Java Developer in Test Jobs

Java Developer in Test
UK

The median Java Developer in Test salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 690 - 977
Rank change year-on-year - - +219
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer in Test 2 0 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% - 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile - - £51,375
25th Percentile £75,000 - £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £91,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 - £99,063
90th Percentile - - £104,500
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Java Developer in Test
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Java Developer in Test in the UK

Java Developer in Test
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Java Developer in Test in the UK

Java Developer in Test
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer in Test within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
London - 2 £80,000 -
England - 2 £80,000 -
Work from Home - 2 £80,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Java Developer in Test 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 Java Developer in Test in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Gatling
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright

Java Developer in Test 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 2 (100.00%) Gatling
1 2 (100.00%) GitLab
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JMeter
1 2 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Ruby
1 2 (100.00%) Scala
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA