Java Engineer
UK
The median Java Engineer salary in the UK is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 389 | 227 | 363 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -162 | +136 | -92 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 338 | 1,304 | 954 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.65% | 1.32% | 0.92% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.72% | 1.40% | 1.00% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 276 | 399 | 742 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,625 | £45,000 | £48,775 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £54,375 | £65,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £105,000 | £70,000 | £90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +50.00% | -22.22% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £137,500 | £107,500 | £122,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £140,677 | £142,500 | £152,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £62,500 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | - | +4.17% |
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 | 46,967 | 93,227 | 95,240 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.30% | 94.63% | 91.55% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,330 | 66,890 | 59,886 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,900 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.70% | -11.83% | - |
| 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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Java Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Java Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java Engineer.
Java Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Engineer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.
Java Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 |
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| England | +54 | 305 | £105,000 | +50.00% | 176 |
| London | +85 | 189 | £110,000 | +12.82% | 91 |
| Work from Home | +80 | 165 | £110,000 | +57.14% | 128 |
| UK excluding London | -234 | 132 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 123 |
| South West | +94 | 43 | £120,000 | +128.57% | 6 |
| North of England | +36 | 33 | £65,000 | -0.71% | 37 |
| South East | +82 | 26 | £70,000 | - | 44 |
| North West | -19 | 24 | £65,000 | -0.36% | 22 |
| Midlands | +46 | 10 | £60,000 | - | 16 |
| West Midlands | +35 | 10 | £60,000 | - | 13 |
| Northern Ireland | +35 | 8 | £55,000 | -47.62% | 4 |
| Scotland | -115 | 8 | £80,000 | +60.00% | 8 |
| Yorkshire | +61 | 6 | £35,000 | -46.54% | 9 |
| East of England | +55 | 4 | - | - | 7 |
| North East | +44 | 3 | £65,000 | -0.71% | 6 |
Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Java Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
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Java Engineer 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:
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