Java
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 24 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 -6 -2
Permanent jobs citing Java 2,705 6,357 12,424
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.79% 7.77% 11.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.54% 21.39% 25.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,765 3,880 7,130
10th Percentile £41,000 £39,420 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,576 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.82% -5.90% +7.14%
75th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £120,000 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,836 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.61% - +4.35%

All Programming Languages
UK

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 17,402 29,717 49,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.81% 36.32% 44.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,215 23,322 31,294
10th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £85,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +4.76%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Java in the UK

Java
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Java in the UK

Java
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Java in the UK

Java
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the UK over the 6 months to 6 March 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
England -18 2,430 £70,000 -3.45% 1,352
UK excluding London -33 1,555 £57,836 -3.61% 788
London -11 1,104 £105,000 +16.67% 682
Work from Home -16 1,088 £72,500 +2.73% 1,580
North of England -16 439 £57,560 -7.90% 236
South East -26 350 £64,000 -1.54% 186
North West -25 296 £57,560 -7.90% 130
South West -17 247 £62,500 +4.17% 95
Scotland -52 176 £65,000 +6.56% 79
East of England +43 161 £50,000 -20.00% 81
Midlands -60 133 £45,000 -21.74% 95
Yorkshire -3 110 £67,500 +3.85% 78
West Midlands -56 86 £53,688 -6.63% 54
East Midlands -1 46 £35,000 -36.36% 38
Wales -11 44 £47,307 -0.41% 17
North East +15 33 £57,000 -5.00% 30
Northern Ireland -22 8 £55,000 -26.67% 17
Isle of Man - 3 £38,000 -

Java
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
1 225 (8.32%) Apache
2 202 (7.47%) Apache Airflow
3 116 (4.29%) Apache Spark
4 72 (2.66%) Confluence
5 29 (1.07%) CMS
5 29 (1.07%) Tomcat
6 26 (0.96%) WordPress
7 25 (0.92%) Jupyter
8 20 (0.74%) nginx
9 17 (0.63%) JBoss
10 13 (0.48%) Red Hat Fuse
11 11 (0.41%) OpenStack
11 11 (0.41%) SharePoint
12 9 (0.33%) Camunda
13 8 (0.30%) NetWeaver
14 7 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 7 (0.26%) WebSphere
15 6 (0.22%) Apache Solr
15 6 (0.22%) SAS
16 5 (0.18%) Documentum
Applications
1 33 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.33%) Simulink
4 3 (0.11%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.11%) CPLEX
4 3 (0.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.11%) Trello
5 2 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.074%) InDesign
5 2 (0.074%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.074%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.074%) SPSS
6 1 (0.037%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.037%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.037%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (0.81%) Shopify
2 13 (0.48%) Endur
3 6 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.18%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 4 (0.15%) Maximo
5 4 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.11%) Orchestrade
7 2 (0.074%) FLEXCUBE
7 2 (0.074%) Oracle BPM
7 2 (0.074%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.074%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.037%) Findur
8 1 (0.037%) iTrent
8 1 (0.037%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
8 1 (0.037%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.037%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.037%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 1,134 (41.92%) AWS
2 647 (23.92%) Azure
3 373 (13.79%) GCP
4 232 (8.58%) Serverless
5 194 (7.17%) dbt
6 177 (6.54%) AWS Lambda
7 170 (6.28%) Amazon ECS
8 156 (5.77%) GitHub
9 127 (4.70%) SaaS
10 118 (4.36%) Amazon EC2
11 117 (4.33%) Snowflake
12 115 (4.25%) OpenShift
13 106 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
14 94 (3.48%) Amazon S3
15 76 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
16 66 (2.44%) Dagster
17 56 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
18 47 (1.74%) Power Platform
19 32 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
19 32 (1.18%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.18%) Firewall
2 28 (1.04%) TCP/IP
3 24 (0.89%) Network Security
4 22 (0.81%) DNS
5 9 (0.33%) Internet
5 9 (0.33%) SAN
6 8 (0.30%) HTTP
6 8 (0.30%) SSL
7 7 (0.26%) LAN
7 7 (0.26%) RS-232
7 7 (0.26%) WAN
8 6 (0.22%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.18%) RS-422
9 5 (0.18%) Software-Defined Radio
10 4 (0.15%) Broadband
10 4 (0.15%) DHCP
10 4 (0.15%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.15%) Multicast
10 4 (0.15%) VPN
11 3 (0.11%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 202 (7.47%) Amazon Athena
2 200 (7.39%) NoSQL
3 195 (7.21%) PostgreSQL
4 186 (6.88%) Apache Iceberg
5 185 (6.84%) Dremio
6 160 (5.91%) SQL Server
7 157 (5.80%) Relational Database
8 155 (5.73%) Apache Arrow
9 153 (5.66%) MySQL
10 133 (4.92%) Apache Ignite
11 114 (4.21%) Data Lake
12 112 (4.14%) MongoDB
13 102 (3.77%) Big Data
14 53 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
15 50 (1.85%) Amazon Redshift
16 45 (1.66%) DynamoDB
17 40 (1.48%) Power BI
18 39 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
19 38 (1.40%) RDBMS
20 36 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 335 (12.38%) Git
2 255 (9.43%) Jenkins
3 172 (6.36%) JIRA
4 134 (4.95%) JUnit
5 115 (4.25%) GitLab
6 110 (4.07%) Artifactory
7 105 (3.88%) Maven
8 76 (2.81%) Mockito
9 74 (2.74%) Selenium
10 67 (2.48%) Bitbucket
10 67 (2.48%) Cucumber
10 67 (2.48%) Eclipse
11 64 (2.37%) Gradle
12 53 (1.96%) IntelliJ
13 41 (1.52%) SonarQube
14 38 (1.40%) Cypress.io
15 35 (1.29%) Eclipse RCP
16 33 (1.22%) JMeter
16 33 (1.22%) Sonatype Nexus
17 29 (1.07%) Postman
General
1 917 (33.90%) Finance
2 618 (22.85%) Social Skills
3 513 (18.96%) Banking
4 295 (10.91%) Front Office
5 198 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 148 (5.47%) Investment Banking
7 133 (4.92%) Public Sector
8 109 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 78 (2.88%) Aerospace
9 78 (2.88%) Electronics
10 74 (2.74%) Law
11 67 (2.48%) Retail
12 60 (2.22%) Games
13 54 (2.00%) Manufacturing
14 50 (1.85%) Financial Institution
15 45 (1.66%) Marketing
16 38 (1.40%) Legal
17 34 (1.26%) Military
18 33 (1.22%) Telecoms
19 32 (1.18%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 813 (30.06%) Developer
2 757 (27.99%) Software Engineer
3 694 (25.66%) Senior
4 381 (14.09%) Lead
5 364 (13.46%) Java Developer
6 305 (11.28%) Senior Software Engineer
7 274 (10.13%) Java Engineer
8 206 (7.62%) AWS Engineer
9 184 (6.80%) Python Engineer
10 169 (6.25%) Data Engineer
10 169 (6.25%) Senior Developer
11 143 (5.29%) Java Software Engineer
12 133 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
13 128 (4.73%) Software Developer
14 115 (4.25%) Senior Java Engineer
15 114 (4.21%) Architect
16 113 (4.18%) AWS DevOps
17 96 (3.55%) AWS Software Engineer
18 95 (3.51%) AWS DevOps Engineer
19 80 (2.96%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 480 (17.74%) React
2 449 (16.60%) Spring
3 395 (14.60%) Spring Boot
4 320 (11.83%) Kafka
5 231 (8.54%) AngularJS
6 208 (7.69%) Node.js
7 207 (7.65%) .NET
7 207 (7.65%) REST
8 204 (7.54%) HTML
9 184 (6.80%) CSS
10 183 (6.77%) RESTful
11 172 (6.36%) PySpark
12 117 (4.33%) Web Services
13 114 (4.21%) J2EE
14 113 (4.18%) Pandas
15 110 (4.07%) NumPy
16 104 (3.84%) SciPy
17 80 (2.96%) Hibernate
18 79 (2.92%) RabbitMQ
19 72 (2.66%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 151 (5.58%) Distributed Systems
2 143 (5.29%) Algorithms
3 141 (5.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 135 (4.99%) Fixed Income
5 123 (4.55%) Equities
6 122 (4.51%) Management Information System
7 117 (4.33%) Cloud Native
8 114 (4.21%) Derivative
9 104 (3.84%) Hedge funds
10 98 (3.62%) Product Ownership
11 78 (2.88%) Mobile App
12 72 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
13 65 (2.40%) Data Structures
13 65 (2.40%) Public Cloud
14 54 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
15 44 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
16 39 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
17 36 (1.33%) Blockchain
18 34 (1.26%) Mobile Games
19 33 (1.22%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 329 (12.16%) Linux
2 115 (4.25%) Windows
3 101 (3.73%) Android
4 72 (2.66%) Unix
5 63 (2.33%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.52%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.44%) VMS
8 11 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
10 8 (0.30%) AIX
10 8 (0.30%) VxWorks
11 6 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.11%) CentOS
12 3 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.11%) Solaris
13 2 (0.074%) Fedora
13 2 (0.074%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.074%) Ubuntu
14 1 (0.037%) Debian
14 1 (0.037%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,319 (48.76%) Agile
1 1,319 (48.76%) Software Engineering
2 656 (24.25%) CI/CD
3 646 (23.88%) Microservices
4 633 (23.40%) DevOps
5 564 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
6 468 (17.30%) Computer Science
7 434 (16.04%) Mentoring
8 426 (15.75%) SDLC
9 409 (15.12%) TDD
10 392 (14.49%) Test Automation
11 292 (10.79%) OO
12 279 (10.31%) Full-Stack Development
13 278 (10.28%) Containerisation
14 248 (9.17%) Software Testing
15 231 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 229 (8.47%) BDD
17 223 (8.24%) Artificial Intelligence
17 223 (8.24%) Asset Management
17 223 (8.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1,115 (41.22%) Python
2 643 (23.77%) SQL
3 590 (21.81%) JavaScript
4 547 (20.22%) C#
5 388 (14.34%) C++
6 312 (11.53%) TypeScript
7 210 (7.76%) Go
8 189 (6.99%) C
9 141 (5.21%) Kotlin
10 134 (4.95%) Rust
11 96 (3.55%) PHP
11 96 (3.55%) Scala
12 55 (2.03%) Objective-C
13 51 (1.89%) Bash
14 49 (1.81%) PowerShell
15 45 (1.66%) Ruby
16 43 (1.59%) Ada
16 43 (1.59%) Shell Script
17 35 (1.29%) T-SQL
18 29 (1.07%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 754 (27.87%) Degree
2 305 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 249 (9.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 160 (5.91%) SC Cleared
5 104 (3.84%) Master's Degree
6 82 (3.03%) DV Cleared
7 49 (1.81%) AWS Certification
8 46 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 39 (1.44%) PhD
10 28 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 28 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (0.96%) HND
12 20 (0.74%) Azure Certification
13 16 (0.59%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
14 11 (0.41%) OCP
14 11 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
15 9 (0.33%) CISSP
15 9 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 6 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (4.99%) QA
2 50 (1.85%) Accessibility
3 29 (1.07%) GDPR
4 20 (0.74%) Data Quality
5 17 (0.63%) HIPAA
6 16 (0.59%) SLA
7 12 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (0.44%) NIST
8 11 (0.41%) Def Stans
8 11 (0.41%) IEC 61508
9 8 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 5 (0.18%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.18%) SEPA
10 5 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
10 5 (0.18%) TARGET2
11 4 (0.15%) TickIT
11 4 (0.15%) WCAG
12 3 (0.11%) IEC 62304
12 3 (0.11%) ISO 13485
13 2 (0.074%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 612 (22.62%) Docker
2 36 (1.33%) Firmware
3 32 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (0.89%) Active Directory
5 12 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (0.33%) NDS
6 9 (0.33%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 7 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.26%) Hyper-V
7 7 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
8 6 (0.22%) Apache Flume
9 5 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.15%) HDFS
11 2 (0.074%) KVM
11 2 (0.074%) NFS
11 2 (0.074%) SRDF
11 2 (0.074%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.074%) Xen
12 1 (0.037%) Postfix
12 1 (0.037%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 627 (23.18%) Kubernetes
2 298 (11.02%) Terraform
3 101 (3.73%) Ansible
4 63 (2.33%) Grafana
5 58 (2.14%) Prometheus
6 30 (1.11%) Kibana
7 21 (0.78%) Argo
8 10 (0.37%) Progress Chef
8 10 (0.37%) Puppet
9 9 (0.33%) Nagios
9 9 (0.33%) NetIQ Identity Manager
9 9 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.30%) Istio
10 8 (0.30%) Packer
11 5 (0.18%) Consul
11 5 (0.18%) Docker Swarm
11 5 (0.18%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.18%) Oozie
11 5 (0.18%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 5 (0.18%) WSUS
Vendors
1 220 (8.13%) Oracle
2 199 (7.36%) Microsoft
3 148 (5.47%) Google
4 110 (4.07%) IBM
5 49 (1.81%) Databricks
6 42 (1.55%) SAP
7 38 (1.40%) Xamarin
8 36 (1.33%) Atlassian
8 36 (1.33%) Red Hat
9 23 (0.85%) Splunk
10 22 (0.81%) WooCommerce
11 20 (0.74%) New Relic
12 17 (0.63%) EMC
13 15 (0.55%) Dynatrace
13 15 (0.55%) Solace
14 13 (0.48%) Adobe
15 12 (0.44%) ForgeRock
15 12 (0.44%) OpenLink
16 10 (0.37%) Cloudera
16 10 (0.37%) F5