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

 6 months to
5 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 21 25
Rank change year-on-year -26 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing Java 935 1,460 2,393
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.47% 9.01% 7.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.68% 24.77% 17.93%
Number of salaries quoted 599 759 2,029
10th Percentile £41,840 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,310 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £115,000 £117,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £140,135 £148,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £73,805
% change year-on-year -6.67% +1.62% -4.77%

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 5,606 5,895 13,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.78% 36.38% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,229 4,113 11,003
10th Percentile £39,818 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
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 5 July 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 18 (1.93%) Apache Spark
2 16 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.18%) Apache
4 8 (0.86%) JBoss
4 8 (0.86%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.64%) Confluence
6 5 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.43%) Camunda
8 3 (0.32%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.32%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.21%) CMS
9 2 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.21%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.11%) Appian
10 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Documentum
10 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
10 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 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 534 (57.11%) AWS
2 221 (23.64%) Azure
3 181 (19.36%) GCP
4 88 (9.41%) SaaS
5 70 (7.49%) Amazon EKS
6 53 (5.67%) Serverless
7 34 (3.64%) GitHub
8 32 (3.42%) Amazon S3
9 28 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (2.67%) Amazon ECS
10 25 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
12 20 (2.14%) dbt
13 18 (1.93%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 17 (1.82%) Azure Service Bus
14 17 (1.82%) PaaS
14 17 (1.82%) Pulumi
15 15 (1.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 15 (1.60%) GitHub Copilot
15 15 (1.60%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (3.64%) Broadband
2 29 (3.10%) HTTP
3 25 (2.67%) TCP/IP
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 2 (0.21%) AMQP
6 1 (0.11%) ATM
6 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (10.27%) PostgreSQL
2 67 (7.17%) NoSQL
3 59 (6.31%) MongoDB
4 52 (5.56%) MySQL
4 52 (5.56%) SQL Server
5 38 (4.06%) Relational Database
6 19 (2.03%) Amazon Athena
7 18 (1.93%) BigQuery
7 18 (1.93%) DynamoDB
8 16 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
8 16 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (1.50%) Metadata
10 12 (1.28%) RDBMS
11 11 (1.18%) Redis
12 8 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.64%) Pinecone
14 6 (0.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 57 (6.10%) TeamCity
2 54 (5.78%) Git
3 34 (3.64%) Jenkins
4 32 (3.42%) GitLab
5 27 (2.89%) Selenium
6 23 (2.46%) JIRA
7 20 (2.14%) JUnit
8 19 (2.03%) Maven
9 16 (1.71%) Postman
10 14 (1.50%) Claude Code
10 14 (1.50%) JMeter
11 13 (1.39%) Cucumber
12 12 (1.28%) Jaeger
13 10 (1.07%) Mockito
14 8 (0.86%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.75%) REST Assured
15 7 (0.75%) SoapUI
15 7 (0.75%) SpecFlow
15 7 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
15 7 (0.75%) WebDriver
General
1 312 (33.37%) Finance
2 175 (18.72%) Banking
3 166 (17.75%) Social Skills
4 129 (13.80%) Public Sector
5 125 (13.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 94 (10.05%) Law
7 85 (9.09%) Retail
8 61 (6.52%) Financial Institution
9 56 (5.99%) Back Office
10 45 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
11 41 (4.39%) Front Office
12 27 (2.89%) Investment Banking
13 20 (2.14%) Health Technology
14 18 (1.93%) Tech for Good
15 14 (1.50%) Games
16 12 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.86%) Aviation
17 8 (0.86%) Legal
18 6 (0.64%) Local Government
18 6 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 317 (33.90%) Software Engineer
2 301 (32.19%) Developer
3 229 (24.49%) Senior
4 179 (19.14%) Lead
5 178 (19.04%) Java Developer
6 153 (16.36%) Java Engineer
7 106 (11.34%) Java Software Engineer
8 99 (10.59%) Lead Software Engineer
9 92 (9.84%) Senior Software Engineer
10 62 (6.63%) Senior Developer
11 61 (6.52%) Software Developer
12 48 (5.13%) Senior Java Engineer
13 46 (4.92%) Full-Stack Developer
13 46 (4.92%) Graduate
14 43 (4.60%) Senior Java Developer
15 41 (4.39%) Engineering Manager
15 41 (4.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 39 (4.17%) Senior Java Software Engineer
17 37 (3.96%) Lead Developer
18 34 (3.64%) Graduate Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (19.68%) Spring
2 133 (14.22%) React
3 123 (13.16%) Spring Boot
4 109 (11.66%) REST
5 100 (10.70%) Node.js
6 85 (9.09%) .NET
7 84 (8.98%) Kafka
8 64 (6.84%) AngularJS
9 54 (5.78%) RESTful
10 42 (4.49%) CSS
11 37 (3.96%) GraphQL
12 32 (3.42%) Redux
13 31 (3.32%) jQuery
14 27 (2.89%) SOAP
15 25 (2.67%) Vue
16 24 (2.57%) Web Services
17 19 (2.03%) HTML
18 18 (1.93%) Playwright
19 17 (1.82%) Middleware
20 15 (1.60%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 159 (17.01%) Cloud Native
2 126 (13.48%) Product Ownership
3 70 (7.49%) Public Cloud
4 66 (7.06%) Distributed Systems
5 35 (3.74%) Fixed Income
6 34 (3.64%) Blog
7 27 (2.89%) Distributed Architecture
8 23 (2.46%) Virtual Team
9 20 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (1.82%) Data Structures
10 17 (1.82%) Equities
10 17 (1.82%) FPGA
11 15 (1.60%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.50%) e-Learning
13 11 (1.18%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.07%) Management Information System
15 9 (0.96%) Sports Betting
16 8 (0.86%) Legacy Applications
17 7 (0.75%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 101 (10.80%) Linux
2 40 (4.28%) Unix
3 26 (2.78%) Windows
4 14 (1.50%) Android
4 14 (1.50%) 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
1 429 (45.88%) Software Engineering
2 394 (42.14%) Agile
3 341 (36.47%) CI/CD
4 247 (26.42%) Mentoring
5 237 (25.35%) Test Automation
6 219 (23.42%) DevOps
7 210 (22.46%) Microservices
8 161 (17.22%) Full-Stack Development
9 152 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
10 151 (16.15%) Technical Leadership
11 132 (14.12%) Roadmaps
12 129 (13.80%) Clean Code
13 127 (13.58%) Coaching
14 119 (12.73%) TDD
15 117 (12.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 111 (11.87%) AI
17 105 (11.23%) Infrastructure as Code
18 96 (10.27%) Containerisation
19 81 (8.66%) Computer Science
20 76 (8.13%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 278 (29.73%) Python
2 206 (22.03%) SQL
3 199 (21.28%) JavaScript
4 125 (13.37%) C#
5 97 (10.37%) TypeScript
6 94 (10.05%) Go
7 84 (8.98%) C++
8 38 (4.06%) PHP
9 37 (3.96%) Bash
10 24 (2.57%) C
11 23 (2.46%) Kotlin
12 22 (2.35%) Scala
13 15 (1.60%) Apex Code
13 15 (1.60%) Ruby
13 15 (1.60%) Rust
14 11 (1.18%) PL/SQL
15 9 (0.96%) PowerShell
16 8 (0.86%) Groovy
17 5 (0.53%) Tcl
18 4 (0.43%) Perl
Qualifications
1 146 (15.61%) Security Cleared
2 122 (13.05%) SC Cleared
3 101 (10.80%) Degree
4 46 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.67%) DV Cleared
6 22 (2.35%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.39%) OSCP
8 12 (1.28%) CREST Certified
8 12 (1.28%) DBS Check
9 11 (1.18%) PhD
10 10 (1.07%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (0.64%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
14 4 (0.43%) GPEN
14 4 (0.43%) GXPN
15 3 (0.32%) CCSAM
15 3 (0.32%) OSCE
16 2 (0.21%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.59%) QA
2 40 (4.28%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.28%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.75%) PCI DSS
4 7 (0.75%) SOC 2
4 7 (0.75%) WCAG
5 3 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
7 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.11%) NIST
7 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 127 (13.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 185 (19.79%) Kubernetes
2 154 (16.47%) Terraform
3 68 (7.27%) Grafana
4 38 (4.06%) Ansible
5 26 (2.78%) Argo
6 19 (2.03%) Prometheus
7 12 (1.28%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.86%) 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 (4.60%) Oracle
2 40 (4.28%) Google
3 33 (3.53%) Microsoft
4 16 (1.71%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.50%) ServiceNow
6 12 (1.28%) MuleSoft
7 9 (0.96%) Splunk
8 8 (0.86%) Foundry
8 8 (0.86%) IBM
8 8 (0.86%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.64%) Databricks
9 6 (0.64%) Palantir
9 6 (0.64%) TIBCO
10 5 (0.53%) Cellebrite
10 5 (0.53%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.53%) Sybase
11 4 (0.43%) JDA
12 3 (0.32%) Revolut
12 3 (0.32%) SAP
13 2 (0.21%) AppDynamics
496 hybrid/remote Java jobs