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 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
5 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 30 17
Rank change year-on-year -24 -13 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 670 1,488 2,198
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.37% 7.80% 10.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.16% 18.36% 22.91%
Number of salaries quoted 491 1,058 1,732
10th Percentile £32,750 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +20.44% +0.82%
75th Percentile £110,625 £120,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £147,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +6.67% +3.45%

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 4,146 8,104 9,593
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.05% 42.48% 46.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,189 5,233 8,122
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,486 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +1.56%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £111,500 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 5 December 2025.

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 59 (8.81%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (8.51%) Apache
3 14 (2.09%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (1.79%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.64%) JBoss
6 9 (1.34%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.75%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.45%) Confluence
8 3 (0.45%) Luigi
8 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.30%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.15%) Camunda
10 1 (0.15%) FileNet
10 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.45%) Simulink
3 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 31 (4.63%) Oracle ERP
2 12 (1.79%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.75%) Shopify
4 3 (0.45%) Adaptiv
4 3 (0.45%) Maximo
5 2 (0.30%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 375 (55.97%) AWS
2 211 (31.49%) Azure
3 102 (15.22%) GCP
4 87 (12.99%) GitHub
5 59 (8.81%) dbt
6 52 (7.76%) Snowflake
7 47 (7.01%) SaaS
8 42 (6.27%) Serverless
9 38 (5.67%) Amazon EKS
10 35 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (4.63%) OCI
12 27 (4.03%) Amazon S3
13 26 (3.88%) GitHub Copilot
14 24 (3.58%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (3.58%) Power Platform
15 23 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (2.99%) OpenShift
17 19 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (2.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 17 (2.54%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.88%) TCP/IP
2 8 (1.19%) HTTP
3 4 (0.60%) Broadband
4 3 (0.45%) AMQP
4 3 (0.45%) BGP
4 3 (0.45%) Internet
4 3 (0.45%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.45%) VLAN
4 3 (0.45%) VPN
5 2 (0.30%) DHCP
5 2 (0.30%) DNS
5 2 (0.30%) LAN
5 2 (0.30%) NAS
5 2 (0.30%) PuTTY
5 2 (0.30%) SAN
5 2 (0.30%) SNMP
5 2 (0.30%) SSH
5 2 (0.30%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Firewall
6 1 (0.15%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (10.15%) SQL Server
2 62 (9.25%) PostgreSQL
3 57 (8.51%) Data Lake
4 53 (7.91%) Amazon Athena
4 53 (7.91%) Apache Arrow
4 53 (7.91%) Apache Iceberg
4 53 (7.91%) Dremio
5 52 (7.76%) Apache Ignite
6 49 (7.31%) MySQL
7 41 (6.12%) NoSQL
8 26 (3.88%) Relational Database
9 24 (3.58%) MongoDB
10 22 (3.28%) Power BI
11 16 (2.39%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (2.39%) Tableau
12 10 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (1.19%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.19%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.90%) Data Vault
14 6 (0.90%) Flink
Development Applications
1 73 (10.90%) Jenkins
2 52 (7.76%) Selenium
3 50 (7.46%) Git
4 39 (5.82%) JIRA
5 33 (4.93%) Oracle Forms
6 28 (4.18%) GitLab
6 28 (4.18%) WebDriver
7 24 (3.58%) Postman
8 22 (3.28%) SoapUI
9 20 (2.99%) Cypress.io
9 20 (2.99%) Team Foundation Server
10 19 (2.84%) JUnit
11 16 (2.39%) Cucumber
12 15 (2.24%) TeamCity
13 9 (1.34%) Maven
14 8 (1.19%) JMeter
15 6 (0.90%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
17 4 (0.60%) Babel
17 4 (0.60%) webpack
General
1 320 (47.76%) Finance
2 197 (29.40%) Social Skills
3 125 (18.66%) Banking
4 103 (15.37%) Front Office
5 71 (10.60%) Investment Banking
6 47 (7.01%) Law
7 42 (6.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (5.82%) Public Sector
9 38 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
10 37 (5.52%) Financial Institution
10 37 (5.52%) Retail
11 35 (5.22%) Back Office
12 26 (3.88%) Games
13 19 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
14 17 (2.54%) Billing
15 13 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.79%) Legal
17 7 (1.04%) Aviation
17 7 (1.04%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.90%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 251 (37.46%) Developer
2 186 (27.76%) Software Engineer
3 180 (26.87%) Senior
4 106 (15.82%) Java Engineer
5 89 (13.28%) Java Software Engineer
6 84 (12.54%) Lead
7 81 (12.09%) Java Developer
8 80 (11.94%) Senior Software Engineer
9 70 (10.45%) AWS Engineer
10 61 (9.10%) Senior Java Engineer
11 57 (8.51%) AWS Software Engineer
12 56 (8.36%) Python Engineer
12 56 (8.36%) Senior Java Software Engineer
13 50 (7.46%) Python Software Engineer
14 46 (6.87%) Graduate
15 45 (6.72%) Architect
16 43 (6.42%) Graduate Developer
17 39 (5.82%) Lead Developer
18 38 (5.67%) Applications Engineer
18 38 (5.67%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (17.76%) Spring
2 107 (15.97%) Spring Boot
3 105 (15.67%) React
4 93 (13.88%) .NET
5 92 (13.73%) RESTful
6 83 (12.39%) Kafka
7 67 (10.00%) SOAP
8 59 (8.81%) REST
9 58 (8.66%) Node.js
10 56 (8.36%) CSS
11 53 (7.91%) NumPy
11 53 (7.91%) Pandas
11 53 (7.91%) SciPy
12 50 (7.46%) gRPC
12 50 (7.46%) Protocol Buffers
13 42 (6.27%) jQuery
14 37 (5.52%) XML
15 35 (5.22%) ASP.NET
15 35 (5.22%) GraphQL
15 35 (5.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 120 (17.91%) Cloud Native
2 85 (12.69%) Fixed Income
3 63 (9.40%) Equities
4 60 (8.96%) Derivative
5 59 (8.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 54 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
7 49 (7.31%) Hedge funds
7 49 (7.31%) Pricing Data
8 37 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (3.58%) Algorithms
9 24 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (3.28%) FPGA
11 21 (3.13%) Product Ownership
12 17 (2.54%) Public Cloud
13 16 (2.39%) Onboarding
14 14 (2.09%) Data Structures
14 14 (2.09%) NHS
15 13 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
16 11 (1.64%) Management Information System
17 9 (1.34%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 66 (9.85%) Linux
2 12 (1.79%) Windows
3 10 (1.49%) Unix
4 4 (0.60%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.45%) Android
5 3 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.30%) CentOS
6 2 (0.30%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.15%) AIX
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (56.57%) Agile
2 252 (37.61%) Software Engineering
3 208 (31.04%) CI/CD
4 168 (25.07%) Microservices
5 160 (23.88%) DevOps
6 150 (22.39%) Mentoring
7 132 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
8 125 (18.66%) Computer Science
9 114 (17.01%) Test Automation
10 101 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 89 (13.28%) Asset Management
12 87 (12.99%) AI
13 84 (12.54%) Investment Management
14 80 (11.94%) Full-Stack Development
15 79 (11.79%) Coaching
16 65 (9.70%) Clean Code
17 59 (8.81%) OO
18 58 (8.66%) OOP
19 56 (8.36%) Containerisation
19 56 (8.36%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 274 (40.90%) Python
2 177 (26.42%) SQL
3 174 (25.97%) JavaScript
4 157 (23.43%) C#
5 135 (20.15%) TypeScript
6 81 (12.09%) C++
7 43 (6.42%) PHP
8 41 (6.12%) Shell Script
9 39 (5.82%) Go
10 37 (5.52%) C
10 37 (5.52%) PL/SQL
11 21 (3.13%) Scala
12 18 (2.69%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.49%) R
14 8 (1.19%) Bash
14 8 (1.19%) Delphi
15 6 (0.90%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.75%) Groovy
16 5 (0.75%) PowerShell
16 5 (0.75%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 153 (22.84%) Degree
2 100 (14.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 77 (11.49%) Security Cleared
4 70 (10.45%) SC Cleared
5 31 (4.63%) AWS Certification
6 28 (4.18%) Azure Certification
7 25 (3.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (3.28%) ISTQB
9 19 (2.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 18 (2.69%) TOGAF Certification
11 17 (2.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (1.19%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.90%) PhD
15 4 (0.60%) CFA
15 4 (0.60%) DV Cleared
15 4 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.60%) OSCP
15 4 (0.60%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.27%) QA
2 21 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.69%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.54%) GDPR
5 12 (1.79%) ISO 9001
5 12 (1.79%) NIST
6 7 (1.04%) HIPAA
7 6 (0.90%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.90%) NCSC
8 4 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.60%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.60%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.30%) ECSS
9 2 (0.30%) SEPA
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 80 (11.94%) Docker
2 20 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 110 (16.42%) Kubernetes
2 70 (10.45%) Terraform
3 31 (4.63%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (4.33%) Grafana
5 19 (2.84%) Ansible
6 11 (1.64%) Argo
7 7 (1.04%) Kibana
8 5 (0.75%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.75%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.45%) Control-M
10 2 (0.30%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.30%) Puppet
10 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Spacewalk
11 1 (0.15%) Icinga
11 1 (0.15%) Istio
11 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.15%) Nagios
Vendors
1 59 (8.81%) Oracle
2 58 (8.66%) Microsoft
3 25 (3.73%) Google
4 18 (2.69%) MuleSoft
5 17 (2.54%) Okta
6 15 (2.24%) Guidewire
7 11 (1.64%) IBM
8 10 (1.49%) Dell
9 8 (1.19%) SAP
10 7 (1.04%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.04%) SnapLogic
10 7 (1.04%) Talend
11 6 (0.90%) Databricks
11 6 (0.90%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.75%) Epicor
12 5 (0.75%) Infor
12 5 (0.75%) Informatica
12 5 (0.75%) Mercator
12 5 (0.75%) Software AG
12 5 (0.75%) TIBCO
467 hybrid/remote Java jobs