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 26 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 278 | 278 | 204 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -74 | +76 |
| Permanent Java Engineer jobs | 200 | 132 | 324 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.78% | 0.82% | 1.62% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.84% | 0.87% | 1.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 129 | 119 | 250 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £70,500 | £57,375 |
| 25th Percentile | £67,500 | £100,000 | £85,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £78,000 | £110,000 | £115,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.09% | -4.35% | +52.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £135,000 | £147,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,000 | £137,500 | £148,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £110,000 | £100,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.82% | +10.00% | +31.96% |
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 26 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,952 | 15,256 | 19,379 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 94.00% | 94.64% | 96.60% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,225 | 8,695 | 12,196 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,100 | £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 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,515 | £52,500 | £56,988 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.36% | -7.88% | -5.02% |
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 26 October 2026.
Java Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 26 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% | 200 |
| 2 | Software Engineering | 59.5% | 119 |
| 3 | AWS | 41.0% | 82 |
| 4 | Spring | 27.0% | 54 |
| 5 | Security Cleared | 25.5% | 51 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 25.0% | 50 |
| 7 | Kubernetes | 23.0% | 46 |
| 7 | SC Cleared | 23.0% | 46 |
| 9 | Spring Boot | 21.0% | 42 |
| 10 | Test Automation | 19.5% | 39 |
| 11 | Microservices | 18.0% | 36 |
| 12 | Agile | 17.5% | 35 |
| 13 | AI | 14.5% | 29 |
| 14 | Clean Code | 14.0% | 28 |
| 15 | GCP | 13.5% | 27 |
| 15 | Kafka | 13.5% | 27 |
| 17 | Full-Stack Development | 13.0% | 26 |
| 18 | Mentoring | 12.5% | 25 |
| 18 | Terraform | 12.5% | 25 |
| 20 | Continuous Deployment | 11.0% | 22 |
| 20 | REST | 11.0% | 22 |
| 22 | Amazon EKS | 10.5% | 21 |
| 22 | PostgreSQL | 10.5% | 21 |
| 22 | TeamCity | 10.5% | 21 |
| 25 | Deployment Automation | 10.0% | 20 |
| 25 | Docker | 10.0% | 20 |
| 25 | Grafana | 10.0% | 20 |
| 25 | Python | 10.0% | 20 |
| 25 | Workflow | 10.0% | 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 | 53.0% | 106 |
| 2 | Java Software Engineer | 48.0% | 96 |
| 3 | Senior Java Software Engineer | 22.5% | 45 |
| 4 | Principal Java Engineer | 16.5% | 33 |
| 5 | AWS Engineer | 11.5% | 23 |
| 6 | AWS Software Engineer | 8.5% | 17 |
| 7 | Principal Software Engineer | 8.0% | 16 |
| 8 | Lead Java Engineer | 5.0% | 10 |
| 9 | Developer/Software Engineer | 4.5% | 9 |
| 9 | Java Quantitative Developer | 4.5% | 9 |
| 9 | Java Software Developer | 4.5% | 9 |
| 12 | Full-Stack Engineer | 4.0% | 8 |
| 13 | Lead Software Engineer | 3.0% | 6 |
| 14 | Kafka Engineer | 2.0% | 4 |
| 14 | Scala Engineer | 2.0% | 4 |
| 16 | Senior Scala Engineer | 1.5% | 3 |
| 16 | Technical Leader | 1.5% | 3 |
| 18 | Technical Engineer | 1.0% | 2 |
| 19 | AWS Platform Engineer | 0.5% | 1 |
| 19 | Cloud Platform Engineer | 0.5% | 1 |