Java Job Trends in Scotland

Java
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 12 9
Rank change year-on-year -55 -3 +9
Permanent jobs citing Java 64 317 1,712
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.00% 14.35% 26.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.80% 44.09% 49.84%
Number of salaries quoted 33 83 264
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £34,125
25th Percentile £51,375 £50,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -22.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £100,000 £96,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -9.68%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 500 719 3,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.59% 32.55% 52.91%
Number of salaries quoted 251 332 1,176
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.86%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,474 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Java job vacancy trend in Scotland

Java
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Scotland over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Scotland

Java
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 14 June 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
Edinburgh -8 32 £57,500 - 3
Glasgow -35 24 £65,000 -12.75% 14
South Lanarkshire -3 4 £60,000 - 1
West Lothian -3 2 - -
Stirling -7 1 - -
Aberdeen -18 1 £70,000 +40.00%
Java
UK

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) WebSphere
1 2 (3.13%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (1.56%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.56%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (18.75%) AWS
2 10 (15.63%) Azure
3 6 (9.38%) GitHub
4 4 (6.25%) dbt
4 4 (6.25%) SaaS
5 3 (4.69%) Azure AI
5 3 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.69%) Azure Machine Learning
5 3 (4.69%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (4.69%) PaaS
5 3 (4.69%) Vertex AI
6 2 (3.13%) GCP
6 2 (3.13%) OCI
7 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.56%) Firebase
7 1 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.56%) Google Play
7 1 (1.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.69%) Broadband
2 1 (1.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.69%) MySQL
3 2 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.56%) Power BI
4 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) Git
2 6 (9.38%) Jenkins
2 6 (9.38%) JIRA
3 2 (3.13%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (3.13%) Subversion
4 1 (1.56%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.56%) ClearCase
4 1 (1.56%) ClearQuest
4 1 (1.56%) Crashlytics
4 1 (1.56%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.56%) fastlane
4 1 (1.56%) Gradle
4 1 (1.56%) HP UFT
4 1 (1.56%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.56%) JUnit
4 1 (1.56%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.56%) Maven
4 1 (1.56%) Selenium
4 1 (1.56%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.56%) Zephyr
General
1 11 (17.19%) Finance
2 9 (14.06%) Banking
3 6 (9.38%) Financial Institution
3 6 (9.38%) Social Skills
4 5 (7.81%) Investment Banking
5 4 (6.25%) Local Government
6 2 (3.13%) Aviation
6 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.56%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (43.75%) Developer
2 21 (32.81%) Java Developer
3 20 (31.25%) Senior
4 11 (17.19%) Senior Developer
5 10 (15.63%) Senior Java Developer
6 9 (14.06%) Analyst
6 9 (14.06%) Full-Stack Developer
7 8 (12.50%) Applications Support
7 8 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
7 8 (12.50%) Support Analyst
8 7 (10.94%) Engineering Manager
9 6 (9.38%) Lead
9 6 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (9.38%) Senior Applications Support
9 6 (9.38%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
9 6 (9.38%) Senior Support Analyst
9 6 (9.38%) Software Engineering Manager
9 6 (9.38%) Software Manager
10 5 (7.81%) Java Engineer
10 5 (7.81%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.50%) .NET
2 7 (10.94%) Spring
3 6 (9.38%) React
4 5 (7.81%) Spring Boot
5 4 (6.25%) AWS CDK
5 4 (6.25%) Node.js
5 4 (6.25%) React Native
6 3 (4.69%) JPA
6 3 (4.69%) Kafka
6 3 (4.69%) LangChain
6 3 (4.69%) REST
6 3 (4.69%) RESTful
6 3 (4.69%) Semantic Kernel
7 2 (3.13%) Hibernate
7 2 (3.13%) JSF
7 2 (3.13%) JSP
7 2 (3.13%) XML
8 1 (1.56%) SAML
8 1 (1.56%) SAX
8 1 (1.56%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.38%) Product Ownership
3 5 (7.81%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.13%) SCADA
6 1 (1.56%) Blog
6 1 (1.56%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.25%) Software Engineering
2 15 (23.44%) Agile
2 15 (23.44%) Test Automation
3 14 (21.88%) Mentoring
4 13 (20.31%) CI/CD
5 11 (17.19%) Microservices
6 10 (15.63%) Full-Stack Development
7 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (9.38%) Collateral Management
8 6 (9.38%) Machine Learning
9 5 (7.81%) AI
9 5 (7.81%) Analytics
9 5 (7.81%) End-to-End Testing
9 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure as Code
9 5 (7.81%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (6.25%) Code Quality
10 4 (6.25%) DevOps
10 4 (6.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 4 (6.25%) LLM
10 4 (6.25%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.31%) Python
2 12 (18.75%) SQL
3 7 (10.94%) JavaScript
4 6 (9.38%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.13%) C++
5 2 (3.13%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.13%) Shell Script
5 2 (3.13%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.56%) C
6 1 (1.56%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.56%) Perl
6 1 (1.56%) Rust
6 1 (1.56%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (6.25%) AWS Certified Developer
1 4 (6.25%) Degree
2 2 (3.13%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.56%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.81%) QA
2 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Docker
2 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (3.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (17.19%) Oracle
2 4 (6.25%) Google
3 3 (4.69%) Foundry
4 1 (1.56%) Databricks
4 1 (1.56%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.56%) Okta
4 1 (1.56%) Siemens