Java Jobs in the South West

Java
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Java skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Java over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 22 20
Rank change year-on-year -5 -2 -9
Permanent jobs citing Java 617 686 939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.77% 9.68% 11.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.20% 25.46% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 459 339 539
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,800 £87,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £71,500
% change year-on-year -9.38% +11.89% +10.00%

All Programming Languages
South West

Java is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,055 2,694 4,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.52% 38.00% 51.74%
Number of salaries quoted 2,440 1,757 2,810
10th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in the South West

Java
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in the South West.

Salary trend for Java in the South West

Java
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Java in the South West

Java
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Bristol -6 230 £62,500 -3.85% 43
Gloucestershire -6 227 £60,000 -7.69% 34
Dorset +10 70 £52,500 - 12
Devon +4 38 £36,984 +13.80% 4
Wiltshire -37 26 £35,000 -23.50% 7
Somerset -13 15 £50,000 -9.09% 11
Java
England

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 32 (5.19%) Apache
2 24 (3.89%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.11%) Confluence
4 5 (0.81%) JBoss
4 5 (0.81%) Tomcat
5 4 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
5 4 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.49%) Captiva
6 3 (0.49%) FileNet
6 3 (0.49%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.49%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.49%) SAS
6 3 (0.49%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.32%) Mule
7 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.65%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) iTrent
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 266 (43.11%) AWS
2 206 (33.39%) Azure
3 66 (10.70%) GCP
4 63 (10.21%) OpenShift
5 36 (5.83%) SaaS
6 33 (5.35%) Serverless
7 31 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (4.21%) Power Platform
8 26 (4.21%) PowerApps
9 25 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
10 23 (3.73%) GitHub
11 19 (3.08%) npm
12 14 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
13 13 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (1.94%) Power Automate
15 10 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.62%) Firebase
16 9 (1.46%) Amazon S3
17 6 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
18 5 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (6.48%) DHCP
1 40 (6.48%) DNS
2 36 (5.83%) HTTP
2 36 (5.83%) TCP/IP
3 19 (3.08%) AMQP
4 8 (1.30%) Firewall
5 7 (1.13%) Network Security
6 4 (0.65%) VPN
6 4 (0.65%) VSAN
7 3 (0.49%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.32%) Internet
9 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (7.29%) Relational Database
2 39 (6.32%) Big Data
3 29 (4.70%) MySQL
4 27 (4.38%) SQL Server
5 25 (4.05%) Hadoop
6 24 (3.89%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (2.76%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (2.43%) BigQuery
9 15 (2.43%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (2.11%) Cloudera CDH
11 12 (1.94%) Data Lake
11 12 (1.94%) Power BI
12 11 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (1.62%) MongoDB
14 9 (1.46%) RDBMS
15 8 (1.30%) Flink
16 7 (1.13%) Data Mining
16 7 (1.13%) Oracle Database
16 7 (1.13%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 62 (10.05%) Git
1 62 (10.05%) Jenkins
2 42 (6.81%) GitLab
3 29 (4.70%) JIRA
4 24 (3.89%) Subversion
5 23 (3.73%) Selenium
6 21 (3.40%) Cucumber
7 19 (3.08%) Maven
8 16 (2.59%) Visual Studio
9 15 (2.43%) Eclipse
10 13 (2.11%) Storybook
11 12 (1.94%) Cypress.io
12 10 (1.62%) LabVIEW
12 10 (1.62%) Oracle Forms
13 8 (1.30%) NetBeans
14 7 (1.13%) IntelliJ
14 7 (1.13%) JUnit
15 6 (0.97%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.97%) WebDriver
16 4 (0.65%) Gradle
General
1 127 (20.58%) Finance
2 122 (19.77%) Social Skills
3 58 (9.40%) Banking
4 55 (8.91%) Aerospace
5 35 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (5.19%) Public Sector
8 30 (4.86%) Fire and Rescue
9 24 (3.89%) Telecoms
10 20 (3.24%) Retail
11 19 (3.08%) Financial Institution
12 17 (2.76%) Electronics
13 15 (2.43%) Military
14 12 (1.94%) Law
14 12 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.78%) Tech for Good
16 10 (1.62%) Games
16 10 (1.62%) Marketing
17 8 (1.30%) Manufacturing
17 8 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 198 (32.09%) Software Engineer
2 196 (31.77%) Developer
3 125 (20.26%) Senior
4 68 (11.02%) Java Developer
5 65 (10.53%) Java Engineer
6 63 (10.21%) Lead
7 62 (10.05%) Software Developer
8 44 (7.13%) Java Software Engineer
9 41 (6.65%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
10 39 (6.32%) Senior Software Engineer
11 36 (5.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 33 (5.35%) Senior Developer
13 32 (5.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (4.54%) Applications Developer
15 21 (3.40%) Architect
15 21 (3.40%) Full Stack Developer
16 18 (2.92%) Data Engineer
17 17 (2.76%) Lead Developer
17 17 (2.76%) Senior Java Developer
18 16 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (19.94%) Spring
2 118 (19.12%) React
3 93 (15.07%) Spring Boot
4 82 (13.29%) AngularJS
5 56 (9.08%) Kafka
6 54 (8.75%) REST
7 51 (8.27%) HTML
7 51 (8.27%) Node.js
8 39 (6.32%) CSS
8 39 (6.32%) RESTful
9 34 (5.51%) Hibernate
10 28 (4.54%) Swagger
11 26 (4.21%) OpenAPI
12 22 (3.57%) .NET
13 18 (2.92%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (2.59%) Web Services
15 14 (2.27%) gRPC
16 13 (2.11%) JSON
16 13 (2.11%) Material-UI
16 13 (2.11%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 47 (7.62%) Private Cloud
2 23 (3.73%) Cloud Native
3 17 (2.76%) Public Cloud
4 15 (2.43%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (1.94%) Algorithms
6 12 (1.94%) Data Centre
6 12 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.46%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.30%) Driving Licence
9 7 (1.13%) Animation
9 7 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.13%) Fibre Optics
9 7 (1.13%) Video Editing
10 5 (0.81%) Blockchain
10 5 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.81%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (0.81%) Low-Code
10 5 (0.81%) Robotics
10 5 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 120 (19.45%) Linux
2 80 (12.97%) Windows
3 50 (8.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 30 (4.86%) Apple iOS
5 22 (3.57%) Android
6 14 (2.27%) Unix
7 13 (2.11%) CentOS
7 13 (2.11%) Debian
7 13 (2.11%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.13%) AIX
8 7 (1.13%) Windows Server
9 3 (0.49%) Solaris
10 1 (0.16%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.16%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (49.76%) Agile
2 287 (46.52%) Software Engineering
3 166 (26.90%) DevOps
4 133 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (17.99%) Microservices
6 95 (15.40%) Scrum
7 94 (15.24%) Continuous Integration
8 92 (14.91%) Actionable Insight
9 83 (13.45%) Test Automation
10 80 (12.97%) Full Stack Development
11 74 (11.99%) CI/CD
11 74 (11.99%) Open Source
12 67 (10.86%) Collaborative Working
12 67 (10.86%) Containerisation
13 64 (10.37%) SDLC
14 56 (9.08%) Mentoring
14 56 (9.08%) Software Architecture
15 47 (7.62%) Code Quality
16 45 (7.29%) Computer Science
16 45 (7.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 276 (44.73%) Python
2 193 (31.28%) JavaScript
3 146 (23.66%) SQL
4 83 (13.45%) C#
5 73 (11.83%) TypeScript
6 60 (9.72%) Bash
7 51 (8.27%) PowerShell
8 39 (6.32%) C++
8 39 (6.32%) Go
9 31 (5.02%) C
10 26 (4.21%) Scala
11 22 (3.57%) Shell Script
12 21 (3.40%) PHP
13 20 (3.24%) Kotlin
14 14 (2.27%) Swift
15 12 (1.94%) Rust
16 10 (1.62%) Objective-C
16 10 (1.62%) Ruby
17 5 (0.81%) Fortran
17 5 (0.81%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 216 (35.01%) Security Cleared
2 92 (14.91%) DV Cleared
3 82 (13.29%) SC Cleared
4 77 (12.48%) Degree
5 23 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.11%) HNC
7 8 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.65%) CCNA
8 4 (0.65%) CCNP
8 4 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.65%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.32%) CISA
10 2 (0.32%) CISM
10 2 (0.32%) CISSP
10 2 (0.32%) CRISC
10 2 (0.32%) SANS
11 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.00%) QA
2 9 (1.46%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.13%) SLA
4 6 (0.97%) ISO 9001
4 6 (0.97%) TickIT
5 3 (0.49%) GDPR
6 2 (0.32%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.32%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.32%) NIST
6 2 (0.32%) SEPA
7 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.16%) AQAP
7 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 165 (26.74%) Docker
2 42 (6.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (6.48%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.30%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 164 (26.58%) Kubernetes
2 76 (12.32%) Ansible
3 54 (8.75%) Puppet
4 32 (5.19%) Terraform
5 10 (1.62%) Progress Chef
6 7 (1.13%) Kibana
7 5 (0.81%) Argo
7 5 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (0.81%) Grafana
7 5 (0.81%) Opsgenie
7 5 (0.81%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.49%) Oracle Statspack
8 3 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 81 (13.13%) Microsoft
2 50 (8.10%) Red Hat
3 42 (6.81%) VMware
4 39 (6.32%) Google
4 39 (6.32%) Oracle
5 13 (2.11%) SaltStack
6 11 (1.78%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.78%) SAP
7 10 (1.62%) Xamarin
8 8 (1.30%) Cisco
8 8 (1.30%) Teradata
9 7 (1.13%) AppDynamics
10 5 (0.81%) Citrix
11 4 (0.65%) Civica
11 4 (0.65%) HP
11 4 (0.65%) NEC
12 3 (0.49%) New Relic
12 3 (0.49%) Northgate
12 3 (0.49%) Pega
12 3 (0.49%) ServiceNow