Java Software Engineer Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Java Software Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Java Software Engineer salary in West Yorkshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 3 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.19% - 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% - 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £69,000 - £48,000
25th Percentile £71,250 - £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £91,250 - £67,500
90th Percentile £101,000 - £72,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £73,750 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,451 1,889 2,172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 96.03% 97.66%
Number of salaries quoted 781 1,093 1,608
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £42,210
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.80%
75th Percentile £70,250 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £83,500 £84,993 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Java Software Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Java Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Software Engineer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Java Software Engineer in West Yorkshire

Java Software Engineer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Leeds - 3 £75,000 - 1
Java Software Engineer
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 18 October 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 Yorkshire region featuring Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Micronaut
2 2 (66.67%) People Management
2 2 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (66.67%) SOA
2 2 (66.67%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (33.33%) Games
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Micronaut
1 2 (66.67%) Spring
1 2 (66.67%) Spring Boot
2 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
2 2 (66.67%) Fintech
2 2 (66.67%) People Management
2 2 (66.67%) SOA
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes