Java Developer Job Trends in Wales

Java Developer
UK > Wales

The median Java Developer salary in Wales is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 91
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 21 0 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.06% - 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 24
10th Percentile - - £41,700
25th Percentile - - £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile - - £58,438
90th Percentile £70,000 - £70,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - -9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,846 457 2,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 85.10% 92.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,203 292 1,570
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,307 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% +11.79% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,201 £78,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Java Developer job vacancy trend in Wales

Java Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Java Developer job vacancies in Wales

Java Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 18 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Java Developer in Wales

Java Developer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 18 June 2026. 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
North Wales - 12 £65,000 -
South Wales - 8 £70,000 - 2
West Wales - 1 £70,000 -
Java Developer
UK

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 18 June 2026, Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wales region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Java
2 8 (38.10%) Full-Stack Development
3 5 (23.81%) AngularJS
3 5 (23.81%) React
4 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) Docker
5 3 (14.29%) Git
5 3 (14.29%) JPA
5 3 (14.29%) Spring
5 3 (14.29%) Spring Boot
6 2 (9.52%) API Design
6 2 (9.52%) API Integration
6 2 (9.52%) AWS
6 2 (9.52%) Containerisation
6 2 (9.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (9.52%) Hibernate
6 2 (9.52%) HTML
6 2 (9.52%) HTML5
6 2 (9.52%) Kafka
6 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
6 2 (9.52%) Microservices
6 2 (9.52%) MongoDB
6 2 (9.52%) MySQL
6 2 (9.52%) NoSQL
6 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (9.52%) RESTful
6 2 (9.52%) Scrum

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (4.76%) AWS Step Functions
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
2 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) MongoDB
1 2 (9.52%) MySQL
1 2 (9.52%) NoSQL
1 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (4.76%) GitLab
2 1 (4.76%) Gradle
2 1 (4.76%) IntelliJ
2 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) JUnit
2 1 (4.76%) Karma Test Runner
2 1 (4.76%) Maven
General
1 5 (23.81%) Banking
2 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) AngularJS
1 5 (23.81%) React
2 3 (14.29%) JPA
2 3 (14.29%) Spring
2 3 (14.29%) Spring Boot
3 2 (9.52%) Hibernate
3 2 (9.52%) HTML
3 2 (9.52%) HTML5
3 2 (9.52%) Kafka
3 2 (9.52%) RESTful
4 1 (4.76%) CSS
4 1 (4.76%) CSS3
4 1 (4.76%) Jest
4 1 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (4.76%) REST
4 1 (4.76%) Spring MVC
4 1 (4.76%) Spring Security
4 1 (4.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
1 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
3 3 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 3 (14.29%) DevOps
4 2 (9.52%) API Design
4 2 (9.52%) API Integration
4 2 (9.52%) Containerisation
4 2 (9.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (9.52%) Microservices
4 2 (9.52%) Scrum
4 2 (9.52%) Secure Coding
5 1 (4.76%) BDD
5 1 (4.76%) Domain-Driven Design
5 1 (4.76%) Incident Management
5 1 (4.76%) MVC
5 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.76%) TDD
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (4.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Grafana
2 1 (4.76%) Prometheus
2 1 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (4.76%) Splunk