Hybrid/Remote Java Engineer Job Trends
Java Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Java Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £78,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 280 | 289 | 194 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -95 | +86 |
| Permanent Java Engineer jobs | 199 | 132 | 317 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.78% | 0.80% | 1.59% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.83% | 0.85% | 1.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 126 | 117 | 243 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £66,500 | £63,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,375 | £100,000 | £85,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £78,000 | £110,000 | £115,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.09% | -4.35% | +53.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £135,000 | £147,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £137,500 | £148,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £110,000 | £100,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.82% | +10.00% | +32.36% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 31 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,986 | 15,523 | 19,271 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.98% | 94.53% | 96.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,167 | 8,843 | 12,065 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £56,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.19% | -5.83% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,750 | £98,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £57,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -7.89% | -5.00% |
Java Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Java Engineer job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Java Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid Java Engineer job vacancies.
Java Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for Java Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 31 October 2026.
Java Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, Java Engineer job ads cited 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 Java Engineer jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Java | 100.0% | 199 |
| 2 | Software Engineering | 60.8% | 121 |
| 3 | AWS | 40.7% | 81 |
| 4 | Spring | 26.1% | 52 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 25.6% | 51 |
| 6 | Security Cleared | 25.1% | 50 |
| 7 | Kubernetes | 24.1% | 48 |
| 8 | SC Cleared | 22.6% | 45 |
| 9 | Test Automation | 20.1% | 40 |
| 10 | Microservices | 19.6% | 39 |
| 10 | Spring Boot | 19.6% | 39 |
| 12 | Agile | 17.6% | 35 |
| 13 | AI | 15.6% | 31 |
| 14 | Clean Code | 13.6% | 27 |
| 14 | GCP | 13.6% | 27 |
| 16 | Full-Stack Development | 13.1% | 26 |
| 16 | Kafka | 13.1% | 26 |
| 18 | Mentoring | 12.6% | 25 |
| 19 | Terraform | 12.1% | 24 |
| 20 | Continuous Deployment | 11.1% | 22 |
| 20 | Python | 11.1% | 22 |
| 22 | Amazon EKS | 10.6% | 21 |
| 22 | Docker | 10.6% | 21 |
| 22 | PostgreSQL | 10.6% | 21 |
| 22 | REST | 10.6% | 21 |
| 22 | TeamCity | 10.6% | 21 |
| 27 | Deployment Automation | 10.1% | 20 |
| 27 | Grafana | 10.1% | 20 |
| 27 | Workflow | 10.1% | 20 |
| 30 | TDD | 9.5% | 19 |
Java Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Java Engineer | 52.8% | 105 |
| 2 | Java Software Engineer | 49.2% | 98 |
| 3 | Senior Java Software Engineer | 22.6% | 45 |
| 4 | Principal Java Engineer | 16.1% | 32 |
| 5 | AWS Engineer | 11.6% | 23 |
| 6 | AWS Software Engineer | 9.0% | 18 |
| 7 | Principal Software Engineer | 8.0% | 16 |
| 8 | Developer/Software Engineer | 6.5% | 13 |
| 8 | Java Software Developer | 6.5% | 13 |
| 10 | Lead Java Engineer | 5.0% | 10 |
| 11 | Java Quantitative Developer | 4.5% | 9 |
| 12 | Full-Stack Engineer | 3.5% | 7 |
| 13 | Lead Software Engineer | 3.0% | 6 |
| 14 | Scala Engineer | 2.0% | 4 |
| 15 | Senior Scala Engineer | 1.5% | 3 |
| 15 | Technical Leader | 1.5% | 3 |
| 17 | Kafka Engineer | 1.0% | 2 |
| 17 | Technical Engineer | 1.0% | 2 |
| 19 | Customer Service Engineer | 0.5% | 1 |
| 19 | DevSecOps Engineer | 0.5% | 1 |