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 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 20 29
Rank change year-on-year -19 +9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Java 966 1,450 2,349
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.98% 9.68% 6.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.87% 24.76% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 619 745 1,978
10th Percentile £41,250 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,698 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £88,148 £115,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £138,750 £142,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -9.68%

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 5,118 5,856 13,816
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.36% 39.10% 40.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,759 4,061 11,555
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 7 June 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 25 (2.59%) Apache Spark
2 21 (2.17%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.35%) Apache
4 9 (0.93%) JBoss
5 8 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.52%) Confluence
6 5 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.41%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.21%) Camunda
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.10%) Appian
10 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.10%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.10%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.21%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.10%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 544 (56.31%) AWS
2 224 (23.19%) Azure
3 177 (18.32%) GCP
4 88 (9.11%) SaaS
5 72 (7.45%) Amazon EKS
6 60 (6.21%) Serverless
7 38 (3.93%) GitHub
8 35 (3.62%) Amazon S3
9 31 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (3.11%) Amazon ECS
10 30 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
11 24 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (2.38%) Pulumi
13 22 (2.28%) dbt
14 19 (1.97%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 18 (1.86%) Azure Machine Learning
16 17 (1.76%) GitHub Copilot
16 17 (1.76%) Vertex AI
17 16 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 16 (1.66%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.14%) Broadband
2 30 (3.11%) HTTP
3 28 (2.90%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.31%) AMQP
4 3 (0.31%) BGP
4 3 (0.31%) DSL
4 3 (0.31%) Network Security
4 3 (0.31%) PuTTY
4 3 (0.31%) VLAN
4 3 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
2 81 (8.39%) NoSQL
3 55 (5.69%) MongoDB
4 48 (4.97%) SQL Server
5 46 (4.76%) MySQL
6 36 (3.73%) Relational Database
7 20 (2.07%) BigQuery
7 20 (2.07%) DynamoDB
7 20 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
9 18 (1.86%) RDBMS
10 16 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.45%) Metadata
12 13 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.14%) Tableau
14 10 (1.04%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (1.04%) Pinecone
14 10 (1.04%) Redis
15 9 (0.93%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 54 (5.59%) Git
1 54 (5.59%) TeamCity
2 40 (4.14%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.93%) JIRA
4 37 (3.83%) Selenium
5 36 (3.73%) GitLab
6 25 (2.59%) Postman
7 20 (2.07%) Maven
7 20 (2.07%) SoapUI
7 20 (2.07%) WebDriver
8 19 (1.97%) Team Foundation Server
9 18 (1.86%) Jaeger
9 18 (1.86%) JUnit
10 14 (1.45%) Claude Code
10 14 (1.45%) JMeter
11 11 (1.14%) Cucumber
12 10 (1.04%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.93%) MLflow
13 9 (0.93%) Mockito
13 9 (0.93%) REST Assured
General
1 326 (33.75%) Finance
2 183 (18.94%) Social Skills
3 181 (18.74%) Banking
4 135 (13.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 121 (12.53%) Public Sector
6 100 (10.35%) Law
7 89 (9.21%) Retail
8 59 (6.11%) Financial Institution
9 54 (5.59%) Back Office
10 48 (4.97%) Analytical Skills
11 42 (4.35%) Front Office
12 31 (3.21%) Investment Banking
13 23 (2.38%) Tech for Good
14 21 (2.17%) Health Technology
15 16 (1.66%) Games
16 14 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.93%) Aviation
18 7 (0.72%) Legal
19 6 (0.62%) Local Government
19 6 (0.62%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 311 (32.19%) Software Engineer
2 304 (31.47%) Developer
3 243 (25.16%) Senior
4 190 (19.67%) Lead
5 178 (18.43%) Java Developer
6 158 (16.36%) Java Engineer
7 109 (11.28%) Java Software Engineer
8 94 (9.73%) Lead Software Engineer
9 88 (9.11%) Senior Software Engineer
10 64 (6.63%) Senior Developer
11 57 (5.90%) Software Developer
12 49 (5.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 48 (4.97%) Senior Java Engineer
14 45 (4.66%) Full-Stack Developer
14 45 (4.66%) Graduate
15 44 (4.55%) Lead Developer
16 42 (4.35%) Senior Java Developer
17 37 (3.83%) Engineering Manager
17 37 (3.83%) Senior Java Software Engineer
18 34 (3.52%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (19.15%) Spring
2 141 (14.60%) React
3 124 (12.84%) Spring Boot
4 110 (11.39%) REST
5 103 (10.66%) Node.js
6 93 (9.63%) .NET
7 81 (8.39%) Kafka
8 63 (6.52%) AngularJS
9 55 (5.69%) RESTful
10 46 (4.76%) SOAP
11 43 (4.45%) CSS
12 38 (3.93%) GraphQL
13 35 (3.62%) HTML
14 32 (3.31%) Redux
15 31 (3.21%) jQuery
16 27 (2.80%) Web Services
17 24 (2.48%) JSON
18 23 (2.38%) Vue
19 22 (2.28%) Elastic Stack
19 22 (2.28%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 148 (15.32%) Cloud Native
2 126 (13.04%) Product Ownership
3 67 (6.94%) Distributed Systems
4 66 (6.83%) Public Cloud
5 34 (3.52%) Blog
5 34 (3.52%) Fixed Income
6 27 (2.80%) Distributed Architecture
7 20 (2.07%) FPGA
7 20 (2.07%) Virtual Team
8 17 (1.76%) Security Posture
9 15 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.55%) Equities
9 15 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.45%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.45%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.35%) e-Learning
11 13 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.93%) Sports Betting
13 8 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
14 7 (0.72%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 103 (10.66%) Linux
2 43 (4.45%) Unix
3 20 (2.07%) Windows
4 19 (1.97%) Android
4 19 (1.97%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.10%) CentOS
6 1 (0.10%) Debian
6 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (42.75%) Software Engineering
2 403 (41.72%) Agile
3 334 (34.58%) CI/CD
4 259 (26.81%) Mentoring
5 231 (23.91%) Test Automation
6 228 (23.60%) DevOps
7 204 (21.12%) Microservices
8 178 (18.43%) Full-Stack Development
9 150 (15.53%) Technical Leadership
10 142 (14.70%) Roadmaps
11 138 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 131 (13.56%) Clean Code
13 119 (12.32%) Coaching
14 113 (11.70%) AI
15 110 (11.39%) Infrastructure as Code
16 109 (11.28%) TDD
17 108 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
18 100 (10.35%) Containerisation
19 92 (9.52%) Computer Science
20 89 (9.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 283 (29.30%) Python
2 225 (23.29%) SQL
3 209 (21.64%) JavaScript
4 136 (14.08%) C#
5 106 (10.97%) TypeScript
6 105 (10.87%) Go
7 86 (8.90%) C++
8 46 (4.76%) Bash
9 36 (3.73%) PHP
10 26 (2.69%) C
10 26 (2.69%) Scala
11 24 (2.48%) Kotlin
12 18 (1.86%) PL/SQL
13 17 (1.76%) Apex Code
14 15 (1.55%) Rust
15 12 (1.24%) Ruby
16 10 (1.04%) Groovy
17 7 (0.72%) PowerShell
18 4 (0.41%) Perl
18 4 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 136 (14.08%) Security Cleared
2 126 (13.04%) Degree
3 115 (11.90%) SC Cleared
4 52 (5.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.52%) AWS Certification
6 28 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 17 (1.76%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 15 (1.55%) OSCP
9 14 (1.45%) CREST Certified
9 14 (1.45%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.04%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.04%) PhD
11 9 (0.93%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.41%) GPEN
14 4 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.56%) QA
2 40 (4.14%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 9 (0.93%) PCI DSS
4 9 (0.93%) SOC 2
5 7 (0.72%) WCAG
6 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
6 3 (0.31%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 136 (14.08%) Docker
2 3 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 187 (19.36%) Kubernetes
2 166 (17.18%) Terraform
3 64 (6.63%) Grafana
4 47 (4.87%) Ansible
5 34 (3.52%) Argo
6 24 (2.48%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.86%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.83%) Packer
9 5 (0.52%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.52%) FTK
9 5 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.31%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.21%) Kibana
11 2 (0.21%) Puppet
12 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.10%) Nessus
Vendors
1 42 (4.35%) Google
2 41 (4.24%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.24%) Oracle
3 17 (1.76%) Salesforce
4 13 (1.35%) MuleSoft
5 12 (1.24%) Databricks
6 11 (1.14%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.04%) Palantir
8 8 (0.83%) Foundry
9 7 (0.72%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.62%) Splunk
11 5 (0.52%) Cellebrite
11 5 (0.52%) IBM
12 4 (0.41%) JDA
13 3 (0.31%) Dynatrace
13 3 (0.31%) Revolut
13 3 (0.31%) SAP
13 3 (0.31%) TIBCO
14 2 (0.21%) iManage
14 2 (0.21%) Okta
563 hybrid/remote Java jobs