JPA Job Trends in the West Midlands

Java Persistence API (JPA)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring JPA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 194 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Permanent jobs citing JPA 2 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.038% 0.097% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.50% 0.58% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35,750 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.17% - -
75th Percentile £37,250 £62,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -20.00% +7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands

JPA falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 403 691 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 7.65% 16.72% 17.17%
Number of salaries quoted 350 370 585
10th Percentile £30,000 £38,175 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,125 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -5.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +0.39% -3.70%

JPA
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JPA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

JPA job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

JPA
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing JPA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing JPA

JPA
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 JPA within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Worcestershire - 2 £36,500 - 2
JPA
England

JPA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior
2 1 (50.00%) Junior Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Junior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript