Java
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Java skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Java over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 59 | 104 | 54 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +45 | -50 | -32 |
| Permanent jobs citing Java | 168 | 180 | 277 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 4.07% | 2.15% | 5.04% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 17.97% | 8.96% | 14.59% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 105 | 156 | 134 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,000 | £24,500 | £40,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £35,938 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | +4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,498 | £80,938 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £80,000 | £93,750 |
| England median annual salary | £75,000 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.25% | +10.34% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
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 the West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 935 | 2,008 | 1,898 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 22.66% | 23.98% | 34.52% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 620 | 1,631 | 1,219 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £34,700 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £65,000 | £67,100 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| England median annual salary | £62,250 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.75% | -7.69% | +4.00% |
Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in the West Midlands.
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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.
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Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 July 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 |
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| Birmingham | +6 | 65 | £60,000 | +4.35% | 116 |
| Staffordshire | +36 | 34 | £53,688 | +20.65% | 38 |
| Shropshire | +33 | 22 | £61,250 | - | 31 |
| Solihull | +18 | 14 | £72,500 | +52.63% | 2 |
| Warwickshire | +10 | 6 | - | - | 25 |
| Worcestershire | +22 | 5 | £47,500 | -26.92% | 13 |
| Herefordshire | - | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| Wolverhampton | +17 | 3 | £95,000 | +123.53% | 5 |
| Walsall | - | 3 | £105,000 | - | 1 |
| Coventry | +2 | 2 | - | - | 25 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:
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