Senior Java Developer Job Trends in the South East

Senior Java Developer
England > South East

The median Senior Java Developer salary in the South East is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 273 222
Rank change year-on-year +12 -51 +119
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 8 28 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.077% 0.30% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.084% 0.32% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 7 14 23
10th Percentile £60,000 £59,000 £62,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £63,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +10.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £85,000 £75,375
90th Percentile - £86,750 £82,250
England median annual salary £71,000 £91,250 £82,500
% change year-on-year -22.19% +10.61% -2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 9,521 8,685 6,926
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 92.50% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5,927 4,723 4,989
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,750 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Senior Java Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Java Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in the South East

Senior Java Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Java Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Java Developer in the South East

Senior Java Developer
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 Senior Java Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 +2 7 £80,000 -5.88% 6
Berkshire -9 3 £80,000 -5.88% 3
Buckinghamshire +7 2 £80,000 - 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £60,000 - 2
Senior Java Developer
England

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Java Developer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (50.00%) Microservices
2 4 (50.00%) REST
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Spring Boot
3 3 (37.50%) Internet
3 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (37.50%) React
4 2 (25.00%) Data Discovery
4 2 (25.00%) SaaS
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (12.50%) Go
5 1 (12.50%) Spring
5 1 (12.50%) TDD

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Internet
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) REST
1 4 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (37.50%) React
3 1 (12.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Microservices
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (25.00%) Data Discovery
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Go
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes