Hybrid/Remote Java SE Contract Job Trends

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, JSE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Java SE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 299 -
Rank change year-on-year -50 - -
Contract jobs citing Java SE 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.016% 0.021% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.066% 0.077% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £606 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +28.95% - -
75th Percentile £619 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £420 -
% change year-on-year +1.19% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Java SE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,019 2,602 3,706
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 23.50% 26.84% 25.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,009 1,875 2,594
10th Percentile £363 £358 £350
25th Percentile £425 £419 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £655
90th Percentile £750 £825 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £515 £535
% change year-on-year +1.94% -3.74% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 30 92
10th Percentile £50.08 £50.70 £24.23
25th Percentile £62.50 £61.25 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year - +51.16% -33.85%
75th Percentile £76.00 £68.00 £62.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £88.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £56.25 £51.75
% change year-on-year +15.56% +8.70% -20.38%

Java SE
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Java SE and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Java SE job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Java SE
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Java SE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Java SE

Java SE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 1 (50.00%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Java Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Java Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Java Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Performance Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Camel
1 1 (50.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (50.00%) Java EE
1 1 (50.00%) JCE
1 1 (50.00%) JMS
1 1 (50.00%) JPA
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 1 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Sonatype
1 1 (50.00%) Veracode