Hybrid/Remote Java Job Trends

Java
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Java skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
19 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 35 27
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 -9
Permanent jobs citing Java 843 1,029 2,370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.00% 7.67% 7.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.91% 16.77% 18.15%
Number of salaries quoted 563 787 1,916
10th Percentile £44,657 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,301 £72,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% +2.73% -2.65%
75th Percentile £94,000 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,000 £140,000 £118,125
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

Java falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,458 6,137 13,055
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.45% 45.76% 43.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,234 4,510 11,363
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £48,867 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Java and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Java job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Java
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Java.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Java

Java
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Java over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Java salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Java
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 26 (3.08%) Apache Spark
2 24 (2.85%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (2.14%) JBoss
4 13 (1.54%) WebSphere
5 12 (1.42%) Apache
6 10 (1.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.59%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.59%) Confluence
8 3 (0.36%) Camunda
8 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.24%) nginx
9 2 (0.24%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.12%) FileNet
10 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.12%) WildFly
Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 22 (2.61%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.59%) Shopify
3 3 (0.36%) Maximo
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 490 (58.13%) AWS
2 202 (23.96%) Azure
3 159 (18.86%) GCP
4 87 (10.32%) SaaS
5 81 (9.61%) Amazon EKS
6 78 (9.25%) GitHub
7 69 (8.19%) Serverless
8 39 (4.63%) Amazon S3
9 34 (4.03%) Amazon ECS
10 33 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
11 28 (3.32%) dbt
12 27 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
13 26 (3.08%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (2.85%) Pulumi
15 23 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (2.61%) OCI
17 20 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
18 18 (2.14%) Amazon EC2
18 18 (2.14%) OpenShift
19 17 (2.02%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.63%) Broadband
2 33 (3.91%) TCP/IP
3 11 (1.30%) HTTP
4 6 (0.71%) BGP
4 6 (0.71%) VLAN
4 6 (0.71%) VPN
5 5 (0.59%) AMQP
5 5 (0.59%) PuTTY
6 3 (0.36%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.24%) DHCP
7 2 (0.24%) DNS
7 2 (0.24%) DSL
7 2 (0.24%) LAN
7 2 (0.24%) NAS
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) SNMP
7 2 (0.24%) SSH
7 2 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Multicast
8 1 (0.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (9.85%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (9.25%) NoSQL
3 42 (4.98%) Relational Database
4 38 (4.51%) MySQL
5 36 (4.27%) SQL Server
6 26 (3.08%) MongoDB
7 24 (2.85%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (2.37%) RDBMS
9 19 (2.25%) BigQuery
9 19 (2.25%) Tableau
10 17 (2.02%) Elasticsearch
11 15 (1.78%) DynamoDB
12 13 (1.54%) Amazon Athena
12 13 (1.54%) Apache Iceberg
13 12 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (1.42%) Power BI
14 10 (1.19%) Flink
15 9 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (1.07%) Delta Lake
15 9 (1.07%) Looker
Development Applications
1 70 (8.30%) Jenkins
2 58 (6.88%) Git
3 57 (6.76%) Selenium
4 50 (5.93%) TeamCity
5 45 (5.34%) JIRA
6 31 (3.68%) Postman
7 30 (3.56%) WebDriver
8 29 (3.44%) GitLab
9 28 (3.32%) SoapUI
10 24 (2.85%) Team Foundation Server
11 23 (2.73%) Oracle Forms
12 19 (2.25%) Cucumber
12 19 (2.25%) Cypress.io
12 19 (2.25%) Jaeger
13 16 (1.90%) JUnit
14 15 (1.78%) JMeter
15 14 (1.66%) Maven
16 10 (1.19%) MLflow
17 9 (1.07%) Claude Code
18 8 (0.95%) REST Assured
General
1 310 (36.77%) Finance
2 213 (25.27%) Social Skills
3 139 (16.49%) Banking
4 136 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 116 (13.76%) Law
6 98 (11.63%) Retail
7 73 (8.66%) Public Sector
8 72 (8.54%) Financial Institution
9 57 (6.76%) Front Office
10 53 (6.29%) Back Office
11 43 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
12 34 (4.03%) Games
13 29 (3.44%) Investment Banking
14 20 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
15 16 (1.90%) Health Technology
16 15 (1.78%) Tech for Good
17 9 (1.07%) Marketing
18 7 (0.83%) Legal
18 7 (0.83%) Manufacturing
19 6 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 271 (32.15%) Developer
2 236 (28.00%) Software Engineer
3 216 (25.62%) Senior
4 154 (18.27%) Lead
5 139 (16.49%) Java Developer
6 134 (15.90%) Java Engineer
7 96 (11.39%) Java Software Engineer
8 67 (7.95%) Senior Software Engineer
9 56 (6.64%) Lead Software Engineer
10 52 (6.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 50 (5.93%) Senior Developer
12 49 (5.81%) Lead Developer
13 48 (5.69%) Architect
14 43 (5.10%) Full-Stack Developer
14 43 (5.10%) Software Developer
15 42 (4.98%) Senior Java Engineer
16 36 (4.27%) AWS Engineer
17 35 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
18 34 (4.03%) Developer/Software Engineer
19 30 (3.56%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (18.86%) Spring
2 131 (15.54%) React
2 131 (15.54%) Spring Boot
3 94 (11.15%) REST
4 92 (10.91%) .NET
5 91 (10.79%) Kafka
6 88 (10.44%) SOAP
7 84 (9.96%) RESTful
8 82 (9.73%) Node.js
9 46 (5.46%) GraphQL
10 44 (5.22%) AngularJS
11 40 (4.74%) HTML
12 37 (4.39%) Redux
13 36 (4.27%) JSON
13 36 (4.27%) XML
14 32 (3.80%) CSS
14 32 (3.80%) Middleware
15 31 (3.68%) Elastic Stack
16 28 (3.32%) Web Services
17 26 (3.08%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 164 (19.45%) Cloud Native
2 59 (7.00%) Distributed Systems
2 59 (7.00%) Product Ownership
3 52 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
4 43 (5.10%) Fixed Income
5 32 (3.80%) Blog
6 24 (2.85%) Public Cloud
7 21 (2.49%) FPGA
8 17 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (1.78%) Distributed Architecture
9 15 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.66%) Equities
11 13 (1.54%) DataPower
12 11 (1.30%) Data Structures
12 11 (1.30%) Derivative
12 11 (1.30%) Sports Betting
13 10 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.19%) Mobile App
14 9 (1.07%) Data Centre
14 9 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 96 (11.39%) Linux
2 38 (4.51%) Unix
3 16 (1.90%) Android
4 15 (1.78%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.95%) Windows
6 5 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.36%) CentOS
7 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.12%) Debian
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 382 (45.31%) Agile
2 325 (38.55%) Software Engineering
3 307 (36.42%) CI/CD
4 236 (28.00%) DevOps
5 215 (25.50%) Mentoring
6 198 (23.49%) Microservices
7 182 (21.59%) Test Automation
8 153 (18.15%) Full-Stack Development
9 116 (13.76%) AI
10 109 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
11 106 (12.57%) Containerisation
12 104 (12.34%) Clean Code
13 103 (12.22%) Continuous Improvement
14 99 (11.74%) Coaching
15 98 (11.63%) Computer Science
16 89 (10.56%) Infrastructure as Code
17 85 (10.08%) Technical Leadership
18 83 (9.85%) Fintech
19 78 (9.25%) Roadmaps
20 71 (8.42%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 297 (35.23%) Python
2 215 (25.50%) SQL
3 176 (20.88%) JavaScript
4 119 (14.12%) C#
5 114 (13.52%) TypeScript
6 100 (11.86%) Go
7 65 (7.71%) C++
8 33 (3.91%) Bash
9 29 (3.44%) PL/SQL
9 29 (3.44%) Shell Script
10 24 (2.85%) C
10 24 (2.85%) Kotlin
11 23 (2.73%) Scala
12 21 (2.49%) Apex Code
12 21 (2.49%) PHP
13 10 (1.19%) Ruby
14 9 (1.07%) Rust
15 8 (0.95%) Delphi
15 8 (0.95%) Groovy
16 4 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 143 (16.96%) Degree
2 104 (12.34%) Security Cleared
3 88 (10.44%) SC Cleared
4 64 (7.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.22%) AWS Certification
6 28 (3.32%) Azure Certification
7 25 (2.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 24 (2.85%) ISTQB
8 24 (2.85%) TOGAF Certification
9 23 (2.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 21 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (2.14%) DV Cleared
12 13 (1.54%) OSCP
13 12 (1.42%) CREST Certified
14 11 (1.30%) PhD
15 10 (1.19%) Master's Degree
16 7 (0.83%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.59%) OSCE
18 3 (0.36%) IBM Certification
18 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.35%) QA
2 24 (2.85%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.54%) PCI DSS
4 12 (1.42%) SOC 2
5 10 (1.19%) GDPR
6 9 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.83%) NIST
8 6 (0.71%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.71%) NCSC
9 5 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.47%) EU AI Act
10 4 (0.47%) WCAG
11 2 (0.24%) ECSS
11 2 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 150 (17.79%) Docker
2 16 (1.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 191 (22.66%) Kubernetes
2 160 (18.98%) Terraform
3 66 (7.83%) Grafana
4 43 (5.10%) Ansible
5 32 (3.80%) Argo
6 23 (2.73%) Prometheus
6 23 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (2.25%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.71%) Kibana
9 5 (0.59%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.59%) FTK
10 4 (0.47%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.47%) Packer
11 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 1 (0.12%) Icinga
13 1 (0.12%) Nagios
13 1 (0.12%) Nessus
13 1 (0.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 58 (6.88%) Oracle
2 47 (5.58%) Microsoft
3 43 (5.10%) Google
4 26 (3.08%) MuleSoft
5 21 (2.49%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.66%) Databricks
7 13 (1.54%) IBM
8 12 (1.42%) Okta
9 10 (1.19%) Dell
9 10 (1.19%) Palantir
10 8 (0.95%) Foundry
11 7 (0.83%) SAP
12 6 (0.71%) Talend
12 6 (0.71%) TIBCO
13 5 (0.59%) Epicor
13 5 (0.59%) Infor
13 5 (0.59%) Informatica
13 5 (0.59%) Mercator
13 5 (0.59%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.59%) Software AG
359 hybrid/remote Java jobs