Java Engineer Job Trends in the North West

Java Engineer
England > North West

The median Java Engineer salary in the North West is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 171 193 229
Rank change year-on-year +22 +36 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer 55 18 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.52% 0.41% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.47% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 42 14 47
10th Percentile £55,000 £33,400 £48,250
25th Percentile £59,063 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -0.71% -6.48%
75th Percentile £105,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £92,000 £108,750
England median annual salary £80,000 £107,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -25.58% +48.28% -19.44%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,575 3,791 8,801
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 86.99% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 6,189 2,203 7,031
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -11.18%

Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Java Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

Java Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in the North West

Java Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 7 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Engineer in the North West

Java Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Engineer within the North West 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
Manchester +10 42 £80,000 +23.08% 7
Merseyside - 7 - -
Lancashire - 4 £53,565 - 2
Cheshire - 2 £70,000 -
Java Engineer
England

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 7 May 2026, Java Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Java Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (100.00%) Java
2 35 (63.64%) Software Engineering
3 25 (45.45%) AWS
4 22 (40.00%) Agile
4 22 (40.00%) Spring
5 19 (34.55%) Spring Boot
6 18 (32.73%) Full-Stack Development
7 17 (30.91%) SQL
8 15 (27.27%) Mentoring
8 15 (27.27%) Test Automation
9 13 (23.64%) Claude Code
10 12 (21.82%) AngularJS
10 12 (21.82%) Anthropic Claude
10 12 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (21.82%) React
10 12 (21.82%) SaaS
11 10 (18.18%) Microservices
12 9 (16.36%) Architectural Patterns
12 9 (16.36%) Design Patterns
12 9 (16.36%) Observability
12 9 (16.36%) REST
12 9 (16.36%) Secure Coding
13 8 (14.55%) AI
13 8 (14.55%) Investment Management
13 8 (14.55%) TDD
13 8 (14.55%) Thought Leadership
14 7 (12.73%) Design Thinking
15 6 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (10.91%) TypeScript
16 5 (9.09%) API Integration

Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 25 (45.45%) AWS
2 12 (21.82%) Anthropic Claude
2 12 (21.82%) SaaS
3 3 (5.45%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (3.64%) Azure
4 2 (3.64%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.27%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.64%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.64%) MySQL
2 2 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (23.64%) Claude Code
2 2 (3.64%) Vagrant
3 1 (1.82%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.82%) IntelliJ
3 1 (1.82%) JUnit
General
1 8 (14.55%) Banking
1 8 (14.55%) Investment Banking
2 6 (10.91%) Finance
3 3 (5.45%) Marketing
4 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (40.00%) Spring
2 19 (34.55%) Spring Boot
3 12 (21.82%) AngularJS
3 12 (21.82%) React
4 9 (16.36%) REST
5 4 (7.27%) RESTful
6 3 (5.45%) OAuth
6 3 (5.45%) OAuth2
7 2 (3.64%) Node.js
8 1 (1.82%) .NET
8 1 (1.82%) Playwright
8 1 (1.82%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (7.27%) Cloud Native
3 3 (5.45%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (5.45%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (63.64%) Software Engineering
2 22 (40.00%) Agile
3 18 (32.73%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 15 (27.27%) Test Automation
5 12 (21.82%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (18.18%) Microservices
7 9 (16.36%) Architectural Patterns
7 9 (16.36%) Design Patterns
7 9 (16.36%) Observability
7 9 (16.36%) Secure Coding
8 8 (14.55%) AI
8 8 (14.55%) Investment Management
8 8 (14.55%) TDD
8 8 (14.55%) Thought Leadership
9 7 (12.73%) Design Thinking
10 6 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (9.09%) API Integration
11 5 (9.09%) BDD
11 5 (9.09%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (100.00%) Java
2 17 (30.91%) SQL
3 6 (10.91%) TypeScript
4 3 (5.45%) Kotlin
5 1 (1.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 5 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.82%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.27%) Terraform
3 2 (3.64%) Packer
3 2 (3.64%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3 (5.45%) Adobe