Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for J2SE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited J2SE over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 971 1204
Rank change year-on-year +90 +233 -331
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 4 15 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% 0.014% 0.012%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.019% 0.048% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 15
10th Percentile - £53,375 -
25th Percentile - £79,063 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £115,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile - - £122,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

J2SE is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 21,046 31,443 62,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.40% 30.23% 40.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15,738 19,364 30,343
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,117 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £79,900 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

J2SE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing J2SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for J2SE in the UK

J2SE
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing J2SE.

Salary trend for J2SE in the UK

J2SE
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
London +117 4 £115,000 -
England +100 4 £115,000 -
Work from Home +75 4 £115,000 -

J2SE
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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 4 (100.00%) Front Office
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Commodities Java Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Java Pricing Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Pricing Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Derivative
1 4 (100.00%) Equities
1 4 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (100.00%) Market Making
1 4 (100.00%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java