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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 67 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 -33 -5
Permanent jobs citing Java 268 309 514
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.51% 3.38% 6.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.10% 11.87% 17.61%
Number of salaries quoted 175 150 368
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,905 £40,700
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,313 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,813 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,500 £95,000 £85,000
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 1,775 2,604 2,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.63% 28.50% 35.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,388 1,401 2,419
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +29 147 £72,500 +26.38% 78
North West -21 111 £70,000 +16.67% 87
North East -30 12 £65,000 +8.33% 30
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 (4.10%) Apache Spark
1 11 (4.10%) OpenStack
2 6 (2.24%) Apache
3 4 (1.49%) Camunda
4 3 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.12%) Mule
5 2 (0.75%) CMS
5 2 (0.75%) JBoss
5 2 (0.75%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.37%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 166 (61.94%) AWS
2 78 (29.10%) Azure
3 69 (25.75%) Serverless
4 41 (15.30%) Amazon ECS
5 32 (11.94%) AWS CloudFormation
6 30 (11.19%) Amazon S3
7 28 (10.45%) AWS Lambda
7 28 (10.45%) GCP
8 21 (7.84%) AWS Step Functions
9 20 (7.46%) Amazon EKS
10 17 (6.34%) Amazon ECR
10 17 (6.34%) Apigee
11 16 (5.97%) SaaS
12 11 (4.10%) GitHub
13 10 (3.73%) Amazon SQS
13 10 (3.73%) OpenShift
14 8 (2.99%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (2.24%) dbt
17 5 (1.87%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.87%) AMQP
2 4 (1.49%) 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 (9.33%) DynamoDB
2 24 (8.96%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (8.58%) NoSQL
4 18 (6.72%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.48%) MySQL
6 10 (3.73%) MongoDB
7 9 (3.36%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.99%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.61%) Big Data
10 6 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.87%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (1.49%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (1.12%) Cloudera CDH
13 3 (1.12%) Neo4j
14 2 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.75%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 56 (20.90%) Jenkins
2 40 (14.93%) GitLab
3 31 (11.57%) Git
4 27 (10.07%) SonarQube
5 21 (7.84%) Cypress.io
6 19 (7.09%) Maven
7 9 (3.36%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.61%) JIRA
8 7 (2.61%) JUnit
8 7 (2.61%) 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%) JMeter
11 2 (0.75%) Locust
11 2 (0.75%) Octopus Deploy
11 2 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.75%) Postman
12 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
General
1 81 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 54 (20.15%) Finance
3 20 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.97%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.60%) Retail
6 12 (4.48%) Financial Institution
7 11 (4.10%) Games
8 9 (3.36%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (1.87%) Banking
9 5 (1.87%) Marketing
10 4 (1.49%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.12%) Legal
12 2 (0.75%) Billing
12 2 (0.75%) Law
13 1 (0.37%) Electronics
13 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 94 (35.07%) Developer
2 63 (23.51%) Java Developer
3 60 (22.39%) Senior
4 56 (20.90%) Software Engineer
5 43 (16.04%) Lead
6 32 (11.94%) Architect
7 22 (8.21%) Senior Developer
8 20 (7.46%) Java Engineer
9 18 (6.72%) Senior Java Developer
10 16 (5.97%) Full-Stack Developer
10 16 (5.97%) Software Developer
11 15 (5.60%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (5.22%) Applications Architect
13 13 (4.85%) Lead Developer
14 12 (4.48%) Graduate
14 12 (4.48%) Junior
15 11 (4.10%) Full-Stack Java Developer
15 11 (4.10%) Software Architect
16 10 (3.73%) Lead Java Developer
16 10 (3.73%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (27.24%) Spring
1 73 (27.24%) Spring Boot
2 47 (17.54%) AngularJS
3 40 (14.93%) React
4 35 (13.06%) Node.js
5 33 (12.31%) REST
6 28 (10.45%) .NET
7 24 (8.96%) CSS
7 24 (8.96%) Kafka
7 24 (8.96%) RESTful
8 19 (7.09%) Gherkin
8 19 (7.09%) Jest
9 15 (5.60%) Elastic Stack
9 15 (5.60%) Web Services
10 14 (5.22%) HTML
11 12 (4.48%) Hibernate
11 12 (4.48%) Micronaut
12 7 (2.61%) gRPC
12 7 (2.61%) Mustache
13 6 (2.24%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.19%) Distributed Systems
2 27 (10.07%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (7.84%) Cloud Native
4 14 (5.22%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.99%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.24%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.49%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.49%) IoT
7 4 (1.49%) Mobile App
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%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.75%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.37%) Credit Risk
10 1 (0.37%) Life Science
10 1 (0.37%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 29 (10.82%) Linux
2 8 (2.99%) 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
1 106 (39.55%) CI/CD
2 102 (38.06%) Agile
3 95 (35.45%) DevOps
4 82 (30.60%) Software Engineering
5 80 (29.85%) Microservices
6 62 (23.13%) Mentoring
7 55 (20.52%) Computer Science
8 53 (19.78%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (16.04%) Full-Stack Development
10 41 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (14.93%) SDLC
12 38 (14.18%) TDD
13 36 (13.43%) Containerisation
14 33 (12.31%) Scrum
15 30 (11.19%) Data Modelling
16 29 (10.82%) Migration
16 29 (10.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 28 (10.45%) Enterprise Architecture
17 28 (10.45%) Infrastructure as Code
17 28 (10.45%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 95 (35.45%) Python
2 82 (30.60%) JavaScript
3 75 (27.99%) TypeScript
4 64 (23.88%) SQL
5 58 (21.64%) C#
6 24 (8.96%) Bash
7 19 (7.09%) Kotlin
8 18 (6.72%) C
9 16 (5.97%) Groovy
10 13 (4.85%) C++
10 13 (4.85%) Scala
11 12 (4.48%) Go
12 11 (4.10%) PHP
13 10 (3.73%) PL/SQL
14 9 (3.36%) PowerShell
15 6 (2.24%) Perl
16 4 (1.49%) Ruby
17 3 (1.12%) R
17 3 (1.12%) Rust
18 1 (0.37%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 58 (21.64%) Degree
2 46 (17.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 41 (15.30%) AWS Certification
4 29 (10.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 26 (9.70%) Azure Certification
6 24 (8.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (8.96%) TOGAF Certification
7 20 (7.46%) Security Cleared
8 14 (5.22%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.61%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.61%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (2.24%) HND
11 5 (1.87%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (1.49%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (1.49%) 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 17 (6.34%) QA
2 6 (2.24%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.49%) GDPR
4 3 (1.12%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.75%) NIST
5 2 (0.75%) WCAG
6 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 73 (27.24%) 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 64 (23.88%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.46%) Ansible
3 18 (6.72%) Terraform
4 17 (6.34%) HP Fortify
5 8 (2.99%) 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 34 (12.69%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.48%) Google
3 9 (3.36%) Oracle
4 6 (2.24%) Allen-Bradley
4 6 (2.24%) Siemens
4 6 (2.24%) Toshiba
5 4 (1.49%) AppDynamics
5 4 (1.49%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.49%) Pega
5 4 (1.49%) 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%) New Relic
8 1 (0.37%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.37%) Splunk
8 1 (0.37%) Talend