Java Job Trends in the South East

Java
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Java skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 93 34 51
Rank change year-on-year -59 +17 -25
Permanent jobs citing Java 271 750 472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.00% 5.82% 5.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.42% 19.91% 13.01%
Number of salaries quoted 132 439 330
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,563 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -7.26% -0.80%
75th Percentile £72,813 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £79,875 £87,500 £87,625
England median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% - +10.34%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,757 3,767 3,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 19.44% 29.22% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,173 2,527 2,777
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,733 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +0.37% -3.85% +1.72%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the South East

Java
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the South East over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Java in the South East

Java
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley -46 138 £65,000 -7.14% 75
Berkshire -33 99 £65,000 -13.33% 54
Surrey -23 49 £65,000 +30.00% 27
Hampshire -64 35 £42,500 -24.11% 27
Buckinghamshire -27 28 £52,500 -19.23% 13
West Sussex +17 26 £70,000 -
Oxfordshire +7 11 £70,000 +21.74% 10
East Sussex +20 10 - - 4
Kent +1 6 £25,000 -52.38% 8
Sussex +16 2 £75,000 - 3
Middlesex - 2 - - 8
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (5.17%) Confluence
2 9 (3.32%) JBoss
3 7 (2.58%) Red Hat Fuse
4 5 (1.85%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.74%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.37%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 104 (38.38%) AWS
2 59 (21.77%) Azure
3 51 (18.82%) Amazon EKS
4 42 (15.50%) Serverless
5 41 (15.13%) Amazon EC2
6 36 (13.28%) GCP
7 35 (12.92%) Amazon ECS
8 20 (7.38%) Amazon S3
9 18 (6.64%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (5.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 10 (3.69%) Amazon SQS
11 10 (3.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (3.69%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 9 (3.32%) AWS KMS
12 9 (3.32%) Azure API Management
13 5 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.85%) GitHub
13 5 (1.85%) Route 53
14 3 (1.11%) Amazon ELB
14 3 (1.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.58%) HTTP
2 4 (1.48%) HTTPS
2 4 (1.48%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.11%) Firewall
4 2 (0.74%) Broadband
4 2 (0.74%) DNS
4 2 (0.74%) FTP
4 2 (0.74%) SMTP
4 2 (0.74%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (21.40%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (13.28%) Relational Database
3 24 (8.86%) RDBMS
4 20 (7.38%) BigQuery
4 20 (7.38%) Elasticsearch
5 19 (7.01%) OLTP
6 17 (6.27%) SQL Server
7 10 (3.69%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (3.32%) MongoDB
8 9 (3.32%) MySQL
9 8 (2.95%) NoSQL
10 7 (2.58%) Amazon Aurora
11 6 (2.21%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.85%) Big Data
13 3 (1.11%) Couchbase
14 2 (0.74%) GIS
15 1 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
15 1 (0.37%) DB2
15 1 (0.37%) Hadoop
15 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 61 (22.51%) Jenkins
2 43 (15.87%) JUnit
3 34 (12.55%) Mockito
4 32 (11.81%) JIRA
5 28 (10.33%) Selenium
6 25 (9.23%) Git
7 24 (8.86%) JMeter
8 17 (6.27%) Maven
9 15 (5.54%) SoapUI
9 15 (5.54%) SonarQube
10 14 (5.17%) Postman
10 14 (5.17%) WebDriver
11 12 (4.43%) GitLab
11 12 (4.43%) Team Foundation Server
12 11 (4.06%) Cucumber
13 10 (3.69%) Sonatype Nexus
14 9 (3.32%) Bitbucket
15 6 (2.21%) DbUnit
15 6 (2.21%) jMock
16 5 (1.85%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 69 (25.46%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (16.24%) Public Sector
4 32 (11.81%) Finance
5 31 (11.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (8.12%) Law
7 20 (7.38%) Marketing
8 13 (4.80%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.69%) Banking
10 5 (1.85%) Advertising
10 5 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.11%) Legal
12 2 (0.74%) Publishing
12 2 (0.74%) Retail
13 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.37%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.37%) Games
13 1 (0.37%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.37%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 114 (42.07%) Developer
2 64 (23.62%) Java Developer
3 52 (19.19%) Senior
4 32 (11.81%) Software Engineer
5 27 (9.96%) Senior Developer
6 23 (8.49%) Architect
7 22 (8.12%) Software Developer
8 20 (7.38%) Analyst
8 20 (7.38%) Cloud Architect
8 20 (7.38%) GCP Architect
8 20 (7.38%) Platform Architect
9 19 (7.01%) Full-Stack Developer
9 19 (7.01%) Oracle Developer
9 19 (7.01%) Senior Oracle Developer
10 16 (5.90%) Lead
11 15 (5.54%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 15 (5.54%) Java Engineer
12 9 (3.32%) Junior
12 9 (3.32%) Junior Developer
12 9 (3.32%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (29.52%) HTML
2 75 (27.68%) Spring Boot
3 72 (26.57%) Spring
4 51 (18.82%) REST
5 47 (17.34%) .NET
6 45 (16.61%) Hibernate
7 40 (14.76%) Web Services
8 37 (13.65%) JSON
9 36 (13.28%) ActiveMQ
10 33 (12.18%) Kafka
10 33 (12.18%) React
11 31 (11.44%) Apache Camel
12 29 (10.70%) SOAP
13 28 (10.33%) jQuery
14 24 (8.86%) Node.js
14 24 (8.86%) RESTful
14 24 (8.86%) WireMock
15 19 (7.01%) Pandas
16 18 (6.64%) XML
17 16 (5.90%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 40 (14.76%) Self-Motivation
2 37 (13.65%) Distributed Systems
3 25 (9.23%) Cloud Native
4 18 (6.64%) Cyberattack
5 17 (6.27%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.80%) Algorithms
7 9 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.21%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.48%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.11%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.74%) 3D Graphics
11 2 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.74%) Replication
11 2 (0.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.37%) Mainframe
12 1 (0.37%) Management Information System
12 1 (0.37%) NHS
12 1 (0.37%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.50%) Linux
2 30 (11.07%) Android
3 7 (2.58%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.11%) Windows
5 2 (0.74%) Amazon Linux
5 2 (0.74%) Unix
5 2 (0.74%) VMS
6 1 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (48.34%) Agile
2 89 (32.84%) CI/CD
3 87 (32.10%) Microservices
4 70 (25.83%) TDD
5 69 (25.46%) Software Engineering
6 55 (20.30%) Scrum
7 49 (18.08%) Computer Science
8 45 (16.61%) BDD
8 45 (16.61%) Full-Stack Development
9 43 (15.87%) Kanban
10 42 (15.50%) Containerisation
11 41 (15.13%) Mentoring
12 37 (13.65%) DevOps
13 35 (12.92%) Analytics
14 33 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
15 32 (11.81%) Clean Code
16 29 (10.70%) Performance Optimisation
16 29 (10.70%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (10.33%) Architectural Design
17 28 (10.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 125 (46.13%) Python
2 109 (40.22%) JavaScript
3 99 (36.53%) SQL
4 54 (19.93%) C++
5 51 (18.82%) C#
6 48 (17.71%) Go
7 35 (12.92%) Rust
8 26 (9.59%) TypeScript
9 25 (9.23%) C
10 24 (8.86%) Shell Script
11 22 (8.12%) PHP
12 19 (7.01%) PL/SQL
13 18 (6.64%) R
14 16 (5.90%) Dart
14 16 (5.90%) MATLAB
14 16 (5.90%) Ruby
15 11 (4.06%) PowerShell
16 9 (3.32%) Kotlin
17 7 (2.58%) Objective-C
18 5 (1.85%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 68 (25.09%) Security Cleared
2 52 (19.19%) Degree
3 35 (12.92%) SC Cleared
4 30 (11.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (9.23%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.43%) ISTQB
6 12 (4.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 7 (2.58%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.48%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.74%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.59%) QA
2 7 (2.58%) SLA
3 4 (1.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.37%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.37%) GDPR
4 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 93 (34.32%) Docker
2 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.74%) DFS Replication
2 2 (0.74%) Postfix
3 1 (0.37%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 105 (38.75%) Kubernetes
2 29 (10.70%) Ansible
3 25 (9.23%) Terraform
4 24 (8.86%) Kibana
5 8 (2.95%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.58%) Grafana
7 1 (0.37%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.37%) Kubespray
7 1 (0.37%) PingFederate
7 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (9.59%) Oracle
1 26 (9.59%) Splunk
2 24 (8.86%) Dynatrace
3 21 (7.75%) Google
3 21 (7.75%) Microsoft
4 10 (3.69%) Databricks
5 8 (2.95%) Cisco
5 8 (2.95%) Solace
6 7 (2.58%) SAP
7 5 (1.85%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.11%) Jaspersoft
8 3 (1.11%) Roku
8 3 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.74%) WSO2
10 1 (0.37%) Automation Anywhere
10 1 (0.37%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.37%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.37%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.37%) Samsung
10 1 (0.37%) UiPath