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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 36 27
Rank change year-on-year -3 -9 -9
Permanent jobs citing Java 844 1,038 2,368
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.01% 7.61% 7.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.83% 16.61% 18.13%
Number of salaries quoted 564 789 1,918
10th Percentile £44,259 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,750 £72,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +3.10% +2.73% -2.65%
75th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £124,250 £140,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year - +6.27% -5.90%

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 4,482 6,251 13,062
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.58% 45.80% 43.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,255 4,561 11,365
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £48,625 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 16 March 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 26 (3.08%) Apache Spark
2 25 (2.96%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (2.13%) JBoss
4 14 (1.66%) Apache
5 13 (1.54%) WebSphere
6 11 (1.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.59%) Anypoint
8 4 (0.47%) Confluence
9 3 (0.36%) Camunda
9 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.24%) nginx
10 2 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.12%) FileNet
11 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.12%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.12%) WildFly
Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 25 (2.96%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.59%) Shopify
3 3 (0.36%) Maximo
4 1 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 490 (58.06%) AWS
2 206 (24.41%) Azure
3 160 (18.96%) GCP
4 86 (10.19%) SaaS
5 83 (9.83%) GitHub
6 82 (9.72%) Amazon EKS
7 67 (7.94%) Serverless
8 39 (4.62%) Amazon S3
9 34 (4.03%) Amazon ECS
9 34 (4.03%) AWS Lambda
10 30 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
11 29 (3.44%) dbt
12 27 (3.20%) GitHub Copilot
13 25 (2.96%) OCI
14 24 (2.84%) Pulumi
15 23 (2.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 21 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (2.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.62%) Broadband
2 34 (4.03%) TCP/IP
3 10 (1.18%) HTTP
4 6 (0.71%) BGP
4 6 (0.71%) VLAN
4 6 (0.71%) VPN
5 5 (0.59%) AMQP
5 5 (0.59%) PuTTY
6 3 (0.36%) Kerberos
7 2 (0.24%) DHCP
7 2 (0.24%) DNS
7 2 (0.24%) DSL
7 2 (0.24%) LAN
7 2 (0.24%) NAS
7 2 (0.24%) SAN
7 2 (0.24%) SNMP
7 2 (0.24%) SSH
7 2 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.12%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (9.95%) PostgreSQL
2 77 (9.12%) NoSQL
3 42 (4.98%) Relational Database
4 38 (4.50%) MySQL
5 36 (4.27%) SQL Server
6 27 (3.20%) MongoDB
7 24 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (2.37%) BigQuery
8 20 (2.37%) RDBMS
8 20 (2.37%) Tableau
9 17 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.90%) DynamoDB
11 14 (1.66%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.66%) Apache Iceberg
12 13 (1.54%) Power BI
13 12 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
14 10 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.18%) Flink
15 9 (1.07%) Looker
15 9 (1.07%) Redis
Development Applications
1 73 (8.65%) Jenkins
2 60 (7.11%) Git
3 58 (6.87%) Selenium
4 50 (5.92%) TeamCity
5 46 (5.45%) JIRA
6 32 (3.79%) Postman
6 32 (3.79%) WebDriver
7 29 (3.44%) GitLab
7 29 (3.44%) SoapUI
8 26 (3.08%) Oracle Forms
9 25 (2.96%) Team Foundation Server
10 20 (2.37%) Cypress.io
11 19 (2.25%) Cucumber
11 19 (2.25%) Jaeger
12 16 (1.90%) JUnit
13 15 (1.78%) JMeter
14 14 (1.66%) Maven
15 10 (1.18%) MLflow
16 8 (0.95%) Claude Code
16 8 (0.95%) REST Assured
General
1 317 (37.56%) Finance
2 217 (25.71%) Social Skills
3 138 (16.35%) Banking
4 137 (16.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 117 (13.86%) Law
6 98 (11.61%) Retail
7 73 (8.65%) Financial Institution
7 73 (8.65%) Public Sector
8 58 (6.87%) Front Office
9 53 (6.28%) Back Office
10 43 (5.09%) Analytical Skills
11 34 (4.03%) Games
12 30 (3.55%) Investment Banking
13 20 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.90%) Health Technology
15 15 (1.78%) Tech for Good
16 9 (1.07%) Marketing
17 7 (0.83%) Legal
17 7 (0.83%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 272 (32.23%) Developer
2 231 (27.37%) Software Engineer
3 218 (25.83%) Senior
4 149 (17.65%) Lead
5 138 (16.35%) Java Developer
6 133 (15.76%) Java Engineer
7 96 (11.37%) Java Software Engineer
8 67 (7.94%) Senior Software Engineer
9 53 (6.28%) Lead Software Engineer
10 52 (6.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 49 (5.81%) Lead Developer
11 49 (5.81%) Senior Developer
12 48 (5.69%) Architect
13 43 (5.09%) Software Developer
14 42 (4.98%) Full-Stack Developer
14 42 (4.98%) Senior Java Engineer
15 38 (4.50%) AWS Engineer
15 38 (4.50%) Cloud Engineer
16 34 (4.03%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 33 (3.91%) Applications Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (18.72%) Spring
2 133 (15.76%) React
3 130 (15.40%) Spring Boot
4 92 (10.90%) .NET
4 92 (10.90%) Kafka
4 92 (10.90%) REST
5 91 (10.78%) SOAP
6 88 (10.43%) RESTful
7 82 (9.72%) Node.js
8 47 (5.57%) GraphQL
9 44 (5.21%) AngularJS
10 41 (4.86%) HTML
11 38 (4.50%) JSON
11 38 (4.50%) XML
12 37 (4.38%) Redux
13 32 (3.79%) CSS
13 32 (3.79%) Middleware
14 31 (3.67%) Elastic Stack
15 28 (3.32%) Web Services
16 26 (3.08%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 169 (20.02%) Cloud Native
2 61 (7.23%) Distributed Systems
3 57 (6.75%) Product Ownership
4 55 (6.52%) Enterprise Software
5 44 (5.21%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.79%) Blog
7 22 (2.61%) FPGA
7 22 (2.61%) Public Cloud
8 17 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.78%) Distributed Architecture
10 15 (1.78%) Equities
11 13 (1.54%) DataPower
12 12 (1.42%) Derivative
13 11 (1.30%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.30%) Sports Betting
14 10 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
15 9 (1.07%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (1.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 96 (11.37%) Linux
2 38 (4.50%) Unix
3 16 (1.90%) Android
4 15 (1.78%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.83%) Windows
6 5 (0.59%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.36%) CentOS
7 3 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.12%) Debian
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (45.62%) Agile
2 323 (38.27%) Software Engineering
3 304 (36.02%) CI/CD
4 235 (27.84%) DevOps
5 217 (25.71%) Mentoring
6 199 (23.58%) Microservices
7 180 (21.33%) Test Automation
8 153 (18.13%) Full-Stack Development
9 117 (13.86%) AI
10 112 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
11 104 (12.32%) Clean Code
12 103 (12.20%) Containerisation
13 102 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
14 101 (11.97%) Coaching
15 99 (11.73%) Computer Science
16 85 (10.07%) Infrastructure as Code
17 84 (9.95%) Fintech
18 83 (9.83%) Technical Leadership
19 76 (9.00%) Roadmaps
20 69 (8.18%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 302 (35.78%) Python
2 217 (25.71%) SQL
3 175 (20.73%) JavaScript
4 120 (14.22%) C#
5 115 (13.63%) TypeScript
6 99 (11.73%) Go
7 65 (7.70%) C++
8 32 (3.79%) Bash
8 32 (3.79%) PL/SQL
8 32 (3.79%) Shell Script
9 24 (2.84%) C
9 24 (2.84%) Kotlin
10 23 (2.73%) Scala
11 21 (2.49%) PHP
12 20 (2.37%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.95%) Delphi
13 8 (0.95%) Groovy
13 8 (0.95%) Ruby
13 8 (0.95%) Rust
14 4 (0.47%) R
Qualifications
1 144 (17.06%) Degree
2 107 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 91 (10.78%) SC Cleared
4 65 (7.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.21%) AWS Certification
6 28 (3.32%) Azure Certification
7 25 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (2.96%) ISTQB
8 24 (2.84%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 24 (2.84%) TOGAF Certification
9 21 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (2.13%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.42%) OSCP
12 11 (1.30%) CREST Certified
12 11 (1.30%) PhD
13 10 (1.18%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.83%) DBS Check
15 4 (0.47%) OSCE
16 3 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.11%) QA
2 23 (2.73%) Accessibility
3 13 (1.54%) PCI DSS
3 13 (1.54%) SOC 2
4 11 (1.30%) GDPR
5 10 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.83%) NIST
7 6 (0.71%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.71%) NCSC
8 4 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.47%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.47%) WCAG
9 2 (0.24%) ECSS
9 2 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
System Software
1 147 (17.42%) Docker
2 18 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 190 (22.51%) Kubernetes
2 163 (19.31%) Terraform
3 67 (7.94%) Grafana
4 43 (5.09%) Ansible
5 33 (3.91%) Argo
6 26 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (2.84%) Prometheus
8 19 (2.25%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.71%) Kibana
10 5 (0.59%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.59%) FTK
11 4 (0.47%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.47%) Packer
12 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 1 (0.12%) Icinga
14 1 (0.12%) Nagios
14 1 (0.12%) Nessus
14 1 (0.12%) Puppet
Vendors
1 61 (7.23%) Oracle
2 48 (5.69%) Microsoft
3 45 (5.33%) Google
4 26 (3.08%) MuleSoft
5 20 (2.37%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.78%) Databricks
7 14 (1.66%) Okta
8 13 (1.54%) IBM
9 11 (1.30%) Palantir
10 10 (1.18%) Dell
11 9 (1.07%) Foundry
12 7 (0.83%) SAP
13 6 (0.71%) Talend
13 6 (0.71%) TIBCO
14 5 (0.59%) Epicor
14 5 (0.59%) Infor
14 5 (0.59%) Informatica
14 5 (0.59%) Jitterbit
14 5 (0.59%) Mercator
14 5 (0.59%) Software AG