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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 58 38
Rank change year-on-year -11 -20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Java 347 297 687
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.61% 4.03% 5.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.74% 13.85% 16.06%
Number of salaries quoted 240 177 514
10th Percentile £32,450 £38,550 £37,963
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £92,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,000 £103,517 £90,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £76,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.28% +5.86% -6.45%

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 2,073 2,144 4,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.57% 29.06% 32.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,572 1,329 3,662
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 2 March 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 2 March 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 +14 181 £70,000 +3.70% 70
North West -15 145 £67,500 +3.85% 105
North East -20 21 £55,000 -3.51% 32
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 (3.75%) Apache Spark
2 11 (3.17%) OpenStack
3 9 (2.59%) Apache
4 5 (1.44%) JBoss
5 4 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.86%) Mule
7 2 (0.58%) CMS
7 2 (0.58%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.29%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.29%) Confluence
8 1 (0.29%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.29%) IIS
8 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 202 (58.21%) AWS
2 97 (27.95%) Serverless
3 87 (25.07%) Azure
4 62 (17.87%) Amazon ECS
5 56 (16.14%) AWS CloudFormation
6 55 (15.85%) Amazon S3
7 53 (15.27%) AWS Lambda
8 43 (12.39%) AWS Step Functions
9 34 (9.80%) Amazon ECR
10 33 (9.51%) Apigee
11 31 (8.93%) GCP
12 23 (6.63%) Amazon EKS
13 22 (6.34%) Amazon SQS
14 18 (5.19%) SaaS
15 17 (4.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 15 (4.32%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 15 (4.32%) GitHub
17 11 (3.17%) OpenShift
18 10 (2.88%) dbt
19 8 (2.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.02%) Broadband
2 4 (1.15%) AMQP
2 4 (1.15%) HTTP
3 3 (0.86%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.58%) SAN
4 2 (0.58%) SSH
5 1 (0.29%) DNS
5 1 (0.29%) TCAP
5 1 (0.29%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (14.41%) DynamoDB
2 39 (11.24%) NoSQL
3 35 (10.09%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (5.76%) Relational Database
5 18 (5.19%) MongoDB
6 13 (3.75%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (3.75%) MySQL
7 10 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (2.59%) Hadoop
9 8 (2.31%) Big Data
10 6 (1.73%) SQL Server
11 5 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.44%) Oracle Database
12 4 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (1.15%) Cloudera CDH
12 4 (1.15%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.15%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.86%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.86%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 64 (18.44%) Jenkins
2 45 (12.97%) GitLab
3 37 (10.66%) SonarQube
4 35 (10.09%) Cypress.io
5 34 (9.80%) Git
6 33 (9.51%) Maven
7 10 (2.88%) JIRA
8 7 (2.02%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.02%) JUnit
9 6 (1.73%) Selenium
10 5 (1.44%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.86%) Claude Code
12 2 (0.58%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.58%) JMeter
12 2 (0.58%) Locust
12 2 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.58%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.58%) Vagrant
13 1 (0.29%) Mockito
General
1 69 (19.88%) Social Skills
2 46 (13.26%) Finance
3 25 (7.20%) Public Sector
4 18 (5.19%) Games
5 15 (4.32%) Retail
6 13 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.17%) Financial Institution
9 10 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.59%) Banking
10 9 (2.59%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.44%) Aerospace
11 5 (1.44%) Marketing
12 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.58%) Billing
13 2 (0.58%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.29%) Advertising
14 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 139 (40.06%) Developer
2 104 (29.97%) Java Developer
3 81 (23.34%) Software Engineer
4 58 (16.71%) Senior
5 50 (14.41%) Lead
6 45 (12.97%) Java Engineer
7 30 (8.65%) Architect
8 29 (8.36%) Java Software Engineer
9 25 (7.20%) Full-Stack Developer
10 24 (6.92%) Software Developer
11 23 (6.63%) Senior Developer
12 19 (5.48%) Full-Stack Java Developer
13 18 (5.19%) Junior
13 18 (5.19%) Senior Java Developer
14 17 (4.90%) Lead Software Engineer
15 15 (4.32%) AWS Developer
16 14 (4.03%) Applications Developer
16 14 (4.03%) Senior Java Engineer
17 13 (3.75%) Applications Architect
18 12 (3.46%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (27.09%) Spring Boot
2 79 (22.77%) Spring
3 71 (20.46%) AngularJS
4 49 (14.12%) Node.js
5 37 (10.66%) React
6 34 (9.80%) Gherkin
6 34 (9.80%) Jest
7 32 (9.22%) REST
7 32 (9.22%) RESTful
8 29 (8.36%) .NET
9 25 (7.20%) Kafka
10 14 (4.03%) Elastic Stack
10 14 (4.03%) Web Services
11 13 (3.75%) CSS
11 13 (3.75%) Hibernate
12 11 (3.17%) Micronaut
13 9 (2.59%) GraphQL
13 9 (2.59%) HTML
14 8 (2.31%) gRPC
14 8 (2.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.36%) Distributed Systems
2 27 (7.78%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (7.20%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.03%) Mobile App
5 13 (3.75%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.31%) Driving Licence
6 8 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.02%) Social Media
8 5 (1.44%) IoT
9 4 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.86%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.86%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.86%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.86%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.86%) Sports Betting
11 2 (0.58%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.58%) DataPower
11 2 (0.58%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.07%) Linux
2 9 (2.59%) Android
3 5 (1.44%) Windows
4 4 (1.15%) CentOS
4 4 (1.15%) Debian
4 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.15%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.86%) Unix
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) SUSE
6 1 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (42.07%) Agile
2 135 (38.90%) CI/CD
3 119 (34.29%) Software Engineering
4 111 (31.99%) DevOps
5 96 (27.67%) Microservices
6 77 (22.19%) Mentoring
7 55 (15.85%) Full-Stack Development
8 53 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (15.27%) TDD
9 49 (14.12%) Computer Science
10 46 (13.26%) SDLC
11 42 (12.10%) Scrum
11 42 (12.10%) Test Automation
12 39 (11.24%) AI
12 39 (11.24%) Containerisation
13 35 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 32 (9.22%) BDD
15 31 (8.93%) Architectural Patterns
15 31 (8.93%) Data Modelling
15 31 (8.93%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 99 (28.53%) Python
2 87 (25.07%) JavaScript
3 85 (24.50%) TypeScript
4 78 (22.48%) SQL
5 50 (14.41%) C#
6 34 (9.80%) Kotlin
7 33 (9.51%) Bash
8 32 (9.22%) Groovy
9 16 (4.61%) C
10 12 (3.46%) Go
11 11 (3.17%) PL/SQL
12 9 (2.59%) C++
13 7 (2.02%) Scala
14 4 (1.15%) PHP
14 4 (1.15%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.15%) Ruby
15 3 (0.86%) Perl
15 3 (0.86%) R
16 2 (0.58%) Rust
17 1 (0.29%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 48 (13.83%) AWS Certification
1 48 (13.83%) Degree
2 41 (11.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (8.07%) Security Cleared
4 26 (7.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 23 (6.63%) Azure Certification
5 23 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 23 (6.63%) TOGAF Certification
6 18 (5.19%) SC Cleared
7 16 (4.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 16 (4.61%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (3.46%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.31%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.86%) HND
13 2 (0.58%) PhD
14 1 (0.29%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.29%) MBA
14 1 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.90%) QA
2 5 (1.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.86%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.58%) GDPR
4 2 (0.58%) WCAG
5 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 96 (27.67%) Docker
2 2 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.58%) vSphere
3 1 (0.29%) Squid
3 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 61 (17.58%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.22%) HP Fortify
3 28 (8.07%) Terraform
4 18 (5.19%) Ansible
5 7 (2.02%) Grafana
6 4 (1.15%) Puppet
7 3 (0.86%) Rancher
8 2 (0.58%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.58%) Control-M
8 2 (0.58%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.58%) Packer
8 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.29%) Kibana
9 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (8.07%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.03%) Google
3 10 (2.88%) Oracle
4 5 (1.44%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.15%) Pega
5 4 (1.15%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.15%) SaltStack
5 4 (1.15%) WSO2
6 3 (0.86%) Allen-Bradley
6 3 (0.86%) AppDynamics
6 3 (0.86%) Siemens
6 3 (0.86%) Toshiba
6 3 (0.86%) VMware
7 2 (0.58%) Adobe
7 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.58%) SAP
8 1 (0.29%) Cognos
8 1 (0.29%) IBM
8 1 (0.29%) New Relic
8 1 (0.29%) Veracode