Java Job Trends in Somerset

Java
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Java skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 46 35
Rank change year-on-year +1 -11 -27
Permanent jobs citing Java 3 9 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 0.79% 1.23% 3.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.45% 7.20% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 11
10th Percentile £56,750 £48,550 £38,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,125 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.83% -0.48% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £54,688 £63,938
90th Percentile £63,250 £56,375 £68,750
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +8.70%

All Programming Languages
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 87 125 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 22.77% 17.10% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 73 87 119
10th Percentile £26,500 £35,940 £32,350
25th Percentile £34,500 £42,500 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,000 £73,750 £73,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Java in Somerset

Java
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Java

Java
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Shepton Mallet -3 1 £62,500 -
Street - 1 - -
Taunton - 1 £57,500 -
Java
South West

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
1 1 (33.33%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) CMake
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) Subversion
1 1 (33.33%) WiX
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
1 1 (33.33%) Pandas
1 1 (33.33%) pytest
1 1 (33.33%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyberattack
1 1 (33.33%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Android Development
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Kanban
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) OWASP
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (33.33%) SOLID
2 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Statistics
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Go
2 2 (66.67%) PHP
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) C
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP