Lead Java Engineer
UK
The median Lead Java Engineer salary in the UK is £120,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 663 | 572 | 913 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -91 | +341 | +149 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Java Engineer | 29 | 344 | 76 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.056% | 0.35% | 0.073% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.062% | 0.37% | 0.080% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27 | 56 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £81,400 | £71,250 | £70,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £97,834 | £83,438 | £70,992 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £120,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | +5.26% | -5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £140,677 | £142,500 | £117,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £165,000 | £122,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £122,773 | £87,500 | £80,294 |
| % change year-on-year | +40.31% | +8.98% | -6.91% |
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% |
Lead Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Lead Java Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Lead Java Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Java Engineer.
Lead Java Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Java Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Lead Java Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Java Engineer 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 |
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| England | +138 | 27 | £112,500 | +15.38% | 26 |
| UK excluding London | -62 | 16 | £122,773 | +40.31% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +173 | 15 | £122,773 | -9.06% | 5 |
| London | +78 | 13 | £112,500 | -16.67% | 24 |
| South West | - | 10 | £122,773 | - | |
| North of England | +86 | 3 | £88,000 | +10.00% | 2 |
| North West | +33 | 3 | £88,000 | +10.00% | 2 |
| Scotland | -52 | 2 | £122,773 | - | 1 |
| South East | +96 | 1 | £110,000 | +25.71% | 2 |
Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead 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 Lead Java Engineer in the job title.
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Lead 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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