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

 6 months to
18 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 32 17
Rank change year-on-year -21 -15 -2
Permanent jobs citing Java 686 1,314 2,129
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.50% 7.53% 10.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.58% 17.65% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 499 913 1,670
10th Percentile £35,750 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +13.35% +0.82%
75th Percentile £105,000 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £135,500 £142,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +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 4,137 7,443 9,256
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.13% 42.63% 46.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,171 4,793 7,825
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,044 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,750 £48,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,968
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £102,500
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 18 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 50 (7.29%) Apache
2 48 (7.00%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (2.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 14 (2.04%) Apache Spark
5 11 (1.60%) JBoss
6 9 (1.31%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.73%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.44%) Confluence
8 3 (0.44%) Luigi
8 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.44%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.29%) Camunda
9 2 (0.29%) nginx
10 1 (0.15%) Alfresco
10 1 (0.15%) FileNet
10 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.15%) WildFly
Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.44%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 35 (5.10%) Oracle ERP
2 10 (1.46%) Dynamics NAV
3 5 (0.73%) Shopify
4 3 (0.44%) Maximo
5 2 (0.29%) Adaptiv
5 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 387 (56.41%) AWS
2 207 (30.17%) Azure
3 99 (14.43%) GCP
4 92 (13.41%) GitHub
5 51 (7.43%) Serverless
6 48 (7.00%) SaaS
7 47 (6.85%) Amazon EKS
7 47 (6.85%) dbt
8 44 (6.41%) Snowflake
9 38 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
10 35 (5.10%) OCI
11 31 (4.52%) Amazon S3
12 29 (4.23%) Amazon ECS
12 29 (4.23%) GitHub Copilot
13 27 (3.94%) AWS Lambda
14 26 (3.79%) Power Platform
15 21 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (2.77%) Entra ID
16 19 (2.77%) OpenShift
17 17 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.64%) TCP/IP
2 9 (1.31%) HTTP
3 4 (0.58%) AMQP
3 4 (0.58%) Broadband
4 3 (0.44%) BGP
4 3 (0.44%) Internet
4 3 (0.44%) Kerberos
4 3 (0.44%) PuTTY
4 3 (0.44%) VLAN
4 3 (0.44%) VPN
5 2 (0.29%) DHCP
5 2 (0.29%) DNS
5 2 (0.29%) LAN
5 2 (0.29%) NAS
5 2 (0.29%) SAN
5 2 (0.29%) SNMP
5 2 (0.29%) SSH
5 2 (0.29%) WAN
6 1 (0.15%) Firewall
6 1 (0.15%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (8.60%) SQL Server
3 48 (7.00%) Data Lake
4 44 (6.41%) Apache Ignite
5 42 (6.12%) Apache Iceberg
5 42 (6.12%) NoSQL
6 41 (5.98%) Amazon Athena
6 41 (5.98%) Apache Arrow
6 41 (5.98%) Dremio
6 41 (5.98%) MySQL
7 26 (3.79%) Relational Database
8 23 (3.35%) MongoDB
8 23 (3.35%) Power BI
9 18 (2.62%) Tableau
10 17 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.46%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.46%) Flink
12 9 (1.31%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.87%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 82 (11.95%) Jenkins
2 61 (8.89%) Selenium
3 56 (8.16%) Git
4 49 (7.14%) JIRA
5 37 (5.39%) Oracle Forms
6 36 (5.25%) WebDriver
7 32 (4.66%) Postman
8 30 (4.37%) GitLab
8 30 (4.37%) SoapUI
9 28 (4.08%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (3.35%) Cypress.io
11 19 (2.77%) JUnit
12 17 (2.48%) TeamCity
13 16 (2.33%) Cucumber
14 12 (1.75%) Maven
15 8 (1.17%) JMeter
16 6 (0.87%) SonarQube
16 6 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
17 4 (0.58%) Babel
17 4 (0.58%) webpack
General
1 314 (45.77%) Finance
2 194 (28.28%) Social Skills
3 127 (18.51%) Banking
4 95 (13.85%) Front Office
5 63 (9.18%) Investment Banking
6 56 (8.16%) Law
7 51 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (6.41%) Retail
9 43 (6.27%) Public Sector
10 41 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
11 39 (5.69%) Financial Institution
12 35 (5.10%) Back Office
13 24 (3.50%) Games
14 20 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (2.19%) Billing
16 12 (1.75%) Legal
17 11 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (1.02%) Aviation
18 7 (1.02%) Manufacturing
18 7 (1.02%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 237 (34.55%) Developer
2 183 (26.68%) Software Engineer
3 182 (26.53%) Senior
4 106 (15.45%) Java Engineer
5 89 (12.97%) Lead
6 83 (12.10%) Java Software Engineer
7 80 (11.66%) Java Developer
8 72 (10.50%) Senior Software Engineer
9 63 (9.18%) AWS Engineer
10 55 (8.02%) Senior Java Engineer
11 48 (7.00%) Python Engineer
11 48 (7.00%) Senior Java Software Engineer
12 47 (6.85%) Architect
12 47 (6.85%) AWS Software Engineer
13 43 (6.27%) Applications Engineer
14 42 (6.12%) Python Software Engineer
15 39 (5.69%) Cloud Engineer
15 39 (5.69%) Graduate
16 38 (5.54%) Lead Developer
17 37 (5.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (17.93%) Spring
2 111 (16.18%) React
3 110 (16.03%) Spring Boot
4 94 (13.70%) RESTful
5 92 (13.41%) .NET
6 87 (12.68%) Kafka
7 80 (11.66%) SOAP
8 64 (9.33%) REST
9 57 (8.31%) Node.js
10 48 (7.00%) CSS
11 43 (6.27%) HTML
12 42 (6.12%) gRPC
12 42 (6.12%) Protocol Buffers
13 41 (5.98%) NumPy
13 41 (5.98%) Pandas
13 41 (5.98%) SciPy
14 40 (5.83%) XML
15 35 (5.10%) GraphQL
16 34 (4.96%) jQuery
16 34 (4.96%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 124 (18.08%) Cloud Native
2 71 (10.35%) Fixed Income
3 62 (9.04%) Enterprise Software
4 52 (7.58%) Derivative
5 48 (7.00%) Equities
6 45 (6.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 41 (5.98%) Hedge funds
7 41 (5.98%) Pricing Data
8 40 (5.83%) Distributed Systems
9 25 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
10 23 (3.35%) Product Ownership
11 22 (3.21%) Algorithms
12 21 (3.06%) FPGA
13 17 (2.48%) Public Cloud
14 15 (2.19%) NHS
15 14 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
15 14 (2.04%) Onboarding
16 12 (1.75%) Data Structures
17 10 (1.46%) Distributed Architecture
17 10 (1.46%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 67 (9.77%) Linux
2 12 (1.75%) Windows
3 10 (1.46%) Unix
4 5 (0.73%) Android
5 4 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.58%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.29%) CentOS
7 2 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.15%) AIX
8 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (54.37%) Agile
2 254 (37.03%) Software Engineering
3 222 (32.36%) CI/CD
4 174 (25.36%) DevOps
5 168 (24.49%) Microservices
6 158 (23.03%) Mentoring
7 125 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
8 123 (17.93%) Test Automation
9 122 (17.78%) Computer Science
10 98 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
11 93 (13.56%) AI
12 92 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
13 82 (11.95%) Coaching
14 81 (11.81%) Asset Management
15 76 (11.08%) Investment Management
16 67 (9.77%) Clean Code
17 59 (8.60%) Scrum
18 58 (8.45%) API Integration
19 57 (8.31%) Migration
20 55 (8.02%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 275 (40.09%) Python
2 185 (26.97%) SQL
3 170 (24.78%) JavaScript
4 157 (22.89%) C#
5 130 (18.95%) TypeScript
6 72 (10.50%) C++
7 46 (6.71%) Go
8 45 (6.56%) Shell Script
9 42 (6.12%) PL/SQL
10 35 (5.10%) C
10 35 (5.10%) PHP
11 22 (3.21%) Scala
12 19 (2.77%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.60%) Bash
14 10 (1.46%) R
15 8 (1.17%) Delphi
15 8 (1.17%) Groovy
16 7 (1.02%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.73%) Objective-C
17 5 (0.73%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 157 (22.89%) Degree
2 95 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 83 (12.10%) Security Cleared
4 74 (10.79%) SC Cleared
5 33 (4.81%) AWS Certification
6 30 (4.37%) Azure Certification
7 29 (4.23%) ISTQB
8 27 (3.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 26 (3.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 22 (3.21%) TOGAF Certification
11 20 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.31%) DV Cleared
14 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.87%) CREST Certified
15 6 (0.87%) OSCP
16 5 (0.73%) PhD
17 4 (0.58%) OSCE
18 3 (0.44%) IBM Certification
19 2 (0.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (6.12%) QA
2 19 (2.77%) Accessibility
2 19 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (2.19%) GDPR
4 10 (1.46%) ISO 9001
4 10 (1.46%) NIST
5 6 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.87%) NCSC
5 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.87%) SOC 2
6 5 (0.73%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.58%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.29%) ECSS
8 2 (0.29%) SEPA
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 87 (12.68%) Docker
2 22 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 119 (17.35%) Kubernetes
2 83 (12.10%) Terraform
3 35 (5.10%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (4.52%) Grafana
5 21 (3.06%) Ansible
6 15 (2.19%) Argo
7 7 (1.02%) Kibana
8 5 (0.73%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.73%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.58%) HP Fortify
10 3 (0.44%) Control-M
11 2 (0.29%) Puppet
11 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 1 (0.15%) Icinga
12 1 (0.15%) Istio
12 1 (0.15%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.15%) Nagios
Vendors
1 64 (9.33%) Oracle
2 62 (9.04%) Microsoft
3 22 (3.21%) Google
4 19 (2.77%) MuleSoft
4 19 (2.77%) Okta
5 13 (1.90%) Guidewire
6 11 (1.60%) IBM
7 10 (1.46%) Dell
8 8 (1.17%) Databricks
8 8 (1.17%) SAP
9 7 (1.02%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.02%) Talend
10 6 (0.87%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.87%) SnapLogic
11 5 (0.73%) Epicor
11 5 (0.73%) IFS
11 5 (0.73%) Informatica
11 5 (0.73%) Jitterbit
11 5 (0.73%) Software AG
11 5 (0.73%) Workday
545 hybrid/remote Java jobs