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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 68 31
Rank change year-on-year -15 -37 -12
Permanent jobs citing Java 252 319 491
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.42% 3.20% 7.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.57% 11.14% 18.56%
Number of salaries quoted 167 148 355
10th Percentile £31,700 £39,660 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,938 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £59,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.45% -4.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £88,500 £93,778 £86,250
England median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% -

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 1,730 2,863 2,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.59% 28.69% 38.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 1,573 2,138
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £70,938
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 15 December 2025.

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 15 December 2025. 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 +21 129 £67,500 +22.73% 176
North West -20 109 £68,750 +14.58% 195
North East -29 16 £60,000 - 41
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 (3.57%) OpenStack
2 8 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.98%) Apache
4 4 (1.59%) Camunda
5 3 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.19%) Mule
6 2 (0.79%) CMS
6 2 (0.79%) JBoss
6 2 (0.79%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.40%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.40%) IIS
7 1 (0.40%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.79%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.40%) Loan IQ
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 152 (60.32%) AWS
2 78 (30.95%) Azure
3 55 (21.83%) Serverless
4 33 (13.10%) Amazon ECS
5 30 (11.90%) GCP
6 24 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 22 (8.73%) AWS Lambda
8 21 (8.33%) Amazon S3
9 18 (7.14%) SaaS
10 17 (6.75%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (5.56%) Amazon ECR
11 14 (5.56%) Apigee
11 14 (5.56%) AWS Step Functions
12 9 (3.57%) GitHub
12 9 (3.57%) OpenShift
13 7 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (1.98%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.98%) PaaS
14 5 (1.98%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.59%) AMQP
2 3 (1.19%) HTTP
2 3 (1.19%) SAN
3 2 (0.79%) SSH
3 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.40%) DNS
4 1 (0.40%) TCAP
4 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.71%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (9.52%) NoSQL
3 20 (7.94%) DynamoDB
4 16 (6.35%) Relational Database
5 14 (5.56%) MongoDB
5 14 (5.56%) MySQL
6 12 (4.76%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.98%) Hadoop
7 5 (1.98%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.59%) Big Data
8 4 (1.59%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.79%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.79%) Cloudera CDH
10 2 (0.79%) Neo4j
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 50 (19.84%) Jenkins
2 38 (15.08%) GitLab
3 25 (9.92%) SonarQube
4 24 (9.52%) Git
5 18 (7.14%) Cypress.io
6 16 (6.35%) Maven
7 10 (3.97%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.78%) JIRA
8 7 (2.78%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (2.38%) JUnit
10 5 (1.98%) Cucumber
10 5 (1.98%) Selenium
11 4 (1.59%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.59%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
13 2 (0.79%) Babel
13 2 (0.79%) JMeter
13 2 (0.79%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.79%) Postman
13 2 (0.79%) webpack
General
1 75 (29.76%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.02%) Finance
3 16 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.95%) Public Sector
4 15 (5.95%) Retail
5 13 (5.16%) Games
6 12 (4.76%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.57%) Manufacturing
7 9 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (1.98%) Marketing
9 4 (1.59%) Banking
9 4 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.19%) Legal
11 2 (0.79%) Back Office
11 2 (0.79%) Billing
11 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.79%) Law
12 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (37.30%) Developer
2 59 (23.41%) Java Developer
2 59 (23.41%) Senior
3 50 (19.84%) Software Engineer
4 40 (15.87%) Lead
5 26 (10.32%) Architect
6 23 (9.13%) Senior Developer
7 20 (7.94%) Senior Java Developer
8 18 (7.14%) Software Developer
9 16 (6.35%) Java Engineer
10 15 (5.95%) Full-Stack Developer
10 15 (5.95%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (5.16%) Graduate
11 13 (5.16%) Lead Developer
12 11 (4.37%) Applications Architect
13 10 (3.97%) Full-Stack Java Developer
14 9 (3.57%) Java Software Engineer
14 9 (3.57%) Junior
15 8 (3.17%) Linux Engineer
15 8 (3.17%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (27.38%) Spring
2 68 (26.98%) Spring Boot
3 39 (15.48%) React
4 37 (14.68%) AngularJS
5 31 (12.30%) Node.js
6 29 (11.51%) REST
7 27 (10.71%) .NET
8 26 (10.32%) RESTful
9 25 (9.92%) CSS
10 20 (7.94%) Kafka
11 16 (6.35%) Gherkin
11 16 (6.35%) Jest
12 14 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
12 14 (5.56%) HTML
13 13 (5.16%) Hibernate
14 12 (4.76%) Micronaut
14 12 (4.76%) Web Services
15 7 (2.78%) ASP.NET
15 7 (2.78%) jQuery
16 6 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.71%) Distributed Systems
2 22 (8.73%) Cloud Native
3 21 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
4 13 (5.16%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.17%) Driving Licence
6 6 (2.38%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.59%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.59%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.19%) IoT
8 3 (1.19%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.79%) DataPower
9 2 (0.79%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.79%) NHS
9 2 (0.79%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.79%) Sports Betting
9 2 (0.79%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.40%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.51%) Linux
2 9 (3.57%) Windows
3 2 (0.79%) Android
3 2 (0.79%) CentOS
3 2 (0.79%) Debian
3 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.40%) SUSE
4 1 (0.40%) Unix
4 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (39.29%) Agile
2 97 (38.49%) CI/CD
3 94 (37.30%) DevOps
4 77 (30.56%) Software Engineering
5 74 (29.37%) Microservices
6 58 (23.02%) Mentoring
7 54 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (20.24%) Computer Science
9 39 (15.48%) Containerisation
9 39 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 39 (15.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 37 (14.68%) TDD
11 36 (14.29%) SDLC
12 34 (13.49%) Clean Code
13 29 (11.51%) Test Automation
14 28 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
15 26 (10.32%) Scrum
16 24 (9.52%) Enterprise Architecture
16 24 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
17 22 (8.73%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 84 (33.33%) Python
2 74 (29.37%) JavaScript
3 66 (26.19%) SQL
4 63 (25.00%) TypeScript
5 57 (22.62%) C#
6 22 (8.73%) Bash
7 19 (7.54%) C
8 15 (5.95%) C++
9 14 (5.56%) Kotlin
10 13 (5.16%) Groovy
11 12 (4.76%) Go
11 12 (4.76%) PHP
12 11 (4.37%) PowerShell
13 10 (3.97%) PL/SQL
13 10 (3.97%) Scala
14 6 (2.38%) Perl
15 4 (1.59%) Ruby
16 3 (1.19%) R
16 3 (1.19%) Rust
17 1 (0.40%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 54 (21.43%) Degree
2 42 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 36 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 25 (9.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 22 (8.73%) Azure Certification
6 20 (7.94%) Security Cleared
7 18 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
8 15 (5.95%) SC Cleared
9 7 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.78%) Master's Degree
10 6 (2.38%) HND
11 5 (1.98%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.59%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (1.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (1.19%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.79%) PhD
15 1 (0.40%) A+ Certification
15 1 (0.40%) MBA
15 1 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.94%) QA
2 7 (2.78%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.38%) GDPR
4 4 (1.59%) HIPAA
4 4 (1.59%) NIST
5 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.79%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.79%) WCAG
7 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 69 (27.38%) Docker
2 3 (1.19%) vSphere
3 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Squid
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 67 (26.59%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.94%) Ansible
2 20 (7.94%) Terraform
3 14 (5.56%) HP Fortify
4 9 (3.57%) Grafana
5 3 (1.19%) Control-M
5 3 (1.19%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.79%) Puppet
6 2 (0.79%) Rancher
7 1 (0.40%) Kibana
7 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 32 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.56%) Google
3 8 (3.17%) Oracle
4 6 (2.38%) Allen-Bradley
4 6 (2.38%) Siemens
4 6 (2.38%) Toshiba
5 5 (1.98%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.59%) AppDynamics
6 4 (1.59%) Pega
6 4 (1.59%) WSO2
7 3 (1.19%) VMware
8 2 (0.79%) Adobe
8 2 (0.79%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.79%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.79%) SAP
9 1 (0.40%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.40%) New Relic
9 1 (0.40%) Solace
9 1 (0.40%) Splunk
9 1 (0.40%) Talend