Java Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Java
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 38 76
Rank change year-on-year -13 +38 -29
Permanent jobs citing Java 10 27 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 1.07% 4.87% 1.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.47% 25.00% 7.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile - £56,275 -
25th Percentile - £56,313 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% +10.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £59,313 £53,750
90th Percentile - £59,425 -
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -7.77% -11.21%

All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 118 108 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 12.58% 19.49% 15.88%
Number of salaries quoted 76 64 131
10th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,813 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,342 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -7.32% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,125 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,300 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

Java job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Java
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Java

Java
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Northampton -13 6 - - 8
Wellingborough -6 2 - -
Towcester - 2 £60,000 -
Java
East Midlands

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 3 (30.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) GCP
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) JMeter
1 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
1 3 (30.00%) Law
1 3 (30.00%) Legal
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Developer
1 3 (30.00%) Technical Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Java Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Java Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) JDBC
1 3 (30.00%) Node.js
1 3 (30.00%) OAuth
1 3 (30.00%) REST
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (30.00%) SAPUI5
1 3 (30.00%) SOAP
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Event-Driven
2 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (40.00%) DevOps
3 4 (40.00%) User Experience
4 3 (30.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (30.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (30.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (30.00%) Design Patterns
4 3 (30.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 3 (30.00%) Integration Patterns
4 3 (30.00%) Microservices
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (30.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C#
2 3 (30.00%) ABAP
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (30.00%) Python
2 3 (30.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
1 1 (10.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) iManage
1 3 (30.00%) SAP