Senior Java Developer
UK
The median Senior Java Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 649 | 641 | 559 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -8 | -82 | -112 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer | 80 | 279 | 401 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.26% | 0.45% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.27% | 0.49% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 57 | 217 | 370 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £55,750 | £59,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £62,500 | £67,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | -5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £100,000 | £108,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,250 | £120,000 | £120,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £67,500 | £70,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.70% | -3.57% | - |
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 | 51,867 | 102,282 | 81,878 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.61% | 94.79% | 91.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,945 | 72,135 | 54,053 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.54% | +5.94% |
Senior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Java Developer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Java Developer.
Senior Java Developer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Java Developer over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.
Senior Java Developer
Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 June 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 | -6 | 61 | £72,500 | -12.12% | 254 |
| UK excluding London | +101 | 45 | £65,000 | -3.70% | 177 |
| Work from Home | +37 | 38 | £67,500 | -15.63% | 205 |
| London | -6 | 33 | £80,000 | -15.79% | 102 |
| Scotland | +96 | 17 | £55,000 | -9.84% | 12 |
| North of England | +33 | 16 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 54 |
| North West | +9 | 15 | £65,000 | +2.36% | 33 |
| South East | +23 | 9 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 29 |
| Midlands | +85 | 2 | £68,750 | +14.58% | 21 |
| West Midlands | +69 | 2 | £68,750 | - | 14 |
| Yorkshire | +51 | 1 | £75,000 | +42.86% | 19 |
| Northern Ireland | +44 | 1 | - | - | 14 |
Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior Java Developer in the job title.
|
|
Senior 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||