Core Java Developer
UK

The median Core Java Developer salary in the UK is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 727 1052 1037
Rank change year-on-year +325 -15 -310
Permanent jobs requiring a Core Java Developer 9 20 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.016% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.017% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 37
10th Percentile £43,000 £37,250 £70,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £85,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £100,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £115,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £93,500 - £111,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £40,000 -
% change year-on-year +56.25% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 49,872 116,646 121,025
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 95.43% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 36,454 73,520 84,381
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Core Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Core Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Core Java Developer in the UK

Core Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Core Java Developer in the UK

Core Java Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Core Java Developer over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Core Java Developer in the UK

Core Java Developer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Core Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +313 8 £61,250 -38.75% 9
London +254 5 £50,000 -54.55% 6
UK excluding London +251 4 £62,500 +56.25% 5
South West - 2 £62,500 - 3
Midlands +130 1 £60,000 +50.00%
West Midlands +124 1 £60,000 +50.00%
Scotland - 1 £66,000 -

Core Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 December 2023, Core Java Developer 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 featuring Core Java Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (77.78%) Multithreading
3 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 5 (55.56%) Agile
4 4 (44.44%) JUnit
4 4 (44.44%) Concurrent Programming
4 4 (44.44%) Multithreaded Programming
4 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
5 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
5 3 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
5 3 (33.33%) Low Latency
5 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 3 (33.33%) OOP
5 3 (33.33%) Python
5 3 (33.33%) Fixed Income
5 3 (33.33%) OOD
5 3 (33.33%) C#
5 3 (33.33%) Spring
5 3 (33.33%) Ruby
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Open Source
5 3 (33.33%) Mockito
6 2 (22.22%) J2SE
6 2 (22.22%) Windows
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
6 2 (22.22%) DevOps
6 2 (22.22%) SDLC

Core Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) ION MarketView
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Flink
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JUnit
2 3 (33.33%) Mockito
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Front Office
3 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Spring
2 2 (22.22%) J2SE
3 1 (11.11%) Java Concurrency
3 1 (11.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
1 3 (33.33%) Fixed Income
2 1 (11.11%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Multithreading
2 5 (55.56%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Concurrent Programming
3 4 (44.44%) Multithreaded Programming
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
4 3 (33.33%) Low Latency
4 3 (33.33%) OOD
4 3 (33.33%) OOP
4 3 (33.33%) Open Source
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Adaptive Web Design
5 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (22.22%) DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) SDLC
6 1 (11.11%) Analytics
6 1 (11.11%) BDD
6 1 (11.11%) Market Making
6 1 (11.11%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (33.33%) Python
2 3 (33.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) ION Trading