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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 20 71
Rank change year-on-year -24 +51 -32
Permanent jobs citing Java 762 945 371
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.16% 9.86% 2.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.33% 38.06% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 553 163 168
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.63% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £79,375 £75,625
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% +3.23%

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 3,572 2,483 3,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 14.80% 25.92% 26.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,756 1,221 2,073
10th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £35,000
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 £77,500 £70,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £79,600
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -34 391 £72,000 +2.86% 305
North East +22 191 £55,000 +7.32% 108
Yorkshire +15 180 £75,000 +15.38% 132
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 15 (1.97%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 11 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (1.31%) Apache
5 9 (1.18%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.92%) WebLogic
7 6 (0.79%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (0.66%) Confluence
9 4 (0.52%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.39%) SharePoint
10 3 (0.39%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.13%) IIS
11 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.13%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.39%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.52%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 274 (35.96%) AWS
2 105 (13.78%) Azure
3 99 (12.99%) Serverless
4 77 (10.10%) AWS Lambda
5 66 (8.66%) Amazon S3
6 59 (7.74%) AWS CloudFormation
7 56 (7.35%) Amazon ECS
8 48 (6.30%) GitHub
9 45 (5.91%) AWS Step Functions
10 37 (4.86%) GCP
11 29 (3.81%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (3.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (3.02%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 21 (2.76%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (2.76%) Amazon ECR
16 19 (2.49%) Amazon SQS
17 18 (2.36%) Datadog
17 18 (2.36%) SaaS
18 16 (2.10%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.52%) RIP
2 3 (0.39%) AMQP
2 3 (0.39%) HTTP
3 2 (0.26%) 5G
3 2 (0.26%) MQTT
3 2 (0.26%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.13%) DNS
4 1 (0.13%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.13%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.43%) DynamoDB
2 38 (4.99%) NoSQL
3 35 (4.59%) MongoDB
3 35 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (3.28%) Amazon Athena
5 20 (2.62%) Relational Database
6 17 (2.23%) MySQL
7 12 (1.57%) Spark SQL
8 10 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
9 9 (1.18%) BigQuery
9 9 (1.18%) Power BI
9 9 (1.18%) SQL Server
10 8 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.05%) Flink
11 7 (0.92%) Big Data
11 7 (0.92%) Data Lake
12 6 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.66%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 63 (8.27%) Git
2 60 (7.87%) GitLab
3 51 (6.69%) Jenkins
4 27 (3.54%) Maven
5 25 (3.28%) JUnit
6 22 (2.89%) Cypress.io
7 14 (1.84%) SonarQube
8 13 (1.71%) Spock
9 9 (1.18%) JIRA
10 8 (1.05%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.05%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.05%) Storybook
11 7 (0.92%) Selenium
12 6 (0.79%) Claude Code
13 5 (0.66%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 5 (0.66%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.66%) fastlane
13 5 (0.66%) Gradle
13 5 (0.66%) Mockito
General
1 99 (12.99%) Public Sector
2 89 (11.68%) Finance
3 87 (11.42%) Social Skills
4 40 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (2.89%) Publishing
6 21 (2.76%) Banking
7 11 (1.44%) Marketing
7 11 (1.44%) Retail
8 10 (1.31%) Manufacturing
9 7 (0.92%) Investment Banking
9 7 (0.92%) Legal
9 7 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.66%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.66%) Law
11 5 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.52%) iGaming
12 4 (0.52%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 277 (36.35%) Developer
2 230 (30.18%) Senior
3 191 (25.07%) Java Developer
4 186 (24.41%) Java Engineer
5 143 (18.77%) Software Engineer
6 117 (15.35%) Lead
7 93 (12.20%) Senior Developer
8 90 (11.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 73 (9.58%) Senior Java Engineer
10 62 (8.14%) Java Software Engineer
11 61 (8.01%) Senior Java Developer
12 56 (7.35%) Senior Software Engineer
13 41 (5.38%) Full-Stack Developer
14 39 (5.12%) DevOps Engineer
15 38 (4.99%) Technical Leader
16 35 (4.59%) Software Developer
17 33 (4.33%) Senior Java Software Engineer
18 31 (4.07%) Technical Engineer
19 29 (3.81%) AWS Developer
20 27 (3.54%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (23.62%) Spring
2 147 (19.29%) Spring Boot
3 115 (15.09%) AngularJS
4 79 (10.37%) Terraform
5 75 (9.84%) Node.js
6 71 (9.32%) React
7 50 (6.56%) Kafka
8 45 (5.91%) .NET
9 37 (4.86%) REST
10 26 (3.41%) RESTful
11 23 (3.02%) PySpark
12 22 (2.89%) Vue
13 20 (2.62%) Gherkin
14 18 (2.36%) CSS
14 18 (2.36%) HTML
15 13 (1.71%) Jest
16 11 (1.44%) OpenAPI
17 10 (1.31%) Hibernate
18 9 (1.18%) GraphQL
18 9 (1.18%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.91%) Cloud Native
2 41 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (1.71%) Private Cloud
4 12 (1.57%) Marketing Technology
4 12 (1.57%) Media Streaming
4 12 (1.57%) Podcast
5 10 (1.31%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.18%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.05%) Blog
7 8 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (0.66%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.66%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.52%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.52%) Contactless
10 4 (0.52%) Smartcard
10 4 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.46%) Linux
2 19 (2.49%) Windows
3 15 (1.97%) Unix
4 11 (1.44%) Android
5 6 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.52%) VMS
7 3 (0.39%) CentOS
7 3 (0.39%) Debian
7 3 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.39%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (31.36%) Agile
2 233 (30.58%) CI/CD
3 226 (29.66%) Software Engineering
4 216 (28.35%) Full-Stack Development
5 177 (23.23%) DevOps
6 153 (20.08%) Microservices
7 145 (19.03%) Mentoring
8 127 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 94 (12.34%) TDD
10 91 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 87 (11.42%) Containerisation
12 86 (11.29%) AI
13 82 (10.76%) Coaching
14 77 (10.10%) Scrum
15 73 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
16 64 (8.40%) Infrastructure as Code
17 57 (7.48%) Continuous Integration
18 54 (7.09%) Event-Driven
19 47 (6.17%) Code Quality
19 47 (6.17%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 177 (23.23%) Python
2 131 (17.19%) SQL
3 114 (14.96%) JavaScript
4 106 (13.91%) TypeScript
5 71 (9.32%) C#
6 43 (5.64%) C++
7 40 (5.25%) Kotlin
8 26 (3.41%) Groovy
9 25 (3.28%) Bash
9 25 (3.28%) Scala
10 17 (2.23%) Go
11 11 (1.44%) C
12 9 (1.18%) PHP
13 8 (1.05%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.66%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.52%) Ruby
15 4 (0.52%) Rust
16 2 (0.26%) Swift
17 1 (0.13%) Objective-C
17 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 118 (15.49%) Security Cleared
2 68 (8.92%) SC Cleared
3 44 (5.77%) DV Cleared
4 39 (5.12%) Degree
5 15 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (1.84%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.18%) Master's Degree
8 7 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 7 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.52%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.52%) MBA
11 2 (0.26%) PhD
12 1 (0.13%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.13%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.46%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.33%) Accessibility
3 28 (3.67%) QA
4 16 (2.10%) WCAG
5 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 133 (17.45%) Docker
2 3 (0.39%) vSphere
3 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 101 (13.25%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.72%) Ansible
3 15 (1.97%) Argo
4 8 (1.05%) HP Fortify
5 5 (0.66%) Puppet
6 4 (0.52%) Grafana
6 4 (0.52%) Packer
6 4 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.39%) Control-M
7 3 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.26%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.13%) logstash
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (3.15%) Adobe
2 21 (2.76%) Splunk
3 14 (1.84%) Oracle
4 13 (1.71%) AppDynamics
4 13 (1.71%) Google
4 13 (1.71%) Microsoft
5 8 (1.05%) Dynatrace
6 6 (0.79%) Red Hat
7 5 (0.66%) VMware
8 4 (0.52%) NEC
8 4 (0.52%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.39%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.39%) IBM
9 3 (0.39%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.39%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.39%) Talend
10 2 (0.26%) Apple
10 2 (0.26%) Databricks
10 2 (0.26%) New Relic
11 1 (0.13%) HP