Java Developer Jobs in Scotland

Java Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Java Developer salary in Scotland is £56,318 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 127 107
Rank change year-on-year -84 -20 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 73 107 174
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.07% 2.39% 2.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 2.67% 3.00%
Number of salaries quoted 55 92 103
10th Percentile £36,600 £45,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,318 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.57% +8.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £81,750
UK median annual salary £73,750 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.81% +6.67% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,588 4,015 5,795
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.01% 89.76% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,725 2,153 3,053
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Java Developer in Scotland

Java Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java Developer in Scotland.

Salary trend for Java Developer in Scotland

Java Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Java Developer in Scotland

Java Developer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -108 56 £47,500 -29.10% 8
Edinburgh +12 12 £60,000 -14.29% 5
Dundee - 3 £45,000 - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £60,000 -
Java Developer
UK

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 73 (100.00%) Java
2 48 (65.75%) Spring
3 45 (61.64%) Agile
4 39 (53.42%) Finance
5 29 (39.73%) CI/CD
6 26 (35.62%) AWS
7 24 (32.88%) AngularJS
7 24 (32.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 23 (31.51%) Law
8 23 (31.51%) Banking
9 21 (28.77%) Jenkins
9 21 (28.77%) Full Stack Development
10 20 (27.40%) SDLC
11 18 (24.66%) Spring Boot
11 18 (24.66%) TDD
11 18 (24.66%) Artificial Intelligence
11 18 (24.66%) Software Engineering
12 17 (23.29%) Docker
13 16 (21.92%) Microservices
13 16 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (20.55%) Machine Learning
14 15 (20.55%) Degree
14 15 (20.55%) Computer Science
14 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (17.81%) Design Patterns
15 13 (17.81%) OOP
15 13 (17.81%) REST
15 13 (17.81%) React
16 12 (16.44%) Apache Spark
16 12 (16.44%) Data Structures

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (16.44%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.37%) WildFly
Cloud Services
1 26 (35.62%) AWS
2 5 (6.85%) Azure
3 4 (5.48%) Amazon S3
3 4 (5.48%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.48%) Serverless
4 1 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
4 1 (1.37%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (1.37%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.37%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.44%) Apache Hive
1 12 (16.44%) Big Data
2 7 (9.59%) NoSQL
3 4 (5.48%) DynamoDB
4 3 (4.11%) MongoDB
4 3 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 21 (28.77%) Jenkins
2 11 (15.07%) CircleCI
2 11 (15.07%) GitLab
2 11 (15.07%) Maven
3 4 (5.48%) Git
4 2 (2.74%) Eclipse
4 2 (2.74%) JUnit
4 2 (2.74%) Mockito
5 1 (1.37%) JHipster
General
1 39 (53.42%) Finance
2 24 (32.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (31.51%) Banking
3 23 (31.51%) Law
4 12 (16.44%) Private Banking
5 10 (13.70%) Social Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.11%) Advertising
7 3 (4.11%) Front Office
8 1 (1.37%) Games
8 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (65.75%) Spring
2 24 (32.88%) AngularJS
3 18 (24.66%) Spring Boot
4 13 (17.81%) React
4 13 (17.81%) REST
5 12 (16.44%) JSON
6 8 (10.96%) CSS
6 8 (10.96%) HTML
6 8 (10.96%) Kafka
7 7 (9.59%) Web Services
8 6 (8.22%) XML
9 5 (6.85%) OAuth
10 4 (5.48%) OpenID
10 4 (5.48%) SOAP
11 3 (4.11%) Java EE
11 3 (4.11%) JSP
11 3 (4.11%) Struts
12 2 (2.74%) Hibernate
12 2 (2.74%) HTML5
12 2 (2.74%) JSF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.44%) Algorithms
1 12 (16.44%) Data Structures
2 8 (10.96%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.48%) Private Cloud
4 3 (4.11%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (4.11%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (4.11%) IoT
4 3 (4.11%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.07%) Unix
2 1 (1.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (61.64%) Agile
2 29 (39.73%) CI/CD
3 21 (28.77%) Full Stack Development
4 20 (27.40%) SDLC
5 18 (24.66%) Artificial Intelligence
5 18 (24.66%) Software Engineering
5 18 (24.66%) TDD
6 16 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (21.92%) Microservices
7 15 (20.55%) Computer Science
7 15 (20.55%) Machine Learning
7 15 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (17.81%) Design Patterns
8 13 (17.81%) OOP
9 12 (16.44%) Asset Management
9 12 (16.44%) Community of Practice
9 12 (16.44%) Investment Management
9 12 (16.44%) SOLID
9 12 (16.44%) Visualisation
9 12 (16.44%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 73 (100.00%) Java
2 12 (16.44%) JavaScript
3 11 (15.07%) Shell Script
3 11 (15.07%) SQL
4 4 (5.48%) Groovy
5 3 (4.11%) Python
6 1 (1.37%) C++
6 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (20.55%) Degree
2 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 17 (23.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (10.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.37%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (10.96%) Oracle
2 5 (6.85%) ForgeRock
3 1 (1.37%) Apple