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

 6 months to
1 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 32 18
Rank change year-on-year -18 -14 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 693 1,254 2,125
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.58% 7.36% 10.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.78% 17.23% 22.55%
Number of salaries quoted 491 854 1,648
10th Percentile £33,750 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +13.35% +0.82%
75th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £135,000 £140,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £78,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +7.59% -

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 4,131 7,280 9,423
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.32% 42.74% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,124 4,624 7,974
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.62% +4.00% -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 1 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 43 (6.20%) Apache
1 43 (6.20%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.60%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 12 (1.73%) JBoss
5 10 (1.44%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.72%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.43%) Confluence
7 3 (0.43%) Luigi
7 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.43%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.29%) Camunda
8 2 (0.29%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.14%) FileNet
9 1 (0.14%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.14%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.43%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 37 (5.34%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.72%) Shopify
4 3 (0.43%) Maximo
5 2 (0.29%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 380 (54.83%) AWS
2 215 (31.02%) Azure
3 100 (14.43%) GCP
4 98 (14.14%) GitHub
5 57 (8.23%) Serverless
6 50 (7.22%) SaaS
7 47 (6.78%) Amazon EKS
8 41 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (5.92%) dbt
9 38 (5.48%) Snowflake
10 37 (5.34%) OCI
11 33 (4.76%) Amazon S3
12 31 (4.47%) GitHub Copilot
13 30 (4.33%) Amazon ECS
14 29 (4.18%) AWS Lambda
15 27 (3.90%) Power Platform
16 21 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (2.89%) Entra ID
18 19 (2.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 19 (2.74%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.75%) TCP/IP
2 10 (1.44%) Broadband
2 10 (1.44%) HTTP
3 5 (0.72%) AMQP
4 4 (0.58%) PuTTY
5 3 (0.43%) BGP
5 3 (0.43%) Internet
5 3 (0.43%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.43%) VLAN
5 3 (0.43%) VPN
6 2 (0.29%) DHCP
6 2 (0.29%) DNS
6 2 (0.29%) LAN
6 2 (0.29%) NAS
6 2 (0.29%) SAN
6 2 (0.29%) SNMP
6 2 (0.29%) SSH
6 2 (0.29%) WAN
7 1 (0.14%) Firewall
7 1 (0.14%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (8.66%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (8.08%) SQL Server
3 48 (6.93%) NoSQL
4 41 (5.92%) Data Lake
5 36 (5.19%) Apache Iceberg
5 36 (5.19%) Apache Ignite
5 36 (5.19%) MySQL
6 35 (5.05%) Amazon Athena
7 33 (4.76%) Apache Arrow
7 33 (4.76%) Dremio
8 30 (4.33%) Relational Database
9 24 (3.46%) Power BI
10 21 (3.03%) Tableau
11 19 (2.74%) MongoDB
12 17 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (1.59%) DynamoDB
15 10 (1.44%) Flink
16 9 (1.30%) Hadoop
16 9 (1.30%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 86 (12.41%) Jenkins
2 68 (9.81%) Selenium
3 58 (8.37%) Git
3 58 (8.37%) JIRA
4 42 (6.06%) WebDriver
5 39 (5.63%) Oracle Forms
5 39 (5.63%) Postman
6 36 (5.19%) SoapUI
7 34 (4.91%) Team Foundation Server
8 30 (4.33%) GitLab
9 24 (3.46%) Cypress.io
10 20 (2.89%) JUnit
11 17 (2.45%) TeamCity
12 16 (2.31%) Cucumber
13 10 (1.44%) Maven
14 9 (1.30%) JMeter
15 7 (1.01%) Jaeger
16 6 (0.87%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
17 5 (0.72%) REST Assured
General
1 297 (42.86%) Finance
2 209 (30.16%) Social Skills
3 119 (17.17%) Banking
4 69 (9.96%) Front Office
5 59 (8.51%) Law
6 58 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (8.08%) Investment Banking
8 46 (6.64%) Public Sector
9 45 (6.49%) Retail
10 41 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
11 39 (5.63%) Financial Institution
12 34 (4.91%) Back Office
13 25 (3.61%) Games
14 21 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (2.16%) Billing
16 14 (2.02%) Legal
17 11 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.01%) Marketing
18 7 (1.01%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 223 (32.18%) Developer
2 183 (26.41%) Senior
3 161 (23.23%) Software Engineer
4 98 (14.14%) Java Engineer
5 93 (13.42%) Lead
6 83 (11.98%) Java Developer
7 73 (10.53%) Java Software Engineer
8 66 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
9 56 (8.08%) AWS Engineer
10 50 (7.22%) Architect
10 50 (7.22%) Senior Java Engineer
11 45 (6.49%) Applications Engineer
12 44 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
13 42 (6.06%) Senior Java Software Engineer
14 39 (5.63%) AWS Software Engineer
14 39 (5.63%) Python Engineer
15 35 (5.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 35 (5.05%) Graduate
15 35 (5.05%) Software Developer
16 33 (4.76%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (18.04%) Spring
2 111 (16.02%) Spring Boot
3 98 (14.14%) React
4 94 (13.56%) .NET
4 94 (13.56%) RESTful
5 90 (12.99%) SOAP
6 72 (10.39%) Kafka
7 64 (9.24%) REST
8 52 (7.50%) HTML
9 45 (6.49%) CSS
10 43 (6.20%) XML
11 42 (6.06%) Node.js
12 36 (5.19%) JSON
13 34 (4.91%) gRPC
13 34 (4.91%) Protocol Buffers
14 33 (4.76%) NumPy
14 33 (4.76%) Pandas
14 33 (4.76%) SciPy
15 30 (4.33%) jQuery
16 29 (4.18%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 125 (18.04%) Cloud Native
2 68 (9.81%) Enterprise Software
3 47 (6.78%) Fixed Income
4 43 (6.20%) Derivative
5 41 (5.92%) Distributed Systems
6 40 (5.77%) Equities
7 36 (5.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 33 (4.76%) Hedge funds
8 33 (4.76%) Pricing Data
9 28 (4.04%) Product Ownership
10 27 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (3.17%) FPGA
12 21 (3.03%) Algorithms
13 17 (2.45%) Public Cloud
14 15 (2.16%) NHS
15 14 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
16 13 (1.88%) Onboarding
17 11 (1.59%) Data Structures
17 11 (1.59%) Distributed Architecture
18 10 (1.44%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 72 (10.39%) Linux
2 16 (2.31%) Unix
3 11 (1.59%) Windows
4 6 (0.87%) Android
5 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.29%) CentOS
8 2 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.14%) AIX
9 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (51.66%) Agile
2 234 (33.77%) Software Engineering
3 232 (33.48%) CI/CD
4 191 (27.56%) DevOps
5 178 (25.69%) Mentoring
6 171 (24.68%) Microservices
7 130 (18.76%) Test Automation
8 123 (17.75%) Problem-Solving
9 121 (17.46%) Computer Science
10 102 (14.72%) AI
11 98 (14.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 94 (13.56%) Full-Stack Development
13 84 (12.12%) Coaching
14 75 (10.82%) Asset Management
15 65 (9.38%) Migration
16 64 (9.24%) Clean Code
16 64 (9.24%) Containerisation
16 64 (9.24%) Scrum
17 62 (8.95%) API Integration
17 62 (8.95%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 272 (39.25%) Python
2 192 (27.71%) SQL
3 161 (23.23%) C#
4 155 (22.37%) JavaScript
5 112 (16.16%) TypeScript
6 68 (9.81%) C++
7 45 (6.49%) PL/SQL
7 45 (6.49%) Shell Script
8 39 (5.63%) Go
9 36 (5.19%) C
10 31 (4.47%) PHP
11 26 (3.75%) Scala
12 21 (3.03%) Kotlin
13 18 (2.60%) Bash
14 10 (1.44%) R
15 8 (1.15%) Apex Code
15 8 (1.15%) Delphi
15 8 (1.15%) Groovy
16 4 (0.58%) Objective-C
16 4 (0.58%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 165 (23.81%) Degree
2 95 (13.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 82 (11.83%) Security Cleared
4 74 (10.68%) SC Cleared
5 41 (5.92%) AWS Certification
6 37 (5.34%) ISTQB
7 34 (4.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 33 (4.76%) Azure Certification
9 30 (4.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 26 (3.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 24 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.30%) DV Cleared
14 6 (0.87%) CREST Certified
14 6 (0.87%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.87%) OSCP
15 4 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 4 (0.58%) OSCE
15 4 (0.58%) PhD
15 4 (0.58%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (6.64%) QA
2 19 (2.74%) Accessibility
2 19 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.02%) GDPR
4 10 (1.44%) ISO 9001
5 9 (1.30%) NIST
6 7 (1.01%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.87%) NCSC
7 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.87%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.58%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.58%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.29%) ECSS
9 2 (0.29%) SEPA
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.14%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 101 (14.57%) Docker
2 23 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 128 (18.47%) Kubernetes
2 95 (13.71%) Terraform
3 37 (5.34%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (4.47%) Grafana
5 27 (3.90%) Ansible
6 21 (3.03%) Argo
7 11 (1.59%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.01%) Kibana
8 7 (1.01%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.72%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.58%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.29%) Control-M
11 2 (0.29%) Puppet
11 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 1 (0.14%) Icinga
12 1 (0.14%) Istio
12 1 (0.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 68 (9.81%) Microsoft
2 67 (9.67%) Oracle
3 27 (3.90%) Google
4 20 (2.89%) Okta
5 19 (2.74%) MuleSoft
6 14 (2.02%) Guidewire
7 12 (1.73%) Databricks
8 11 (1.59%) IBM
9 10 (1.44%) Dell
10 8 (1.15%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.01%) SAP
11 7 (1.01%) Talend
12 5 (0.72%) Epicor
12 5 (0.72%) Infor
12 5 (0.72%) Informatica
12 5 (0.72%) Mercator
12 5 (0.72%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.72%) Software AG
12 5 (0.72%) TIBCO
12 5 (0.72%) Workday
473 hybrid/remote Java jobs