Senior Java Software Engineer Jobs

The median annual salary for a Senior Java Software Engineer was £60,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

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

Senior Software Engineer - Java UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	770	821	861
Rank change year-on-year	+51	+40
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Software Engineer	104	114	102
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.12%	0.12%	0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.12%	0.12%	0.096%
Number of salaries quoted	104	85	78
Median salary	£60,000	£57,500	£55,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.34%	+4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than	£40,375	£42,800	£37,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£85,000	£86,250	£73,250
UK excluding London median salary	£60,000	£50,000	£52,500
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	-4.76%

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	85316	94967	105722
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	95.94%	96.52%	96.57%
Number of salaries quoted	284135	352965	396755
Median salary	£47,000	£47,500	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-1.05%	+5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,250	£26,250	£25,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£76,250	£72,500	£75,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

Senior Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior Java Software Engineer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Java Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Java Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Java Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Java Software Engineer over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Senior Java Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Java Software 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 Senior Java Software Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 28 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	+43	102	£60,000	+4.34%	15
UK excluding London	+42	77	£60,000	+20.00%	15
North of England	+33	44	£60,000	+4.34%	4
London	+15	27	£70,000	+7.69%	3
South East	+31	14	£70,000	+40.00%	3
South West	-9	13	£40,000	-15.78%	2
Scotland	+18	2	£50,000	+9.89%	3
Midlands	+14	2	£56,250	+9.75%	1
East of England	-20	2	£62,500	+5.93%	2

Senior Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, Senior Java Software Engineer 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 Senior Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1	223 (100.00%)	Java
2	220 (98.65%)	Software Engineering
3	124 (55.61%)	OO
4	114 (51.12%)	SQL
5	96 (43.05%)	Continuous Integration
6	92 (41.26%)	Degree
7	91 (40.81%)	Test Automation
8	88 (39.46%)	Agile Software Development
9	87 (39.01%)	NoSQL
10	84 (37.67%)	Git (software)
11	76 (34.08%)	Algorithms
12	75 (33.63%)	Subversion
13	73 (32.74%)	Spring
13	73 (32.74%)	Data Structures
14	69 (30.94%)	Mercurial

15	58 (26.01%)	JavaScript
16	52 (23.32%)	Scrum
17	49 (21.97%)	Hibernate
18	44 (19.73%)	AngularJS
19	41 (18.39%)	HTML
19	41 (18.39%)	TDD
20	40 (17.94%)	RESTful
21	37 (16.59%)	C++
21	37 (16.59%)	Tomcat
21	37 (16.59%)	REST
22	33 (14.80%)	Linux
22	33 (14.80%)	J2EE
23	31 (13.90%)	Windows
24	30 (13.45%)	Mentoring
25	29 (13.00%)	Python

Senior Java Software Engineer 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	37 (16.59%)	Tomcat
2	16 (7.17%)	JBoss
3	13 (5.83%)	Elasticsearch
4	9 (4.04%)	Apache
5	6 (2.69%)	Jetty
5	6 (2.69%)	nginx
5	6 (2.69%)	Oracle Workflow
5	6 (2.69%)	WebLogic
5	6 (2.69%)	WebSphere
6	4 (1.79%)	Apache Spark
6	4 (1.79%)	IIS
7	3 (1.35%)	Apache Solr
8	1 (0.45%)	Mule
8	1 (0.45%)	Mule ESB

Business Applications
1	1 (0.45%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	25 (11.21%)	Amazon AWS
2	7 (3.14%)	Cloud Computing
2	7 (3.14%)	Microsoft Azure
3	3 (1.35%)	Amazon Kinesis
4	2 (0.90%)	Amazon EC2
4	2 (0.90%)	Amazon EMR
4	2 (0.90%)	Amazon S3
4	2 (0.90%)	Amazon SQS
4	2 (0.90%)	AWS CloudFormation
4	2 (0.90%)	AWS Lambda
4	2 (0.90%)	CloudFront
4	2 (0.90%)	Google Cloud Platform
4	2 (0.90%)	Heroku
4	2 (0.90%)	Route 53
5	1 (0.45%)	Force.com
5	1 (0.45%)	SaaS

Communications & Networking
1	10 (4.48%)	DNS
2	6 (2.69%)	Wireless
3	5 (2.24%)	802.11
3	5 (2.24%)	Bluetooth
4	4 (1.79%)	HTTP
5	2 (0.90%)	Firewall
6	1 (0.45%)	Internet
6	1 (0.45%)	PPP
6	1 (0.45%)	SMS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	87 (39.01%)	NoSQL
2	21 (9.42%)	Relational Database
3	20 (8.97%)	MySQL
4	19 (8.52%)	MongoDB
5	11 (4.93%)	PostgreSQL
6	9 (4.04%)	Apache Cassandra
7	7 (3.14%)	Big Data
7	7 (3.14%)	RDBMS
7	7 (3.14%)	SQL Server
8	6 (2.69%)	Hadoop
8	6 (2.69%)	InterSystems Cache
8	6 (2.69%)	Oracle Database
8	6 (2.69%)	Oracle Database 11g
9	4 (1.79%)	Blockchain
9	4 (1.79%)	Geospatial Data
9	4 (1.79%)	GIS
9	4 (1.79%)	JasperReports
10	3 (1.35%)	Triplestore
11	2 (0.90%)	Amazon DynamoDB
11	2 (0.90%)	Amazon RDS

Development Applications
1	84 (37.67%)	Git (software)
2	75 (33.63%)	Subversion
3	69 (30.94%)	Mercurial
4	27 (12.11%)	Maven
5	24 (10.76%)	JUnit
6	21 (9.42%)	Jenkins
7	15 (6.73%)	Ant
8	12 (5.38%)	Hudson
9	10 (4.48%)	JIRA
9	10 (4.48%)	Mockito
10	9 (4.04%)	Eclipse
11	6 (2.69%)	Selenium
11	6 (2.69%)	Sonatype Nexus
11	6 (2.69%)	Talend Open Studio
12	5 (2.24%)	Cucumber
12	5 (2.24%)	Gradle
12	5 (2.24%)	Team Foundation Server
12	5 (2.24%)	Travis CI
13	4 (1.79%)	CruiseControl
13	4 (1.79%)	TeamCity

General
1	28 (12.56%)	Finance
2	7 (3.14%)	Banking
2	7 (3.14%)	Electronics
3	5 (2.24%)	Publishing
4	3 (1.35%)	Advertising
4	3 (1.35%)	Retail
5	2 (0.90%)	Financial Institution
5	2 (0.90%)	Manufacturing
5	2 (0.90%)	Marketing
5	2 (0.90%)	Telecoms
6	1 (0.45%)	Aerospace
6	1 (0.45%)	Military

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	73 (32.74%)	Spring
2	49 (21.97%)	Hibernate
3	44 (19.73%)	AngularJS
4	41 (18.39%)	HTML
5	40 (17.94%)	RESTful
6	37 (16.59%)	REST
7	33 (14.80%)	J2EE
8	29 (13.00%)	Java EE
9	27 (12.11%)	CSS
10	24 (10.76%)	Web Services
11	23 (10.31%)	Ember.js
12	21 (9.42%)	JSON
13	18 (8.07%)	JMS
13	18 (8.07%)	XML
14	15 (6.73%)	HTML5
14	15 (6.73%)	JPA
14	15 (6.73%)	Spring Boot
15	14 (6.28%)	React
16	13 (5.83%)	SOAP
17	12 (5.38%)	JSP

Miscellaneous
1	76 (34.08%)	Algorithms
2	73 (32.74%)	Data Structures
3	16 (7.17%)	Computer Science
4	13 (5.83%)	Greenfield Project
5	11 (4.93%)	Embedded Systems
5	11 (4.93%)	Fintech
6	6 (2.69%)	Linux Command Line
7	5 (2.24%)	Semantic Web
7	5 (2.24%)	User Experience
8	4 (1.79%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
9	3 (1.35%)	Enterprise Software
10	2 (0.90%)	Digital Media
10	2 (0.90%)	Mobile App
11	1 (0.45%)	Client/Server
11	1 (0.45%)	Internet of Things

Operating Systems
1	33 (14.80%)	Linux
2	31 (13.90%)	Windows
3	23 (10.31%)	Android
4	11 (4.93%)	Unix
5	6 (2.69%)	Apple iOS
6	5 (2.24%)	Windows Server
6	5 (2.24%)	Windows Server 2003
7	2 (0.90%)	Mac OS X

Processes & Methodologies
1	220 (98.65%)	Software Engineering
2	124 (55.61%)	OO
3	96 (43.05%)	Continuous Integration
4	91 (40.81%)	Test Automation
5	88 (39.46%)	Agile Software Development
6	52 (23.32%)	Scrum
7	41 (18.39%)	TDD
8	30 (13.45%)	Mentoring
9	25 (11.21%)	Microservices
10	23 (10.31%)	Pair Programming
11	22 (9.87%)	Unit Testing
12	20 (8.97%)	Extreme Programming
13	19 (8.52%)	Multithreading
13	19 (8.52%)	MVC
13	19 (8.52%)	Open Source
14	18 (8.07%)	OOD
14	18 (8.07%)	UML
15	17 (7.62%)	High Availability
16	16 (7.17%)	OOP
17	15 (6.73%)	Kanban

Programming Languages
1	223 (100.00%)	Java
2	114 (51.12%)	SQL
3	58 (26.01%)	JavaScript
4	37 (16.59%)	C++
5	29 (13.00%)	C#
5	29 (13.00%)	Python
6	15 (6.73%)	Scala
7	14 (6.28%)	C
8	11 (4.93%)	Delphi
9	10 (4.48%)	Bash Shell
10	9 (4.04%)	Groovy
11	7 (3.14%)	Perl
11	7 (3.14%)	Shell Script
12	5 (2.24%)	CoffeeScript
13	4 (1.79%)	Clojure
14	3 (1.35%)	Ruby
14	3 (1.35%)	SPARQL
15	2 (0.90%)	F#
15	2 (0.90%)	Objective-C
15	2 (0.90%)	PHP

Qualifications
1	92 (41.26%)	Degree
2	13 (5.83%)	SC Cleared
2	13 (5.83%)	Security Cleared
3	7 (3.14%)	Computer Science Degree
4	2 (0.90%)	Sun Certification
5	1 (0.45%)	Numerate Degree

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	3 (1.35%)	QA
2	1 (0.45%)	PCI DSS
2	1 (0.45%)	SEPA

System Software
1	20 (8.97%)	Docker
2	5 (2.24%)	Active Directory

Systems Management
1	5 (2.24%)	Packer
1	5 (2.24%)	Terraform
2	4 (1.79%)	Kibana
3	2 (0.90%)	Ansible
3	2 (0.90%)	logstash
3	2 (0.90%)	Puppet
4	1 (0.45%)	Opsview

Vendors
1	15 (6.73%)	Oracle
2	12 (5.38%)	VMware
3	9 (4.04%)	Google
4	7 (3.14%)	Splunk
5	6 (2.69%)	Altova
5	6 (2.69%)	Fiorano
5	6 (2.69%)	ILOG
5	6 (2.69%)	Talend
5	6 (2.69%)	WSO2
6	5 (2.24%)	Atlassian
7	4 (1.79%)	Adobe
8	3 (1.35%)	Facebook
8	3 (1.35%)	Twitter
9	2 (0.90%)	F5
9	2 (0.90%)	Microsoft
10	1 (0.45%)	Clearswift
10	1 (0.45%)	SAP
10	1 (0.45%)	Sun