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 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 28 16
Rank change year-on-year -24 -12 -1
Permanent jobs citing Java 686 1,546 2,245
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.48% 7.77% 10.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.19% 18.48% 22.96%
Number of salaries quoted 514 1,097 1,776
10th Percentile £32,750 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +20.44% +0.82%
75th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £139,250 £147,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +3.45%

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 4,236 8,368 9,778
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.68% 42.03% 46.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,293 5,381 8,273
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +3.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 27 November 2025.

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 69 (10.06%) Apache Airflow
2 65 (9.48%) Apache
3 12 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 12 (1.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 10 (1.46%) JBoss
5 8 (1.17%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.73%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.58%) Confluence
8 3 (0.44%) Luigi
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.15%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.15%) Camunda
10 1 (0.15%) FileNet
10 1 (0.15%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.44%) Simulink
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 27 (3.94%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (1.75%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.73%) Shopify
4 4 (0.58%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.29%) Maximo
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 381 (55.54%) AWS
2 210 (30.61%) Azure
3 103 (15.01%) GCP
4 81 (11.81%) GitHub
5 69 (10.06%) dbt
6 61 (8.89%) Snowflake
7 47 (6.85%) SaaS
8 39 (5.69%) Serverless
9 36 (5.25%) Amazon EKS
10 32 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (4.08%) OCI
12 24 (3.50%) Amazon ECS
12 24 (3.50%) Amazon S3
13 22 (3.21%) GitHub Copilot
13 22 (3.21%) Power Platform
14 21 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (2.92%) OpenShift
16 19 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 15 (2.19%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.64%) TCP/IP
2 6 (0.87%) HTTP
3 4 (0.58%) Broadband
4 3 (0.44%) AMQP
4 3 (0.44%) BGP
4 3 (0.44%) Internet
4 3 (0.44%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.44%) SSH
4 3 (0.44%) VLAN
4 3 (0.44%) VPN
5 1 (0.15%) DHCP
5 1 (0.15%) DNS
5 1 (0.15%) Firewall
5 1 (0.15%) LAN
5 1 (0.15%) NAS
5 1 (0.15%) PuTTY
5 1 (0.15%) SAN
5 1 (0.15%) SNMP
5 1 (0.15%) SSL
5 1 (0.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 65 (9.48%) Data Lake
2 65 (9.48%) PostgreSQL
3 63 (9.18%) Amazon Athena
3 63 (9.18%) Apache Arrow
3 63 (9.18%) Apache Iceberg
3 63 (9.18%) Dremio
4 60 (8.75%) Apache Ignite
5 55 (8.02%) MySQL
6 44 (6.41%) NoSQL
7 32 (4.66%) Relational Database
8 29 (4.23%) MongoDB
9 20 (2.92%) Power BI
10 14 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (2.04%) Tableau
11 10 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (1.17%) Hadoop
13 7 (1.02%) DynamoDB
14 6 (0.87%) Big Data
14 6 (0.87%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 69 (10.06%) Jenkins
2 49 (7.14%) Git
2 49 (7.14%) Selenium
3 35 (5.10%) JIRA
4 29 (4.23%) GitLab
4 29 (4.23%) Oracle Forms
5 25 (3.64%) WebDriver
6 21 (3.06%) Cypress.io
7 20 (2.92%) Postman
8 19 (2.77%) JUnit
9 18 (2.62%) SoapUI
10 16 (2.33%) Cucumber
10 16 (2.33%) Team Foundation Server
11 14 (2.04%) TeamCity
12 8 (1.17%) Maven
13 7 (1.02%) JMeter
14 6 (0.87%) SonarQube
15 4 (0.58%) Babel
15 4 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
15 4 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 323 (47.08%) Finance
2 200 (29.15%) Social Skills
3 137 (19.97%) Banking
4 115 (16.76%) Front Office
5 78 (11.37%) Investment Banking
6 47 (6.85%) Law
7 42 (6.12%) Public Sector
8 40 (5.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 39 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
10 36 (5.25%) Retail
11 35 (5.10%) Financial Institution
12 34 (4.96%) Back Office
13 27 (3.94%) Games
14 18 (2.62%) Billing
15 17 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (2.04%) Legal
17 13 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (1.17%) Manufacturing
19 7 (1.02%) Aerospace
19 7 (1.02%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 265 (38.63%) Developer
2 188 (27.41%) Software Engineer
3 181 (26.38%) Senior
4 114 (16.62%) Java Engineer
5 98 (14.29%) Java Software Engineer
6 85 (12.39%) Lead
7 83 (12.10%) Java Developer
7 83 (12.10%) Senior Software Engineer
8 79 (11.52%) AWS Engineer
9 68 (9.91%) Senior Java Engineer
10 67 (9.77%) AWS Software Engineer
11 63 (9.18%) Python Engineer
11 63 (9.18%) Senior Java Software Engineer
12 58 (8.45%) Python Software Engineer
13 49 (7.14%) Graduate
14 46 (6.71%) Graduate Developer
15 44 (6.41%) Architect
16 40 (5.83%) Lead Developer
16 40 (5.83%) Software Developer
17 34 (4.96%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (17.64%) Spring
2 113 (16.47%) React
3 108 (15.74%) Spring Boot
4 95 (13.85%) .NET
5 90 (13.12%) RESTful
6 83 (12.10%) Kafka
7 64 (9.33%) NumPy
7 64 (9.33%) Pandas
8 63 (9.18%) SciPy
9 62 (9.04%) CSS
9 62 (9.04%) Node.js
10 59 (8.60%) SOAP
11 58 (8.45%) gRPC
11 58 (8.45%) Protocol Buffers
12 57 (8.31%) REST
13 44 (6.41%) jQuery
14 37 (5.39%) ASP.NET
15 36 (5.25%) AngularJS
16 35 (5.10%) Redux
16 35 (5.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 114 (16.62%) Cloud Native
2 95 (13.85%) Fixed Income
3 74 (10.79%) Equities
4 72 (10.50%) Derivative
5 70 (10.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 57 (8.31%) Hedge funds
6 57 (8.31%) Pricing Data
7 49 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (5.39%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (3.50%) Algorithms
11 21 (3.06%) FPGA
12 19 (2.77%) Product Ownership
13 17 (2.48%) Onboarding
14 15 (2.19%) Public Cloud
15 14 (2.04%) Data Structures
16 13 (1.90%) NHS
17 12 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
17 12 (1.75%) Virtual Team
18 11 (1.60%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 63 (9.18%) Linux
2 12 (1.75%) Windows
3 10 (1.46%) Unix
4 7 (1.02%) Android
5 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) AIX
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (57.73%) Agile
2 260 (37.90%) Software Engineering
3 209 (30.47%) CI/CD
4 170 (24.78%) Microservices
5 154 (22.45%) DevOps
6 147 (21.43%) Mentoring
7 142 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
8 129 (18.80%) Computer Science
9 110 (16.03%) Test Automation
10 102 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 94 (13.70%) Asset Management
12 92 (13.41%) Investment Management
13 84 (12.24%) AI
13 84 (12.24%) Full-Stack Development
14 76 (11.08%) Coaching
15 66 (9.62%) Clean Code
16 62 (9.04%) OOP
17 60 (8.75%) OO
18 57 (8.31%) Containerisation
19 56 (8.16%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 279 (40.67%) Python
2 188 (27.41%) JavaScript
3 180 (26.24%) SQL
4 163 (23.76%) C#
5 147 (21.43%) TypeScript
6 86 (12.54%) C++
7 46 (6.71%) PHP
8 39 (5.69%) Go
9 38 (5.54%) C
10 37 (5.39%) Shell Script
11 35 (5.10%) PL/SQL
12 22 (3.21%) Kotlin
13 21 (3.06%) Scala
14 11 (1.60%) R
15 8 (1.17%) Bash
15 8 (1.17%) Delphi
16 7 (1.02%) Objective-C
17 6 (0.87%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
17 6 (0.87%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 155 (22.59%) Degree
2 105 (15.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (11.22%) Security Cleared
4 70 (10.20%) SC Cleared
5 31 (4.52%) AWS Certification
6 28 (4.08%) Azure Certification
7 25 (3.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 20 (2.92%) ISTQB
9 17 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
10 16 (2.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 16 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.87%) CFA
13 6 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.87%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.87%) PMP
14 5 (0.73%) PhD
15 4 (0.58%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.58%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.41%) QA
2 21 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.62%) GDPR
4 17 (2.48%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.90%) NIST
6 12 (1.75%) ISO 9001
7 8 (1.17%) HIPAA
8 6 (0.87%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.87%) NCSC
9 4 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.58%) EU AI Act
9 4 (0.58%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.29%) ECSS
11 2 (0.29%) SEPA
12 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 81 (11.81%) Docker
2 18 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 108 (15.74%) Kubernetes
2 63 (9.18%) Terraform
3 27 (3.94%) Grafana
3 27 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
4 18 (2.62%) Ansible
5 9 (1.31%) Argo
6 8 (1.17%) Kibana
7 5 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.58%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.44%) Control-M
10 2 (0.29%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.29%) Puppet
11 1 (0.15%) Icinga
11 1 (0.15%) Istio
11 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.15%) Nagios
11 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 56 (8.16%) Oracle
2 55 (8.02%) Microsoft
3 28 (4.08%) Google
4 17 (2.48%) MuleSoft
5 16 (2.33%) Guidewire
6 15 (2.19%) Okta
7 10 (1.46%) IBM
8 9 (1.31%) Dell
9 8 (1.17%) SAP
10 7 (1.02%) SnapLogic
10 7 (1.02%) Talend
11 6 (0.87%) Databricks
11 6 (0.87%) Murex
11 6 (0.87%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.87%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.73%) Epicor
12 5 (0.73%) Informatica
12 5 (0.73%) Mercator
12 5 (0.73%) Software AG
12 5 (0.73%) TIBCO
410 hybrid/remote Java jobs