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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 39 51
Rank change year-on-year -17 +12 -8
Permanent jobs citing Java 15 5 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 1.71% 1.95% 1.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.38% 8.20% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 15 4 9
10th Percentile £28,750 £57,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £29,500 £60,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £78,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -58.73% +57.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £38,750 £97,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £46,364 - £59,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -7.63%

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 160 61 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 18.29% 23.83% 20.67%
Number of salaries quoted 109 52 142
10th Percentile £29,375 - £35,048
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +8.37% -7.73%
75th Percentile £56,250 £64,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £78,750 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Java job vacancy trend 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
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Somerset over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Java in Somerset

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 5 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
Weston-super-Mare - 8 £30,000 - 3
Taunton -13 3 £35,000 -39.13%
Bath - 2 £41,392 -
Frome - 2 £47,500 -
Java
South West

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) MySQL
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) Git
2 8 (53.33%) Eclipse
2 8 (53.33%) Subversion
3 5 (33.33%) JUnit
4 3 (20.00%) JIRA
4 3 (20.00%) Postman
4 3 (20.00%) SoapUI
4 3 (20.00%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (6.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (20.00%) Retail
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (13.33%) Aviation
2 2 (13.33%) Avionics
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Developer
2 8 (53.33%) Java Developer
2 8 (53.33%) Junior
2 8 (53.33%) Junior Developer
2 8 (53.33%) Junior Java Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Integration Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Senior Integration Developer
4 2 (13.33%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) J2EE
1 8 (53.33%) React
1 8 (53.33%) RESTful
1 8 (53.33%) Struts
1 8 (53.33%) Web Services
2 3 (20.00%) .NET
2 3 (20.00%) HTML
2 3 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
1 2 (13.33%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Computer Science
1 8 (53.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 4 (26.67%) Agile
4 4 (26.67%) SDLC
5 3 (20.00%) API Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Cross-Browser Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Regression Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (20.00%) Scrum
5 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (20.00%) Test Management
6 2 (13.33%) AI
7 1 (6.67%) Data Transformation
7 1 (6.67%) Unit Testing
7 1 (6.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) Python
2 10 (66.67%) C++
2 10 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 8 (53.33%) Perl
4 5 (33.33%) C#
5 4 (26.67%) SQL
6 2 (13.33%) C
6 2 (13.33%) Go
6 2 (13.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
2 8 (53.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Docker
2 2 (13.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (6.67%) Oracle