Skills: pay and hiring demand

Java jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for Java, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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3,014 open roles · 2.3% of postings · Median $150,546/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

Java appears in 3,014 open roles (2.3% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 150,546 (P25 106,350 – P75 203,000), as of 2026-10-18.

n=3,014, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

3,014
Open roles
2.3%
Share of all postings
of postings
1,064
Postings with a salary range
$150,546
Median stated pay
P25 $106,350 · P75 $203,000

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Engineering72.1% (2,172)Data & ML14.2% (429)Consulting7.1% (213)Other3.4% (102)Operations0.7% (20)Sales0.6% (18)Retail & Hospitality0.5% (15)Support0.5% (15)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Engineering 2,172 72.1%
Data & ML 429 14.2%
Consulting 213 7.1%
Other 102 3.4%
Operations 20 0.7%
Sales 18 0.6%
Retail & Hospitality 15 0.5%
Support 15 0.5%
People & HR 13 0.4%
Product 10 0.3%
Finance 5 0.2%
Design 2 0.1%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 841 27.9%
India 299 9.9%
France 207 6.9%
Canada 155 5.1%
United Kingdom 149 4.9%
Germany 119 3.9%
Singapore 92 3.1%
Brazil 80 2.7%
Spain 76 2.5%
Poland 76 2.5%
Portugal 65 2.2%
ID 55 1.8%
Ireland 53 1.8%
Greece 36 1.2%
Netherlands 36 1.2%
Romania 29 1.0%
Belgium 27 0.9%
Italy 27 0.9%
Mexico 27 0.9%
Slovakia 26 0.9%
Australia 22 0.7%
Switzerland 21 0.7%
Japan 21 0.7%
UA 19 0.6%
AR 18 0.6%
Bulgaria 18 0.6%
China 18 0.6%
EG 18 0.6%
MA 17 0.6%
Sweden 17 0.6%
CO 14 0.5%
Luxembourg 13 0.4%
Denmark 12 0.4%
South Korea 12 0.4%
Norway 12 0.4%
RS 12 0.4%
Hungary 11 0.4%
Lithuania 11 0.4%
Israel 10 0.3%
Czechia 9 0.3%
UY 8 0.3%
VN 8 0.3%
PH 7 0.2%
United Arab Emirates 6 0.2%
Austria 6 0.2%
CL 6 0.2%
Estonia 6 0.2%
TN 6 0.2%
Taiwan 6 0.2%
Finland 5 0.2%
PE 5 0.2%
TR 5 0.2%
MT 4 0.1%
Hong Kong 3 0.1%
New Zealand 3 0.1%
SA 3 0.1%
Latvia 2 0.1%
TH 2 0.1%
ZA 2 0.1%
CR 1 0.0%
CY 1 0.0%
KE 1 0.0%
MY 1 0.0%
NG 1 0.0%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as Java.

Python n=9,587 Excel n=9,003 SQL n=7,324 Roadmapping n=7,151 AWS n=6,210 LLM n=5,045 Agile n=4,513 CI/CD n=4,455 iOS n=4,411 Salesforce n=4,044 CRM n=3,905 Azure n=3,894

Related skills

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Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →