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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -57 -4 +10
Permanent jobs citing Java 68 316 1,576
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.07% 13.84% 25.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.52% 44.76% 48.72%
Number of salaries quoted 36 82 254
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,754 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,156 £50,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +7.48% -22.96%
75th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £78,750 £100,000 £96,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

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 503 706 3,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.29% 30.91% 51.57%
Number of salaries quoted 269 317 1,149
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,672 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,033 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +5.51% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £67,500
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 26 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 26 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 -9 30 £57,500 - 7
Glasgow -29 30 £70,000 -6.04% 29
South Lanarkshire -4 4 £60,000 -
West Lothian 0 2 - -
Stirling -9 1 - -
Aberdeen -19 1 £70,000 +40.00% 1
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 (2.94%) WebSphere
1 2 (2.94%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.47%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.47%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.12%) AWS
2 8 (11.76%) Azure
3 7 (10.29%) GitHub
4 5 (7.35%) SaaS
5 4 (5.88%) dbt
5 4 (5.88%) GitHub Copilot
6 3 (4.41%) Azure AI
6 3 (4.41%) Azure Machine Learning
6 3 (4.41%) PaaS
6 3 (4.41%) Vertex AI
7 2 (2.94%) GCP
7 2 (2.94%) Google Play
8 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.47%) Firebase
8 1 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.41%) Broadband
2 1 (1.47%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.35%) MySQL
3 3 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.94%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.94%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.47%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (10.29%) Git
1 7 (10.29%) Jenkins
2 5 (7.35%) JIRA
3 2 (2.94%) Cucumber
3 2 (2.94%) IntelliJ
3 2 (2.94%) JUnit
3 2 (2.94%) Maven
3 2 (2.94%) Subversion
4 1 (1.47%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.47%) ClearCase
4 1 (1.47%) ClearQuest
4 1 (1.47%) Crashlytics
4 1 (1.47%) Gradle
4 1 (1.47%) HP UFT
4 1 (1.47%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.47%) Mockito
4 1 (1.47%) Selenium
4 1 (1.47%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.47%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.47%) Zephyr
General
1 12 (17.65%) Finance
2 10 (14.71%) Banking
3 8 (11.76%) Social Skills
4 6 (8.82%) Financial Institution
5 5 (7.35%) Investment Banking
6 4 (5.88%) Local Government
7 2 (2.94%) Aviation
7 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Front Office
8 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (1.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (42.65%) Developer
2 21 (30.88%) Java Developer
3 19 (27.94%) Senior
4 11 (16.18%) Full-Stack Developer
4 11 (16.18%) Senior Developer
5 10 (14.71%) Senior Java Developer
6 9 (13.24%) Analyst
6 9 (13.24%) Applications Support
6 9 (13.24%) Lead
7 8 (11.76%) Applications Support Analyst
7 8 (11.76%) Support Analyst
8 7 (10.29%) Engineering Manager
8 7 (10.29%) Java Engineer
8 7 (10.29%) Software Engineer
9 6 (8.82%) Java Software Engineer
9 6 (8.82%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (8.82%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
9 6 (8.82%) Senior Support Analyst
9 6 (8.82%) Software Engineering Manager
9 6 (8.82%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.71%) Spring
2 9 (13.24%) .NET
3 8 (11.76%) React
3 8 (11.76%) Spring Boot
4 5 (7.35%) JPA
4 5 (7.35%) Kafka
4 5 (7.35%) REST
5 4 (5.88%) AWS CDK
5 4 (5.88%) Hibernate
5 4 (5.88%) JSP
5 4 (5.88%) Node.js
5 4 (5.88%) React Native
6 3 (4.41%) J2EE
6 3 (4.41%) LangChain
6 3 (4.41%) Next.js
6 3 (4.41%) RESTful
6 3 (4.41%) Semantic Kernel
7 2 (2.94%) Android SDK
7 2 (2.94%) JSF
8 1 (1.47%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.18%) Cloud Native
2 6 (8.82%) Product Ownership
3 5 (7.35%) Mobile App
4 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.94%) SCADA
6 1 (1.47%) Blog
6 1 (1.47%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.94%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) Software Engineering
2 17 (25.00%) Agile
3 16 (23.53%) CI/CD
3 16 (23.53%) Mentoring
4 14 (20.59%) Full-Stack Development
4 14 (20.59%) Test Automation
5 12 (17.65%) Microservices
6 11 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (11.76%) Machine Learning
7 8 (11.76%) SDLC
8 7 (10.29%) Code Quality
8 7 (10.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (8.82%) Analytics
9 6 (8.82%) Collateral Management
10 5 (7.35%) Deployment Automation
10 5 (7.35%) DevOps
10 5 (7.35%) End-to-End Testing
10 5 (7.35%) Technical Leadership
11 4 (5.88%) Collaborative Engineering
11 4 (5.88%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 13 (19.12%) Python
2 11 (16.18%) SQL
3 10 (14.71%) JavaScript
4 8 (11.76%) TypeScript
5 3 (4.41%) T-SQL
6 2 (2.94%) C++
6 2 (2.94%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.47%) C
7 1 (1.47%) C#
7 1 (1.47%) Perl
7 1 (1.47%) Rust
7 1 (1.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (5.88%) AWS Certified Developer
1 4 (5.88%) Degree
1 4 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.47%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.47%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.24%) QA
2 2 (2.94%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (7.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (13.24%) Oracle
2 5 (7.35%) Google
3 3 (4.41%) Foundry
4 1 (1.47%) Databricks
4 1 (1.47%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.47%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.47%) Siemens