Skill radar: Java in Europe
Built from every job JobSnout has sniffed — active and closed — so the picture sharpens as weeks accumulate. Pay figures take the midpoint of published ranges and convert non-EUR salaries to a EUR equivalent.
FX reference: ECB, 28 August 2026 · €1 = GBP 0.85720 · USD 1.1643 · PLN 4.3365 · RON 5.2584. Foreign amounts are divided by the applicable units-per-euro rate. ECB source
Most wanted skills
Active jobs mentioning each skill
What skills pay
Median advertised salary (EUR equivalent) for jobs mentioning each skill · n = postings with salary · greyed rows have fewer than 10 and are low confidence
Most wanted skills over time
Today's top six skills by active jobs, tracked through new postings first found each week over the last 12 weeks (UTC). Includes jobs that have since closed; duplicates are excluded. The current week is incomplete. Changes in scanning coverage can affect counts, and a job can mention several skills. Toggle skills to compare them and select a week for exact counts.
- Python: 257 new jobs
- AWS: 156 new jobs
- Java: 96 new jobs
- Kubernetes: 106 new jobs
- Distributed systems: 75 new jobs
- TypeScript: 111 new jobs
Pay over time
Weekly median advertised salary (EUR equivalent) per skill, shared scale · thin weeks may reflect a single posting (n shown on hover) · columns accumulate as weeks pass
Qualifications
Degrees and diplomas mentioned in current job postings, sorted by active jobs, highest first. Pay is the historical median advertised salary in EUR equivalent; percentages compare it with the market median of €78k. These are associations, not causal premiums. Greyed pay figures have fewer than 10 salary samples.
| Name | Active jobs | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| University degree | 456 | €87k+13% · n=136 |
| Bachelor's degree | 277 | €94k+22% · n=132 |
| Doctorate / PhD | 232 | €103k+33% · n=59 |
| Master's degree | 217 | €99k+28% · n=55 |
| Technical/vocational diploma | 44 | €148k+91% · n=11 |
Certifications
Named certifications mentioned in current job postings, sorted by active jobs, highest first. Pay is the historical median advertised salary in EUR equivalent; percentages compare it with the market median of €78k. These are associations, not causal premiums. Greyed pay figures have fewer than 10 salary samples.
Skills, qualifications & salary
Separate skill, qualification and certification views on the same EUR scale. Values are historical median advertised salaries; n is the number of salaried postings. These are associations, not causal salary premiums. Greyed rows have fewer than 10 samples.
Skills & salary
Programming languages and technologies, ranked by median salary.
Qualifications & salary
Degrees and diplomas, ranked by median salary.
Certifications & salary
Certifications, ranked by median salary.
Where the work is
Active jobs by country for Java — darker means more · zone-only (EU-wide) postings have no country and are not on the map
Top cities · 1,737 matching jobs
What it pays where
Median advertised salary (EUR equivalent) for Java by country and by town · n = active postings with a stated salary · places with fewer than 3 are left out, fewer than 10 are greyed as low confidence · 330 active salaried postings in total
By country
By town
New jobs per day
Canonical postings by day first sniffed (last 30 days) — the market's pulse