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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 16 56
Rank change year-on-year -29 +40 -15
Permanent jobs citing Java 624 1,006 648
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.16% 12.38% 3.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.25% 38.19% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 458 233 452
10th Percentile £38,500 £32,500 £36,600
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,118 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,690 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.76% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.45% +3.33% -6.25%

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 3,242 2,634 5,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.42% 32.41% 27.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,430 1,383 4,314
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,593 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,250 £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 7 June 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 7 June 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 -49 264 £70,000 -6.04% 111
Yorkshire +22 242 £72,500 +2.12% 62
North East -1 118 £52,130 +9.75% 49
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 (1.92%) Apache
2 11 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 8 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.96%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.80%) JBoss
5 5 (0.80%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.64%) Confluence
6 4 (0.64%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.32%) CICS
8 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 269 (43.11%) AWS
2 121 (19.39%) Serverless
3 107 (17.15%) Azure
4 88 (14.10%) AWS CloudFormation
5 87 (13.94%) Amazon S3
5 87 (13.94%) AWS Lambda
6 86 (13.78%) Amazon ECS
7 68 (10.90%) AWS Step Functions
8 47 (7.53%) Amazon ECR
9 43 (6.89%) Apigee
10 39 (6.25%) GitHub
11 33 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
12 32 (5.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 30 (4.81%) Amazon SQS
14 29 (4.65%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 29 (4.65%) GCP
15 21 (3.37%) SaaS
16 19 (3.04%) Amazon EKS
17 18 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
18 15 (2.40%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.08%) Broadband
2 3 (0.48%) AMQP
3 2 (0.32%) HTTP
3 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.16%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (12.50%) DynamoDB
2 62 (9.94%) NoSQL
3 46 (7.37%) PostgreSQL
4 35 (5.61%) MongoDB
5 32 (5.13%) Amazon Athena
6 24 (3.85%) MySQL
6 24 (3.85%) Relational Database
7 13 (2.08%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.76%) Power BI
9 7 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.12%) Big Data
9 7 (1.12%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.80%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.80%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.64%) GIS
Development Applications
1 89 (14.26%) Jenkins
2 71 (11.38%) GitLab
3 58 (9.29%) Git
4 41 (6.57%) Cypress.io
4 41 (6.57%) Maven
5 39 (6.25%) SonarQube
6 20 (3.21%) JIRA
7 14 (2.24%) Claude Code
8 10 (1.60%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.28%) Selenium
10 6 (0.96%) JUnit
10 6 (0.96%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.80%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.80%) Artifactory
11 5 (0.80%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.80%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.80%) fastlane
11 5 (0.80%) Gradle
11 5 (0.80%) Postman
12 4 (0.64%) Spock
General
1 82 (13.14%) Public Sector
2 66 (10.58%) Finance
3 65 (10.42%) Social Skills
4 33 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.56%) Banking
7 14 (2.24%) Games
8 10 (1.60%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.28%) Marketing
9 8 (1.28%) Retail
10 5 (0.80%) Advertising
10 5 (0.80%) Aerospace
10 5 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.48%) Back Office
12 3 (0.48%) Legal
12 3 (0.48%) Publishing
13 2 (0.32%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.32%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.32%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 306 (49.04%) Developer
2 240 (38.46%) Java Developer
3 158 (25.32%) Senior
4 115 (18.43%) Software Engineer
5 103 (16.51%) Java Engineer
6 101 (16.19%) Lead
7 82 (13.14%) Senior Developer
8 68 (10.90%) Senior Java Developer
9 60 (9.62%) Full-Stack Developer
10 46 (7.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 44 (7.05%) Java Software Engineer
12 43 (6.89%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 36 (5.77%) Software Developer
14 33 (5.29%) Junior
15 32 (5.13%) AWS Developer
15 32 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
15 32 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
16 31 (4.97%) Senior Java Engineer
17 28 (4.49%) Lead Java Engineer
18 22 (3.53%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (22.60%) Spring Boot
2 137 (21.96%) Spring
3 134 (21.47%) AngularJS
4 88 (14.10%) Node.js
5 68 (10.90%) React
6 48 (7.69%) .NET
7 41 (6.57%) REST
7 41 (6.57%) RESTful
8 40 (6.41%) Gherkin
9 33 (5.29%) Jest
10 22 (3.53%) CSS
10 22 (3.53%) Kafka
11 21 (3.37%) Vue
12 19 (3.04%) HTML
13 18 (2.88%) Android SDK
14 17 (2.72%) GraphQL
15 13 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
16 10 (1.60%) JSON
16 10 (1.60%) Web Services
17 9 (1.44%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
2 26 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 25 (4.01%) Mobile App
4 15 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.08%) Social Media
7 11 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.12%) Legacy Code
10 7 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
11 6 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
12 5 (0.80%) Data Structures
12 5 (0.80%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.64%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.64%) Contactless
13 4 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (0.64%) Hedge funds
13 4 (0.64%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.33%) Linux
2 18 (2.88%) Android
3 15 (2.40%) Unix
3 15 (2.40%) Windows
4 3 (0.48%) CentOS
4 3 (0.48%) Debian
4 3 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.48%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (38.94%) Agile
2 201 (32.21%) CI/CD
3 167 (26.76%) Software Engineering
4 156 (25.00%) DevOps
4 156 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 136 (21.79%) Microservices
6 125 (20.03%) Mentoring
7 117 (18.75%) Test Automation
8 85 (13.62%) TDD
9 81 (12.98%) Scrum
10 74 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
11 67 (10.74%) AI
12 66 (10.58%) Coaching
13 53 (8.49%) SDLC
14 52 (8.33%) Clean Code
14 52 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (7.21%) Continuous Integration
15 45 (7.21%) Design Patterns
15 45 (7.21%) Secure Coding
16 42 (6.73%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 141 (22.60%) SQL
2 137 (21.96%) Python
3 121 (19.39%) JavaScript
4 97 (15.54%) TypeScript
5 61 (9.78%) C#
6 57 (9.13%) Kotlin
7 48 (7.69%) Groovy
8 38 (6.09%) Bash
9 22 (3.53%) C++
10 13 (2.08%) Go
11 8 (1.28%) Scala
12 7 (1.12%) C
12 7 (1.12%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.64%) PHP
14 2 (0.32%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.16%) Perl
15 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (11.22%) Security Cleared
2 55 (8.81%) SC Cleared
3 36 (5.77%) AWS Certification
4 30 (4.81%) Degree
5 23 (3.69%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 23 (3.69%) ITIL Certification
6 21 (3.37%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (0.96%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.80%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.64%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.85%) QA
2 22 (3.53%) Accessibility
3 15 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 9 (1.44%) WCAG
5 4 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 112 (17.95%) Docker
2 2 (0.32%) vSphere
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 64 (10.26%) Terraform
2 52 (8.33%) Kubernetes
3 32 (5.13%) HP Fortify
4 21 (3.37%) Ansible
5 13 (2.08%) Argo
6 5 (0.80%) Packer
7 3 (0.48%) Grafana
7 3 (0.48%) Puppet
8 2 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.32%) Control-M
8 2 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.32%) Kibana
8 2 (0.32%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.32%) Rancher
Vendors
1 18 (2.88%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.24%) Google
3 11 (1.76%) Adobe
4 10 (1.60%) Oracle
5 9 (1.44%) AppDynamics
6 7 (1.12%) IBM
7 6 (0.96%) Dynatrace
7 6 (0.96%) Splunk
8 5 (0.80%) Pega
8 5 (0.80%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.48%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.48%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.48%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.48%) VMware
10 2 (0.32%) Cognos
10 2 (0.32%) WSO2
11 1 (0.16%) Databricks
11 1 (0.16%) Veracode