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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 19 61
Rank change year-on-year -26 +42 -17
Permanent jobs citing Java 719 951 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.05% 10.13% 2.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.98% 37.77% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 522 160 182
10th Percentile £40,825 £26,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,688 £78,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £84,875
England median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% -3.13% +0.46%

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 3,598 2,518 3,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.27% 26.83% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,761 1,255 2,299
10th Percentile £38,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £67,806
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -35 340 £70,000 - 309
Yorkshire +31 196 £75,000 +11.11% 133
North East +13 183 £55,000 +15.79% 83
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 15 (2.09%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 10 (1.39%) Apache
4 9 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.97%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.83%) Confluence
6 6 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.28%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.28%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.14%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
9 1 (0.14%) JBoss
9 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.14%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.42%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 278 (38.66%) AWS
2 117 (16.27%) Serverless
3 104 (14.46%) Azure
4 94 (13.07%) AWS Lambda
5 77 (10.71%) Amazon S3
6 74 (10.29%) AWS CloudFormation
7 68 (9.46%) Amazon ECS
8 55 (7.65%) AWS Step Functions
9 48 (6.68%) GitHub
10 37 (5.15%) GCP
11 30 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 29 (4.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 29 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
13 28 (3.89%) Amazon ECR
13 28 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
14 23 (3.20%) Amazon EC2
14 23 (3.20%) Apigee
15 21 (2.92%) Datadog
15 21 (2.92%) SaaS
16 19 (2.64%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.56%) RIP
2 3 (0.42%) AMQP
2 3 (0.42%) HTTP
3 2 (0.28%) 5G
3 2 (0.28%) MQTT
3 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.14%) DNS
4 1 (0.14%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.62%) DynamoDB
2 44 (6.12%) NoSQL
3 34 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (4.31%) Amazon Athena
5 29 (4.03%) MongoDB
6 22 (3.06%) Relational Database
7 17 (2.36%) MySQL
8 12 (1.67%) Spark SQL
9 11 (1.53%) SQL Server
10 10 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
11 9 (1.25%) BigQuery
11 9 (1.25%) Flink
11 9 (1.25%) Power BI
12 8 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.97%) Big Data
14 6 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.83%) Data Lake
14 6 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.70%) Neo4j
16 4 (0.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (10.01%) Git
2 64 (8.90%) GitLab
3 62 (8.62%) Jenkins
4 33 (4.59%) Maven
5 27 (3.76%) Cypress.io
6 21 (2.92%) JUnit
6 21 (2.92%) SonarQube
7 18 (2.50%) JIRA
8 13 (1.81%) Spock
9 11 (1.53%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.11%) Bitbucket
10 8 (1.11%) Claude Code
10 8 (1.11%) Selenium
10 8 (1.11%) Storybook
11 7 (0.97%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.70%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 5 (0.70%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.70%) Gradle
12 5 (0.70%) Postman
General
1 96 (13.35%) Public Sector
2 90 (12.52%) Social Skills
3 88 (12.24%) Finance
4 44 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (2.78%) Banking
6 16 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (2.23%) Publishing
7 11 (1.53%) Marketing
7 11 (1.53%) Retail
8 10 (1.39%) Investment Banking
8 10 (1.39%) Manufacturing
9 7 (0.97%) Legal
9 7 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (0.70%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.56%) Law
12 4 (0.56%) Local Government
13 3 (0.42%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 293 (40.75%) Developer
2 212 (29.49%) Senior
3 209 (29.07%) Java Developer
4 150 (20.86%) Java Engineer
5 118 (16.41%) Software Engineer
6 102 (14.19%) Lead
7 97 (13.49%) Senior Developer
8 81 (11.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 68 (9.46%) Senior Java Developer
10 60 (8.34%) Senior Java Engineer
11 51 (7.09%) Full-Stack Developer
12 44 (6.12%) Senior Software Engineer
13 40 (5.56%) Java Software Engineer
14 39 (5.42%) DevOps Engineer
14 39 (5.42%) Software Developer
15 35 (4.87%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 31 (4.31%) AWS Developer
17 27 (3.76%) Data Engineer
17 27 (3.76%) Senior Java Software Engineer
18 25 (3.48%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (24.20%) Spring
2 147 (20.45%) Spring Boot
3 135 (18.78%) AngularJS
4 85 (11.82%) Node.js
4 85 (11.82%) Terraform
5 71 (9.87%) React
6 51 (7.09%) .NET
7 43 (5.98%) REST
8 39 (5.42%) Kafka
9 30 (4.17%) RESTful
10 25 (3.48%) Vue
11 24 (3.34%) Gherkin
12 22 (3.06%) CSS
12 22 (3.06%) PySpark
13 20 (2.78%) HTML
14 18 (2.50%) Jest
15 13 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
16 11 (1.53%) OpenAPI
17 10 (1.39%) Hibernate
18 9 (1.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.54%) Distributed Systems
2 38 (5.29%) Cloud Native
3 13 (1.81%) Private Cloud
4 12 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
5 10 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (1.39%) Mobile App
5 10 (1.39%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (0.97%) Blog
8 6 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
8 6 (0.83%) Media Streaming
8 6 (0.83%) Podcast
8 6 (0.83%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.70%) Algorithms
9 5 (0.70%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (0.70%) Hedge funds
9 5 (0.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.01%) Linux
2 18 (2.50%) Windows
3 15 (2.09%) Unix
4 10 (1.39%) Android
5 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.56%) VMS
7 3 (0.42%) CentOS
7 3 (0.42%) Debian
7 3 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.42%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (33.52%) Agile
2 229 (31.85%) CI/CD
3 203 (28.23%) Full-Stack Development
4 194 (26.98%) Software Engineering
5 175 (24.34%) DevOps
6 147 (20.45%) Microservices
7 142 (19.75%) Mentoring
8 128 (17.80%) Test Automation
9 89 (12.38%) TDD
10 81 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 80 (11.13%) Coaching
12 76 (10.57%) AI
12 76 (10.57%) Scrum
13 75 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
14 73 (10.15%) Containerisation
15 67 (9.32%) Infrastructure as Code
16 55 (7.65%) Continuous Integration
17 48 (6.68%) SDLC
18 47 (6.54%) Clean Code
18 47 (6.54%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 172 (23.92%) Python
2 141 (19.61%) SQL
3 123 (17.11%) JavaScript
4 105 (14.60%) TypeScript
5 75 (10.43%) C#
6 43 (5.98%) Kotlin
7 42 (5.84%) C++
8 35 (4.87%) Groovy
9 30 (4.17%) Bash
10 23 (3.20%) Scala
11 14 (1.95%) Go
12 11 (1.53%) C
12 11 (1.53%) PHP
13 6 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.56%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.56%) Ruby
15 2 (0.28%) Perl
15 2 (0.28%) Rust
15 2 (0.28%) Swift
16 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 121 (16.83%) Security Cleared
2 76 (10.57%) SC Cleared
3 39 (5.42%) DV Cleared
4 38 (5.29%) Degree
5 20 (2.78%) AWS Certification
6 17 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (1.67%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 12 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.25%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 4 (0.56%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.56%) MBA
12 2 (0.28%) PhD
13 1 (0.14%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.14%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.14%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.87%) Accessibility
2 32 (4.45%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.03%) QA
4 16 (2.23%) WCAG
5 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 7816
6 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 132 (18.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.42%) vSphere
3 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 82 (11.40%) Kubernetes
2 38 (5.29%) Ansible
3 14 (1.95%) HP Fortify
4 13 (1.81%) Argo
5 5 (0.70%) Grafana
5 5 (0.70%) Packer
6 4 (0.56%) Puppet
7 3 (0.42%) Control-M
7 3 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.28%) Kibana
8 2 (0.28%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.14%) logstash
9 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.14%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 24 (3.34%) Adobe
2 21 (2.92%) Splunk
3 18 (2.50%) AppDynamics
4 15 (2.09%) Microsoft
5 11 (1.53%) Google
6 10 (1.39%) Oracle
7 8 (1.11%) Dynatrace
8 7 (0.97%) IBM
9 4 (0.56%) NEC
9 4 (0.56%) Red Hat
9 4 (0.56%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.56%) VMware
10 3 (0.42%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.42%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.42%) SaltStack
10 3 (0.42%) Talend
11 2 (0.28%) Apple
11 2 (0.28%) Databricks
11 2 (0.28%) New Relic
12 1 (0.14%) YouTube