Hybrid/Remote Java Engineer Job Trends
Java Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Java Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £78,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 281 | 279 | 203 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -76 | +71 |
| Permanent Java Engineer jobs | 198 | 139 | 329 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.78% | 0.85% | 1.63% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.83% | 0.91% | 1.69% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 127 | 126 | 254 |
| 10th Percentile | £50,000 | £69,375 | £61,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £64,750 | £100,000 | £85,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £78,500 | £110,000 | £115,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -28.64% | -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 | £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 23 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,940 | 15,275 | 19,515 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.96% | 93.60% | 96.61% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,247 | 8,673 | 12,302 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,250 | £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 | £59,000 | £52,500 | £56,252 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | -6.67% | -6.25% |
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 23 October 2026.
Java Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 23 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% | 198 |
| 2 | Software Engineering | 59.1% | 117 |
| 3 | AWS | 40.4% | 80 |
| 4 | Spring | 26.3% | 52 |
| 5 | Security Cleared | 25.8% | 51 |
| 6 | CI/CD | 24.7% | 49 |
| 7 | SC Cleared | 23.2% | 46 |
| 8 | Kubernetes | 22.2% | 44 |
| 9 | Spring Boot | 20.2% | 40 |
| 10 | Test Automation | 18.7% | 37 |
| 11 | Agile | 17.2% | 34 |
| 11 | Microservices | 17.2% | 34 |
| 13 | AI | 14.6% | 29 |
| 14 | Clean Code | 14.1% | 28 |
| 15 | GCP | 13.6% | 27 |
| 16 | Kafka | 12.6% | 25 |
| 16 | Mentoring | 12.6% | 25 |
| 16 | Terraform | 12.6% | 25 |
| 19 | Full-Stack Development | 12.1% | 24 |
| 20 | Continuous Deployment | 11.1% | 22 |
| 21 | Amazon EKS | 10.6% | 21 |
| 21 | PostgreSQL | 10.6% | 21 |
| 21 | REST | 10.6% | 21 |
| 21 | TeamCity | 10.6% | 21 |
| 25 | Deployment Automation | 10.1% | 20 |
| 25 | Grafana | 10.1% | 20 |
| 25 | Python | 10.1% | 20 |
| 25 | Workflow | 10.1% | 20 |
| 29 | TDD | 9.6% | 19 |
| 30 | Docker | 9.1% | 18 |
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 | 52.5% | 104 |
| 2 | Java Software Engineer | 47.5% | 94 |
| 3 | Senior Java Software Engineer | 21.7% | 43 |
| 4 | Principal Java Engineer | 16.7% | 33 |
| 5 | AWS Engineer | 11.6% | 23 |
| 6 | AWS Software Engineer | 8.6% | 17 |
| 7 | Principal Software Engineer | 8.1% | 16 |
| 8 | Lead Java Engineer | 5.1% | 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 |