Java Jobs in the Thames Valley

Java
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 30 26
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 -14
Permanent jobs citing Java 290 449 600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.33% 7.32% 8.63%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.96% 18.41% 19.08%
Number of salaries quoted 190 201 407
10th Percentile £38,691 £32,626 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,438 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.92% +8.33% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,939 2,439 3,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.95% 39.79% 45.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,584 1,421 1,908
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,525 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,938
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the Thames Valley

Java
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Java in the Thames Valley

Java
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Java in the Thames Valley

Java
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Berkshire -3 176 £70,000 - 21
Buckinghamshire -45 59 £75,000 +11.11% 9
Oxfordshire -12 55 £57,500 +15.00% 2
Java
South East

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 28 (9.66%) OpenStack
2 22 (7.59%) WebLogic
3 18 (6.21%) JBoss
4 14 (4.83%) Apache
5 13 (4.48%) Red Hat Fuse
6 8 (2.76%) Confluence
7 5 (1.72%) WebSphere
8 4 (1.38%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.38%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.69%) Alfresco
9 2 (0.69%) Documentum
9 2 (0.69%) FileNet
9 2 (0.69%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 110 (37.93%) AWS
2 74 (25.52%) Azure
3 48 (16.55%) Serverless
4 40 (13.79%) Amazon ECS
4 40 (13.79%) Amazon EKS
5 17 (5.86%) SaaS
6 6 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (2.07%) Amazon S3
6 6 (2.07%) GitHub
7 4 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (1.38%) GCP
7 4 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.38%) TestFlight
8 3 (1.03%) Amazon EMR
8 3 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (1.03%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.69%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (0.69%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.38%) Internet
2 2 (0.69%) HTTP
3 1 (0.34%) DNS
3 1 (0.34%) Firewall
3 1 (0.34%) RNC
3 1 (0.34%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (17.59%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (16.55%) Relational Database
3 31 (10.69%) Elasticsearch
4 30 (10.34%) NoSQL
5 19 (6.55%) MySQL
5 19 (6.55%) SQL Server
6 14 (4.83%) Oracle Database
7 9 (3.10%) RDBMS
8 8 (2.76%) CouchDB
8 8 (2.76%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.72%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.38%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.03%) Apache Hive
11 3 (1.03%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.03%) Impala
11 3 (1.03%) Looker
12 2 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
12 2 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.69%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 50 (17.24%) Jenkins
2 47 (16.21%) Git
3 29 (10.00%) JUnit
4 21 (7.24%) Cucumber
5 20 (6.90%) Selenium
6 15 (5.17%) Bitbucket
7 14 (4.83%) JIRA
8 13 (4.48%) TestNG
8 13 (4.48%) WebDriver
9 12 (4.14%) REST Assured
10 11 (3.79%) JMeter
11 10 (3.45%) Gradle
12 8 (2.76%) GitLab
12 8 (2.76%) Mockito
13 6 (2.07%) Bitbucket Server
13 6 (2.07%) IntelliJ
13 6 (2.07%) Serenity BDD
13 6 (2.07%) SoapUI
14 5 (1.72%) Oracle APEX
15 4 (1.38%) Maven
General
1 92 (31.72%) Social Skills
2 52 (17.93%) Public Sector
3 44 (15.17%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (11.72%) Finance
5 23 (7.93%) Police
6 16 (5.52%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (4.48%) Banking
8 10 (3.45%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.72%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.72%) Back Office
9 5 (1.72%) Billing
9 5 (1.72%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.72%) Local Government
10 4 (1.38%) Aeronautics
10 4 (1.38%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.03%) Legal
12 2 (0.69%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 114 (39.31%) Developer
2 80 (27.59%) Senior
3 73 (25.17%) Java Developer
4 58 (20.00%) Lead
5 45 (15.52%) Software Engineer
6 33 (11.38%) Senior Developer
7 27 (9.31%) Applications Support
7 27 (9.31%) Java Engineer
8 26 (8.97%) Analyst
9 25 (8.62%) Senior Java Developer
10 24 (8.28%) Senior Applications Support
11 23 (7.93%) Technical Leader
12 22 (7.59%) Applications Support Analyst
12 22 (7.59%) Full Stack Developer
12 22 (7.59%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (7.59%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
12 22 (7.59%) Senior Support Analyst
12 22 (7.59%) Support Analyst
13 16 (5.52%) Full Stack Java Developer
14 15 (5.17%) Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (32.07%) Spring
2 65 (22.41%) REST
3 59 (20.34%) Spring Boot
4 56 (19.31%) React
5 53 (18.28%) AngularJS
5 53 (18.28%) Web Services
6 45 (15.52%) Node.js
7 33 (11.38%) Apache Camel
7 33 (11.38%) J2EE
7 33 (11.38%) Kafka
8 31 (10.69%) JSON
9 30 (10.34%) XML
10 29 (10.00%) Elastic Stack
11 26 (8.97%) HTML
11 26 (8.97%) Java EE
12 24 (8.28%) .NET
13 23 (7.93%) RESTful
14 22 (7.59%) CSS
14 22 (7.59%) SOAP
15 17 (5.86%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.38%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.76%) Client/Server
3 8 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (2.76%) Private Cloud
3 8 (2.76%) PropTech
4 7 (2.41%) IoT
5 6 (2.07%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.72%) NHS
7 4 (1.38%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (1.38%) Device Driver
7 4 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.38%) Life Science
7 4 (1.38%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.38%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.38%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (1.38%) Mobile Payment
8 2 (0.69%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.93%) Unix
2 21 (7.24%) Linux
3 11 (3.79%) Windows
4 5 (1.72%) Android
4 5 (1.72%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.72%) VMS
5 2 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.69%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.34%) CentOS
6 1 (0.34%) Debian
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (51.03%) Agile
2 95 (32.76%) Microservices
3 81 (27.93%) TDD
4 71 (24.48%) Problem-Solving
5 70 (24.14%) DevOps
5 70 (24.14%) Software Engineering
6 64 (22.07%) Full Stack Development
7 62 (21.38%) Scrum
8 53 (18.28%) BDD
9 50 (17.24%) Mentoring
10 43 (14.83%) CI/CD
11 42 (14.48%) Containerisation
12 39 (13.45%) Kanban
13 37 (12.76%) Design Patterns
14 36 (12.41%) SDLC
15 32 (11.03%) Actionable Insight
16 31 (10.69%) Workflow
17 30 (10.34%) Test Automation
18 29 (10.00%) Computer Science
19 27 (9.31%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 103 (35.52%) Python
2 100 (34.48%) JavaScript
3 74 (25.52%) SQL
4 35 (12.07%) Shell Script
5 25 (8.62%) C#
6 21 (7.24%) TypeScript
7 20 (6.90%) Kotlin
8 14 (4.83%) Ruby
9 13 (4.48%) Go
10 12 (4.14%) T-SQL
11 11 (3.79%) C++
11 11 (3.79%) Scala
12 9 (3.10%) MATLAB
13 8 (2.76%) PL/SQL
14 7 (2.41%) C
15 6 (2.07%) PHP
16 4 (1.38%) Bash
16 4 (1.38%) Objective-C
16 4 (1.38%) Perl
16 4 (1.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (33.10%) Security Cleared
2 77 (26.55%) SC Cleared
3 42 (14.48%) Degree
4 12 (4.14%) Azure Certification
5 11 (3.79%) AWS Certification
5 11 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (3.10%) PhD
7 6 (2.07%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.03%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.34%) HNC
10 1 (0.34%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.59%) SLA
2 13 (4.48%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.10%) QA
4 2 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 86 (29.66%) Docker
2 20 (6.90%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.03%) HDFS
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (25.86%) Kubernetes
2 39 (13.45%) Ansible
3 22 (7.59%) OpenSSO
3 22 (7.59%) Single Sign-On
3 22 (7.59%) Terraform
4 4 (1.38%) Kibana
5 1 (0.34%) Consul
5 1 (0.34%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.34%) Packer
5 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 43 (14.83%) Oracle
2 28 (9.66%) WSO2
3 22 (7.59%) Remedy
3 22 (7.59%) Salesforce
4 18 (6.21%) Microsoft
5 5 (1.72%) IBM
6 4 (1.38%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.38%) Dynatrace
6 4 (1.38%) Google
6 4 (1.38%) Splunk
7 3 (1.03%) Cloudera
7 3 (1.03%) Informatica
8 2 (0.69%) EMC
8 2 (0.69%) Hyland
8 2 (0.69%) iManage
8 2 (0.69%) Laserfiche
8 2 (0.69%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.69%) OpenText
9 1 (0.34%) AppDynamics
9 1 (0.34%) Databricks