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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 36 19
Rank change year-on-year -13 -17 -1
Permanent jobs citing Java 719 1,173 2,277
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.65% 7.15% 9.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.14% 16.46% 20.63%
Number of salaries quoted 498 784 1,784
10th Percentile £35,750 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £115,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £140,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £79,569 £70,000
% change year-on-year -5.74% +13.67% -6.67%

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 4,194 7,126 11,038
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.10% 43.46% 46.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,153 4,457 9,480
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,658
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,383 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £102,300 £108,750 £100,000
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 22 January 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 37 (5.15%) Apache
1 37 (5.15%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.06%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 14 (1.95%) JBoss
5 12 (1.67%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.70%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.42%) Confluence
7 3 (0.42%) Luigi
7 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.28%) Camunda
8 2 (0.28%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.14%) FileNet
9 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.14%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.42%) Simulink
3 1 (0.14%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (5.15%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.70%) Shopify
3 3 (0.42%) Maximo
4 2 (0.28%) Adaptiv
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 405 (56.33%) AWS
2 209 (29.07%) Azure
3 104 (14.46%) GCP
4 93 (12.93%) GitHub
5 62 (8.62%) Serverless
6 53 (7.37%) Amazon EKS
7 52 (7.23%) SaaS
8 41 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
9 37 (5.15%) OCI
10 36 (5.01%) Amazon S3
11 33 (4.59%) AWS Lambda
11 33 (4.59%) dbt
12 32 (4.45%) Amazon ECS
12 32 (4.45%) GitHub Copilot
12 32 (4.45%) Snowflake
13 27 (3.76%) Power Platform
14 21 (2.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (2.78%) Entra ID
15 20 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.64%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.34%) TCP/IP
2 21 (2.92%) Broadband
3 11 (1.53%) HTTP
4 5 (0.70%) AMQP
4 5 (0.70%) PuTTY
5 3 (0.42%) BGP
5 3 (0.42%) Internet
5 3 (0.42%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.42%) VLAN
5 3 (0.42%) VPN
6 2 (0.28%) DHCP
6 2 (0.28%) DNS
6 2 (0.28%) DSL
6 2 (0.28%) LAN
6 2 (0.28%) NAS
6 2 (0.28%) SAN
6 2 (0.28%) SNMP
6 2 (0.28%) SSH
6 2 (0.28%) WAN
7 1 (0.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (8.90%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (8.48%) NoSQL
3 44 (6.12%) SQL Server
4 42 (5.84%) Relational Database
5 35 (4.87%) MySQL
6 31 (4.31%) Data Lake
7 30 (4.17%) Apache Iceberg
8 28 (3.89%) Amazon Athena
9 27 (3.76%) Apache Ignite
10 24 (3.34%) Apache Arrow
10 24 (3.34%) Dremio
10 24 (3.34%) Tableau
11 23 (3.20%) Power BI
12 21 (2.92%) RDBMS
13 20 (2.78%) MongoDB
14 16 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
16 13 (1.81%) DynamoDB
17 10 (1.39%) Flink
18 9 (1.25%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 88 (12.24%) Jenkins
2 68 (9.46%) Selenium
3 63 (8.76%) Git
4 59 (8.21%) JIRA
5 39 (5.42%) Oracle Forms
5 39 (5.42%) Postman
5 39 (5.42%) WebDriver
6 37 (5.15%) SoapUI
7 33 (4.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 30 (4.17%) GitLab
9 23 (3.20%) Cypress.io
10 21 (2.92%) JUnit
10 21 (2.92%) TeamCity
11 19 (2.64%) Jaeger
12 17 (2.36%) Cucumber
13 11 (1.53%) Maven
14 10 (1.39%) JMeter
15 7 (0.97%) MLflow
16 6 (0.83%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 287 (39.92%) Finance
2 222 (30.88%) Social Skills
3 116 (16.13%) Banking
4 79 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 67 (9.32%) Law
6 53 (7.37%) Retail
7 49 (6.82%) Front Office
8 47 (6.54%) Public Sector
9 45 (6.26%) Investment Banking
10 42 (5.84%) Financial Institution
11 38 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
12 29 (4.03%) Games
13 26 (3.62%) Back Office
14 22 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.95%) Billing
16 12 (1.67%) Health Technology
16 12 (1.67%) Tech for Good
17 11 (1.53%) Legal
18 7 (0.97%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.97%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 210 (29.21%) Developer
2 184 (25.59%) Senior
3 161 (22.39%) Software Engineer
4 109 (15.16%) Lead
5 99 (13.77%) Java Engineer
6 94 (13.07%) Java Developer
7 68 (9.46%) Java Software Engineer
8 62 (8.62%) Senior Software Engineer
9 51 (7.09%) AWS Engineer
9 51 (7.09%) Cloud Engineer
10 50 (6.95%) Architect
11 45 (6.26%) Senior Java Engineer
12 44 (6.12%) Applications Engineer
13 40 (5.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 36 (5.01%) Software Developer
15 35 (4.87%) Senior Java Software Engineer
16 32 (4.45%) Senior Developer
17 31 (4.31%) Graduate
18 30 (4.17%) AWS Software Engineer
18 30 (4.17%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (20.03%) Spring
2 120 (16.69%) Spring Boot
3 101 (14.05%) React
4 95 (13.21%) RESTful
4 95 (13.21%) SOAP
5 93 (12.93%) .NET
6 72 (10.01%) REST
7 65 (9.04%) Kafka
8 51 (7.09%) HTML
9 42 (5.84%) CSS
10 41 (5.70%) Node.js
11 39 (5.42%) JSON
11 39 (5.42%) XML
12 33 (4.59%) Elastic Stack
13 32 (4.45%) AngularJS
14 27 (3.76%) gRPC
14 27 (3.76%) jQuery
14 27 (3.76%) Web Services
15 25 (3.48%) Hibernate
15 25 (3.48%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 131 (18.22%) Cloud Native
2 69 (9.60%) Enterprise Software
3 47 (6.54%) Distributed Systems
4 41 (5.70%) Product Ownership
5 34 (4.73%) Derivative
6 30 (4.17%) Fixed Income
7 29 (4.03%) Equities
8 27 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (3.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 24 (3.34%) Hedge funds
10 24 (3.34%) Pricing Data
11 20 (2.78%) FPGA
12 19 (2.64%) Algorithms
13 18 (2.50%) Public Cloud
14 16 (2.23%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.67%) DataPower
15 12 (1.67%) Distributed Architecture
16 11 (1.53%) Onboarding
17 10 (1.39%) Blog
18 9 (1.25%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 88 (12.24%) Linux
2 33 (4.59%) Unix
3 10 (1.39%) Android
4 9 (1.25%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.25%) Windows
5 4 (0.56%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.42%) CentOS
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.14%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (49.37%) Agile
2 250 (34.77%) CI/CD
3 240 (33.38%) Software Engineering
4 211 (29.35%) DevOps
5 191 (26.56%) Mentoring
6 180 (25.03%) Microservices
7 132 (18.36%) Test Automation
8 118 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
9 112 (15.58%) Computer Science
10 110 (15.30%) Full-Stack Development
11 108 (15.02%) AI
12 106 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 91 (12.66%) Coaching
14 77 (10.71%) Containerisation
15 71 (9.87%) Scrum
16 67 (9.32%) Roadmaps
17 66 (9.18%) Asset Management
17 66 (9.18%) Technical Leadership
18 65 (9.04%) Clean Code
19 64 (8.90%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 277 (38.53%) Python
2 195 (27.12%) SQL
3 155 (21.56%) JavaScript
4 142 (19.75%) C#
5 104 (14.46%) TypeScript
6 66 (9.18%) C++
7 53 (7.37%) Go
8 45 (6.26%) PL/SQL
9 44 (6.12%) Shell Script
10 33 (4.59%) Bash
11 28 (3.89%) PHP
12 27 (3.76%) Scala
13 25 (3.48%) C
14 23 (3.20%) Kotlin
15 9 (1.25%) Apex Code
15 9 (1.25%) Groovy
16 8 (1.11%) Delphi
17 7 (0.97%) R
18 4 (0.56%) PowerShell
18 4 (0.56%) Rust
Qualifications
1 158 (21.97%) Degree
2 98 (13.63%) Security Cleared
3 85 (11.82%) SC Cleared
4 83 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (7.09%) AWS Certification
6 35 (4.87%) ISTQB
7 32 (4.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 31 (4.31%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (3.76%) TOGAF Certification
11 24 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (1.95%) DV Cleared
13 13 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.11%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.97%) CREST Certified
15 7 (0.97%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.97%) OSCP
15 7 (0.97%) PhD
16 4 (0.56%) OSCE
16 4 (0.56%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (7.09%) QA
2 22 (3.06%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.53%) GDPR
4 10 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.11%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.97%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.97%) SOC 2
7 6 (0.83%) NCSC
7 6 (0.83%) NIST
8 4 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.56%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.28%) ECSS
9 2 (0.28%) SEPA
9 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 121 (16.83%) Docker
2 23 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 148 (20.58%) Kubernetes
2 122 (16.97%) Terraform
3 46 (6.40%) Ansible
4 37 (5.15%) Single Sign-On
5 35 (4.87%) Grafana
6 33 (4.59%) Argo
7 23 (3.20%) Prometheus
8 19 (2.64%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.97%) Kibana
10 5 (0.70%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.56%) HP Fortify
12 3 (0.42%) Puppet
13 2 (0.28%) Packer
13 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 1 (0.14%) FTK
14 1 (0.14%) Icinga
14 1 (0.14%) Istio
14 1 (0.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 69 (9.60%) Oracle
2 57 (7.93%) Microsoft
3 34 (4.73%) Google
4 20 (2.78%) Okta
5 19 (2.64%) MuleSoft
6 15 (2.09%) Databricks
7 12 (1.67%) Guidewire
8 11 (1.53%) IBM
9 10 (1.39%) Dell
10 9 (1.25%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.97%) Palantir
11 7 (0.97%) SAP
12 6 (0.83%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.83%) Talend
12 6 (0.83%) TIBCO
13 5 (0.70%) IFS
13 5 (0.70%) Jitterbit
13 5 (0.70%) Mercator
13 5 (0.70%) SnapLogic
13 5 (0.70%) Workday