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

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 67 31
Rank change year-on-year -10 -36 -11
Permanent jobs citing Java 259 316 482
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.46% 3.28% 7.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.77% 11.42% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 171 142 348
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,025 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.41% -5.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £86,250
England median annual salary £77,250 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.44% +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 1,753 2,766 2,576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.64% 28.70% 38.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,367 1,486 2,098
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £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 22 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 22 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 +28 136 £70,000 +27.27% 183
North West -16 109 £67,500 +12.50% 230
North East -21 16 £60,000 - 50
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 10 (3.86%) Apache Spark
2 9 (3.47%) OpenStack
3 6 (2.32%) Apache
4 4 (1.54%) Camunda
5 3 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.16%) Mule
6 2 (0.77%) CMS
6 2 (0.77%) JBoss
6 2 (0.77%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.39%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.39%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.39%) IIS
7 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.77%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.39%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 159 (61.39%) AWS
2 82 (31.66%) Azure
3 60 (23.17%) Serverless
4 36 (13.90%) Amazon ECS
5 32 (12.36%) GCP
6 28 (10.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 25 (9.65%) AWS Lambda
8 24 (9.27%) Amazon S3
9 18 (6.95%) Amazon EKS
9 18 (6.95%) SaaS
10 17 (6.56%) Amazon ECR
10 17 (6.56%) Apigee
10 17 (6.56%) AWS Step Functions
11 10 (3.86%) OpenShift
12 9 (3.47%) GitHub
13 8 (3.09%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (1.93%) dbt
14 5 (1.93%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.93%) PaaS
14 5 (1.93%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.93%) AMQP
2 3 (1.16%) HTTP
2 3 (1.16%) SAN
3 2 (0.77%) SSH
4 1 (0.39%) DNS
4 1 (0.39%) TCAP
4 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.65%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (8.49%) DynamoDB
2 22 (8.49%) NoSQL
3 17 (6.56%) Relational Database
4 13 (5.02%) MySQL
5 12 (4.63%) MongoDB
5 12 (4.63%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.70%) Hadoop
7 6 (2.32%) Big Data
7 6 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.93%) Oracle Database
9 4 (1.54%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.16%) Cloudera CDH
10 3 (1.16%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.77%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.77%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.77%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 53 (20.46%) Jenkins
2 41 (15.83%) GitLab
3 28 (10.81%) SonarQube
4 24 (9.27%) Git
5 21 (8.11%) Cypress.io
6 19 (7.34%) Maven
7 10 (3.86%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.70%) JIRA
8 7 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (2.32%) JUnit
10 5 (1.93%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.93%) Selenium
11 4 (1.54%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.54%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.77%) Babel
13 2 (0.77%) JMeter
13 2 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.77%) Postman
13 2 (0.77%) webpack
General
1 76 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 56 (21.62%) Finance
3 18 (6.95%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.18%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.79%) Retail
6 12 (4.63%) Financial Institution
6 12 (4.63%) Games
7 9 (3.47%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.47%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.93%) Marketing
9 4 (1.54%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.54%) Banking
9 4 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.16%) Legal
11 2 (0.77%) Back Office
11 2 (0.77%) Billing
11 2 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.77%) Law
12 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (36.68%) Developer
2 61 (23.55%) Java Developer
3 57 (22.01%) Senior
4 54 (20.85%) Software Engineer
5 43 (16.60%) Lead
6 28 (10.81%) Architect
7 21 (8.11%) Senior Developer
8 18 (6.95%) Senior Java Developer
9 17 (6.56%) Software Developer
10 16 (6.18%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (5.79%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (5.41%) Java Engineer
12 14 (5.41%) Lead Developer
13 13 (5.02%) Graduate
14 12 (4.63%) Applications Architect
15 11 (4.25%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 9 (3.47%) Junior
16 9 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
16 9 (3.47%) Software Architect
17 8 (3.09%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (27.80%) Spring Boot
2 71 (27.41%) Spring
3 42 (16.22%) AngularJS
4 41 (15.83%) React
5 32 (12.36%) Node.js
6 30 (11.58%) REST
7 28 (10.81%) .NET
8 26 (10.04%) RESTful
9 25 (9.65%) CSS
10 20 (7.72%) Kafka
11 19 (7.34%) Gherkin
11 19 (7.34%) Jest
12 14 (5.41%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (5.41%) HTML
13 13 (5.02%) Hibernate
13 13 (5.02%) Web Services
14 12 (4.63%) Micronaut
15 7 (2.70%) ASP.NET
15 7 (2.70%) jQuery
15 7 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.42%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (8.88%) Cloud Native
2 23 (8.88%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (5.02%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.09%) Driving Licence
5 6 (2.32%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.54%) AI Agents
6 4 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.54%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.16%) IoT
7 3 (1.16%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.77%) DataPower
8 2 (0.77%) NHS
8 2 (0.77%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.77%) Sports Betting
8 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.39%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.39%) Life Science
9 1 (0.39%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.58%) Linux
2 9 (3.47%) Windows
3 3 (1.16%) CentOS
3 3 (1.16%) Debian
3 3 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (1.16%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.77%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.39%) SUSE
5 1 (0.39%) Unix
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (40.15%) Agile
2 101 (39.00%) CI/CD
3 97 (37.45%) DevOps
4 81 (31.27%) Software Engineering
5 76 (29.34%) Microservices
6 60 (23.17%) Mentoring
7 54 (20.85%) Computer Science
7 54 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (16.99%) Full-Stack Development
9 40 (15.44%) Containerisation
10 39 (15.06%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (13.90%) SDLC
11 36 (13.90%) TDD
12 31 (11.97%) Clean Code
13 29 (11.20%) Infrastructure as Code
13 29 (11.20%) Scrum
14 28 (10.81%) Test Automation
15 26 (10.04%) Enterprise Architecture
16 25 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 25 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 92 (35.52%) Python
2 78 (30.12%) JavaScript
3 68 (26.25%) TypeScript
4 64 (24.71%) SQL
5 60 (23.17%) C#
6 25 (9.65%) Bash
7 20 (7.72%) C
8 16 (6.18%) Groovy
9 15 (5.79%) C++
10 14 (5.41%) Kotlin
11 13 (5.02%) Go
12 12 (4.63%) PHP
13 11 (4.25%) PowerShell
13 11 (4.25%) Scala
14 10 (3.86%) PL/SQL
15 6 (2.32%) Perl
16 4 (1.54%) Ruby
17 3 (1.16%) R
17 3 (1.16%) Rust
18 1 (0.39%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 57 (22.01%) Degree
2 45 (17.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 40 (15.44%) AWS Certification
4 27 (10.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 24 (9.27%) Azure Certification
6 20 (7.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 20 (7.72%) Security Cleared
6 20 (7.72%) TOGAF Certification
7 14 (5.41%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.70%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.70%) Master's Degree
9 6 (2.32%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.32%) HND
10 5 (1.93%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (1.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.77%) PhD
13 1 (0.39%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.39%) MBA
13 1 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.72%) QA
2 7 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.32%) GDPR
4 4 (1.54%) HIPAA
4 4 (1.54%) NIST
5 3 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.77%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.77%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.77%) WCAG
7 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 72 (27.80%) Docker
2 3 (1.16%) vSphere
3 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Squid
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (26.25%) Kubernetes
2 21 (8.11%) Ansible
3 20 (7.72%) Terraform
4 17 (6.56%) HP Fortify
5 9 (3.47%) Grafana
6 3 (1.16%) Control-M
6 3 (1.16%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (1.16%) Puppet
7 2 (0.77%) Rancher
8 1 (0.39%) Kibana
8 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.39%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (13.13%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.79%) Google
3 8 (3.09%) Oracle
4 6 (2.32%) Allen-Bradley
4 6 (2.32%) Siemens
4 6 (2.32%) Toshiba
5 5 (1.93%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.54%) AppDynamics
6 4 (1.54%) Pega
6 4 (1.54%) WSO2
7 3 (1.16%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.16%) SaltStack
7 3 (1.16%) VMware
8 2 (0.77%) Adobe
8 2 (0.77%) SAP
9 1 (0.39%) IBM
9 1 (0.39%) New Relic
9 1 (0.39%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.39%) Splunk
9 1 (0.39%) Talend