Hybrid/Remote Java Developer Job Trends

Java Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Java Developer salary for remote/hybrid work is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 312 143
Rank change year-on-year +23 -169 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 79 143 490
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.81% 2.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.84% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 60 98 429
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,125 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,563 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £142,500 £130,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £84,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +5.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,352 16,943 18,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 96.26% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,323 10,583 15,353
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £46,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Java Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Java Developer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Java Developer job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Java Developer job vacancies

Java Developer
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Java Developer over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Java Developer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Java
2 44 (55.70%) AWS
3 39 (49.37%) Agile
4 35 (44.30%) Spring
5 33 (41.77%) Spring Boot
6 28 (35.44%) JavaScript
7 24 (30.38%) React
8 23 (29.11%) Docker
8 23 (29.11%) Full-Stack Development
9 22 (27.85%) Microservices
10 21 (26.58%) CI/CD
11 20 (25.32%) Python
12 16 (20.25%) DevOps
12 16 (20.25%) Kubernetes
12 16 (20.25%) TDD
13 15 (18.99%) Kafka
13 15 (18.99%) Software Engineering
14 14 (17.72%) PostgreSQL
15 13 (16.46%) Node.js
15 13 (16.46%) NoSQL
15 13 (16.46%) SQL
15 13 (16.46%) TypeScript
16 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 12 (15.19%) Git
17 11 (13.92%) REST
17 11 (13.92%) Scrum
17 11 (13.92%) Serverless
18 10 (12.66%) Front End Development
18 10 (12.66%) Go
18 10 (12.66%) Redux

Java Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.80%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.27%) JBoss
2 1 (1.27%) WildFly
Cloud Services
1 44 (55.70%) AWS
2 11 (13.92%) Serverless
3 9 (11.39%) Azure
4 7 (8.86%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (7.59%) Amazon EC2
5 6 (7.59%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (7.59%) Amazon S3
6 5 (6.33%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (6.33%) GCP
7 3 (3.80%) SaaS
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon MSK
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub
8 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) SSH
2 1 (1.27%) AMQP
2 1 (1.27%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.72%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (16.46%) NoSQL
3 9 (11.39%) Relational Database
4 7 (8.86%) MongoDB
5 6 (7.59%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (6.33%) MySQL
7 1 (1.27%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (1.27%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.27%) KDB
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 12 (15.19%) Git
2 8 (10.13%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.06%) Babel
3 4 (5.06%) webpack
4 3 (3.80%) JUnit
4 3 (3.80%) Mockito
5 1 (1.27%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.27%) GitLab
5 1 (1.27%) Gradle
5 1 (1.27%) IntelliJ
5 1 (1.27%) jMock
5 1 (1.27%) Maven
5 1 (1.27%) MLflow
General
1 19 (24.05%) Finance
2 16 (20.25%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.39%) Front Office
4 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.06%) Games
6 3 (3.80%) Retail
7 2 (2.53%) Health Technology
7 2 (2.53%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.27%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (44.30%) Spring
2 33 (41.77%) Spring Boot
3 24 (30.38%) React
4 15 (18.99%) Kafka
5 13 (16.46%) Node.js
6 11 (13.92%) REST
7 10 (12.66%) Redux
7 10 (12.66%) RESTful
8 7 (8.86%) CSS
8 7 (8.86%) GraphQL
8 7 (8.86%) HTML
9 6 (7.59%) Hibernate
10 5 (6.33%) CSS3
10 5 (6.33%) HTML5
10 5 (6.33%) Web Services
11 4 (5.06%) Java Concurrency
12 3 (3.80%) AngularJS
12 3 (3.80%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (3.80%) JSON
13 2 (2.53%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.92%) Cloud Native
2 8 (10.13%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (7.59%) Fixed Income
3 6 (7.59%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.06%) Algorithms
4 4 (5.06%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.53%) Derivative
5 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.53%) Sports Betting
6 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.27%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.27%) Equities
6 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.27%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (49.37%) Agile
2 23 (29.11%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (27.85%) Microservices
4 21 (26.58%) CI/CD
5 16 (20.25%) DevOps
5 16 (20.25%) TDD
6 15 (18.99%) Software Engineering
7 12 (15.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (13.92%) Scrum
9 10 (12.66%) Front End Development
10 9 (11.39%) BDD
10 9 (11.39%) User Experience
11 8 (10.13%) Clean Code
11 8 (10.13%) Code Quality
11 8 (10.13%) Containerisation
12 7 (8.86%) Test Automation
13 6 (7.59%) Electronic Trading
13 6 (7.59%) Investment Management
13 6 (7.59%) Order Management
13 6 (7.59%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 79 (100.00%) Java
2 28 (35.44%) JavaScript
3 20 (25.32%) Python
4 13 (16.46%) SQL
4 13 (16.46%) TypeScript
5 10 (12.66%) Go
6 7 (8.86%) Kotlin
7 5 (6.33%) Scala
8 3 (3.80%) C#
9 2 (2.53%) R
9 2 (2.53%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.27%) Groovy
10 1 (1.27%) Korn
Qualifications
1 8 (10.13%) SC Cleared
1 8 (10.13%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.59%) Degree
3 5 (6.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.80%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.80%) PhD
5 2 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) Accessibility
1 4 (5.06%) QA
System Software
1 23 (29.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (20.25%) Kubernetes
2 9 (11.39%) Terraform
3 4 (5.06%) Ansible
4 1 (1.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 5 (6.33%) Mercator
2 2 (2.53%) Google
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle
3 1 (1.27%) Pega
3 1 (1.27%) WSO2