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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 9 28
Rank change year-on-year - +19 -11
Permanent jobs citing Java 0 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth - 4.69% 4.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 27.27% 17.86%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile - - £54,063
90th Percentile - - £54,625
Devon median annual salary £40,000 £67,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -40.74% +28.57% +50.00%

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 17 11 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 10.30% 17.19% 23.73%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 26
10th Percentile £41,925 £41,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,875 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £67,425 £58,750 £53,938
90th Percentile £78,750 £64,000 £54,573
Devon median annual salary £45,500 £58,750 £49,000
% change year-on-year -22.55% +19.90% +15.29%

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