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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 35 19
Rank change year-on-year -16 -16 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 700 1,185 2,137
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.60% 7.20% 9.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.87% 16.62% 21.48%
Number of salaries quoted 495 798 1,657
10th Percentile £35,750 £43,750 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,125 £56,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +13.35% +0.82%
75th Percentile £92,500 £115,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £140,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £79,932 £70,576
% change year-on-year -6.17% +13.26% -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 4,150 7,129 9,948
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.28% 43.29% 46.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,129 4,469 8,469
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +7.44% -6.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 15 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 41 (5.86%) Apache
1 41 (5.86%) Apache Airflow
2 20 (2.86%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.43%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 13 (1.86%) JBoss
5 11 (1.57%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.71%) 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 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.43%) Simulink
3 1 (0.14%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 37 (5.29%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.71%) Shopify
3 3 (0.43%) Maximo
4 2 (0.29%) Adaptiv
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 391 (55.86%) AWS
2 209 (29.86%) Azure
3 101 (14.43%) GCP
4 93 (13.29%) GitHub
5 60 (8.57%) Serverless
6 50 (7.14%) Amazon EKS
7 47 (6.71%) SaaS
8 41 (5.86%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (5.43%) dbt
10 37 (5.29%) OCI
11 36 (5.14%) Snowflake
12 35 (5.00%) Amazon S3
13 32 (4.57%) GitHub Copilot
14 31 (4.43%) Amazon ECS
14 31 (4.43%) AWS Lambda
15 27 (3.86%) Power Platform
16 21 (3.00%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 20 (2.86%) Entra ID
18 18 (2.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.57%) TCP/IP
2 15 (2.14%) Broadband
3 11 (1.57%) HTTP
4 5 (0.71%) AMQP
4 5 (0.71%) 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%) DSL
7 1 (0.14%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.71%) PostgreSQL
2 55 (7.86%) NoSQL
3 45 (6.43%) SQL Server
4 36 (5.14%) Data Lake
4 36 (5.14%) Relational Database
5 34 (4.86%) Apache Iceberg
5 34 (4.86%) MySQL
6 32 (4.57%) Amazon Athena
6 32 (4.57%) Apache Ignite
7 29 (4.14%) Apache Arrow
7 29 (4.14%) Dremio
8 23 (3.29%) Power BI
8 23 (3.29%) Tableau
9 19 (2.71%) MongoDB
10 16 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (2.14%) RDBMS
12 14 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (1.71%) DynamoDB
14 10 (1.43%) Flink
15 8 (1.14%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 87 (12.43%) Jenkins
2 69 (9.86%) Selenium
3 60 (8.57%) JIRA
4 59 (8.43%) Git
5 41 (5.86%) Postman
5 41 (5.86%) WebDriver
6 39 (5.57%) Oracle Forms
7 38 (5.43%) SoapUI
8 35 (5.00%) Team Foundation Server
9 29 (4.14%) GitLab
10 24 (3.43%) Cypress.io
11 19 (2.71%) JUnit
11 19 (2.71%) TeamCity
12 16 (2.29%) Cucumber
13 13 (1.86%) Jaeger
14 9 (1.29%) JMeter
14 9 (1.29%) Maven
15 6 (0.86%) MLflow
15 6 (0.86%) SonarQube
15 6 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 291 (41.57%) Finance
2 219 (31.29%) Social Skills
3 119 (17.00%) Banking
4 69 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (9.00%) Law
6 56 (8.00%) Front Office
7 51 (7.29%) Investment Banking
8 49 (7.00%) Retail
9 47 (6.71%) Public Sector
10 41 (5.86%) Financial Institution
11 40 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
12 27 (3.86%) Back Office
13 25 (3.57%) Games
14 22 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (2.14%) Billing
16 13 (1.86%) Legal
17 10 (1.43%) Tech for Good
18 9 (1.29%) Health Technology
19 7 (1.00%) Manufacturing
19 7 (1.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 205 (29.29%) Developer
2 183 (26.14%) Senior
3 156 (22.29%) Software Engineer
4 99 (14.14%) Java Engineer
4 99 (14.14%) Lead
5 85 (12.14%) Java Developer
6 69 (9.86%) Java Software Engineer
7 63 (9.00%) Senior Software Engineer
8 54 (7.71%) AWS Engineer
9 49 (7.00%) Architect
9 49 (7.00%) Senior Java Engineer
10 48 (6.86%) Cloud Engineer
11 44 (6.29%) Applications Engineer
12 40 (5.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 39 (5.57%) Senior Java Software Engineer
14 35 (5.00%) Python Engineer
14 35 (5.00%) Software Developer
15 34 (4.86%) AWS Software Engineer
16 31 (4.43%) Graduate
17 30 (4.29%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (19.29%) Spring
2 117 (16.71%) Spring Boot
3 99 (14.14%) React
4 96 (13.71%) RESTful
5 93 (13.29%) .NET
5 93 (13.29%) SOAP
6 67 (9.57%) REST
7 65 (9.29%) Kafka
8 53 (7.57%) HTML
9 42 (6.00%) CSS
10 37 (5.29%) JSON
10 37 (5.29%) Node.js
10 37 (5.29%) XML
11 30 (4.29%) gRPC
11 30 (4.29%) Protocol Buffers
12 29 (4.14%) AngularJS
12 29 (4.14%) NumPy
12 29 (4.14%) Pandas
12 29 (4.14%) SciPy
13 27 (3.86%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 129 (18.43%) Cloud Native
2 69 (9.86%) Enterprise Software
3 45 (6.43%) Distributed Systems
4 39 (5.57%) Derivative
5 36 (5.14%) Equities
5 36 (5.14%) Product Ownership
6 35 (5.00%) Fixed Income
7 31 (4.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 29 (4.14%) Hedge funds
8 29 (4.14%) Pricing Data
9 26 (3.71%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (3.00%) Algorithms
10 21 (3.00%) FPGA
11 17 (2.43%) Public Cloud
12 14 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
13 12 (1.71%) Distributed Architecture
13 12 (1.71%) Onboarding
14 11 (1.57%) DataPower
15 9 (1.29%) Blog
15 9 (1.29%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 78 (11.14%) Linux
2 25 (3.57%) Unix
3 10 (1.43%) Windows
4 7 (1.00%) Android
5 6 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.57%) 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
1 355 (50.71%) Agile
2 240 (34.29%) CI/CD
3 233 (33.29%) Software Engineering
4 199 (28.43%) DevOps
5 184 (26.29%) Mentoring
6 177 (25.29%) Microservices
7 127 (18.14%) Test Automation
8 119 (17.00%) Problem-Solving
9 110 (15.71%) Computer Science
10 106 (15.14%) AI
11 105 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 105 (15.00%) Full-Stack Development
12 89 (12.71%) Coaching
13 72 (10.29%) Containerisation
14 71 (10.14%) Asset Management
15 69 (9.86%) Scrum
16 65 (9.29%) Migration
17 64 (9.14%) Clean Code
17 64 (9.14%) Technical Leadership
18 63 (9.00%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 272 (38.86%) Python
2 193 (27.57%) SQL
3 152 (21.71%) JavaScript
4 147 (21.00%) C#
5 106 (15.14%) TypeScript
6 64 (9.14%) C++
7 45 (6.43%) PL/SQL
8 44 (6.29%) Shell Script
9 40 (5.71%) Go
10 28 (4.00%) PHP
11 27 (3.86%) C
12 26 (3.71%) Bash
12 26 (3.71%) Scala
13 22 (3.14%) Kotlin
14 9 (1.29%) Groovy
15 8 (1.14%) Apex Code
15 8 (1.14%) Delphi
15 8 (1.14%) R
16 4 (0.57%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 156 (22.29%) Degree
2 90 (12.86%) Security Cleared
3 84 (12.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 78 (11.14%) SC Cleared
5 46 (6.57%) AWS Certification
6 37 (5.29%) ISTQB
7 34 (4.86%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 32 (4.57%) Azure Certification
9 29 (4.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 27 (3.86%) TOGAF Certification
11 24 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 13 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (1.86%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.86%) CREST Certified
13 6 (0.86%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.86%) OSCP
14 4 (0.57%) OSCE
14 4 (0.57%) PhD
14 4 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (7.00%) QA
2 20 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.71%) GDPR
4 11 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.14%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.00%) NIST
6 7 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 7 (1.00%) SOC 2
7 6 (0.86%) NCSC
8 4 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.57%) EU AI Act
9 2 (0.29%) ECSS
9 2 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.29%) SEPA
9 2 (0.29%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 112 (16.00%) Docker
2 23 (3.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 139 (19.86%) Kubernetes
2 110 (15.71%) Terraform
3 37 (5.29%) Single Sign-On
4 36 (5.14%) Ansible
5 33 (4.71%) Grafana
6 27 (3.86%) Argo
7 17 (2.43%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.86%) Kustomize
9 7 (1.00%) Kibana
10 5 (0.71%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.57%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.29%) Puppet
12 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Spacewalk
13 1 (0.14%) Control-M
13 1 (0.14%) Icinga
13 1 (0.14%) Istio
13 1 (0.14%) Nagios
13 1 (0.14%) Packer
Vendors
1 67 (9.57%) Oracle
2 59 (8.43%) Microsoft
3 29 (4.14%) Google
4 20 (2.86%) Okta
5 19 (2.71%) MuleSoft
6 14 (2.00%) Databricks
7 13 (1.86%) Guidewire
8 11 (1.57%) IBM
9 10 (1.43%) Dell
10 8 (1.14%) Salesforce
11 7 (1.00%) SAP
11 7 (1.00%) Talend
12 6 (0.86%) Palantir
12 6 (0.86%) TIBCO
13 5 (0.71%) Epicor
13 5 (0.71%) IFS
13 5 (0.71%) Jitterbit
13 5 (0.71%) Mercator
13 5 (0.71%) SnapLogic
13 5 (0.71%) Workday