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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 15 53
Rank change year-on-year -48 +38 -20
Permanent jobs citing Java 519 873 632
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.79% 11.88% 3.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.15% 36.67% 13.00%
Number of salaries quoted 353 232 465
10th Percentile £32,250 £37,525 £36,900
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,781 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,076 £67,037 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +4.75% -1.54%
75th Percentile £79,040 £93,778 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £112,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £73,627 £75,000 £73,805
% change year-on-year -1.83% +1.62% -7.74%

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 2,860 2,381 4,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.38% 32.39% 29.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,025 1,492 4,148
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +6.60% -3.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,934 £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 May 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 May 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 +5 227 £72,500 +2.12% 55
North West -60 214 £70,000 +3.70% 73
North East -3 78 £52,500 -7.08% 48
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 9 (1.73%) Apache
1 9 (1.73%) Apache Spark
1 9 (1.73%) OpenStack
2 7 (1.35%) JBoss
3 4 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.77%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.58%) Confluence
4 3 (0.58%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.39%) CICS
5 2 (0.39%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.19%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 243 (46.82%) AWS
2 121 (23.31%) Serverless
3 93 (17.92%) Azure
4 86 (16.57%) Amazon ECS
4 86 (16.57%) AWS CloudFormation
5 84 (16.18%) Amazon S3
5 84 (16.18%) AWS Lambda
6 66 (12.72%) AWS Step Functions
7 50 (9.63%) Amazon ECR
8 49 (9.44%) Apigee
9 28 (5.39%) Amazon SQS
10 27 (5.20%) GCP
11 25 (4.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 25 (4.82%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 24 (4.62%) Amazon EKS
13 22 (4.24%) GitHub
14 19 (3.66%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (3.66%) SaaS
15 16 (3.08%) Azure AKS
16 13 (2.50%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.50%) Broadband
2 4 (0.77%) AMQP
2 4 (0.77%) HTTP
3 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.19%) SAN
4 1 (0.19%) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (14.64%) DynamoDB
2 52 (10.02%) NoSQL
3 44 (8.48%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (5.59%) MongoDB
5 25 (4.82%) Amazon Athena
6 24 (4.62%) Relational Database
7 18 (3.47%) MySQL
8 9 (1.73%) SQL Server
9 8 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.35%) Hadoop
11 6 (1.16%) Big Data
11 6 (1.16%) Power BI
11 6 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.96%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.77%) Cloudera CDH
13 4 (0.77%) Flink
13 4 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.77%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 84 (16.18%) Jenkins
2 70 (13.49%) GitLab
3 50 (9.63%) Git
4 46 (8.86%) SonarQube
5 45 (8.67%) Cypress.io
6 43 (8.29%) Maven
7 20 (3.85%) JIRA
8 13 (2.50%) Claude Code
9 11 (2.12%) Cucumber
10 9 (1.73%) Selenium
11 6 (1.16%) JUnit
11 6 (1.16%) REST Assured
12 5 (0.96%) Postman
13 4 (0.77%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.77%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
13 4 (0.77%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.77%) JMeter
14 2 (0.39%) Gatling
14 2 (0.39%) Vagrant
General
1 62 (11.95%) Social Skills
2 54 (10.40%) Public Sector
3 52 (10.02%) Finance
4 22 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (2.89%) Banking
7 14 (2.70%) Games
8 12 (2.31%) Retail
9 9 (1.73%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.35%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.16%) Marketing
11 6 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
12 5 (0.96%) Advertising
12 5 (0.96%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.58%) Back Office
14 2 (0.39%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.39%) Legal
14 2 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.19%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.19%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 245 (47.21%) Developer
2 191 (36.80%) Java Developer
3 128 (24.66%) Senior
4 102 (19.65%) Software Engineer
5 82 (15.80%) Java Engineer
6 81 (15.61%) Lead
7 65 (12.52%) Senior Developer
8 54 (10.40%) Full-Stack Developer
9 52 (10.02%) Senior Java Developer
10 39 (7.51%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 38 (7.32%) Java Software Engineer
12 31 (5.97%) Software Developer
13 30 (5.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 25 (4.82%) Junior
14 25 (4.82%) Senior Java Engineer
15 24 (4.62%) AWS Developer
15 24 (4.62%) Lead Software Engineer
16 21 (4.05%) Architect
16 21 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
17 19 (3.66%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 136 (26.20%) Spring Boot
2 122 (23.51%) Spring
3 118 (22.74%) AngularJS
4 77 (14.84%) Node.js
5 67 (12.91%) React
6 46 (8.86%) REST
7 43 (8.29%) .NET
7 43 (8.29%) Gherkin
8 40 (7.71%) Jest
9 32 (6.17%) RESTful
10 23 (4.43%) Kafka
11 18 (3.47%) CSS
12 15 (2.89%) Elastic Stack
12 15 (2.89%) HTML
13 14 (2.70%) GraphQL
13 14 (2.70%) Web Services
14 13 (2.50%) Android SDK
15 12 (2.31%) Vue
16 10 (1.93%) Hibernate
16 10 (1.93%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (4.24%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.05%) Mobile App
4 19 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.50%) Social Media
6 8 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.35%) Legacy Code
8 5 (0.96%) Data Structures
8 5 (0.96%) Driving Licence
8 5 (0.96%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.77%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.77%) Distributed Architecture
9 4 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.77%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.77%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (0.58%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.58%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.36%) Linux
2 15 (2.89%) Unix
2 15 (2.89%) Windows
3 14 (2.70%) Android
4 4 (0.77%) CentOS
4 4 (0.77%) Debian
4 4 (0.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (42.39%) Agile
2 172 (33.14%) CI/CD
3 148 (28.52%) Software Engineering
4 135 (26.01%) DevOps
5 117 (22.54%) Microservices
6 116 (22.35%) Full-Stack Development
7 99 (19.08%) Mentoring
8 86 (16.57%) Test Automation
9 76 (14.64%) Scrum
10 67 (12.91%) Problem-Solving
11 64 (12.33%) TDD
12 60 (11.56%) AI
13 54 (10.40%) SDLC
14 45 (8.67%) Coaching
14 45 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
15 43 (8.29%) Clean Code
16 41 (7.90%) Design Patterns
16 41 (7.90%) Secure Coding
17 39 (7.51%) BDD
18 37 (7.13%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 126 (24.28%) Python
2 116 (22.35%) SQL
3 100 (19.27%) TypeScript
4 99 (19.08%) JavaScript
5 49 (9.44%) C#
6 48 (9.25%) Kotlin
7 46 (8.86%) Groovy
8 41 (7.90%) Bash
9 15 (2.89%) C++
10 14 (2.70%) Go
11 13 (2.50%) C
12 11 (2.12%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.96%) Scala
14 4 (0.77%) PHP
15 2 (0.39%) R
16 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
16 1 (0.19%) Perl
16 1 (0.19%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (11.95%) Security Cleared
2 49 (9.44%) SC Cleared
3 45 (8.67%) AWS Certification
4 37 (7.13%) Degree
5 26 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 23 (4.43%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 23 (4.43%) ITIL Certification
7 19 (3.66%) DV Cleared
8 16 (3.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 13 (2.50%) Azure Certification
9 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (2.50%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.73%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.19%) MBA
11 1 (0.19%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.85%) QA
2 11 (2.12%) Data Quality
3 10 (1.93%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.39%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.19%) GDPR
5 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 14443
5 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 7816
5 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 102 (19.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (10.02%) Terraform
2 51 (9.83%) Kubernetes
3 40 (7.71%) HP Fortify
4 19 (3.66%) Ansible
5 13 (2.50%) Argo
6 5 (0.96%) Packer
7 4 (0.77%) Puppet
8 3 (0.58%) Rancher
9 2 (0.39%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.39%) Grafana
9 2 (0.39%) Kibana
9 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.19%) Control-M
10 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 22 (4.24%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.73%) Google
3 7 (1.35%) IBM
3 7 (1.35%) Oracle
4 6 (1.16%) AppDynamics
5 5 (0.96%) Adobe
5 5 (0.96%) Pega
6 4 (0.77%) Red Hat
6 4 (0.77%) SaltStack
7 3 (0.58%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.39%) Cognos
8 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.39%) VMware
8 2 (0.39%) WSO2
9 1 (0.19%) Databricks
9 1 (0.19%) Splunk
9 1 (0.19%) Veracode