Java Engineer Job Trends in the West Midlands
Java Engineer
England > West Midlands
The median Java Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 184 | 157 | 205 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -27 | +48 | -20 |
| Permanent Java Engineer jobs | 27 | 9 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | 0.30% | 0.28% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.32% | 0.30% | 0.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 9 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,000 | £24,000 | £54,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,407 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £62,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.00% | +8.70% | -4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £70,000 | £69,375 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £80,000 | £74,250 |
| England median annual salary | £75,000 | £110,000 | £100,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.82% | +10.00% | +29.03% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Midlands
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the West Midlands matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent job adverts in the West Midlands matching a recognised job title | 8,366 | 2,972 | 5,099 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 92.01% | 92.59% | 94.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,040 | 1,928 | 2,717 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,750 | £28,500 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £35,000 | £38,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £50,000 | £52,200 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.00% | -4.21% | +4.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £66,313 | £66,050 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £59,999 | £53,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.15% | -6.96% | -4.17% |
Java Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Java Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Java Engineer Salary Trend in the West Midlands
Salary distribution trend for Java Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.
Java Engineer Salary Histogram in the West Midlands
Salary distribution for Java Engineer jobs in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 October 2026.
Java Engineer Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Java Engineer jobs within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | -18 | 22 | £70,000 | +191.67% | 5 |
| Coventry | - | 2 | £88,750 | - | |
| Staffordshire | - | 2 | £40,000 | - | 1 |
| Shropshire | -23 | 1 | £44,000 | -29.60% | 5 |
| Java Engineer England |
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Java Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 25 October 2026, Java Engineer job ads cited 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 Java Engineer job ads across the West Midlands region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Java | 100.0% | 27 |
| 2 | Software Engineering | 59.3% | 16 |
| 3 | Full-Stack Development | 44.4% | 12 |
| 4 | Agile | 40.7% | 11 |
| 5 | Spring | 25.9% | 7 |
| 5 | Spring Boot | 25.9% | 7 |
| 7 | Mentoring | 22.2% | 6 |
| 8 | Problem-Solving | 18.5% | 5 |
| 9 | AI | 14.8% | 4 |
| 9 | Microservices | 14.8% | 4 |
| 9 | Test Automation | 14.8% | 4 |
| 12 | AngularJS | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | Architectural Patterns | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | AWS | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | CI/CD | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | Design Patterns | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | DevOps | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | Observability | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | React | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | REST | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | Secure Coding | 11.1% | 3 |
| 12 | Technical Leadership | 11.1% | 3 |
| 23 | Azure | 7.4% | 2 |
| 23 | Collaborative Engineering | 7.4% | 2 |
| 23 | Community of Practice | 7.4% | 2 |
| 23 | Data-Driven Decision Making | 7.4% | 2 |
| 23 | Generative AI | 7.4% | 2 |
| 23 | High Availability | 7.4% | 2 |
| 23 | Intelligent Automation | 7.4% | 2 |
| 23 | Kafka | 7.4% | 2 |
Java Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Java Engineer | 51.9% | 14 |
| 2 | Full-Stack Engineer | 40.7% | 11 |
| 3 | Java Software Engineer | 29.6% | 8 |
| 3 | Senior Full-Stack Engineer | 29.6% | 8 |
| 5 | Principal Java Engineer | 7.4% | 2 |
| 6 | Lead DevOps Engineer | 3.7% | 1 |
| 6 | Lead Java Engineer | 3.7% | 1 |
| 6 | Senior Java Software Engineer | 3.7% | 1 |
| 6 | Technical Engineer | 3.7% | 1 |
| 6 | Technical Leader | 3.7% | 1 |