Java SE Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, JSE)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring Java SE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Java SE over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 589 668
Rank change year-on-year - +79 +166
Permanent jobs citing Java SE 0 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option - 0.009% 0.012%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - 0.033% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £76,250 £26,224
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £77,500 £26,650
Median % change year-on-year - +190.81% -63.24%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £27,075
90th Percentile - - £44,580
UK median annual salary - £77,500 £26,650
% change year-on-year - +190.81% -63.24%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Java SE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,931 8,983 14,504
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.29% 26.55% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,184 7,517 10,899
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,900 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £50,927
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £85,627 £79,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £114,694 £98,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%

Java SE
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Java SE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Java SE trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Java SE
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Java SE.

Java SE salary trend for jobs with a WFH option