Java Developer Job Trends in Shropshire

Java Developer
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Java Developer salary in Shropshire is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Shropshire 0.75% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55,625 - -
25th Percentile £58,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 - -
75th Percentile £73,438 - -
90th Percentile £75,875 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 249 124 79
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 96.88% 98.75%
Number of salaries quoted 170 55 69
10th Percentile £26,675 £30,000 £28,700
25th Percentile £31,467 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.16% -3.06% -6.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,500 £73,000 £72,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.16%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Java Developer
Salary Trend in Shropshire

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Shropshire.

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Shropshire

Java Developer
Salary Histogram in Shropshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Shropshire over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Java Developer in Shropshire

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Shropshire region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) NoSQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) BDD
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes