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

 6 months to
9 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 23 25
Rank change year-on-year -36 +2 -8
Permanent jobs citing Java 909 1,391 1,885
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.01% 8.41% 7.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.95% 25.03% 19.72%
Number of salaries quoted 585 704 1,566
10th Percentile £36,774 £31,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,076 £75,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £115,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £139,625 £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 6,082 5,557 9,559
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.83% 33.59% 38.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4,563 3,828 7,478
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
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 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
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 9 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 13 (1.43%) Apache
2 11 (1.21%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.21%) Confluence
3 10 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.88%) Camunda
4 8 (0.88%) SharePoint Server
5 7 (0.77%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.33%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.33%) JBoss
8 2 (0.22%) CMS
8 2 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.22%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Appian
9 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (0.44%) Moqups
2 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.55%) Fidessa
2 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 530 (58.31%) AWS
2 254 (27.94%) Azure
3 178 (19.58%) GCP
4 80 (8.80%) SaaS
5 58 (6.38%) Amazon EKS
6 51 (5.61%) Serverless
7 37 (4.07%) GitHub
8 29 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (2.75%) Amazon S3
10 25 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
12 17 (1.87%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 17 (1.87%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (1.76%) dbt
14 15 (1.65%) GitHub Copilot
14 15 (1.65%) PaaS
15 14 (1.54%) Azure AKS
16 13 (1.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 13 (1.43%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.52%) HTTP
2 22 (2.42%) Broadband
3 19 (2.09%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.44%) AMQP
4 4 (0.44%) SMS
5 3 (0.33%) Firewall
5 3 (0.33%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.33%) Network Security
6 2 (0.22%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.11%) ATM
7 1 (0.11%) DSL
7 1 (0.11%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (10.12%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (6.93%) MongoDB
3 55 (6.05%) SQL Server
4 54 (5.94%) MySQL
5 52 (5.72%) NoSQL
6 32 (3.52%) Relational Database
7 20 (2.20%) DynamoDB
8 17 (1.87%) Amazon Athena
9 13 (1.43%) Metadata
10 11 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
10 11 (1.21%) Redis
11 9 (0.99%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.44%) Oracle Database
16 3 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
16 3 (0.33%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 70 (7.70%) Git
2 56 (6.16%) TeamCity
3 42 (4.62%) Jenkins
4 32 (3.52%) GitLab
5 28 (3.08%) Selenium
6 27 (2.97%) JIRA
7 26 (2.86%) JUnit
8 20 (2.20%) Maven
8 20 (2.20%) Postman
9 16 (1.76%) Mockito
10 14 (1.54%) Cypress.io
10 14 (1.54%) JMeter
11 12 (1.32%) Claude Code
12 11 (1.21%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 7 (0.77%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.77%) REST Assured
13 7 (0.77%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.66%) SpecFlow
15 5 (0.55%) Locust
General
1 310 (34.10%) Finance
2 167 (18.37%) Banking
3 165 (18.15%) Social Skills
4 142 (15.62%) Public Sector
5 103 (11.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 77 (8.47%) Law
7 69 (7.59%) Retail
8 49 (5.39%) Back Office
9 48 (5.28%) Financial Institution
10 47 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
11 34 (3.74%) Front Office
12 24 (2.64%) Investment Banking
13 22 (2.42%) Tech for Good
14 21 (2.31%) Health Technology
15 11 (1.21%) Legal
16 10 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (0.99%) Local Government
18 8 (0.88%) Aviation
18 8 (0.88%) Games
19 7 (0.77%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 328 (36.08%) Software Engineer
2 271 (29.81%) Developer
3 211 (23.21%) Senior
4 165 (18.15%) Lead
5 154 (16.94%) Java Developer
6 148 (16.28%) Java Engineer
7 97 (10.67%) Lead Software Engineer
8 95 (10.45%) Java Software Engineer
9 91 (10.01%) Senior Software Engineer
10 60 (6.60%) Senior Developer
10 60 (6.60%) Software Developer
11 48 (5.28%) Graduate
12 43 (4.73%) Full-Stack Developer
12 43 (4.73%) Senior Java Developer
12 43 (4.73%) Senior Java Engineer
13 39 (4.29%) Engineering Manager
14 37 (4.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 36 (3.96%) Senior Java Software Engineer
16 34 (3.74%) Graduate Developer
17 31 (3.41%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 184 (20.24%) Spring
2 132 (14.52%) React
3 127 (13.97%) Spring Boot
4 111 (12.21%) REST
5 95 (10.45%) Node.js
6 86 (9.46%) .NET
7 80 (8.80%) Kafka
8 64 (7.04%) AngularJS
9 53 (5.83%) RESTful
10 44 (4.84%) CSS
11 31 (3.41%) jQuery
12 29 (3.19%) GraphQL
13 24 (2.64%) Redux
14 21 (2.31%) Vue
15 18 (1.98%) RabbitMQ
15 18 (1.98%) Web Services
16 15 (1.65%) HTML
17 14 (1.54%) SOAP
18 12 (1.32%) LangChain
18 12 (1.32%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 146 (16.06%) Cloud Native
2 131 (14.41%) Product Ownership
3 76 (8.36%) Public Cloud
4 61 (6.71%) Distributed Systems
5 28 (3.08%) Fixed Income
6 27 (2.97%) Distributed Architecture
7 24 (2.64%) Virtual Team
8 23 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (2.20%) Blog
10 19 (2.09%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.65%) Security Posture
12 14 (1.54%) Equities
12 14 (1.54%) FPGA
12 14 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.32%) Management Information System
14 11 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (1.10%) e-Learning
16 9 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
17 8 (0.88%) AI Agents
18 7 (0.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 86 (9.46%) Linux
2 30 (3.30%) Windows
3 28 (3.08%) Unix
4 11 (1.21%) Android
4 11 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (49.28%) Software Engineering
2 389 (42.79%) Agile
3 349 (38.39%) CI/CD
4 239 (26.29%) Test Automation
5 231 (25.41%) Mentoring
6 212 (23.32%) Microservices
7 209 (22.99%) DevOps
8 164 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (17.82%) Technical Leadership
10 147 (16.17%) Full-Stack Development
11 138 (15.18%) AI
12 133 (14.63%) Coaching
13 132 (14.52%) TDD
14 130 (14.30%) Continuous Improvement
15 128 (14.08%) Clean Code
16 121 (13.31%) Roadmaps
17 102 (11.22%) Containerisation
18 94 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
19 78 (8.58%) Scrum
20 77 (8.47%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 275 (30.25%) Python
2 197 (21.67%) JavaScript
3 195 (21.45%) SQL
4 146 (16.06%) C#
5 102 (11.22%) TypeScript
6 87 (9.57%) C++
7 64 (7.04%) Go
8 38 (4.18%) PHP
9 29 (3.19%) Bash
10 28 (3.08%) C
11 24 (2.64%) Kotlin
12 21 (2.31%) Ruby
13 18 (1.98%) Rust
14 17 (1.87%) Scala
15 16 (1.76%) PL/SQL
16 12 (1.32%) Apex Code
17 11 (1.21%) Groovy
17 11 (1.21%) PowerShell
18 5 (0.55%) Ada
18 5 (0.55%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 164 (18.04%) Security Cleared
2 136 (14.96%) SC Cleared
3 97 (10.67%) Degree
4 51 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (3.52%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (1.10%) CREST Certified
7 10 (1.10%) OSCP
8 9 (0.99%) AWS Certification
9 8 (0.88%) DBS Check
10 7 (0.77%) ISTQB
10 7 (0.77%) PhD
11 6 (0.66%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.33%) CCSAM
14 3 (0.33%) GPEN
14 3 (0.33%) GXPN
14 3 (0.33%) OCP
14 3 (0.33%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.92%) QA
2 41 (4.51%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.65%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.88%) NIST
5 7 (0.77%) WCAG
6 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.33%) MiFID
7 3 (0.33%) UCITS
8 2 (0.22%) Good Clinical Practice
8 2 (0.22%) MIL-STD-1553
8 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 122 (13.42%) Docker
2 2 (0.22%) 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
1 172 (18.92%) Kubernetes
2 137 (15.07%) Terraform
3 66 (7.26%) Grafana
4 29 (3.19%) Ansible
5 15 (1.65%) Argo
6 12 (1.32%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.55%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (0.55%) Packer
8 2 (0.22%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.22%) Kibana
8 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.11%) FTK
9 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (5.06%) Oracle
2 39 (4.29%) Microsoft
3 33 (3.63%) Google
4 16 (1.76%) ServiceNow
5 15 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.21%) MuleSoft
7 9 (0.99%) Splunk
8 7 (0.77%) Foundry
8 7 (0.77%) IBM
9 6 (0.66%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.66%) TIBCO
10 5 (0.55%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.55%) Sybase
11 4 (0.44%) JDA
11 4 (0.44%) SAP
12 3 (0.33%) Bloomberg
12 3 (0.33%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.33%) Talend
13 2 (0.22%) AppDynamics
13 2 (0.22%) Perforce
687 hybrid/remote Java jobs