Java Jobs in Southampton

Java
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 40 39
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -20
Permanent jobs citing Java 12 39 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 3.55% 4.55% 4.97%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.26% 11.71% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 12 17 33
10th Percentile £32,375 £47,600 £38,833
25th Percentile £45,313 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -11.11% +22.73%
75th Percentile £63,438 £62,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £113,000
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £63,750
% change year-on-year -5.51% -0.39% +15.91%

All Programming Languages
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 117 333 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 34.62% 38.81% 44.13%
Number of salaries quoted 110 310 308
10th Percentile £27,450 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £34,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,625 £73,875 £75,750
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Java in Southampton

Java
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in Southampton.

Salary trend for Java in Southampton

Java
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Southampton over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Java in Southampton

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) GitLab
1 3 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (8.33%) Bugzilla
2 1 (8.33%) CruiseControl
2 1 (8.33%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (8.33%) Hudson
2 1 (8.33%) Subversion
2 1 (8.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Law
2 3 (25.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) C Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) C/C++ Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Developer
3 3 (25.00%) Lead
3 3 (25.00%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Python Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Python Software Engineer
3 3 (25.00%) Software Team Leader
3 3 (25.00%) Team Leader
4 2 (16.67%) Graduate
4 2 (16.67%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Graduate Java Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Graduate Software Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Java Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 1 (8.33%) ADO
3 1 (8.33%) Spring
3 1 (8.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (8.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (8.33%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (41.67%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
4 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (25.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (25.00%) Line Management
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Scrum
4 3 (25.00%) Test Automation
5 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 2 (16.67%) Physics
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (8.33%) Case Management
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (8.33%) DevOps
6 1 (8.33%) Mathematics
6 1 (8.33%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C
1 6 (50.00%) C++
2 5 (41.67%) Rust
3 4 (33.33%) C#
3 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) Python
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
4 3 (25.00%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (25.00%) Ansible
2 3 (25.00%) Prometheus
2 3 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft