Java Job Trends in Plymouth

Java
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Plymouth requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 37
Rank change year-on-year - - -14
Permanent jobs citing Java 1 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 0.40% - 1.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.63% - 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,300 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,100 - -
75th Percentile £44,900 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £43,425 - £36,984
% change year-on-year - - +14.05%

All Programming Languages
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 38 6 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 15.02% 11.32% 26.37%
Number of salaries quoted 19 5 47
10th Percentile £41,925 £45,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.24% +34.22%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,250 - £60,200
Devon median annual salary £47,500 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.83% +33.33% +12.50%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Java job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Java
Salary Trend in Plymouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Java

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) OpenShift
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Web Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Go
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform