Java Engineer
Berkshire > Reading
The median Java Engineer salary in Reading is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
14 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
48 |
- |
91 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
+40 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer |
2 |
0 |
6 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Reading |
0.35% |
- |
0.61% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.38% |
- |
0.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
0 |
5 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
£45,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£81,250 |
- |
£50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£82,500 |
- |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
- |
-45.45% |
| 75th Percentile |
£83,750 |
- |
£70,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
£76,750 |
| Berkshire median annual salary |
£82,500 |
£70,000 |
£58,750 |
| % change year-on-year |
+17.86% |
+19.15% |
-21.67% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title |
524 |
829 |
911 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
92.91% |
92.32% |
92.68% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
335 |
392 |
596 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,750 |
£37,000 |
£31,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£35,000 |
£47,500 |
£38,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£54,500 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-9.17% |
+9.09% |
-6.78% |
| 75th Percentile |
£65,000 |
£80,000 |
£68,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£93,625 |
£83,750 |
| Berkshire median annual salary |
£49,000 |
£65,000 |
£54,763 |
| % change year-on-year |
-24.62% |
+18.69% |
-4.76% |
