Java Programmer Jobs

The median annual salary for a Java Programmer was £57,500 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

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

Java Programmer UK
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	785	759	766
Rank change year-on-year	-26	+7
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Programmer	89	174	218
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.100%	0.18%	0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.10%	0.19%	0.20%
Number of salaries quoted	82	151	205
Median salary	£57,500	£52,500	£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+9.52%	+5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£40,000	£32,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£80,000	£65,000	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£50,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-15.00%	+11.11%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles UK
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	85825	93705	107053
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.96%	96.53%	96.58%
Number of salaries quoted	70199	79011	88244
Median salary	£46,250	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-2.63%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£27,500	£27,500	£26,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£73,000	£70,000	£71,500
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Java Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised that featured Java Programmer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Java Programmer in the UK

Java Programmer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java Programmer.

Salary trend for Java Programmer in the UK

Java Programmer
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Java Programmer over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Java Programmer in the UK

Java Programmer
Top 29 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	-44	86	£57,500	+9.52%	20
London	+1	57	£57,500	+6.97%	5
South East	+49	14	£43,750	-20.45%	2
East of England	-35	13	£35,000	-25.13%	6
City of London	+33	12	£50,000	-	3
Essex	-11	11	£35,000	-44.00%	2
Colchester	-5	9	£35,000	-44.00%
Chiswick	-3	8	£57,500	+4.54%
Oxfordshire	-	5	£35,000	-
Oxford	-	5	£35,000	-
Berkshire	+23	3	£80,000	+128.57%
Hampshire	-	3	£90,000	-
Basingstoke	-	3	£90,000	-
Reading	-	3	£80,000	-
Hertfordshire	-20	2	£38,000	-17.39%	1
Buckinghamshire	-	2	£40,000	-
Milton Keynes	-	2	£40,000	-
Surrey	+20	1	£52,500	-4.54%	1
Stevenage	+14	1	£45,000	-10.00%	1
Welwyn Garden City	-5	1	£31,000	-22.50%
Yorkshire	-7	1	£42,500	-5.55%	3
East Midlands	-	1	£42,500	-	1
North West	-	1	-	-	1
Nottingham	-	1	£42,500	-	1
Godalming	-	1	£52,500	-
East Yorkshire	-	1	£42,500	-
Nottinghamshire	-	1	£42,500	-	1
Manchester	-	1	-	-	1
Goole	-	1	£42,500	-

Java Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, Java Programmer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads featuring Java Programmer in the job title.

1	205 (100.00%)	Java
2	136 (66.34%)	Agile Software Development
3	88 (42.93%)	Spring
4	78 (38.05%)	Software Engineering
5	77 (37.56%)	JavaScript
5	77 (37.56%)	MySQL
6	71 (34.63%)	SQL
7	66 (32.20%)	OO
8	65 (31.71%)	Hibernate
9	60 (29.27%)	TDD
10	59 (28.78%)	HTML
11	54 (26.34%)	Web Services
11	54 (26.34%)	Linux
12	50 (24.39%)	CSS
13	49 (23.90%)	Oracle

13	49 (23.90%)	Degree
13	49 (23.90%)	Computer Science
13	49 (23.90%)	Relational Database
14	47 (22.93%)	Python
15	44 (21.46%)	RESTful
16	41 (20.00%)	E-Commerce
16	41 (20.00%)	Mobile App
16	41 (20.00%)	REST
17	40 (19.51%)	Finance
17	40 (19.51%)	Android
18	38 (18.54%)	Android Development
18	38 (18.54%)	Microservices
19	37 (18.05%)	NoSQL
20	35 (17.07%)	MongoDB
20	35 (17.07%)	Gradle

Java Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	25 (12.20%)	Tomcat
2	22 (10.73%)	JBoss
3	13 (6.34%)	Apache
4	10 (4.88%)	WebSphere
5	9 (4.39%)	Drupal
5	9 (4.39%)	WordPress
6	8 (3.90%)	WebLogic
7	7 (3.41%)	Apache Spark
8	5 (2.44%)	Elasticsearch
9	4 (1.95%)	CMS
9	4 (1.95%)	Oracle SOA Suite
10	3 (1.46%)	Apache Solr
11	2 (0.98%)	Confluence
11	2 (0.98%)	Umbraco
12	1 (0.49%)	Cloud Foundry
12	1 (0.49%)	Jetty

Business Applications
1	4 (1.95%)	Endur
2	2 (0.98%)	Payment Gateway

Cloud Services
1	27 (13.17%)	SaaS
2	5 (2.44%)	Amazon AWS
3	3 (1.46%)	Microsoft Azure
4	1 (0.49%)	Amazon EC2
4	1 (0.49%)	Amazon S3
4	1 (0.49%)	Amazon SQS

Communications & Networking
1	10 (4.88%)	DNS
2	4 (1.95%)	Broadband
3	2 (0.98%)	HTTP
3	2 (0.98%)	Internet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	77 (37.56%)	MySQL
2	49 (23.90%)	Relational Database
3	37 (18.05%)	NoSQL
4	35 (17.07%)	MongoDB
5	33 (16.10%)	SQL Server
6	31 (15.12%)	Hadoop
7	29 (14.15%)	Apache Cassandra
8	26 (12.68%)	Redis
9	20 (9.76%)	Big Data
10	17 (8.29%)	RDBMS
11	8 (3.90%)	Oracle Database
12	4 (1.95%)	PostgreSQL
13	3 (1.46%)	Neo4j
13	3 (1.46%)	Text Mining
14	1 (0.49%)	Blockchain

Development Applications
1	35 (17.07%)	Gradle
2	32 (15.61%)	Maven
3	24 (11.71%)	JUnit
4	15 (7.32%)	Git (software)
5	14 (6.83%)	Jenkins
6	12 (5.85%)	Android Studio
7	10 (4.88%)	Ant
8	9 (4.39%)	Hamcrest
8	9 (4.39%)	jMock
8	9 (4.39%)	Mockito
8	9 (4.39%)	Selenium
9	8 (3.90%)	Cucumber
10	6 (2.93%)	JIRA
11	5 (2.44%)	Atlassian Bamboo
11	5 (2.44%)	JMeter
11	5 (2.44%)	Oracle APEX
12	4 (1.95%)	IntelliJ
12	4 (1.95%)	Liquibase
12	4 (1.95%)	Robot Framework
12	4 (1.95%)	Subversion

General
1	40 (19.51%)	Finance
2	18 (8.78%)	Retail
3	15 (7.32%)	Banking
4	14 (6.83%)	Front Office
5	6 (2.93%)	Telecoms
6	5 (2.44%)	Investment Banking
6	5 (2.44%)	Marketing
7	4 (1.95%)	Back Office
7	4 (1.95%)	Billing
8	3 (1.46%)	Pharmaceutical
8	3 (1.46%)	Publishing
9	1 (0.49%)	Financial Institution
9	1 (0.49%)	Games

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	88 (42.93%)	Spring
2	65 (31.71%)	Hibernate
3	59 (28.78%)	HTML
4	54 (26.34%)	Web Services
5	50 (24.39%)	CSS
6	44 (21.46%)	RESTful
7	41 (20.00%)	REST
8	32 (15.61%)	JSP
9	30 (14.63%)	J2EE
9	30 (14.63%)	Java EE
10	26 (12.68%)	HTML5
11	23 (11.22%)	AngularJS
12	22 (10.73%)	Django
12	22 (10.73%)	Swing
13	19 (9.27%)	Spring MVC
14	17 (8.29%)	.NET
14	17 (8.29%)	Servlets
15	14 (6.83%)	XML
16	12 (5.85%)	Ajax
16	12 (5.85%)	JSON

Miscellaneous
1	49 (23.90%)	Computer Science
2	41 (20.00%)	Mobile App
3	25 (12.20%)	User Experience
4	12 (5.85%)	Fintech
5	8 (3.90%)	Analytical Skills
5	8 (3.90%)	Enterprise Software
5	8 (3.90%)	Greenfield Project
6	6 (2.93%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
7	5 (2.44%)	Client/Server
7	5 (2.44%)	Derivative
7	5 (2.44%)	Fixed Income
7	5 (2.44%)	Virtual Team
8	4 (1.95%)	Equities
9	3 (1.46%)	Semantic Web
10	2 (0.98%)	Internet of Things
10	2 (0.98%)	Social Media
11	1 (0.49%)	Reinsurance

Operating Systems
1	54 (26.34%)	Linux
2	40 (19.51%)	Android
3	28 (13.66%)	Apple iOS
4	6 (2.93%)	Unix
5	1 (0.49%)	Windows

Processes & Methodologies
1	136 (66.34%)	Agile Software Development
2	78 (38.05%)	Software Engineering
3	66 (32.20%)	OO
4	60 (29.27%)	TDD
5	41 (20.00%)	E-Commerce
6	38 (18.54%)	Android Development
6	38 (18.54%)	Microservices
7	34 (16.59%)	MVC
7	34 (16.59%)	Scrum
8	31 (15.12%)	SOA
9	29 (14.15%)	Continuous Integration
10	27 (13.17%)	OOP
11	26 (12.68%)	BDD
12	24 (11.71%)	Kanban
12	24 (11.71%)	Unit Testing
13	16 (7.80%)	iOS Development
13	16 (7.80%)	Test Automation
14	15 (7.32%)	Front End Development
14	15 (7.32%)	OOD
14	15 (7.32%)	Pair Programming

Programming Languages
1	205 (100.00%)	Java
2	77 (37.56%)	JavaScript
3	71 (34.63%)	SQL
4	47 (22.93%)	Python
5	14 (6.83%)	C#
6	13 (6.34%)	Scala
7	11 (5.37%)	C++
7	11 (5.37%)	PL/SQL
8	10 (4.88%)	Bash Shell
9	9 (4.39%)	PHP
10	8 (3.90%)	C
11	6 (2.93%)	Perl
12	4 (1.95%)	Shell Script
13	3 (1.46%)	ECMAScript
13	3 (1.46%)	Go
14	2 (0.98%)	Assembly Language
14	2 (0.98%)	Ruby
15	1 (0.49%)	Groovy
15	1 (0.49%)	T-SQL
15	1 (0.49%)	VB

Qualifications
1	49 (23.90%)	Degree
2	16 (7.80%)	Computer Science Degree
3	1 (0.49%)	SC Cleared
3	1 (0.49%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	12 (5.85%)	QA
2	1 (0.49%)	Sarbanes-Oxley

System Software
1	10 (4.88%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	5 (2.44%)	Ansible
2	1 (0.49%)	Opscode Chef
2	1 (0.49%)	Terraform

Vendors
1	49 (23.90%)	Oracle
2	13 (6.34%)	Microsoft
3	10 (4.88%)	VMware
4	5 (2.44%)	ATG
4	5 (2.44%)	Salesforce.com
5	4 (1.95%)	Cognizant
5	4 (1.95%)	OpenLink
5	4 (1.95%)	Sun
6	2 (0.98%)	Sybase
6	2 (0.98%)	TIBCO
7	1 (0.49%)	Guidewire
7	1 (0.49%)	Solace
7	1 (0.49%)	Splunk