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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 21 63
Rank change year-on-year -26 +42 -14
Permanent jobs citing Java 678 991 436
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.14% 10.33% 2.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.89% 36.62% 10.99%
Number of salaries quoted 488 212 260
10th Percentile £40,000 £28,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,037 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £76,204
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £78,810 £80,000
% change year-on-year -11.18% -1.49% -

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 3,590 2,706 3,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.61% 28.21% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,709 1,443 3,003
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,850 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,375
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.00% -7.12%

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 4 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 4 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 -38 306 £70,000 - 124
Yorkshire +40 220 £72,500 +7.41% 66
North East +5 152 £52,500 +13.51% 42
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 (1.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 11 (1.62%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.33%) Apache
4 7 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (1.03%) Confluence
5 6 (0.88%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.74%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.59%) JBoss
8 3 (0.44%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.29%) CICS
9 2 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.15%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.44%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 271 (39.97%) AWS
2 115 (16.96%) Azure
3 108 (15.93%) Serverless
4 80 (11.80%) AWS Lambda
5 76 (11.21%) AWS CloudFormation
6 75 (11.06%) Amazon S3
7 72 (10.62%) Amazon ECS
8 54 (7.96%) AWS Step Functions
9 41 (6.05%) GitHub
10 40 (5.90%) GCP
11 35 (5.16%) Amazon ECR
12 33 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
13 30 (4.42%) Apigee
14 29 (4.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 25 (3.69%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 23 (3.39%) Amazon SQS
16 23 (3.39%) SaaS
17 20 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (1.92%) Azure AKS
18 13 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.92%) Broadband
2 2 (0.29%) AMQP
2 2 (0.29%) MQTT
2 2 (0.29%) RIP
2 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.15%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (9.44%) DynamoDB
2 51 (7.52%) NoSQL
3 44 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (5.01%) MongoDB
5 28 (4.13%) Amazon Athena
6 25 (3.69%) MySQL
7 24 (3.54%) Relational Database
8 12 (1.77%) SQL Server
9 10 (1.47%) BigQuery
9 10 (1.47%) Power BI
10 9 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.18%) Flink
12 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.59%) Big Data
14 4 (0.59%) Neo4j
14 4 (0.59%) Redis
Development Applications
1 74 (10.91%) Jenkins
2 64 (9.44%) Git
3 63 (9.29%) GitLab
4 36 (5.31%) Maven
5 32 (4.72%) Cypress.io
6 27 (3.98%) SonarQube
7 21 (3.10%) JIRA
8 15 (2.21%) JUnit
9 13 (1.92%) Cucumber
10 12 (1.77%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.62%) Spock
12 10 (1.47%) Selenium
13 8 (1.18%) Bitbucket
13 8 (1.18%) Storybook
14 7 (1.03%) Postman
15 6 (0.88%) Artifactory
15 6 (0.88%) Eclipse
15 6 (0.88%) IntelliJ
15 6 (0.88%) REST Assured
16 5 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 87 (12.83%) Public Sector
2 82 (12.09%) Finance
3 79 (11.65%) Social Skills
4 34 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (2.06%) Banking
7 13 (1.92%) Games
8 10 (1.47%) Publishing
8 10 (1.47%) Retail
9 9 (1.33%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.33%) Marketing
10 8 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.59%) Advertising
13 4 (0.59%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.59%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.59%) Legal
14 3 (0.44%) Back Office
14 3 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 314 (46.31%) Developer
2 232 (34.22%) Java Developer
3 187 (27.58%) Senior
4 117 (17.26%) Software Engineer
5 115 (16.96%) Java Engineer
6 97 (14.31%) Lead
7 92 (13.57%) Senior Developer
8 70 (10.32%) Senior Java Developer
9 63 (9.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 61 (9.00%) Full-Stack Developer
11 45 (6.64%) Java Software Engineer
12 44 (6.49%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 38 (5.60%) Senior Software Engineer
14 37 (5.46%) DevOps Engineer
14 37 (5.46%) Software Developer
15 36 (5.31%) Senior Java Engineer
16 29 (4.28%) AWS Developer
16 29 (4.28%) Lead Software Engineer
17 27 (3.98%) Lead Java Engineer
18 25 (3.69%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (22.86%) Spring
2 143 (21.09%) Spring Boot
3 136 (20.06%) AngularJS
4 88 (12.98%) Node.js
5 63 (9.29%) React
6 50 (7.37%) .NET
7 41 (6.05%) RESTful
8 37 (5.46%) REST
9 30 (4.42%) Gherkin
10 26 (3.83%) Vue
11 25 (3.69%) Kafka
12 24 (3.54%) CSS
12 24 (3.54%) HTML
13 22 (3.24%) GraphQL
14 21 (3.10%) Jest
15 18 (2.65%) Android SDK
16 10 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
17 9 (1.33%) Hibernate
18 8 (1.18%) MDX
18 8 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.75%) Distributed Systems
2 34 (5.01%) Cloud Native
3 24 (3.54%) Mobile App
4 15 (2.21%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.92%) Social Media
7 12 (1.77%) Marketing Technology
8 11 (1.62%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.88%) Legacy Code
12 6 (0.88%) Virtual Team
13 5 (0.74%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.74%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (0.74%) Hedge funds
13 5 (0.74%) Onboarding
14 4 (0.59%) Contactless
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.87%) Linux
2 21 (3.10%) Android
3 16 (2.36%) Windows
4 15 (2.21%) Unix
5 3 (0.44%) 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
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (35.99%) Agile
2 218 (32.15%) CI/CD
3 184 (27.14%) Software Engineering
4 171 (25.22%) Full-Stack Development
5 166 (24.48%) DevOps
6 146 (21.53%) Microservices
7 142 (20.94%) Test Automation
8 131 (19.32%) Mentoring
9 103 (15.19%) TDD
10 84 (12.39%) AI
11 80 (11.80%) Coaching
11 80 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
11 80 (11.80%) Scrum
12 67 (9.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 59 (8.70%) Containerisation
14 56 (8.26%) Design Patterns
14 56 (8.26%) Infrastructure as Code
15 53 (7.82%) Continuous Integration
16 51 (7.52%) Clean Code
16 51 (7.52%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 164 (24.19%) Python
2 137 (20.21%) SQL
3 121 (17.85%) JavaScript
4 91 (13.42%) TypeScript
5 63 (9.29%) C#
6 56 (8.26%) Kotlin
7 39 (5.75%) Groovy
8 32 (4.72%) Bash
9 26 (3.83%) C++
10 20 (2.95%) Scala
11 15 (2.21%) Go
12 9 (1.33%) C
12 9 (1.33%) PHP
13 8 (1.18%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.29%) Swift
16 1 (0.15%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.15%) Perl
16 1 (0.15%) Ruby
16 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (14.45%) Security Cleared
2 64 (9.44%) SC Cleared
3 37 (5.46%) Degree
4 30 (4.42%) DV Cleared
5 26 (3.83%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 15 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.21%) ITIL Certification
7 13 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.33%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.59%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.59%) MBA
11 3 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.15%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.42%) Accessibility
2 26 (3.83%) QA
3 17 (2.51%) Data Quality
4 14 (2.06%) WCAG
5 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 120 (17.70%) Docker
2 3 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 80 (11.80%) Terraform
2 66 (9.73%) Kubernetes
3 32 (4.72%) Ansible
4 20 (2.95%) HP Fortify
5 13 (1.92%) Argo
6 5 (0.74%) Grafana
7 4 (0.59%) Packer
8 3 (0.44%) Control-M
8 3 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.29%) Kibana
9 2 (0.29%) Puppet
10 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 22 (3.24%) Adobe
2 19 (2.80%) Splunk
3 16 (2.36%) AppDynamics
4 15 (2.21%) Microsoft
5 14 (2.06%) Google
6 9 (1.33%) Oracle
7 8 (1.18%) Dynatrace
8 6 (0.88%) IBM
9 5 (0.74%) Pega
10 4 (0.59%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.44%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.44%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.44%) NEC
11 3 (0.44%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.44%) Talend
11 3 (0.44%) VMware
12 2 (0.29%) Apple
12 2 (0.29%) SaltStack
12 2 (0.29%) WSO2
13 1 (0.15%) HP