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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 22 28
Rank change year-on-year -21 +6 -10
Permanent jobs citing Java 942 1,439 2,367
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.58% 9.14% 7.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.11% 24.71% 17.39%
Number of salaries quoted 603 743 2,006
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,468 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% - +3.33%
75th Percentile £88,148 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £109,500 £140,000 £146,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

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 5,506 5,823 13,614
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.79% 36.99% 40.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,141 4,049 11,255
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
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 28 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 20 (2.12%) Apache Spark
2 18 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.17%) Apache
4 8 (0.85%) JBoss
4 8 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.53%) Confluence
5 5 (0.53%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.32%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.32%) Camunda
6 3 (0.32%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.21%) CMS
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.11%) Appian
8 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) Documentum
8 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 5 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.11%) EngageOne
3 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.53%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 540 (57.32%) AWS
2 223 (23.67%) Azure
3 183 (19.43%) GCP
4 89 (9.45%) SaaS
5 70 (7.43%) Amazon EKS
6 56 (5.94%) Serverless
7 36 (3.82%) GitHub
8 34 (3.61%) Amazon S3
9 30 (3.18%) AWS Lambda
10 26 (2.76%) Amazon ECS
11 25 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
13 21 (2.23%) dbt
14 19 (2.02%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 17 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (1.80%) PaaS
15 17 (1.80%) Pulumi
16 16 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 15 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (1.59%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.61%) Broadband
2 29 (3.08%) HTTP
3 26 (2.76%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.32%) AMQP
4 3 (0.32%) BGP
4 3 (0.32%) DSL
4 3 (0.32%) Network Security
4 3 (0.32%) VLAN
4 3 (0.32%) VPN
5 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
5 1 (0.11%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (9.98%) PostgreSQL
2 70 (7.43%) NoSQL
3 57 (6.05%) MongoDB
4 53 (5.63%) SQL Server
5 50 (5.31%) MySQL
6 37 (3.93%) Relational Database
7 20 (2.12%) Amazon Athena
8 19 (2.02%) DynamoDB
9 18 (1.91%) BigQuery
10 17 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (1.49%) Metadata
13 12 (1.27%) RDBMS
14 11 (1.17%) Redis
15 9 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
17 7 (0.74%) Apache Iceberg
17 7 (0.74%) Pinecone
17 7 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 57 (6.05%) TeamCity
2 56 (5.94%) Git
3 36 (3.82%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.61%) GitLab
5 30 (3.18%) Selenium
6 27 (2.87%) JIRA
7 20 (2.12%) JUnit
8 19 (2.02%) Maven
8 19 (2.02%) Postman
9 14 (1.49%) Claude Code
9 14 (1.49%) JMeter
10 13 (1.38%) Cucumber
11 12 (1.27%) Jaeger
12 10 (1.06%) Mockito
12 10 (1.06%) SoapUI
12 10 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (1.06%) WebDriver
13 8 (0.85%) Cypress.io
13 8 (0.85%) REST Assured
14 7 (0.74%) SpecFlow
General
1 315 (33.44%) Finance
2 176 (18.68%) Banking
3 173 (18.37%) Social Skills
4 130 (13.80%) Public Sector
5 125 (13.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 95 (10.08%) Law
7 86 (9.13%) Retail
8 61 (6.48%) Financial Institution
9 56 (5.94%) Back Office
10 45 (4.78%) Analytical Skills
11 41 (4.35%) Front Office
12 28 (2.97%) Investment Banking
13 21 (2.23%) Health Technology
14 20 (2.12%) Tech for Good
15 14 (1.49%) Games
16 12 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.96%) Legal
18 8 (0.85%) Aviation
19 6 (0.64%) Local Government
19 6 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 314 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 308 (32.70%) Developer
3 230 (24.42%) Senior
4 183 (19.43%) Java Developer
5 180 (19.11%) Lead
6 151 (16.03%) Java Engineer
7 105 (11.15%) Java Software Engineer
8 98 (10.40%) Lead Software Engineer
9 91 (9.66%) Senior Software Engineer
10 63 (6.69%) Senior Developer
11 60 (6.37%) Software Developer
12 48 (5.10%) Full-Stack Developer
13 46 (4.88%) Graduate
13 46 (4.88%) Senior Java Engineer
14 43 (4.56%) Senior Java Developer
15 42 (4.46%) Engineering Manager
16 41 (4.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 38 (4.03%) Lead Developer
18 37 (3.93%) Senior Java Software Engineer
19 34 (3.61%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (19.75%) Spring
2 135 (14.33%) React
3 126 (13.38%) Spring Boot
4 111 (11.78%) REST
5 101 (10.72%) Node.js
6 85 (9.02%) .NET
7 83 (8.81%) Kafka
8 65 (6.90%) AngularJS
9 56 (5.94%) RESTful
10 44 (4.67%) CSS
11 37 (3.93%) GraphQL
12 32 (3.40%) Redux
12 32 (3.40%) SOAP
13 31 (3.29%) jQuery
14 25 (2.65%) HTML
14 25 (2.65%) Vue
14 25 (2.65%) Web Services
15 19 (2.02%) Playwright
16 18 (1.91%) JSON
16 18 (1.91%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 155 (16.45%) Cloud Native
2 127 (13.48%) Product Ownership
3 70 (7.43%) Public Cloud
4 64 (6.79%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (3.72%) Fixed Income
6 34 (3.61%) Blog
7 26 (2.76%) Distributed Architecture
8 23 (2.44%) Virtual Team
9 20 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
10 18 (1.91%) Equities
10 18 (1.91%) FPGA
11 17 (1.80%) Data Structures
12 15 (1.59%) Security Posture
13 14 (1.49%) e-Learning
14 12 (1.27%) Mobile App
14 12 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (0.96%) Management Information System
15 9 (0.96%) Sports Betting
16 8 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 101 (10.72%) Linux
2 40 (4.25%) Unix
3 26 (2.76%) Windows
4 15 (1.59%) Android
4 15 (1.59%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.21%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) CentOS
6 1 (0.11%) Debian
6 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (45.33%) Software Engineering
2 396 (42.04%) Agile
3 344 (36.52%) CI/CD
4 254 (26.96%) Mentoring
5 239 (25.37%) Test Automation
6 224 (23.78%) DevOps
7 210 (22.29%) Microservices
8 165 (17.52%) Full-Stack Development
9 152 (16.14%) Technical Leadership
10 150 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
11 132 (14.01%) Roadmaps
12 130 (13.80%) Clean Code
13 127 (13.48%) Coaching
14 118 (12.53%) TDD
15 115 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
16 109 (11.57%) AI
17 106 (11.25%) Infrastructure as Code
18 99 (10.51%) Containerisation
19 84 (8.92%) Computer Science
20 78 (8.28%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 277 (29.41%) Python
2 209 (22.19%) SQL
3 200 (21.23%) JavaScript
4 128 (13.59%) C#
5 99 (10.51%) TypeScript
6 95 (10.08%) Go
7 85 (9.02%) C++
8 38 (4.03%) PHP
9 37 (3.93%) Bash
10 25 (2.65%) Kotlin
11 23 (2.44%) C
11 23 (2.44%) Scala
12 16 (1.70%) Apex Code
13 15 (1.59%) Ruby
13 15 (1.59%) Rust
14 12 (1.27%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.85%) Groovy
15 8 (0.85%) PowerShell
16 5 (0.53%) Tcl
17 4 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 144 (15.29%) Security Cleared
2 120 (12.74%) SC Cleared
3 108 (11.46%) Degree
4 48 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.55%) AWS Certification
5 24 (2.55%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.38%) OSCP
7 12 (1.27%) CREST Certified
7 12 (1.27%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.06%) ISTQB
8 10 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.06%) PhD
9 8 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 5 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.42%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.42%) GPEN
12 4 (0.42%) GXPN
13 3 (0.32%) CCSAM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.64%) QA
2 41 (4.35%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.17%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.74%) PCI DSS
4 7 (0.74%) SOC 2
4 7 (0.74%) WCAG
5 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
6 2 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 131 (13.91%) Docker
2 2 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 188 (19.96%) Kubernetes
2 156 (16.56%) Terraform
3 67 (7.11%) Grafana
4 38 (4.03%) Ansible
5 26 (2.76%) Argo
6 18 (1.91%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.27%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.85%) Packer
9 5 (0.53%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.53%) FTK
10 3 (0.32%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.21%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.21%) Kibana
11 2 (0.21%) Puppet
12 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.11%) Nessus
12 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (4.56%) Oracle
2 38 (4.03%) Google
3 34 (3.61%) Microsoft
4 17 (1.80%) Salesforce
5 13 (1.38%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.27%) MuleSoft
7 8 (0.85%) Foundry
7 8 (0.85%) IBM
7 8 (0.85%) Splunk
8 7 (0.74%) Databricks
8 7 (0.74%) Palantir
9 6 (0.64%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.64%) TIBCO
10 5 (0.53%) Cellebrite
10 5 (0.53%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.53%) Sybase
11 4 (0.42%) JDA
12 3 (0.32%) Revolut
12 3 (0.32%) SAP
13 2 (0.21%) Cognos