Java Developer
UK

The median Java Developer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 195 159
Rank change year-on-year -82 -36 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 1,032 2,049 4,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 1.96% 2.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 2.14% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 860 1,671 2,592
10th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £96,250
90th Percentile £133,875 £125,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Java Developer in the UK

Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Java Developer in the UK

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Developer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Java Developer in the UK

Java Developer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England -65 883 £80,000 -5.88% 131
London -22 551 £90,000 -5.26% 77
UK excluding London -114 458 £60,000 -7.69% 69
Work from Home -100 416 £75,000 - 72
South East -21 156 £70,000 +7.69% 17
North of England -8 81 £60,000 -14.29% 16
Scotland -100 79 £60,500 -9.70% 14
South West -50 67 £60,000 - 8
North West -14 61 £62,500 -10.71% 10
Midlands -42 30 £50,000 -16.67% 6
Wales +18 25 £44,250 -13.24%
West Midlands -14 20 £55,000 -8.33% 5
East of England -6 16 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Yorkshire +63 13 £55,000 - 5
East Midlands -27 9 £42,500 -34.62% 1
North East -7 7 £42,750 -34.73% 1
Northern Ireland -25 6 £60,000 +20.00% 4

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Java Developer in the job title.

1 1,030 (99.81%) Java
2 504 (48.84%) AWS
3 465 (45.06%) Spring
4 374 (36.24%) Agile
5 334 (32.36%) Spring Boot
6 299 (28.97%) Microservices
7 298 (28.88%) Finance
8 291 (28.20%) Docker
9 283 (27.42%) Kubernetes
10 269 (26.07%) JavaScript
11 232 (22.48%) TDD
12 218 (21.12%) SQL
13 195 (18.90%) AngularJS
14 194 (18.80%) Full Stack Development
15 169 (16.38%) Software Engineering
16 162 (15.70%) Banking
16 162 (15.70%) Git
17 161 (15.60%) REST
18 155 (15.02%) Jenkins
19 153 (14.83%) Social Skills
20 151 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
21 149 (14.44%) DevOps
22 148 (14.34%) Python
23 139 (13.47%) PostgreSQL
24 138 (13.37%) Azure
24 138 (13.37%) CI/CD
25 137 (13.28%) Fintech
26 130 (12.60%) React
27 128 (12.40%) Degree
28 126 (12.21%) Kafka

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:

Application Platforms
1 44 (4.26%) Apache
2 42 (4.07%) OpenStack
3 30 (2.91%) Confluence
4 23 (2.23%) Apache Airflow
5 20 (1.94%) Apache Spark
6 18 (1.74%) Tomcat
7 15 (1.45%) JBoss
8 11 (1.07%) Red Hat Fuse
9 3 (0.29%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.29%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.19%) Mule
10 2 (0.19%) nginx
10 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.097%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.097%) Drupal
11 1 (0.097%) GemFire
11 1 (0.097%) Jetty
11 1 (0.097%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.097%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.097%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.097%) ION MarketView
Cloud Services
1 504 (48.84%) AWS
2 138 (13.37%) Azure
3 94 (9.11%) Serverless
4 75 (7.27%) GCP
5 63 (6.10%) Amazon ECS
6 59 (5.72%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
7 29 (2.81%) SaaS
8 23 (2.23%) dbt
9 19 (1.84%) GitHub
10 17 (1.65%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (1.55%) Snowflake
12 15 (1.45%) Amazon S3
13 14 (1.36%) OpenShift
14 13 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (0.87%) Amazon SQS
16 6 (0.58%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (0.58%) PaaS
17 4 (0.39%) npm
18 3 (0.29%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.26%) Internet
2 12 (1.16%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.29%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.29%) FTP
3 3 (0.29%) HTTP
4 2 (0.19%) AMQP
4 2 (0.19%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (13.47%) PostgreSQL
2 96 (9.30%) NoSQL
3 84 (8.14%) Relational Database
4 56 (5.43%) MySQL
5 47 (4.55%) MongoDB
6 36 (3.49%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.33%) Apache Ignite
8 23 (2.23%) Amazon Athena
8 23 (2.23%) Apache Arrow
8 23 (2.23%) Dremio
9 20 (1.94%) Big Data
10 17 (1.65%) Redis
11 16 (1.55%) Data Lake
12 15 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.26%) Apache Hive
14 12 (1.16%) DynamoDB
15 11 (1.07%) DB2
16 9 (0.87%) CouchDB
17 6 (0.58%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 162 (15.70%) Git
2 155 (15.02%) Jenkins
3 60 (5.81%) JUnit
4 45 (4.36%) Maven
5 41 (3.97%) JIRA
6 30 (2.91%) Selenium
7 29 (2.81%) Mockito
8 28 (2.71%) GitLab
9 25 (2.42%) IntelliJ
10 15 (1.45%) Cucumber
10 15 (1.45%) Gradle
11 12 (1.16%) TeamCity
12 11 (1.07%) CircleCI
13 8 (0.78%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.68%) Eclipse
15 5 (0.48%) JMeter
16 4 (0.39%) Jasmine
16 4 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
17 3 (0.29%) Artifactory
17 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
General
1 298 (28.88%) Finance
2 162 (15.70%) Banking
3 153 (14.83%) Social Skills
4 114 (11.05%) Front Office
5 86 (8.33%) Investment Banking
6 61 (5.91%) Public Sector
7 41 (3.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 40 (3.88%) Games
9 34 (3.29%) Analytical Skills
10 25 (2.42%) Law
11 21 (2.03%) Tech for Good
12 20 (1.94%) Police
13 19 (1.84%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.36%) Marketing
15 13 (1.26%) Private Banking
16 10 (0.97%) Turkish Language
17 9 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
18 8 (0.78%) Retail
19 7 (0.68%) Retail Banking
19 7 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 465 (45.06%) Spring
2 334 (32.36%) Spring Boot
3 195 (18.90%) AngularJS
4 161 (15.60%) REST
5 130 (12.60%) React
6 126 (12.21%) Kafka
7 120 (11.63%) Hibernate
8 81 (7.85%) Web Services
9 78 (7.56%) HTML
10 71 (6.88%) Node.js
10 71 (6.88%) RESTful
11 66 (6.40%) CSS
12 63 (6.10%) JSON
13 54 (5.23%) XML
14 53 (5.14%) Apache Camel
15 43 (4.17%) Elastic Stack
16 32 (3.10%) SOAP
17 29 (2.81%) jQuery
18 28 (2.71%) J2EE
19 27 (2.62%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 79 (7.66%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 68 (6.59%) Distributed Systems
3 65 (6.30%) Greenfield Project
4 51 (4.94%) Enterprise Software
5 45 (4.36%) Equities
5 45 (4.36%) Fixed Income
6 40 (3.88%) Algorithms
7 31 (3.00%) Hedge funds
8 27 (2.62%) Derivative
9 22 (2.13%) Data Structures
10 21 (2.03%) Client/Server
11 17 (1.65%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
13 14 (1.36%) Private Cloud
14 12 (1.16%) FPGA
15 11 (1.07%) Onboarding
15 11 (1.07%) Product Ownership
15 11 (1.07%) PropTech
16 10 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (6.88%) Linux
2 14 (1.36%) Unix
3 6 (0.58%) Windows
4 2 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (36.24%) Agile
2 299 (28.97%) Microservices
3 232 (22.48%) TDD
4 194 (18.80%) Full Stack Development
5 169 (16.38%) Software Engineering
6 151 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
7 149 (14.44%) DevOps
8 138 (13.37%) CI/CD
9 137 (13.28%) Fintech
10 118 (11.43%) Mentoring
11 116 (11.24%) Low Latency
12 113 (10.95%) SDLC
13 108 (10.47%) Computer Science
13 108 (10.47%) Scrum
14 85 (8.24%) BDD
15 69 (6.69%) Multithreading
16 68 (6.59%) Containerisation
16 68 (6.59%) Kanban
17 60 (5.81%) Test Automation
18 56 (5.43%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 1,030 (99.81%) Java
2 269 (26.07%) JavaScript
3 218 (21.12%) SQL
4 148 (14.34%) Python
5 76 (7.36%) TypeScript
6 61 (5.91%) Kotlin
7 40 (3.88%) C#
8 27 (2.62%) Shell Script
9 26 (2.52%) C++
10 16 (1.55%) Scala
11 12 (1.16%) C
12 11 (1.07%) Ruby
13 10 (0.97%) Go
13 10 (0.97%) Groovy
14 9 (0.87%) Perl
15 8 (0.78%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.58%) Objective-C
17 4 (0.39%) Bash
18 3 (0.29%) Clojure
18 3 (0.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 128 (12.40%) Degree
2 92 (8.91%) Security Cleared
3 78 (7.56%) SC Cleared
4 48 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.81%) AWS Certification
6 14 (1.36%) Azure Certification
7 11 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
7 11 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (0.87%) Master's Degree
9 7 (0.68%) PhD
10 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.29%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.19%) OCP
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.097%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.13%) QA
2 3 (0.29%) Accessibility
2 3 (0.29%) MiFID
3 1 (0.097%) Data Quality
System Software
1 291 (28.20%) Docker
2 31 (3.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.097%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 283 (27.42%) Kubernetes
2 68 (6.59%) Terraform
3 67 (6.49%) Ansible
4 6 (0.58%) Kibana
5 3 (0.29%) Grafana
6 1 (0.097%) Consul
6 1 (0.097%) Istio
6 1 (0.097%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.097%) Packer
6 1 (0.097%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (6.20%) Oracle
2 44 (4.26%) WSO2
3 30 (2.91%) Google
4 19 (1.84%) Microsoft
5 8 (0.78%) SAP
6 7 (0.68%) YouTube
7 6 (0.58%) Splunk
8 5 (0.48%) ForgeRock
8 5 (0.48%) IBM
8 5 (0.48%) Sybase
8 5 (0.48%) TIBCO
9 4 (0.39%) Dynatrace
9 4 (0.39%) Facebook
9 4 (0.39%) Vertica
10 3 (0.29%) Apple
10 3 (0.29%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.29%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.29%) ION Trading
10 3 (0.29%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.29%) Reuters