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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 20 26
Rank change year-on-year -19 +6 -8
Permanent jobs citing Java 967 1,447 2,307
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.11% 9.91% 7.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.24% 25.00% 17.15%
Number of salaries quoted 628 739 1,958
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,547 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £88,299 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £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 5,027 5,787 13,455
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.57% 39.65% 41.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,718 3,985 11,405
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 24 May 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 12 (1.24%) Apache
3 12 (1.24%) JBoss
4 8 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.72%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.52%) Confluence
7 4 (0.41%) Jupyter
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%) FileNet
10 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.10%) WildFly
Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.10%) EngageOne
4 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.03%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.21%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.10%) Maximo
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.10%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 545 (56.36%) AWS
2 231 (23.89%) Azure
3 175 (18.10%) GCP
4 88 (9.10%) SaaS
5 76 (7.86%) Amazon EKS
6 66 (6.83%) Serverless
7 50 (5.17%) GitHub
8 39 (4.03%) Amazon S3
9 37 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
10 32 (3.31%) Amazon ECS
10 32 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
11 25 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (2.38%) dbt
12 23 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
12 23 (2.38%) Pulumi
13 19 (1.96%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 18 (1.86%) Azure Machine Learning
15 17 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
16 16 (1.65%) Vertex AI
17 15 (1.55%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.14%) Broadband
2 29 (3.00%) HTTP
3 28 (2.90%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.52%) PuTTY
5 4 (0.41%) AMQP
6 3 (0.31%) BGP
6 3 (0.31%) Network Security
6 3 (0.31%) VLAN
6 3 (0.31%) VPN
7 2 (0.21%) DSL
8 1 (0.10%) DHCP
8 1 (0.10%) DNS
8 1 (0.10%) LAN
8 1 (0.10%) NAS
8 1 (0.10%) SAN
8 1 (0.10%) SNMP
8 1 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (9.41%) PostgreSQL
2 84 (8.69%) NoSQL
3 53 (5.48%) MongoDB
4 46 (4.76%) SQL Server
5 41 (4.24%) MySQL
6 31 (3.21%) Relational Database
7 21 (2.17%) DynamoDB
8 20 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.96%) BigQuery
10 18 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (1.86%) RDBMS
11 17 (1.76%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.45%) Tableau
13 13 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (1.34%) Metadata
14 10 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.03%) Pinecone
14 10 (1.03%) Redis
15 9 (0.93%) Looker
15 9 (0.93%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 55 (5.69%) Git
1 55 (5.69%) TeamCity
2 50 (5.17%) Jenkins
3 44 (4.55%) JIRA
4 41 (4.24%) Selenium
5 36 (3.72%) GitLab
6 30 (3.10%) Postman
7 26 (2.69%) SoapUI
8 25 (2.59%) Team Foundation Server
9 24 (2.48%) WebDriver
10 23 (2.38%) Maven
11 18 (1.86%) Jaeger
12 16 (1.65%) JUnit
13 15 (1.55%) JMeter
14 14 (1.45%) Claude Code
15 12 (1.24%) Cypress.io
16 11 (1.14%) Cucumber
17 10 (1.03%) MLflow
17 10 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
17 10 (1.03%) REST Assured
General
1 328 (33.92%) Finance
2 184 (19.03%) Social Skills
3 177 (18.30%) Banking
4 136 (14.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (11.79%) Public Sector
6 101 (10.44%) Law
7 92 (9.51%) Retail
8 61 (6.31%) Financial Institution
9 55 (5.69%) Back Office
10 47 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
10 47 (4.86%) Front Office
11 31 (3.21%) Investment Banking
12 22 (2.28%) Tech for Good
13 19 (1.96%) Health Technology
14 18 (1.86%) Games
15 16 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.93%) Aviation
17 7 (0.72%) Legal
17 7 (0.72%) Marketing
18 6 (0.62%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 308 (31.85%) Developer
2 304 (31.44%) Software Engineer
3 247 (25.54%) Senior
4 193 (19.96%) Lead
5 177 (18.30%) Java Developer
6 153 (15.82%) Java Engineer
7 105 (10.86%) Java Software Engineer
8 91 (9.41%) Lead Software Engineer
9 86 (8.89%) Senior Software Engineer
10 67 (6.93%) Senior Developer
11 55 (5.69%) Software Developer
12 51 (5.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 46 (4.76%) Full-Stack Developer
13 46 (4.76%) Lead Developer
14 42 (4.34%) Senior Java Developer
14 42 (4.34%) Senior Java Engineer
15 41 (4.24%) Graduate
16 34 (3.52%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 33 (3.41%) Graduate Developer
18 31 (3.21%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 176 (18.20%) Spring
2 142 (14.68%) React
3 131 (13.55%) Spring Boot
4 108 (11.17%) REST
5 105 (10.86%) Node.js
6 102 (10.55%) .NET
7 79 (8.17%) Kafka
8 64 (6.62%) AngularJS
9 61 (6.31%) SOAP
10 60 (6.20%) RESTful
11 41 (4.24%) HTML
12 40 (4.14%) CSS
13 39 (4.03%) GraphQL
14 32 (3.31%) Redux
15 31 (3.21%) Web Services
16 28 (2.90%) jQuery
16 28 (2.90%) JSON
17 25 (2.59%) Vue
17 25 (2.59%) XML
18 23 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 154 (15.93%) Cloud Native
2 118 (12.20%) Product Ownership
3 63 (6.51%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (6.00%) Public Cloud
5 35 (3.62%) Fixed Income
6 34 (3.52%) Blog
7 25 (2.59%) Distributed Architecture
8 24 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
9 20 (2.07%) FPGA
10 19 (1.96%) Virtual Team
11 17 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
11 17 (1.76%) Security Posture
12 15 (1.55%) Equities
13 14 (1.45%) Mobile App
14 13 (1.34%) e-Learning
14 13 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
15 12 (1.24%) Data Structures
16 9 (0.93%) Sports Betting
17 8 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
17 8 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 105 (10.86%) Linux
2 42 (4.34%) Unix
3 20 (2.07%) Windows
4 19 (1.96%) Android
4 19 (1.96%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.21%) CentOS
5 2 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.10%) Debian
6 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.10%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (41.78%) Agile
2 399 (41.26%) Software Engineering
3 333 (34.44%) CI/CD
4 272 (28.13%) Mentoring
5 241 (24.92%) DevOps
6 228 (23.58%) Test Automation
7 208 (21.51%) Microservices
8 172 (17.79%) Full-Stack Development
9 139 (14.37%) Technical Leadership
10 132 (13.65%) Clean Code
11 130 (13.44%) Roadmaps
12 128 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
13 121 (12.51%) Coaching
14 115 (11.89%) AI
15 106 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
16 105 (10.86%) Infrastructure as Code
17 102 (10.55%) TDD
18 98 (10.13%) Containerisation
19 94 (9.72%) Scrum
20 92 (9.51%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 295 (30.51%) Python
2 233 (24.10%) SQL
3 212 (21.92%) JavaScript
4 142 (14.68%) C#
5 109 (11.27%) TypeScript
6 106 (10.96%) Go
7 81 (8.38%) C++
8 45 (4.65%) Bash
9 32 (3.31%) PHP
10 26 (2.69%) C
10 26 (2.69%) Scala
11 24 (2.48%) PL/SQL
12 23 (2.38%) Kotlin
13 17 (1.76%) Apex Code
14 15 (1.55%) Rust
15 12 (1.24%) Ruby
16 10 (1.03%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.93%) Groovy
18 6 (0.62%) PowerShell
19 5 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 133 (13.75%) Degree
2 132 (13.65%) Security Cleared
3 112 (11.58%) SC Cleared
4 55 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (3.93%) AWS Certification
6 26 (2.69%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.28%) ISTQB
8 20 (2.07%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 15 (1.55%) OSCP
10 14 (1.45%) CREST Certified
10 14 (1.45%) DBS Check
11 13 (1.34%) Azure Certification
12 12 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 12 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
13 10 (1.03%) Master's Degree
13 10 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (1.03%) PhD
14 8 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.41%) GXPN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.45%) QA
2 41 (4.24%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.03%) PCI DSS
4 9 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 9 (0.93%) SOC 2
5 7 (0.72%) WCAG
6 3 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.10%) GDPR
8 1 (0.10%) Good Clinical Practice
8 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 141 (14.58%) Docker
2 6 (0.62%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 191 (19.75%) Kubernetes
2 171 (17.68%) Terraform
3 65 (6.72%) Grafana
4 45 (4.65%) Ansible
5 38 (3.93%) Argo
6 24 (2.48%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.86%) Kustomize
8 11 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.72%) Packer
10 5 (0.52%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.52%) FTK
10 5 (0.52%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.21%) Kibana
12 2 (0.21%) Puppet
13 1 (0.10%) Nessus
13 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 51 (5.27%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.07%) Oracle
3 40 (4.14%) Google
4 17 (1.76%) Salesforce
5 15 (1.55%) MuleSoft
6 13 (1.34%) Databricks
7 10 (1.03%) Palantir
7 10 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 8 (0.83%) Foundry
9 7 (0.72%) IBM
9 7 (0.72%) OpenAI
10 5 (0.52%) Cellebrite
10 5 (0.52%) Okta
11 4 (0.41%) JDA
11 4 (0.41%) Splunk
12 3 (0.31%) Dynatrace
12 3 (0.31%) Revolut
12 3 (0.31%) TIBCO
13 2 (0.21%) AppDynamics
13 2 (0.21%) iManage
357 hybrid/remote Java jobs