
9 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (3.34%) Adobe
2 19 (2.76%) Splunk
3 16 (2.32%) AppDynamics
3 16 (2.32%) Microsoft
4 11 (1.60%) Google
5 10 (1.45%) Oracle
6 8 (1.16%) Dynatrace
6 8 (1.16%) IBM
7 5 (0.73%) Pega
8 4 (0.58%) NEC
8 4 (0.58%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.58%) VMware
9 3 (0.44%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.44%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.44%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.44%) Talend
10 2 (0.29%) Apple
10 2 (0.29%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.29%) WSO2
11 1 (0.15%) TIBCO