Java Job Trends in Wakefield

Java
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Permanent jobs citing Java 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 1.30% - 2.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.50% - 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £37,775
25th Percentile - - £40,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £47,250
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.25%
75th Percentile - - £55,438
90th Percentile - - £58,925
West Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £71,991 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.18% +10.76% +5.11%

All Programming Languages
Wakefield

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 in Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8 12 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 10.39% 54.55% 24.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 24
10th Percentile - £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -13.04% +33.72%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,625 £66,563
90th Percentile - £80,000 £75,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £54,125
% change year-on-year +13.64% +1.62% -5.87%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Java job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Java
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing Java

Java
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Android Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Android SDK
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin