Java Software Engineer Job Trends in West Sussex

Java Software Engineer
South East > West Sussex

As of 31 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Software Engineer salary in West Sussex.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary £80,000 £76,250 £58,750
% change year-on-year +4.92% +29.79% -12.96%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 391 301 405
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 94.06% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 268 155 265
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,200
25th Percentile £32,188 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £75,150
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Java Software Engineer job vacancies in West Sussex

Java Software Engineer
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Burgess Hill - 1 - -
Java Software Engineer
South East

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Java Software Engineer 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 West Sussex region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (100.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Appium
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Katalon Studio
1 1 (100.00%) REST Assured
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL