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

 6 months to
14 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 21 31
Rank change year-on-year -19 +10 -13
Permanent jobs citing Java 962 1,447 2,374
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.86% 9.46% 6.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.36% 24.82% 16.95%
Number of salaries quoted 614 744 1,993
10th Percentile £39,825 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,925 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,655 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £87,986 £115,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £138,750 £143,750
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 5,241 5,830 14,003
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.48% 38.11% 40.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,870 4,038 11,605
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,289 £49,151 £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 14 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 23 (2.39%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.35%) Apache
4 9 (0.94%) JBoss
5 8 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.52%) Confluence
6 5 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.42%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
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%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Coherence
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%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.31%) Fidessa
1 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.10%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 543 (56.44%) AWS
2 224 (23.28%) Azure
3 178 (18.50%) GCP
4 88 (9.15%) SaaS
5 67 (6.96%) Amazon EKS
6 58 (6.03%) Serverless
7 35 (3.64%) Amazon S3
8 34 (3.53%) GitHub
9 30 (3.12%) AWS Lambda
10 29 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (2.91%) Amazon ECS
12 24 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
13 23 (2.39%) Pulumi
14 22 (2.29%) dbt
15 19 (1.98%) Amazon OpenSearch
16 17 (1.77%) Azure Machine Learning
16 17 (1.77%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (1.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 16 (1.66%) GitHub Copilot
17 16 (1.66%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.16%) Broadband
2 30 (3.12%) HTTP
3 27 (2.81%) 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%) VLAN
4 3 (0.31%) VPN
5 2 (0.21%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.10%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (9.46%) PostgreSQL
2 78 (8.11%) NoSQL
3 55 (5.72%) MongoDB
4 49 (5.09%) SQL Server
5 46 (4.78%) MySQL
6 37 (3.85%) Relational Database
7 20 (2.08%) DynamoDB
8 19 (1.98%) Amazon Athena
8 19 (1.98%) BigQuery
8 19 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.87%) RDBMS
10 16 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.46%) Metadata
12 11 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (1.14%) Redis
13 10 (1.04%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.94%) Apache Iceberg
14 9 (0.94%) Pinecone
14 9 (0.94%) Tableau
15 8 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 53 (5.51%) Git
1 53 (5.51%) TeamCity
2 36 (3.74%) GitLab
2 36 (3.74%) Jenkins
3 35 (3.64%) JIRA
4 34 (3.53%) Selenium
5 23 (2.39%) Postman
6 19 (1.98%) JUnit
6 19 (1.98%) Maven
7 18 (1.87%) Jaeger
8 17 (1.77%) SoapUI
8 17 (1.77%) Team Foundation Server
8 17 (1.77%) WebDriver
9 15 (1.56%) JMeter
10 14 (1.46%) Claude Code
11 11 (1.14%) Cucumber
12 10 (1.04%) Cypress.io
13 9 (0.94%) Mockito
13 9 (0.94%) REST Assured
14 8 (0.83%) MLflow
General
1 320 (33.26%) Finance
2 183 (19.02%) Social Skills
3 175 (18.19%) Banking
4 131 (13.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 124 (12.89%) Public Sector
6 96 (9.98%) Law
7 86 (8.94%) Retail
8 58 (6.03%) Financial Institution
9 53 (5.51%) Back Office
10 48 (4.99%) Analytical Skills
11 40 (4.16%) Front Office
12 29 (3.01%) Investment Banking
13 23 (2.39%) Tech for Good
14 21 (2.18%) Health Technology
15 16 (1.66%) Games
16 14 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.94%) Aviation
18 7 (0.73%) Legal
19 6 (0.62%) Local Government
19 6 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 314 (32.64%) Software Engineer
2 308 (32.02%) Developer
3 240 (24.95%) Senior
4 185 (19.23%) Java Developer
4 185 (19.23%) Lead
5 155 (16.11%) Java Engineer
6 108 (11.23%) Java Software Engineer
7 94 (9.77%) Lead Software Engineer
8 92 (9.56%) Senior Software Engineer
9 62 (6.44%) Senior Developer
10 58 (6.03%) Software Developer
11 46 (4.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 46 (4.78%) Senior Java Engineer
12 45 (4.68%) Full-Stack Developer
12 45 (4.68%) Graduate
13 44 (4.57%) Lead Developer
14 42 (4.37%) Senior Java Developer
15 37 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
15 37 (3.85%) Senior Java Software Engineer
16 34 (3.53%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (19.23%) Spring
2 138 (14.35%) React
3 125 (12.99%) Spring Boot
4 108 (11.23%) REST
5 100 (10.40%) Node.js
6 91 (9.46%) .NET
7 79 (8.21%) Kafka
8 64 (6.65%) AngularJS
9 53 (5.51%) RESTful
10 43 (4.47%) CSS
11 40 (4.16%) SOAP
12 38 (3.95%) GraphQL
13 32 (3.33%) HTML
13 32 (3.33%) Redux
14 31 (3.22%) jQuery
15 26 (2.70%) Web Services
16 24 (2.49%) Vue
17 21 (2.18%) JSON
17 21 (2.18%) Playwright
18 20 (2.08%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 148 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 125 (12.99%) Product Ownership
3 66 (6.86%) Public Cloud
4 64 (6.65%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (3.64%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.33%) Blog
7 28 (2.91%) Distributed Architecture
8 21 (2.18%) Virtual Team
9 19 (1.98%) FPGA
10 18 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
11 17 (1.77%) Equities
11 17 (1.77%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.46%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.46%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.35%) e-Learning
13 13 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (0.94%) Sports Betting
16 8 (0.83%) Legacy Applications
17 7 (0.73%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 103 (10.71%) Linux
2 43 (4.47%) Unix
3 22 (2.29%) Windows
4 19 (1.98%) Android
4 19 (1.98%) 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
1 415 (43.14%) Software Engineering
2 402 (41.79%) Agile
3 330 (34.30%) CI/CD
4 260 (27.03%) Mentoring
5 233 (24.22%) Test Automation
6 220 (22.87%) DevOps
7 202 (21.00%) Microservices
8 175 (18.19%) Full-Stack Development
9 151 (15.70%) Technical Leadership
10 142 (14.76%) Roadmaps
11 141 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
12 129 (13.41%) Clean Code
13 121 (12.58%) Coaching
14 113 (11.75%) AI
15 110 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
15 110 (11.43%) Infrastructure as Code
16 109 (11.33%) TDD
17 102 (10.60%) Containerisation
18 89 (9.25%) Computer Science
19 84 (8.73%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 282 (29.31%) Python
2 218 (22.66%) SQL
3 206 (21.41%) JavaScript
4 137 (14.24%) C#
5 106 (11.02%) TypeScript
6 103 (10.71%) Go
7 85 (8.84%) C++
8 46 (4.78%) Bash
9 37 (3.85%) PHP
10 24 (2.49%) C
10 24 (2.49%) Scala
11 23 (2.39%) Kotlin
12 16 (1.66%) Apex Code
13 15 (1.56%) PL/SQL
13 15 (1.56%) Rust
14 12 (1.25%) Ruby
15 10 (1.04%) Groovy
16 8 (0.83%) PowerShell
17 4 (0.42%) Perl
18 3 (0.31%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 135 (14.03%) Security Cleared
2 120 (12.47%) Degree
3 113 (11.75%) SC Cleared
4 51 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (3.53%) AWS Certification
6 27 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.66%) ISTQB
8 15 (1.56%) OSCP
9 14 (1.46%) CREST Certified
9 14 (1.46%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.25%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 10 (1.04%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.04%) PhD
12 8 (0.83%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.42%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (7.69%) QA
2 43 (4.47%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.14%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.83%) PCI DSS
4 8 (0.83%) SOC 2
5 7 (0.73%) 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
1 137 (14.24%) Docker
2 3 (0.31%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 188 (19.54%) Kubernetes
2 162 (16.84%) Terraform
3 63 (6.55%) Grafana
4 46 (4.78%) Ansible
5 32 (3.33%) Argo
6 24 (2.49%) Prometheus
7 18 (1.87%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.83%) Packer
9 5 (0.52%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.52%) FTK
10 3 (0.31%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
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 (4.37%) Google
2 41 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.26%) Oracle
3 16 (1.66%) Salesforce
4 11 (1.14%) Databricks
4 11 (1.14%) MuleSoft
4 11 (1.14%) ServiceNow
5 9 (0.94%) Palantir
6 8 (0.83%) Foundry
7 7 (0.73%) OpenAI
8 6 (0.62%) IBM
8 6 (0.62%) Splunk
9 5 (0.52%) Cellebrite
10 4 (0.42%) JDA
10 4 (0.42%) TIBCO
11 3 (0.31%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.31%) Revolut
11 3 (0.31%) SAP
11 3 (0.31%) Sybase
12 2 (0.21%) iManage
245 hybrid/remote Java jobs