Java Software Developer Job Trends in South Wales

Java Software Developer
Wales > South Wales

As of 26 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Software Developer salary in South Wales.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.086% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,094 320 1,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 91.17% 89.88%
Number of salaries quoted 734 182 930
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,800 £27,157
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,253 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,194 £70,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £50,124 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.22% +11.39% -

Java Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Java Software Developer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Java Software Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Developer job vacancies in South Wales

Java Software Developer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 26 May 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
Cardiff - 1 - - 2
Java Software Developer
Wales

Java Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 26 May 2026, Java Software 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 Wales region featuring Java Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) IntelliJ
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot

Java Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Step Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) IntelliJ
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) JPA
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker