Java Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

Java Software Engineer
England > South West

The median Java Software Engineer salary in the South West is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 243 259
Rank change year-on-year +75 +16 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 12 44 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.34% 0.48% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.50% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5 36 12
10th Percentile - £39,829 -
25th Percentile £43,750 £48,125 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -20.75% +32.50%
75th Percentile £51,250 £63,438 £77,715
90th Percentile £53,500 £80,000 -
England median annual salary £107,500 £72,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +48.28% -14.71% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,260 8,862 6,155
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.11% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,021 6,471 3,849
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £29,200
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Java Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Java Software Engineer in the South West

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Java Software Engineer in the South West

Java Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Dorset +41 10 £47,500 -9.52%
Bristol +44 2 - - 2
Java Software Engineer
England

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Java Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) Microservices
2 7 (58.33%) Spring Boot
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) AWS
3 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (50.00%) Scrum
4 5 (41.67%) MySQL
4 5 (41.67%) UML
5 4 (33.33%) OOA/OOD
5 4 (33.33%) OO
5 4 (33.33%) OOD
5 4 (33.33%) NetBeans
5 4 (33.33%) JavaFX
5 4 (33.33%) Use Case
5 4 (33.33%) Def Stans
5 4 (33.33%) IEC 61508
5 4 (33.33%) Kafka
5 4 (33.33%) Relational Database
5 4 (33.33%) Docker
5 4 (33.33%) Domain Models
5 4 (33.33%) Sequence Diagram
5 4 (33.33%) Architectural Design
5 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
5 4 (33.33%) Code Quality
5 4 (33.33%) Design Patterns
6 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 2 (16.67%) Prototyping
7 2 (16.67%) Information Security

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) MySQL
2 4 (33.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) NetBeans
2 1 (8.33%) LabVIEW
2 1 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) Spring Boot
2 4 (33.33%) JavaFX
2 4 (33.33%) Kafka
3 1 (8.33%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (58.33%) Agile
2 7 (58.33%) Microservices
3 6 (50.00%) Scrum
3 6 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (41.67%) UML
5 4 (33.33%) Architectural Design
5 4 (33.33%) Code Quality
5 4 (33.33%) Design Patterns
5 4 (33.33%) Domain Models
5 4 (33.33%) OO
5 4 (33.33%) OOA/OOD
5 4 (33.33%) OOD
5 4 (33.33%) Sequence Diagram
5 4 (33.33%) Use Case
6 2 (16.67%) Information Security
6 2 (16.67%) Prototyping
6 2 (16.67%) Requirements Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) Fortran
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) MATLAB
2 1 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) Def Stans
1 4 (33.33%) IEC 61508
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Atlassian