Hybrid/Remote Java Engineer Job Trends

Java Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Java Engineer salary for remote/hybrid work is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 April 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 246 338
Rank change year-on-year -3 +92 -72
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Engineer 146 164 266
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 1.21% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% 1.32% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 115 156 240
10th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £66,250 £66,875 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £110,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% -24.05%
75th Percentile £100,000 £139,063 £103,125
90th Percentile £132,500 £147,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £105,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -23.81% +50.00% -22.22%

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.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 16,960 12,386 31,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 91.71% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 12,249 9,040 24,943
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,335 £33,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

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 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Java Engineer
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Java Engineer job vacancies.

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 27 April 2026.

Java Engineer salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 27 April 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.

1 146 (100.00%) Java
2 105 (71.92%) Software Engineering
3 86 (58.90%) AWS
4 49 (33.56%) Microservices
5 45 (30.82%) Test Automation
6 43 (29.45%) Agile
7 42 (28.77%) Spring
8 41 (28.08%) Spring Boot
9 40 (27.40%) CI/CD
10 35 (23.97%) Full-Stack Development
11 32 (21.92%) React
12 31 (21.23%) Kubernetes
13 27 (18.49%) SQL
14 25 (17.12%) Continuous Deployment
15 23 (15.75%) Mentoring
15 23 (15.75%) PostgreSQL
16 22 (15.07%) Clean Code
17 21 (14.38%) GCP
18 20 (13.70%) Terraform
19 19 (13.01%) Node.js
19 19 (13.01%) NoSQL
19 19 (13.01%) SaaS
19 19 (13.01%) SC Cleared
19 19 (13.01%) Security Cleared
20 18 (12.33%) Azure
20 18 (12.33%) JavaScript
21 17 (11.64%) Deployment Automation
21 17 (11.64%) TDD
22 16 (10.96%) Amazon EKS
22 16 (10.96%) RESTful

Java Engineer 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 2 (1.37%) Camunda
2 1 (0.68%) JBoss
2 1 (0.68%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 86 (58.90%) AWS
2 21 (14.38%) GCP
3 19 (13.01%) SaaS
4 18 (12.33%) Azure
5 16 (10.96%) Amazon EKS
6 11 (7.53%) Anthropic Claude
7 8 (5.48%) Serverless
8 3 (2.05%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.05%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.05%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.37%) GitHub
9 2 (1.37%) Vercel
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.05%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (15.75%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (13.01%) NoSQL
3 14 (9.59%) MongoDB
4 11 (7.53%) MySQL
5 3 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (10.27%) TeamCity
2 11 (7.53%) Claude Code
3 4 (2.74%) Git
4 3 (2.05%) GitLab
4 3 (2.05%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.37%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.68%) JUnit
6 1 (0.68%) Maven
General
1 32 (21.92%) Finance
2 25 (17.12%) Banking
3 17 (11.64%) Public Sector
4 15 (10.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (10.27%) Law
4 15 (10.27%) Retail
5 13 (8.90%) Financial Institution
6 11 (7.53%) Back Office
6 11 (7.53%) Front Office
7 8 (5.48%) Tech for Good
8 5 (3.42%) Games
8 5 (3.42%) Health Technology
8 5 (3.42%) Investment Banking
8 5 (3.42%) Social Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Marketing
10 2 (1.37%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (28.77%) Spring
2 41 (28.08%) Spring Boot
3 32 (21.92%) React
4 19 (13.01%) Node.js
5 16 (10.96%) RESTful
6 15 (10.27%) REST
7 14 (9.59%) Kafka
8 8 (5.48%) AngularJS
8 8 (5.48%) GraphQL
8 8 (5.48%) Redux
9 6 (4.11%) Model Context Protocol
9 6 (4.11%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (4.11%) SOAP
9 6 (4.11%) Web Services
10 4 (2.74%) J2EE
10 4 (2.74%) XML
11 3 (2.05%) CSS
11 3 (2.05%) Hibernate
11 3 (2.05%) HTML
11 3 (2.05%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (23.97%) Cloud Native
2 8 (5.48%) Fixed Income
3 5 (3.42%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.74%) Blog
4 4 (2.74%) NHS
5 3 (2.05%) Derivative
5 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (71.92%) Software Engineering
2 49 (33.56%) Microservices
3 45 (30.82%) Test Automation
4 43 (29.45%) Agile
5 40 (27.40%) CI/CD
6 35 (23.97%) Full-Stack Development
7 25 (17.12%) Continuous Deployment
8 23 (15.75%) Mentoring
9 22 (15.07%) Clean Code
10 17 (11.64%) Deployment Automation
10 17 (11.64%) TDD
11 15 (10.27%) AI
11 15 (10.27%) DevOps
12 14 (9.59%) Fintech
13 12 (8.22%) BDD
13 12 (8.22%) Coaching
14 11 (7.53%) Investment Management
14 11 (7.53%) Open Source
15 10 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 10 (6.85%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 146 (100.00%) Java
2 27 (18.49%) SQL
3 18 (12.33%) JavaScript
4 14 (9.59%) Python
4 14 (9.59%) TypeScript
5 9 (6.16%) Go
5 9 (6.16%) Kotlin
6 3 (2.05%) C#
Qualifications
1 19 (13.01%) SC Cleared
1 19 (13.01%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.53%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.74%) QA
2 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (10.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 31 (21.23%) Kubernetes
2 20 (13.70%) Terraform
3 15 (10.27%) Grafana
4 2 (1.37%) Packer
4 2 (1.37%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.68%) Ansible