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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 17 56
Rank change year-on-year -40 +39 -23
Permanent jobs citing Java 607 993 639
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.05% 12.66% 3.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.87% 38.08% 12.65%
Number of salaries quoted 440 225 455
10th Percentile £34,825 £37,600 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £86,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £77,500 £73,805
% change year-on-year -6.45% +5.01% -7.74%

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 3,217 2,608 5,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.14% 33.24% 28.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 1,360 4,245
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,108 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -50 258 £70,000 -6.04% 87
Yorkshire +25 237 £72,500 +0.71% 42
North East +1 112 £52,500 -5.83% 33
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 12 (1.98%) Apache
1 12 (1.98%) Apache Spark
2 8 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 8 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (1.15%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.99%) Jupyter
4 6 (0.99%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.82%) JBoss
6 4 (0.66%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.49%) Confluence
8 2 (0.33%) CICS
9 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 264 (43.49%) AWS
2 121 (19.93%) Serverless
3 108 (17.79%) Azure
4 88 (14.50%) Amazon S3
4 88 (14.50%) AWS CloudFormation
5 87 (14.33%) Amazon ECS
5 87 (14.33%) AWS Lambda
6 69 (11.37%) AWS Step Functions
7 49 (8.07%) Amazon ECR
8 45 (7.41%) Apigee
9 37 (6.10%) GitHub
10 32 (5.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 32 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (4.94%) Amazon SQS
12 29 (4.78%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 29 (4.78%) GCP
13 21 (3.46%) SaaS
14 20 (3.29%) Amazon EKS
15 17 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (2.47%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.14%) Broadband
2 3 (0.49%) AMQP
2 3 (0.49%) HTTP
3 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.16%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (13.01%) DynamoDB
2 63 (10.38%) NoSQL
3 47 (7.74%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (5.93%) MongoDB
5 32 (5.27%) Amazon Athena
6 25 (4.12%) Relational Database
7 24 (3.95%) MySQL
8 13 (2.14%) SQL Server
9 11 (1.81%) Power BI
10 7 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (1.15%) Big Data
10 7 (1.15%) BigQuery
10 7 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.99%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.82%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 90 (14.83%) Jenkins
2 73 (12.03%) GitLab
3 60 (9.88%) Git
4 43 (7.08%) Maven
5 42 (6.92%) Cypress.io
6 41 (6.75%) SonarQube
7 20 (3.29%) JIRA
8 14 (2.31%) Claude Code
9 9 (1.48%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.32%) Selenium
11 7 (1.15%) JUnit
12 6 (0.99%) REST Assured
13 5 (0.82%) Artifactory
13 5 (0.82%) Postman
14 4 (0.66%) Android Studio
14 4 (0.66%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.66%) Eclipse
14 4 (0.66%) Gradle
14 4 (0.66%) JMeter
14 4 (0.66%) Spock
General
1 81 (13.34%) Public Sector
2 68 (11.20%) Social Skills
3 67 (11.04%) Finance
4 34 (5.60%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.64%) Banking
7 14 (2.31%) Games
8 10 (1.65%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.32%) Marketing
9 8 (1.32%) Retail
10 5 (0.82%) Advertising
10 5 (0.82%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.49%) Back Office
12 3 (0.49%) Legal
12 3 (0.49%) Publishing
13 2 (0.33%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.33%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 294 (48.43%) Developer
2 229 (37.73%) Java Developer
3 155 (25.54%) Senior
4 112 (18.45%) Software Engineer
5 102 (16.80%) Lead
6 95 (15.65%) Java Engineer
7 80 (13.18%) Senior Developer
8 66 (10.87%) Senior Java Developer
9 59 (9.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 42 (6.92%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 42 (6.92%) Java Software Engineer
11 41 (6.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 35 (5.77%) Software Developer
13 33 (5.44%) Junior
14 32 (5.27%) Lead Software Engineer
15 31 (5.11%) AWS Developer
16 30 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
17 29 (4.78%) Senior Java Engineer
18 27 (4.45%) Lead Java Engineer
19 22 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (23.56%) Spring Boot
2 136 (22.41%) Spring
3 132 (21.75%) AngularJS
4 88 (14.50%) Node.js
5 67 (11.04%) React
6 49 (8.07%) .NET
7 43 (7.08%) REST
8 41 (6.75%) Gherkin
8 41 (6.75%) RESTful
9 35 (5.77%) Jest
10 24 (3.95%) Kafka
11 23 (3.79%) CSS
12 20 (3.29%) HTML
13 19 (3.13%) Vue
14 17 (2.80%) Android SDK
14 17 (2.80%) GraphQL
15 14 (2.31%) Elastic Stack
16 11 (1.81%) Web Services
17 10 (1.65%) JSON
18 9 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.26%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (3.95%) Cloud Native
2 24 (3.95%) Mobile App
3 15 (2.47%) Product Ownership
4 14 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.14%) Social Media
6 10 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
8 7 (1.15%) Legacy Code
8 7 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.82%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.82%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.66%) Algorithms
11 4 (0.66%) Contactless
11 4 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
11 4 (0.66%) Hedge funds
11 4 (0.66%) Private Cloud
11 4 (0.66%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.45%) Linux
2 17 (2.80%) Android
3 15 (2.47%) Unix
3 15 (2.47%) Windows
4 3 (0.49%) CentOS
4 3 (0.49%) Debian
4 3 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (40.20%) Agile
2 203 (33.44%) CI/CD
3 164 (27.02%) Software Engineering
4 157 (25.86%) DevOps
5 148 (24.38%) Full-Stack Development
6 136 (22.41%) Microservices
7 126 (20.76%) Mentoring
8 113 (18.62%) Test Automation
9 83 (13.67%) Scrum
9 83 (13.67%) TDD
10 74 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (11.04%) AI
12 65 (10.71%) Coaching
13 54 (8.90%) SDLC
14 51 (8.40%) Clean Code
14 51 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (7.41%) Design Patterns
15 45 (7.41%) Secure Coding
16 44 (7.25%) Continuous Integration
17 43 (7.08%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 142 (23.39%) SQL
2 137 (22.57%) Python
3 124 (20.43%) JavaScript
4 101 (16.64%) TypeScript
5 62 (10.21%) C#
6 56 (9.23%) Kotlin
7 49 (8.07%) Groovy
8 40 (6.59%) Bash
9 22 (3.62%) C++
10 12 (1.98%) Go
11 8 (1.32%) Scala
12 7 (1.15%) C
12 7 (1.15%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.66%) PHP
14 2 (0.33%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.16%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.16%) Perl
15 1 (0.16%) R
15 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (11.37%) Security Cleared
2 55 (9.06%) SC Cleared
3 38 (6.26%) AWS Certification
4 33 (5.44%) Degree
5 23 (3.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 23 (3.79%) ITIL Certification
6 21 (3.46%) DV Cleared
7 16 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.32%) Azure Certification
10 8 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.99%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.66%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.16%) MBA
13 1 (0.16%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.12%) QA
2 21 (3.46%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.47%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.32%) WCAG
5 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 114 (18.78%) Docker
2 2 (0.33%) vSphere
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 63 (10.38%) Terraform
2 52 (8.57%) Kubernetes
3 34 (5.60%) HP Fortify
4 21 (3.46%) Ansible
5 13 (2.14%) Argo
6 5 (0.82%) Packer
7 3 (0.49%) Grafana
7 3 (0.49%) Puppet
8 2 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.33%) Control-M
8 2 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.33%) Kibana
8 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.33%) Rancher
Vendors
1 20 (3.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.14%) Google
3 11 (1.81%) Adobe
4 10 (1.65%) Oracle
5 9 (1.48%) AppDynamics
6 7 (1.15%) IBM
7 5 (0.82%) Dynatrace
7 5 (0.82%) Pega
7 5 (0.82%) Splunk
8 4 (0.66%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.49%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.49%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.49%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.49%) VMware
10 2 (0.33%) Cognos
10 2 (0.33%) WSO2
11 1 (0.16%) Databricks
11 1 (0.16%) Veracode