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 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 294 320 138
Rank change year-on-year +26 -182 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 78 141 495
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.51% 0.80% 2.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.83% 2.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59 96 433
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,875 £51,400
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,938 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% -9.38% +6.67%
75th Percentile £83,750 £115,938 £100,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £142,500 £130,000
UK median annual salary £76,500 £84,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.93% +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 14,258 17,027 19,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 96.28% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 9,257 10,660 15,574
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £45,000 £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 £97,050 £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 15 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 15 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 78 (100.00%) Java
2 43 (55.13%) AWS
3 39 (50.00%) Agile
4 34 (43.59%) Spring
5 32 (41.03%) Spring Boot
6 27 (34.62%) JavaScript
7 23 (29.49%) Docker
7 23 (29.49%) React
8 22 (28.21%) Microservices
9 21 (26.92%) CI/CD
9 21 (26.92%) Full-Stack Development
10 20 (25.64%) Python
11 16 (20.51%) DevOps
11 16 (20.51%) Kubernetes
11 16 (20.51%) TDD
12 15 (19.23%) Kafka
12 15 (19.23%) Software Engineering
13 13 (16.67%) Node.js
13 13 (16.67%) NoSQL
13 13 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
13 13 (16.67%) SQL
13 13 (16.67%) TypeScript
14 12 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
15 11 (14.10%) Git
15 11 (14.10%) REST
15 11 (14.10%) Scrum
15 11 (14.10%) Serverless
16 10 (12.82%) Front End Development
16 10 (12.82%) Go
16 10 (12.82%) 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 (3.85%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.28%) JBoss
2 1 (1.28%) WildFly
Cloud Services
1 43 (55.13%) AWS
2 11 (14.10%) Serverless
3 9 (11.54%) Azure
4 7 (8.97%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (7.69%) Amazon EC2
5 6 (7.69%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (7.69%) Amazon S3
6 5 (6.41%) Amazon ECS
6 5 (6.41%) GCP
7 3 (3.85%) SaaS
8 1 (1.28%) Amazon MSK
8 1 (1.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (1.28%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (1.28%) GitHub
8 1 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.28%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.56%) SSH
2 1 (1.28%) AMQP
2 1 (1.28%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.67%) NoSQL
1 13 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (11.54%) Relational Database
3 7 (8.97%) MongoDB
4 6 (7.69%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (6.41%) MySQL
6 1 (1.28%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (1.28%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.28%) KDB
6 1 (1.28%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.28%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 11 (14.10%) Git
2 8 (10.26%) Jenkins
3 4 (5.13%) Babel
3 4 (5.13%) webpack
4 3 (3.85%) JUnit
4 3 (3.85%) Mockito
5 1 (1.28%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.28%) GitLab
5 1 (1.28%) Gradle
5 1 (1.28%) IntelliJ
5 1 (1.28%) jMock
5 1 (1.28%) Maven
5 1 (1.28%) MLflow
General
1 20 (25.64%) Finance
2 16 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.82%) Front Office
4 6 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.41%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.13%) Games
7 3 (3.85%) Retail
8 2 (2.56%) Health Technology
8 2 (2.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.28%) Banking
9 1 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.28%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.28%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (43.59%) Spring
2 32 (41.03%) Spring Boot
3 23 (29.49%) React
4 15 (19.23%) Kafka
5 13 (16.67%) Node.js
6 11 (14.10%) REST
7 10 (12.82%) Redux
7 10 (12.82%) RESTful
8 7 (8.97%) CSS
8 7 (8.97%) GraphQL
8 7 (8.97%) HTML
9 5 (6.41%) CSS3
9 5 (6.41%) Hibernate
9 5 (6.41%) HTML5
9 5 (6.41%) Web Services
10 4 (5.13%) Java Concurrency
11 3 (3.85%) AngularJS
11 3 (3.85%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (3.85%) JSON
12 2 (2.56%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.10%) Cloud Native
2 8 (10.26%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (7.69%) Fixed Income
3 6 (7.69%) Public Cloud
4 5 (6.41%) Algorithms
5 4 (5.13%) Data Structures
6 3 (3.85%) Derivative
7 2 (2.56%) Equities
7 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
7 2 (2.56%) Sports Betting
8 1 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.28%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.28%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (50.00%) Agile
2 22 (28.21%) Microservices
3 21 (26.92%) CI/CD
3 21 (26.92%) Full-Stack Development
4 16 (20.51%) DevOps
4 16 (20.51%) TDD
5 15 (19.23%) Software Engineering
6 12 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (14.10%) Scrum
8 10 (12.82%) Front End Development
9 9 (11.54%) BDD
10 8 (10.26%) Clean Code
10 8 (10.26%) Code Quality
10 8 (10.26%) Containerisation
10 8 (10.26%) User Experience
11 7 (8.97%) Test Automation
12 6 (7.69%) Electronic Trading
12 6 (7.69%) Investment Management
12 6 (7.69%) Order Management
12 6 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 78 (100.00%) Java
2 27 (34.62%) JavaScript
3 20 (25.64%) Python
4 13 (16.67%) SQL
4 13 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 10 (12.82%) Go
6 7 (8.97%) Kotlin
7 5 (6.41%) Scala
8 3 (3.85%) C#
9 2 (2.56%) R
9 2 (2.56%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.28%) Groovy
10 1 (1.28%) Korn
Qualifications
1 8 (10.26%) SC Cleared
1 8 (10.26%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.97%) Degree
3 5 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.85%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.85%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.13%) Accessibility
1 4 (5.13%) QA
System Software
1 23 (29.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (20.51%) Kubernetes
2 9 (11.54%) Terraform
3 4 (5.13%) Ansible
4 1 (1.28%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 5 (6.41%) Mercator
2 2 (2.56%) Google
3 1 (1.28%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle
3 1 (1.28%) Pega
3 1 (1.28%) Solace
3 1 (1.28%) WSO2