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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 17 59
Rank change year-on-year -28 +42 -17
Permanent jobs citing Java 644 1,009 676
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.20% 12.17% 3.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.23% 38.45% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 471 234 463
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
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 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +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 3,349 2,624 5,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.66% 31.65% 27.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,530 1,380 4,486
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 20 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 20 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 -36 281 £70,000 -6.35% 54
Yorkshire +23 236 £72,500 +3.57% 40
North East +2 127 £52,500 +13.51% 28
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 (1.71%) Apache
2 9 (1.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 9 (1.40%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.93%) Confluence
4 6 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.78%) JBoss
5 5 (0.78%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.62%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.62%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.31%) CICS
8 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.16%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.16%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.16%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 275 (42.70%) AWS
2 122 (18.94%) Serverless
3 107 (16.61%) Azure
4 88 (13.66%) AWS Lambda
5 87 (13.51%) Amazon S3
6 86 (13.35%) AWS CloudFormation
7 84 (13.04%) Amazon ECS
8 66 (10.25%) AWS Step Functions
9 44 (6.83%) GitHub
10 41 (6.37%) Amazon ECR
11 37 (5.75%) Apigee
12 35 (5.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 33 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
14 32 (4.97%) GCP
15 31 (4.81%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 30 (4.66%) Amazon SQS
17 24 (3.73%) SaaS
18 20 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
19 15 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
20 14 (2.17%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.02%) Broadband
2 2 (0.31%) AMQP
2 2 (0.31%) HTTP
2 2 (0.31%) MQTT
2 2 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (11.65%) DynamoDB
2 64 (9.94%) NoSQL
3 43 (6.68%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (5.28%) Amazon Athena
4 34 (5.28%) MongoDB
5 23 (3.57%) MySQL
6 22 (3.42%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.17%) SQL Server
8 12 (1.86%) Power BI
9 7 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (1.09%) BigQuery
9 7 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.78%) Big Data
11 5 (0.78%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
12 4 (0.62%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 85 (13.20%) Jenkins
2 66 (10.25%) GitLab
3 62 (9.63%) Git
4 36 (5.59%) Cypress.io
4 36 (5.59%) Maven
5 34 (5.28%) SonarQube
6 23 (3.57%) JIRA
7 14 (2.17%) Claude Code
8 11 (1.71%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.40%) Selenium
10 8 (1.24%) JUnit
11 7 (1.09%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.93%) Artifactory
12 6 (0.93%) Postman
12 6 (0.93%) REST Assured
12 6 (0.93%) Spock
13 5 (0.78%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.78%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.78%) fastlane
13 5 (0.78%) Gradle
General
1 81 (12.58%) Public Sector
2 76 (11.80%) Finance
3 65 (10.09%) Social Skills
4 33 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.48%) Banking
7 14 (2.17%) Games
8 10 (1.55%) Investment Banking
9 8 (1.24%) Marketing
10 7 (1.09%) Retail
11 5 (0.78%) Advertising
11 5 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.62%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.62%) Publishing
13 3 (0.47%) Back Office
13 3 (0.47%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.47%) Legal
14 2 (0.31%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.31%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 316 (49.07%) Developer
2 245 (38.04%) Java Developer
3 167 (25.93%) Senior
4 115 (17.86%) Software Engineer
5 110 (17.08%) Java Engineer
6 95 (14.75%) Lead
7 85 (13.20%) Senior Developer
8 71 (11.02%) Senior Java Developer
9 63 (9.78%) Full-Stack Developer
10 51 (7.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 47 (7.30%) Java Software Engineer
12 46 (7.14%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 39 (6.06%) Software Developer
14 36 (5.59%) Senior Software Engineer
15 33 (5.12%) AWS Developer
15 33 (5.12%) Senior Java Engineer
16 32 (4.97%) Junior
17 30 (4.66%) Lead Java Engineer
17 30 (4.66%) Lead Software Engineer
18 24 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (22.20%) Spring
2 141 (21.89%) Spring Boot
3 137 (21.27%) AngularJS
4 89 (13.82%) Node.js
5 68 (10.56%) React
6 48 (7.45%) .NET
7 43 (6.68%) RESTful
8 41 (6.37%) REST
9 36 (5.59%) Gherkin
10 27 (4.19%) Jest
11 26 (4.04%) Vue
12 23 (3.57%) Kafka
13 22 (3.42%) CSS
14 19 (2.95%) GraphQL
14 19 (2.95%) HTML
15 18 (2.80%) Android SDK
16 12 (1.86%) Elastic Stack
17 8 (1.24%) JSON
17 8 (1.24%) RabbitMQ
18 7 (1.09%) Classic ASP
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.43%) Distributed Systems
2 29 (4.50%) Cloud Native
3 25 (3.88%) Mobile App
4 16 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (2.02%) Social Media
7 11 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (1.55%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.09%) Legacy Code
12 6 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
12 6 (0.93%) Private Cloud
13 5 (0.78%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.78%) Onboarding
13 5 (0.78%) Virtual Team
14 4 (0.62%) Algorithms
14 4 (0.62%) Distributed Architecture
14 4 (0.62%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 27 (4.19%) Linux
2 18 (2.80%) Android
3 16 (2.48%) Windows
4 15 (2.33%) Unix
5 2 (0.31%) CentOS
5 2 (0.31%) Debian
5 2 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (38.04%) Agile
2 207 (32.14%) CI/CD
3 174 (27.02%) Software Engineering
4 162 (25.16%) Full-Stack Development
5 157 (24.38%) DevOps
6 135 (20.96%) Microservices
7 126 (19.57%) Test Automation
8 125 (19.41%) Mentoring
9 90 (13.98%) TDD
10 77 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
11 76 (11.80%) Scrum
12 72 (11.18%) AI
13 71 (11.02%) Coaching
14 58 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 53 (8.23%) Clean Code
16 52 (8.07%) SDLC
17 48 (7.45%) Continuous Integration
18 46 (7.14%) Design Patterns
18 46 (7.14%) Secure Coding
19 44 (6.83%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 144 (22.36%) SQL
2 141 (21.89%) Python
3 121 (18.79%) JavaScript
4 95 (14.75%) TypeScript
5 63 (9.78%) C#
6 60 (9.32%) Kotlin
7 44 (6.83%) Groovy
8 34 (5.28%) Bash
9 21 (3.26%) C++
10 16 (2.48%) Go
11 11 (1.71%) Scala
12 6 (0.93%) PHP
12 6 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.78%) C
14 3 (0.47%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.16%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.16%) Perl
15 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (11.80%) Security Cleared
2 59 (9.16%) SC Cleared
3 33 (5.12%) AWS Certification
4 31 (4.81%) Degree
5 21 (3.26%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 21 (3.26%) ITIL Certification
6 20 (3.11%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (1.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.62%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.31%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.88%) Accessibility
2 23 (3.57%) QA
3 15 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 10 (1.55%) WCAG
5 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 113 (17.55%) Docker
2 3 (0.47%) vSphere
3 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 66 (10.25%) Terraform
2 53 (8.23%) Kubernetes
3 26 (4.04%) HP Fortify
4 20 (3.11%) Ansible
5 13 (2.02%) Argo
6 5 (0.78%) Packer
7 4 (0.62%) Grafana
8 3 (0.47%) Control-M
8 3 (0.47%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.31%) Kibana
9 2 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.31%) Puppet
10 1 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 18 (2.80%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.17%) Adobe
3 13 (2.02%) Google
4 11 (1.71%) AppDynamics
4 11 (1.71%) Splunk
5 10 (1.55%) Oracle
6 7 (1.09%) Dynatrace
6 7 (1.09%) IBM
7 5 (0.78%) Pega
7 5 (0.78%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.62%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.62%) VMware
9 2 (0.31%) Cognos
9 2 (0.31%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.31%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.31%) WSO2
10 1 (0.16%) Databricks
10 1 (0.16%) Veracode