Java Jobs in the Thames Valley

Java
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Java skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Java over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -23 -2 -11
Permanent jobs citing Java 279 446 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.05% 7.58% 8.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.60% 19.05% 19.44%
Number of salaries quoted 179 188 408
10th Percentile £37,500 £29,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,930 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £83,125 £84,063 £78,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £95,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

Java is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,911 2,341 3,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.77% 39.81% 45.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,554 1,379 1,868
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,900 £34,990
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +12.68%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% +10.00%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Java in the Thames Valley

Java
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Java in the Thames Valley

Java
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Java in the Thames Valley

Java
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 26 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
Berkshire -11 168 £70,000 - 24
Buckinghamshire -43 57 £75,000 +7.14% 16
Oxfordshire -16 54 £57,500 +15.00% 5
Java
South East

Java
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 27 (9.68%) OpenStack
2 22 (7.89%) WebLogic
3 15 (5.38%) JBoss
4 13 (4.66%) Apache
5 10 (3.58%) Red Hat Fuse
6 5 (1.79%) WebSphere
7 4 (1.43%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.43%) Confluence
8 3 (1.08%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.72%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.36%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.36%) Documentum
10 1 (0.36%) FileNet
10 1 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 105 (37.63%) AWS
2 74 (26.52%) Azure
3 45 (16.13%) Serverless
4 40 (14.34%) Amazon ECS
5 39 (13.98%) Amazon EKS
6 16 (5.73%) SaaS
7 7 (2.51%) Amazon S3
8 5 (1.79%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (1.79%) GCP
9 4 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.43%) GitHub
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (1.08%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.08%) TestFlight
11 2 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.72%) Amazon Kinesis
11 2 (0.72%) AWS IoT
11 2 (0.72%) PaaS
11 2 (0.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.43%) Internet
2 1 (0.36%) DNS
2 1 (0.36%) Firewall
2 1 (0.36%) HTTP
2 1 (0.36%) RNC
2 1 (0.36%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (17.92%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (15.41%) Relational Database
3 31 (11.11%) NoSQL
4 30 (10.75%) Elasticsearch
5 19 (6.81%) SQL Server
6 17 (6.09%) MySQL
7 12 (4.30%) Oracle Database
8 9 (3.23%) Data Lake
9 8 (2.87%) CouchDB
9 8 (2.87%) RDBMS
10 5 (1.79%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.43%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.43%) MongoDB
12 3 (1.08%) Apache Hive
12 3 (1.08%) Big Data
12 3 (1.08%) BigQuery
12 3 (1.08%) Impala
12 3 (1.08%) Looker
13 2 (0.72%) Amazon Athena
13 2 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 45 (16.13%) Jenkins
2 40 (14.34%) Git
3 27 (9.68%) JUnit
4 18 (6.45%) Cucumber
5 17 (6.09%) Selenium
6 14 (5.02%) Bitbucket
7 13 (4.66%) WebDriver
8 12 (4.30%) REST Assured
8 12 (4.30%) TestNG
9 9 (3.23%) Gradle
9 9 (3.23%) JIRA
9 9 (3.23%) JMeter
10 8 (2.87%) GitLab
11 5 (1.79%) Mockito
11 5 (1.79%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket Server
12 4 (1.43%) Serenity BDD
13 3 (1.08%) Cypress.io
13 3 (1.08%) Postman
13 3 (1.08%) SoapUI
General
1 92 (32.97%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.20%) Public Sector
3 47 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (11.47%) Finance
5 22 (7.89%) Police
6 16 (5.73%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.94%) Banking
8 10 (3.58%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.15%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.15%) Back Office
9 6 (2.15%) Billing
10 5 (1.79%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.79%) Local Government
10 5 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.43%) Aeronautics
11 4 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.08%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.72%) Legal
13 2 (0.72%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 106 (37.99%) Developer
2 73 (26.16%) Senior
3 67 (24.01%) Java Developer
4 64 (22.94%) Lead
5 43 (15.41%) Software Engineer
6 28 (10.04%) Senior Developer
7 26 (9.32%) Analyst
7 26 (9.32%) Applications Support
8 24 (8.60%) Senior Applications Support
9 23 (8.24%) Java Engineer
9 23 (8.24%) Technical Leader
10 22 (7.89%) Applications Support Analyst
10 22 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
10 22 (7.89%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
10 22 (7.89%) Senior Support Analyst
10 22 (7.89%) Support Analyst
11 21 (7.53%) Senior Java Developer
12 20 (7.17%) Full Stack Developer
13 16 (5.73%) Full Stack Java Developer
14 14 (5.02%) Salesforce Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (30.82%) Spring
2 61 (21.86%) REST
3 54 (19.35%) Spring Boot
4 48 (17.20%) React
5 46 (16.49%) Web Services
6 44 (15.77%) AngularJS
7 41 (14.70%) Node.js
8 32 (11.47%) Apache Camel
9 30 (10.75%) JSON
9 30 (10.75%) Kafka
10 28 (10.04%) Elastic Stack
10 28 (10.04%) J2EE
11 27 (9.68%) XML
12 25 (8.96%) Java EE
13 23 (8.24%) HTML
14 20 (7.17%) .NET
15 19 (6.81%) CSS
16 16 (5.73%) RESTful
16 16 (5.73%) WireMock
17 15 (5.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.87%) Client/Server
4 8 (2.87%) IoT
4 8 (2.87%) Private Cloud
4 8 (2.87%) PropTech
5 6 (2.15%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.79%) NHS
7 4 (1.43%) Chip and PIN
7 4 (1.43%) Device Driver
7 4 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.43%) Life Science
7 4 (1.43%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.43%) Mobile Payment
8 3 (1.08%) Cloud Native
8 3 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.08%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.08%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (1.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.24%) Unix
2 20 (7.17%) Linux
3 10 (3.58%) Windows
4 5 (1.79%) VMS
5 3 (1.08%) Android
5 3 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.72%) CentOS
6 2 (0.72%) Debian
6 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.72%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (53.05%) Agile
2 84 (30.11%) Microservices
3 83 (29.75%) TDD
4 73 (26.16%) Software Engineering
5 70 (25.09%) DevOps
6 66 (23.66%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (22.22%) Full Stack Development
8 59 (21.15%) Scrum
9 52 (18.64%) BDD
10 43 (15.41%) Mentoring
11 40 (14.34%) CI/CD
12 38 (13.62%) Kanban
12 38 (13.62%) SDLC
13 37 (13.26%) Containerisation
14 34 (12.19%) Computer Science
15 33 (11.83%) Design Patterns
16 31 (11.11%) Workflow
17 29 (10.39%) Test Automation
18 26 (9.32%) Actionable Insight
18 26 (9.32%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 105 (37.63%) Python
2 91 (32.62%) JavaScript
3 72 (25.81%) SQL
4 35 (12.54%) Shell Script
5 22 (7.89%) C#
6 21 (7.53%) Kotlin
7 20 (7.17%) TypeScript
8 13 (4.66%) C++
8 13 (4.66%) Go
9 12 (4.30%) T-SQL
10 11 (3.94%) Scala
11 10 (3.58%) Ruby
12 9 (3.23%) MATLAB
13 7 (2.51%) C
13 7 (2.51%) PL/SQL
14 4 (1.43%) PHP
15 3 (1.08%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.08%) Objective-C
15 3 (1.08%) Perl
15 3 (1.08%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 90 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 71 (25.45%) SC Cleared
3 45 (16.13%) Degree
4 15 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (4.30%) Azure Certification
6 11 (3.94%) AWS Certification
7 9 (3.23%) PhD
8 6 (2.15%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.08%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.36%) HNC
11 1 (0.36%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.89%) SLA
2 14 (5.02%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.87%) QA
4 2 (0.72%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 80 (28.67%) Docker
2 20 (7.17%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.08%) HDFS
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (26.52%) Kubernetes
2 39 (13.98%) Ansible
3 23 (8.24%) Terraform
4 22 (7.89%) OpenSSO
4 22 (7.89%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.43%) Kibana
6 2 (0.72%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.36%) Packer
Vendors
1 40 (14.34%) Oracle
2 27 (9.68%) WSO2
3 22 (7.89%) Remedy
4 21 (7.53%) Salesforce
5 16 (5.73%) Microsoft
6 5 (1.79%) Google
7 4 (1.43%) Dynatrace
7 4 (1.43%) Splunk
8 3 (1.08%) Cloudera
8 3 (1.08%) Informatica
9 2 (0.72%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.72%) IBM
9 2 (0.72%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.36%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.36%) AVEVA
10 1 (0.36%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.36%) F5
10 1 (0.36%) iManage
10 1 (0.36%) TSYS
10 1 (0.36%) YouTube