Hybrid/Remote Java Engineer Job Trends
Java Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Java Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 274 | 277 | 197 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +3 | -80 | +73 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer | 198 | 149 | 345 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.79% | 0.91% | 1.67% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.84% | 0.97% | 1.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 129 | 141 | 268 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £62,500 | £61,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £67,500 | £100,000 | £85,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £110,000 | £115,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.27% | -4.35% | +51.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £135,000 | £147,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £115,000 | £137,500 | £148,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £75,000 | £107,500 | £100,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.23% | +7.50% | +29.03% |
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 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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title | 23,654 | 15,406 | 19,956 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.96% | 93.81% | 96.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,190 | 8,732 | 12,587 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,025 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £57,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £58,396 | £53,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.15% | -2.73% | -8.33% |
Java Engineer Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Java Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Java Engineer Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote Java Engineer job vacancies.
Java Engineer Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Java Engineer over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
Java Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, Java Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Java | 100.0% | 198 |
| 2 | Software Engineering | 57.6% | 114 |
| 3 | AWS | 40.9% | 81 |
| 4 | Spring | 26.3% | 52 |
| 5 | CI/CD | 25.8% | 51 |
| 6 | Security Cleared | 25.3% | 50 |
| 7 | SC Cleared | 23.2% | 46 |
| 8 | Kubernetes | 22.2% | 44 |
| 9 | Spring Boot | 20.2% | 40 |
| 10 | Test Automation | 19.2% | 38 |
| 11 | Microservices | 17.7% | 35 |
| 12 | Agile | 16.7% | 33 |
| 13 | Clean Code | 15.2% | 30 |
| 14 | GCP | 14.6% | 29 |
| 15 | Terraform | 13.1% | 26 |
| 16 | AI | 12.6% | 25 |
| 17 | Full-Stack Development | 12.1% | 24 |
| 18 | Amazon EKS | 11.6% | 23 |
| 18 | Continuous Deployment | 11.6% | 23 |
| 18 | Kafka | 11.6% | 23 |
| 18 | Mentoring | 11.6% | 23 |
| 18 | REST | 11.6% | 23 |
| 23 | Python | 11.1% | 22 |
| 23 | TeamCity | 11.1% | 22 |
| 25 | Deployment Automation | 10.6% | 21 |
| 25 | Grafana | 10.6% | 21 |
| 25 | PostgreSQL | 10.6% | 21 |
| 28 | Workflow | 10.1% | 20 |
| 29 | DevOps | 8.6% | 17 |
| 29 | Docker | 8.6% | 17 |
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 | 54.0% | 107 |
| 2 | Java Software Engineer | 46.0% | 91 |
| 3 | Senior Java Software Engineer | 22.7% | 45 |
| 4 | Principal Java Engineer | 16.7% | 33 |
| 5 | AWS Engineer | 11.1% | 22 |
| 6 | AWS Software Engineer | 8.1% | 16 |
| 6 | Principal Software Engineer | 8.1% | 16 |
| 8 | Full-Stack Engineer | 4.5% | 9 |
| 8 | Lead Java Engineer | 4.5% | 9 |
| 10 | Java Developer | 4.0% | 8 |
| 11 | Developer/Software Engineer | 3.5% | 7 |
| 11 | Java Quantitative Developer | 3.5% | 7 |
| 11 | Java Software Developer | 3.5% | 7 |
| 14 | Lead Software Engineer | 2.5% | 5 |
| 15 | Kafka Engineer | 2.0% | 4 |
| 15 | Scala Engineer | 2.0% | 4 |
| 17 | Python Software Engineer | 1.5% | 3 |
| 17 | Senior Scala Engineer | 1.5% | 3 |
| 17 | Technical Leader | 1.5% | 3 |
| 20 | Technical Engineer | 1.0% | 2 |