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

 6 months to
23 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 23 25
Rank change year-on-year -43 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Java 870 1,322 1,900
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.77% 7.97% 7.71%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.22% 24.72% 20.11%
Number of salaries quoted 557 659 1,551
10th Percentile £37,400 £28,300 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £58,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £70,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -22.22% +20.00%
75th Percentile £88,148 £115,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £106,000 £137,500 £148,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +3.23%

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 6,119 5,347 9,449
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.50% 32.25% 38.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4,609 3,686 7,188
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,375 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 23 August 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 14 (1.61%) Apache
2 10 (1.15%) Confluence
3 8 (0.92%) Camunda
3 8 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.80%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.69%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.34%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.34%) JBoss
7 2 (0.23%) CMS
7 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.11%) Documentum
8 1 (0.11%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Moqups
2 4 (0.46%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 512 (58.85%) AWS
2 242 (27.82%) Azure
3 166 (19.08%) GCP
4 83 (9.54%) SaaS
5 53 (6.09%) Amazon EKS
6 51 (5.86%) Serverless
7 40 (4.60%) GitHub
8 31 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (2.99%) Amazon S3
11 20 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
12 17 (1.95%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (1.84%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
15 14 (1.61%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 14 (1.61%) AWS Step Functions
15 14 (1.61%) Azure AKS
16 13 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (1.38%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 11 (1.26%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.79%) HTTP
2 14 (1.61%) Broadband
3 12 (1.38%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.69%) AMQP
4 6 (0.69%) SMS
5 3 (0.34%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.34%) Firewall
5 3 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.34%) Network Security
6 1 (0.11%) ATM
6 1 (0.11%) DSL
6 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.08%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (6.44%) MongoDB
3 53 (6.09%) SQL Server
4 44 (5.06%) MySQL
5 42 (4.83%) NoSQL
6 35 (4.02%) Relational Database
7 22 (2.53%) DynamoDB
8 16 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.92%) Metadata
10 7 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.69%) Redis
11 6 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.46%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.46%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.46%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.34%) Flink
Development Applications
1 75 (8.62%) Git
2 53 (6.09%) TeamCity
3 43 (4.94%) Jenkins
4 34 (3.91%) GitLab
5 29 (3.33%) JUnit
6 27 (3.10%) JIRA
7 25 (2.87%) Selenium
8 20 (2.30%) Maven
8 20 (2.30%) Postman
9 17 (1.95%) Mockito
10 15 (1.72%) Cypress.io
11 13 (1.49%) JMeter
12 11 (1.26%) Claude Code
12 11 (1.26%) Cucumber
13 8 (0.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 8 (0.92%) SonarQube
14 7 (0.80%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.69%) REST Assured
16 5 (0.57%) Locust
16 5 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 299 (34.37%) Finance
2 167 (19.20%) Banking
3 165 (18.97%) Social Skills
4 137 (15.75%) Public Sector
5 97 (11.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 66 (7.59%) Law
6 66 (7.59%) Retail
7 48 (5.52%) Back Office
8 46 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
9 45 (5.17%) Financial Institution
10 26 (2.99%) Front Office
11 22 (2.53%) Health Technology
11 22 (2.53%) Investment Banking
11 22 (2.53%) Tech for Good
12 12 (1.38%) Legal
13 11 (1.26%) Local Government
14 10 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.03%) Aviation
16 8 (0.92%) Marketing
17 6 (0.69%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 314 (36.09%) Software Engineer
2 252 (28.97%) Developer
3 197 (22.64%) Senior
4 159 (18.28%) Lead
5 148 (17.01%) Java Developer
6 133 (15.29%) Java Engineer
7 91 (10.46%) Lead Software Engineer
8 89 (10.23%) Senior Software Engineer
9 77 (8.85%) Java Software Engineer
10 59 (6.78%) Senior Developer
11 58 (6.67%) Software Developer
12 44 (5.06%) Graduate
12 44 (5.06%) Senior Java Engineer
13 43 (4.94%) Senior Java Developer
14 40 (4.60%) Engineering Manager
15 39 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
16 35 (4.02%) Senior Java Software Engineer
17 32 (3.68%) Development Engineer
17 32 (3.68%) Software Development Engineer
17 32 (3.68%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (21.61%) Spring
2 133 (15.29%) Terraform
3 130 (14.94%) Spring Boot
4 124 (14.25%) React
5 111 (12.76%) REST
6 92 (10.57%) Node.js
7 81 (9.31%) .NET
8 68 (7.82%) Kafka
9 63 (7.24%) AngularJS
10 44 (5.06%) RESTful
11 42 (4.83%) CSS
12 26 (2.99%) jQuery
13 22 (2.53%) RabbitMQ
14 20 (2.30%) GraphQL
14 20 (2.30%) Vue
15 18 (2.07%) Web Services
16 16 (1.84%) HTML
16 16 (1.84%) Redux
17 14 (1.61%) OpenAPI
18 13 (1.49%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 136 (15.63%) Product Ownership
2 130 (14.94%) Cloud Native
3 75 (8.62%) Public Cloud
4 62 (7.13%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (3.22%) Distributed Architecture
6 24 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.76%) Virtual Team
7 20 (2.30%) Fixed Income
8 19 (2.18%) Blog
9 16 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.61%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.38%) Equities
11 12 (1.38%) FPGA
11 12 (1.38%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.38%) Security Posture
12 10 (1.15%) e-Learning
12 10 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.03%) AI Agents
13 9 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.92%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 79 (9.08%) Linux
2 30 (3.45%) Windows
3 24 (2.76%) Unix
4 12 (1.38%) Android
5 11 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.23%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 435 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 356 (40.92%) Agile
3 343 (39.43%) CI/CD
4 229 (26.32%) Test Automation
5 220 (25.29%) Mentoring
6 206 (23.68%) Microservices
7 203 (23.33%) DevOps
8 166 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
9 165 (18.97%) Technical Leadership
10 143 (16.44%) Full-Stack Development
11 142 (16.32%) AI
12 132 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 124 (14.25%) Coaching
14 119 (13.68%) TDD
15 118 (13.56%) Roadmaps
16 116 (13.33%) Clean Code
17 96 (11.03%) Containerisation
18 91 (10.46%) Infrastructure as Code
19 79 (9.08%) OO
20 78 (8.97%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 265 (30.46%) Python
2 197 (22.64%) JavaScript
3 181 (20.80%) SQL
4 141 (16.21%) C#
5 105 (12.07%) TypeScript
6 77 (8.85%) C++
7 55 (6.32%) Go
8 35 (4.02%) PHP
9 30 (3.45%) Bash
10 28 (3.22%) Kotlin
11 27 (3.10%) C
12 21 (2.41%) Ruby
13 20 (2.30%) Rust
14 16 (1.84%) PL/SQL
15 13 (1.49%) Scala
16 11 (1.26%) Groovy
16 11 (1.26%) PowerShell
17 9 (1.03%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.69%) Ada
19 5 (0.57%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 163 (18.74%) Security Cleared
2 132 (15.17%) SC Cleared
3 86 (9.89%) Degree
4 47 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.68%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (1.03%) AWS Certification
7 9 (1.03%) CREST Certified
7 9 (1.03%) OSCP
8 8 (0.92%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.80%) ISTQB
10 5 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.46%) PhD
12 3 (0.34%) CCSAM
12 3 (0.34%) GXPN
12 3 (0.34%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.34%) OCP
12 3 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
12 3 (0.34%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.51%) QA
2 41 (4.71%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.92%) NIST
5 7 (0.80%) WCAG
6 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.34%) MiFID
7 3 (0.34%) MIL-STD-1553
7 3 (0.34%) UCITS
8 2 (0.23%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 123 (14.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 167 (19.20%) Kubernetes
2 63 (7.24%) Grafana
3 33 (3.79%) Ansible
4 16 (1.84%) Argo
5 13 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.46%) Packer
7 2 (0.23%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) Puppet
8 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (5.29%) Oracle
2 38 (4.37%) Microsoft
3 28 (3.22%) Google
4 15 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.38%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.03%) MuleSoft
6 9 (1.03%) Splunk
7 7 (0.80%) IBM
8 6 (0.69%) OpenAI
8 6 (0.69%) TIBCO
9 5 (0.57%) Dynatrace
9 5 (0.57%) Sybase
10 4 (0.46%) Foundry
10 4 (0.46%) JDA
10 4 (0.46%) SAP
11 3 (0.34%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.34%) Perforce
11 3 (0.34%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.34%) Talend
12 2 (0.23%) Sage
319 hybrid/remote Java jobs