Garbage Collection Jobs

Garbage Collection
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Garbage Collection skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Garbage Collection over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 680 891 955
Rank change year-on-year +211 +64 +260
Permanent jobs citing Garbage Collection 22 16 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.015% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.042% 0.018% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 10
10th Percentile £65,000 £99,125 £112,875
25th Percentile £102,500 - £121,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 £100,000 £137,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -27.27% +66.67%
75th Percentile - £103,750 £150,625
90th Percentile £160,625 £126,375 £187,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £100,000 -
% change year-on-year -30.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Garbage Collection falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Garbage Collection
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Garbage Collection as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Garbage Collection in the UK

Garbage Collection
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Garbage Collection.

Salary trend for Garbage Collection in the UK

Garbage Collection
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Garbage Collection over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Garbage Collection in the UK

Garbage Collection
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Garbage Collection within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Work from Home +138 20 £140,000 +36.59% 7
England +165 10 £120,000 +20.00% 9
London +105 6 £152,500 +31.18% 9
UK excluding London +177 4 £70,000 -30.00%
South East - 4 £70,000 -

Garbage Collection
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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (4.55%) Banking
1 1 (4.55%) Finance
1 1 (4.55%) Front Office
1 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
1 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (90.91%) Java Engineer
1 20 (90.91%) Java Software Engineer
1 20 (90.91%) Software Engineer
2 12 (54.55%) Senior
2 12 (54.55%) Senior Java Engineer
2 12 (54.55%) Senior Java Software Engineer
2 12 (54.55%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Developer
3 2 (9.09%) Java Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking Java Developer
4 1 (4.55%) Java Developer - Fintech
4 1 (4.55%) Lead
4 1 (4.55%) Lead Java Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Low Latency Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Distributed Systems
2 4 (18.18%) Algorithms
2 4 (18.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.55%) Derivative
3 1 (4.55%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) Software Engineering
2 12 (54.55%) Fintech
2 12 (54.55%) Memory Management
3 11 (50.00%) Extreme Programming
3 11 (50.00%) Multithreading
3 11 (50.00%) Pair Programming
3 11 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 6 (27.27%) Concurrent Programming
5 5 (22.73%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (22.73%) Low Latency
6 4 (18.18%) Market Making
6 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
7 1 (4.55%) High-Frequency Trading
7 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.55%) Regression Testing
7 1 (4.55%) Re-Platforming
7 1 (4.55%) SDLC
7 1 (4.55%) TDD
7 1 (4.55%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (4.55%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (4.55%) SQL