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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 114 103
Rank change year-on-year -86 -11 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 73 105 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.07% 2.41% 2.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 2.70% 3.08%
Number of salaries quoted 55 92 106
10th Percentile £36,600 £43,875 £39,375
25th Percentile £41,250 £55,000 £49,063
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 £75,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +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 6,635 3,895 5,814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.52% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,785 2,120 3,050
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,652 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -112 55 £47,500 -28.03% 7
Edinburgh +10 12 £60,500 -13.57% 4
Dundee - 4 £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 1 June 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 47 (64.38%) Spring
3 44 (60.27%) Agile
4 37 (50.68%) Finance
5 28 (38.36%) CI/CD
6 25 (34.25%) AWS
7 24 (32.88%) AngularJS
8 23 (31.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (30.14%) Law
10 21 (28.77%) Banking
10 21 (28.77%) Full Stack Development
11 20 (27.40%) Jenkins
11 20 (27.40%) SDLC
12 18 (24.66%) Spring Boot
13 17 (23.29%) Artificial Intelligence
13 17 (23.29%) Software Engineering
13 17 (23.29%) TDD
14 16 (21.92%) Docker
14 16 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (20.55%) Microservices
16 14 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (19.18%) Machine Learning
16 14 (19.18%) Computer Science
16 14 (19.18%) Degree
16 14 (19.18%) OOP
17 13 (17.81%) REST
17 13 (17.81%) React
18 12 (16.44%) SOLID
18 12 (16.44%) Mentoring
18 12 (16.44%) Unix

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 11 (15.07%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.74%) WildFly
Cloud Services
1 25 (34.25%) AWS
2 6 (8.22%) 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 11 (15.07%) Apache Hive
1 11 (15.07%) 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 20 (27.40%) Jenkins
2 11 (15.07%) CircleCI
2 11 (15.07%) GitLab
3 10 (13.70%) Maven
4 4 (5.48%) Git
5 2 (2.74%) Eclipse
5 2 (2.74%) JUnit
5 2 (2.74%) Mockito
6 1 (1.37%) JHipster
General
1 37 (50.68%) Finance
2 23 (31.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (30.14%) Law
4 21 (28.77%) Banking
5 11 (15.07%) Private Banking
6 9 (12.33%) Social Skills
7 4 (5.48%) Investment Banking
8 3 (4.11%) Advertising
8 3 (4.11%) Front Office
9 1 (1.37%) Games
9 1 (1.37%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (64.38%) Spring
2 24 (32.88%) AngularJS
3 18 (24.66%) Spring Boot
4 13 (17.81%) React
4 13 (17.81%) REST
5 11 (15.07%) JSON
6 8 (10.96%) CSS
6 8 (10.96%) HTML
7 7 (9.59%) Kafka
7 7 (9.59%) Web Services
8 5 (6.85%) OAuth
8 5 (6.85%) SOAP
8 5 (6.85%) XML
9 4 (5.48%) Java EE
9 4 (5.48%) OpenID
10 3 (4.11%) JSP
10 3 (4.11%) Struts
11 2 (2.74%) Hibernate
11 2 (2.74%) HTML5
11 2 (2.74%) JSF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.07%) Algorithms
1 11 (15.07%) Data Structures
2 8 (10.96%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.11%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (4.11%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (4.11%) IoT
3 3 (4.11%) Private Cloud
3 3 (4.11%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.37%) Kindle
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.44%) Unix
2 2 (2.74%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (60.27%) Agile
2 28 (38.36%) CI/CD
3 21 (28.77%) Full Stack Development
4 20 (27.40%) SDLC
5 17 (23.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 17 (23.29%) Software Engineering
5 17 (23.29%) TDD
6 16 (21.92%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (20.55%) Microservices
8 14 (19.18%) Computer Science
8 14 (19.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (19.18%) Machine Learning
8 14 (19.18%) OOP
9 12 (16.44%) Design Patterns
9 12 (16.44%) Mentoring
9 12 (16.44%) SOLID
10 11 (15.07%) Community of Practice
10 11 (15.07%) Investment Management
10 11 (15.07%) Operational Stability
10 11 (15.07%) Visualisation
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 14 (19.18%) Degree
2 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 16 (21.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.37%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (10.96%) Oracle
2 5 (6.85%) ForgeRock
3 1 (1.37%) Apple
3 1 (1.37%) Sybase