Java Jobs in the UK excluding London

Java
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 36 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 -17 -2
Permanent jobs citing Java 3,368 3,492 8,336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.16% 7.25% 10.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.48% 19.90% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,560 1,834 4,114
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% +5.45%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +7.69%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 18,228 17,552 34,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.93% 36.46% 43.53%
Number of salaries quoted 12,662 11,914 21,248
10th Percentile £33,250 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,850
Median % change year-on-year - +2.14% +7.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,231 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £82,500
UK 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 UK excluding London

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Java in the UK excluding London

Java
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Scotland +11 1,294 £53,000 -21.19% 44
South East 0 793 £57,500 -11.54% 77
North of England -28 494 £65,000 - 92
South West -13 423 £60,000 -4.00% 76
North West -15 368 £65,000 - 54
Midlands -78 192 £52,500 -12.50% 64
West Midlands -53 131 £55,000 -8.33% 52
East of England -48 94 £85,000 +30.77% 33
Yorkshire -69 90 £65,000 - 17
East Midlands -77 60 £50,000 -13.79% 10
Wales -29 47 £50,000 -11.11% 6
North East -21 36 £65,465 +0.71% 21
Northern Ireland -20 31 £68,750 +37.50% 53
Java
UK

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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
1 266 (7.90%) Apache Spark
2 149 (4.42%) Apache
3 98 (2.91%) FileNet
4 37 (1.10%) nginx
5 34 (1.01%) Confluence
6 33 (0.98%) Camunda
7 32 (0.95%) Cloud Foundry
8 31 (0.92%) Tuxedo
9 21 (0.62%) GemFire
10 20 (0.59%) Tomcat
11 16 (0.48%) JBoss
12 12 (0.36%) WebLogic
12 12 (0.36%) WebSphere
13 11 (0.33%) CICS
13 11 (0.33%) CMS
13 11 (0.33%) OpenStack
14 10 (0.30%) WildFly
15 6 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
15 6 (0.18%) SharePoint
15 6 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 78 (2.32%) Simulink
2 10 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.089%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.059%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.059%) CANalyzer
7 1 (0.030%) CATIA
7 1 (0.030%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.030%) SketchUp
7 1 (0.030%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (0.45%) NEC Housing
2 9 (0.27%) Shopify
3 6 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
5 4 (0.12%) Sonata
6 3 (0.089%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.059%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.059%) iTrent
7 2 (0.059%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.059%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.030%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.030%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.030%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 1,421 (42.19%) AWS
2 787 (23.37%) Azure
3 285 (8.46%) Serverless
4 204 (6.06%) GCP
5 179 (5.31%) IBM Cloud
6 158 (4.69%) Amazon S3
7 149 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
8 132 (3.92%) OpenShift
9 124 (3.68%) Azure Functions
10 117 (3.47%) Azure Logic Apps
11 116 (3.44%) Azure API Management
11 116 (3.44%) GitHub
12 115 (3.41%) Azure Service Bus
13 112 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
14 104 (3.09%) SaaS
15 93 (2.76%) Amazon EKS
16 86 (2.55%) Amazon ECS
17 82 (2.43%) Datadog
18 78 (2.32%) Amazon EC2
19 57 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 47 (1.40%) DNS
2 40 (1.19%) HTTP
3 35 (1.04%) AMQP
4 32 (0.95%) TCP/IP
5 28 (0.83%) DHCP
6 27 (0.80%) Firewall
6 27 (0.80%) Network Security
7 17 (0.50%) Kerberos
8 15 (0.45%) MQTT
9 8 (0.24%) Wireless
10 6 (0.18%) VPN
10 6 (0.18%) WAN
11 5 (0.15%) Bluetooth
12 4 (0.12%) LoRaWAN
12 4 (0.12%) Modbus
12 4 (0.12%) VSAN
13 3 (0.089%) Internet
13 3 (0.089%) Reverse Proxy
13 3 (0.089%) SNMP
13 3 (0.089%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 669 (19.86%) NoSQL
2 359 (10.66%) PostgreSQL
3 339 (10.07%) MongoDB
4 314 (9.32%) Relational Database
5 244 (7.24%) Big Data
6 212 (6.29%) Hadoop
7 165 (4.90%) Elasticsearch
8 159 (4.72%) MySQL
9 140 (4.16%) Apache Cassandra
10 133 (3.95%) DB2
11 128 (3.80%) SQL Server
12 72 (2.14%) Data Lake
13 68 (2.02%) Oracle Database
14 54 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
15 48 (1.43%) RDBMS
16 47 (1.40%) DynamoDB
17 45 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
18 39 (1.16%) CockroachDB
19 37 (1.10%) Amazon Aurora
20 36 (1.07%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 297 (8.82%) Git
2 274 (8.14%) JUnit
3 236 (7.01%) Jenkins
4 147 (4.36%) Selenium
5 123 (3.65%) GitLab
6 113 (3.36%) Cypress.io
7 107 (3.18%) JIRA
8 105 (3.12%) Jasmine
9 93 (2.76%) Maven
10 77 (2.29%) WebDriver
11 76 (2.26%) Cucumber
12 65 (1.93%) Protractor
13 63 (1.87%) Mockito
14 61 (1.81%) JMeter
15 60 (1.78%) Karma Test Runner
16 45 (1.34%) Postman
17 39 (1.16%) Bitbucket
18 33 (0.98%) Vagrant
19 32 (0.95%) Bitbucket Server
20 26 (0.77%) Gatling
General
1 1,282 (38.06%) Finance
2 1,166 (34.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,074 (31.89%) Law
4 584 (17.34%) Social Skills
5 449 (13.33%) Marketing
6 359 (10.66%) Legal
7 284 (8.43%) Banking
8 277 (8.22%) Public Sector
9 208 (6.18%) Investment Banking
10 173 (5.14%) Analytical Skills
11 97 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
12 91 (2.70%) Aerospace
13 81 (2.40%) Financial Institution
14 56 (1.66%) Electronics
15 40 (1.19%) Tech for Good
16 30 (0.89%) Games
16 30 (0.89%) Manufacturing
17 28 (0.83%) Telecoms
18 27 (0.80%) Billing
19 26 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,449 (43.02%) Software Engineer
2 835 (24.79%) Developer
3 722 (21.44%) Java Engineer
4 642 (19.06%) Lead
5 638 (18.94%) Java Software Engineer
6 550 (16.33%) Senior
7 352 (10.45%) Lead Software Engineer
8 319 (9.47%) Java Developer
9 286 (8.49%) Full Stack Engineer
10 214 (6.35%) Senior Software Engineer
11 206 (6.12%) Full Stack Software Engineer
11 206 (6.12%) Lead Java Engineer
12 200 (5.94%) Full Stack Developer
13 173 (5.14%) AWS Engineer
14 151 (4.48%) Senior Developer
15 149 (4.42%) Architect
15 149 (4.42%) Software Developer
16 141 (4.19%) Big Data Engineer
17 137 (4.07%) Big Data Software Engineer
18 135 (4.01%) Scala Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 869 (25.80%) Spring
2 767 (22.77%) React
3 526 (15.62%) AngularJS
4 521 (15.47%) Node.js
5 518 (15.38%) HTML
6 468 (13.90%) Spring Boot
7 464 (13.78%) CSS
8 433 (12.86%) Kafka
9 407 (12.08%) REST
10 292 (8.67%) Web Services
11 282 (8.37%) Hibernate
12 280 (8.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 271 (8.05%) jQuery
14 270 (8.02%) .NET
15 256 (7.60%) J2EE
16 220 (6.53%) JSON
17 196 (5.82%) RESTful
18 166 (4.93%) JMS
19 155 (4.60%) Vue
20 148 (4.39%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 545 (16.18%) Algorithms
2 494 (14.67%) Cloud Native
3 227 (6.74%) Data Structures
4 194 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 180 (5.34%) Blockchain
6 120 (3.56%) Public Cloud
7 112 (3.33%) Onboarding
8 79 (2.35%) Product Ownership
9 78 (2.32%) Private Cloud
10 69 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
11 66 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
12 64 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
13 62 (1.84%) Management Information System
14 61 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
15 49 (1.45%) Distributed Applications
16 45 (1.34%) IoT
17 43 (1.28%) e-Learning
18 42 (1.25%) Credit Risk
19 41 (1.22%) Reference Data
20 38 (1.13%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 642 (19.06%) Linux
2 270 (8.02%) Windows
3 241 (7.16%) Android
4 145 (4.31%) Apple iOS
5 121 (3.59%) Unix
6 109 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 69 (2.05%) Embedded Linux
8 67 (1.99%) CentOS
9 66 (1.96%) Ubuntu
10 31 (0.92%) Debian
11 20 (0.59%) AIX
12 19 (0.56%) Windows Server
13 5 (0.15%) VMS
14 4 (0.12%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.12%) Solaris
15 3 (0.089%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.089%) Windows 10
16 1 (0.030%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2016
16 1 (0.030%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,907 (56.62%) Software Engineering
2 1,852 (54.99%) Agile
3 1,192 (35.39%) CI/CD
4 1,155 (34.29%) SDLC
5 1,037 (30.79%) Artificial Intelligence
6 837 (24.85%) Machine Learning
7 799 (23.72%) Operational Stability
8 648 (19.24%) Microservices
9 646 (19.18%) Full Stack Development
10 621 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
11 599 (17.79%) DevOps
12 538 (15.97%) Community of Practice
13 473 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 457 (13.57%) Computer Science
15 409 (12.14%) Mentoring
16 392 (11.64%) TDD
17 382 (11.34%) Visualisation
18 372 (11.05%) Risk Management
19 357 (10.60%) Test Automation
20 344 (10.21%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1,231 (36.55%) SQL
2 1,174 (34.86%) Python
3 902 (26.78%) JavaScript
4 391 (11.61%) C#
5 351 (10.42%) TypeScript
6 350 (10.39%) C++
7 255 (7.57%) Scala
8 242 (7.19%) C
9 162 (4.81%) Kotlin
10 99 (2.94%) PL/SQL
11 72 (2.14%) Go
12 69 (2.05%) PHP
13 66 (1.96%) Bash
14 59 (1.75%) Shell Script
15 58 (1.72%) PowerShell
16 47 (1.40%) COBOL
17 45 (1.34%) Groovy
18 43 (1.28%) Ruby
19 38 (1.13%) T-SQL
20 36 (1.07%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 524 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 440 (13.06%) Degree
3 342 (10.15%) SC Cleared
4 259 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 152 (4.51%) DV Cleared
6 61 (1.81%) Master's Degree
7 32 (0.95%) PhD
8 21 (0.62%) AWS Certification
8 21 (0.62%) DBS Check
9 18 (0.53%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.21%) AWS Certified Developer
12 6 (0.18%) CISSP
12 6 (0.18%) SANS
13 5 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.15%) CISA
13 5 (0.15%) CISM
13 5 (0.15%) CRISC
13 5 (0.15%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (3.62%) QA
2 38 (1.13%) Data Quality
3 26 (0.77%) Accessibility
4 20 (0.59%) GDPR
5 18 (0.53%) SLA
6 8 (0.24%) ISO 9001
6 8 (0.24%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.21%) NIST
7 7 (0.21%) TickIT
8 3 (0.089%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.089%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.059%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.059%) COBIT
9 2 (0.059%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.059%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.030%) AQAP
10 1 (0.030%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.030%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.030%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.030%) PMO
System Software
1 422 (12.53%) Docker
2 35 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (0.98%) HDFS
3 33 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 21 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (0.56%) Firmware
6 18 (0.53%) Active Directory
7 17 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
8 11 (0.33%) Time Sharing Option
9 6 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.089%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.059%) Apache ZooKeeper
13 1 (0.030%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.030%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.030%) Postfix
13 1 (0.030%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 550 (16.33%) Kubernetes
2 353 (10.48%) Terraform
3 176 (5.23%) Ansible
4 124 (3.68%) Grafana
5 81 (2.40%) Puppet
6 51 (1.51%) Prometheus
7 39 (1.16%) Kibana
8 26 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
9 24 (0.71%) Progress Chef
10 23 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 21 (0.62%) HAProxy
11 21 (0.62%) Zipkin
12 15 (0.45%) Salt
13 12 (0.36%) OpenSSO
14 7 (0.21%) Graphite
15 5 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
16 4 (0.12%) Podman
17 3 (0.089%) Nessus
17 3 (0.089%) Nmap
17 3 (0.089%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 471 (13.98%) Oracle
2 239 (7.10%) Red Hat
3 186 (5.52%) IBM
4 141 (4.19%) Google
5 138 (4.10%) Splunk
6 117 (3.47%) Dynatrace
7 106 (3.15%) Microsoft
8 84 (2.49%) Databricks
9 78 (2.32%) Xilinx
10 40 (1.19%) VMware
11 39 (1.16%) SaltStack
12 37 (1.10%) Informatica
13 36 (1.07%) Micro Focus
14 35 (1.04%) Alteryx
15 33 (0.98%) Cloudera
16 26 (0.77%) SAP
17 24 (0.71%) Salesforce
18 21 (0.62%) Atlassian
19 19 (0.56%) Sybase
20 18 (0.53%) Remedy