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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 28 22
Rank change year-on-year -21 -6 -9
Permanent jobs citing Java 298 473 580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.42% 7.68% 8.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.08% 19.10% 19.04%
Number of salaries quoted 195 207 397
10th Percentile £38,691 £32,626 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +11.11%
75th Percentile £83,125 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,250 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.31% +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 1,976 2,476 3,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.28% 40.20% 44.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,614 1,429 1,900
10th Percentile £37,000 £34,324 £34,941
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,186 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £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 25 April 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 25 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
Berkshire -3 184 £70,000 - 21
Oxfordshire -11 58 £57,500 +15.00% 4
Buckinghamshire -53 56 £75,000 +11.11% 18
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 29 (9.73%) OpenStack
2 22 (7.38%) WebLogic
3 19 (6.38%) JBoss
4 14 (4.70%) Apache
4 14 (4.70%) Red Hat Fuse
5 8 (2.68%) Confluence
6 5 (1.68%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.68%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.34%) Apache Spark
8 3 (1.01%) Alfresco
8 3 (1.01%) Documentum
8 3 (1.01%) FileNet
9 2 (0.67%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 120 (40.27%) AWS
2 78 (26.17%) Azure
3 52 (17.45%) Serverless
4 43 (14.43%) Amazon EKS
5 42 (14.09%) Amazon ECS
6 18 (6.04%) SaaS
7 7 (2.35%) GitHub
8 6 (2.01%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (2.01%) Amazon S3
8 6 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.34%) Amazon Kinesis
10 4 (1.34%) AWS IoT
10 4 (1.34%) GCP
10 4 (1.34%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.34%) TestFlight
11 3 (1.01%) Amazon EMR
11 3 (1.01%) Dropbox
11 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
11 3 (1.01%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.01%) Internet
2 2 (0.67%) 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 53 (17.79%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (16.78%) Relational Database
3 32 (10.74%) Elasticsearch
4 30 (10.07%) NoSQL
5 19 (6.38%) MySQL
6 18 (6.04%) SQL Server
7 14 (4.70%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.02%) RDBMS
9 8 (2.68%) CouchDB
10 7 (2.35%) Data Lake
11 6 (2.01%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (1.34%) Hadoop
14 3 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
14 3 (1.01%) Apache Hive
14 3 (1.01%) BigQuery
14 3 (1.01%) Impala
14 3 (1.01%) Looker
15 2 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
15 2 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 54 (18.12%) Jenkins
2 50 (16.78%) Git
3 30 (10.07%) JUnit
4 22 (7.38%) Cucumber
5 21 (7.05%) Selenium
6 16 (5.37%) Bitbucket
6 16 (5.37%) JIRA
7 14 (4.70%) REST Assured
8 13 (4.36%) TestNG
8 13 (4.36%) WebDriver
9 12 (4.03%) JMeter
10 10 (3.36%) Gradle
11 9 (3.02%) GitLab
11 9 (3.02%) SoapUI
12 8 (2.68%) Mockito
13 7 (2.35%) Bitbucket Server
13 7 (2.35%) Serenity BDD
14 6 (2.01%) IntelliJ
14 6 (2.01%) Postman
15 5 (1.68%) Maven
General
1 91 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 53 (17.79%) Public Sector
3 43 (14.43%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (10.74%) Finance
5 23 (7.72%) Police
6 15 (5.03%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (4.36%) Banking
8 9 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.68%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.68%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.68%) Local Government
9 5 (1.68%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.34%) Aeronautics
10 4 (1.34%) Back Office
10 4 (1.34%) Billing
10 4 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.01%) Legal
12 2 (0.67%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 117 (39.26%) Developer
2 81 (27.18%) Senior
3 76 (25.50%) Java Developer
4 54 (18.12%) Lead
5 47 (15.77%) Software Engineer
6 34 (11.41%) Senior Developer
7 29 (9.73%) Java Engineer
8 27 (9.06%) Applications Support
9 26 (8.72%) Senior Java Developer
10 25 (8.39%) Analyst
10 25 (8.39%) Full Stack Developer
11 24 (8.05%) Senior Applications Support
12 22 (7.38%) Applications Support Analyst
12 22 (7.38%) Senior Analyst
12 22 (7.38%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
12 22 (7.38%) Senior Support Analyst
12 22 (7.38%) Support Analyst
12 22 (7.38%) Technical Leader
13 17 (5.70%) Java Software Engineer
14 16 (5.37%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (33.56%) Spring
2 69 (23.15%) REST
3 64 (21.48%) Spring Boot
4 57 (19.13%) React
5 56 (18.79%) AngularJS
6 55 (18.46%) Web Services
7 48 (16.11%) Node.js
8 36 (12.08%) Kafka
9 34 (11.41%) Apache Camel
9 34 (11.41%) J2EE
10 32 (10.74%) JSON
11 31 (10.40%) Elastic Stack
11 31 (10.40%) XML
12 26 (8.72%) Java EE
13 25 (8.39%) RESTful
14 24 (8.05%) HTML
14 24 (8.05%) SOAP
15 23 (7.72%) .NET
16 20 (6.71%) CSS
17 17 (5.70%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.41%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.02%) IoT
4 8 (2.68%) Client/Server
4 8 (2.68%) Private Cloud
4 8 (2.68%) PropTech
5 7 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.01%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.68%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.68%) NHS
8 4 (1.34%) Chip and PIN
8 4 (1.34%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.34%) Life Science
8 4 (1.34%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.34%) Mobile Banking
8 4 (1.34%) Mobile Payment
8 4 (1.34%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.67%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.05%) Linux
2 23 (7.72%) Unix
3 11 (3.69%) Windows
4 6 (2.01%) Android
4 6 (2.01%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.68%) VMS
6 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.34%) CentOS
7 1 (0.34%) Debian
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (50.67%) Agile
2 102 (34.23%) Microservices
3 83 (27.85%) TDD
4 75 (25.17%) Software Engineering
5 74 (24.83%) DevOps
6 70 (23.49%) Problem-Solving
7 67 (22.48%) Full Stack Development
8 65 (21.81%) Scrum
9 54 (18.12%) BDD
10 49 (16.44%) Mentoring
11 43 (14.43%) CI/CD
12 42 (14.09%) Containerisation
13 41 (13.76%) Kanban
14 36 (12.08%) Design Patterns
14 36 (12.08%) SDLC
15 32 (10.74%) Actionable Insight
15 32 (10.74%) Test Automation
16 30 (10.07%) Workflow
17 28 (9.40%) Computer Science
18 27 (9.06%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 109 (36.58%) Python
2 108 (36.24%) JavaScript
3 75 (25.17%) SQL
4 35 (11.74%) Shell Script
5 27 (9.06%) C#
6 23 (7.72%) TypeScript
7 20 (6.71%) Kotlin
8 14 (4.70%) Ruby
9 13 (4.36%) Go
10 12 (4.03%) C++
11 11 (3.69%) Scala
11 11 (3.69%) T-SQL
12 9 (3.02%) MATLAB
13 8 (2.68%) PL/SQL
14 7 (2.35%) C
14 7 (2.35%) PHP
15 5 (1.68%) Perl
16 4 (1.34%) Objective-C
16 4 (1.34%) Swift
16 4 (1.34%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 100 (33.56%) Security Cleared
2 80 (26.85%) SC Cleared
3 42 (14.09%) Degree
4 13 (4.36%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.03%) AWS Certification
6 11 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.02%) PhD
8 6 (2.01%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.01%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.34%) HNC
11 1 (0.34%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.38%) SLA
2 12 (4.03%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.03%) QA
3 2 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.34%) NCSC
System Software
1 90 (30.20%) Docker
2 21 (7.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.01%) HDFS
4 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (26.51%) Kubernetes
2 42 (14.09%) Ansible
3 23 (7.72%) Terraform
4 22 (7.38%) OpenSSO
4 22 (7.38%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.34%) Kibana
6 2 (0.67%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.34%) Consul
7 1 (0.34%) Packer
7 1 (0.34%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (14.77%) Oracle
2 29 (9.73%) WSO2
3 22 (7.38%) Remedy
4 19 (6.38%) Salesforce
5 18 (6.04%) Microsoft
6 6 (2.01%) IBM
7 4 (1.34%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.34%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.34%) Google
7 4 (1.34%) Splunk
8 3 (1.01%) Cloudera
8 3 (1.01%) EMC
8 3 (1.01%) Hyland
8 3 (1.01%) iManage
8 3 (1.01%) Informatica
8 3 (1.01%) Laserfiche
8 3 (1.01%) OpenText
9 2 (0.67%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.34%) Databricks
10 1 (0.34%) MuleSoft