Java Developer: market
A Java Developer writes server-side code on the JVM: business logic, APIs, integrations and data processing — most often in enterprise systems, fintech and high-load services. We currently track 8 914 open positions for this role, 8 253 of them fresh. The standard stack is Java 17+, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate and SQL, a message broker (Kafka), Docker and Kubernetes, JUnit tests. By co-occurrence in requirements, Java, Spring, Angular and Docker appear most often. 24% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Java Developer market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The Java Developer market currently has 8,914 open roles, 8,253 of them freshly observed. Median salary $5,875/mo.
24% of Java Developer postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 1155 of 8914 jobs; remote share from 7354 with a stated format; 8253 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Java Developer postings appeared each week since May 11, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 267
New sources connected: May 18 +7 · May 25 +13 · Jun 1 +8 · Jun 8 +3 · Jun 15 +6 · Jun 22 +32 · Jun 29 +41 · Jul 6 +26 · Jul 13 +21 · Jul 20 +19 · Jul 27 +6 · Aug 3 +4 · Aug 10 +4 · Aug 17 +2 · Aug 24 +4 · Aug 31 +4 · Sep 7 +4 · Sep 14 +5 · Sep 21 +4 · Sep 28 +4 · Oct 5 +2 · Oct 12 +4 · Oct 19 +11
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Salaries over time
Median Java Developer salary per week, USD per month.
Median salary, USD per month
Only postings with a USD salary and a known period (month or year), $500–$50,000 per month. Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank — that means no data, not zero.
Remote work over time
Share of Java Developer postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of Java Developer postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on Aug 10: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Java Developer postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: Java Developer
| Open demand | 8,914 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: Java Developer
One in ten earns under $2,081, one in ten over $11,041. Half the market falls between $3,623 and $7,617. Sample: 1,155.
The range histogram for Java Developer uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography: Java Developer
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| PL | 2,095 |
| US | 1,098 |
| IN | 616 |
| GB | 449 |
| FR | 438 |
| DE | 425 |
| SG | 361 |
| ZA | 327 |
| CA | 275 |
| ES | 255 |
The top country for Java Developer demand is Poland (2 095 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Java Developer requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are Java, Spring, Angular and Docker.
Demand by grade: Java Developer
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 3,405 |
| middle | 542 |
| lead | 499 |
| junior | 266 |
| principal | 176 |
Senior-and-above is about 83% of 4 888 Java Developer postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: Java Developer
Demand is spread across 2,720 employers. The largest accounts for 2.9%, the top ten for 12.8%; the remaining 87.2% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 2.9% |
| top-3 | 6.6% |
| top-10 | 12.8% |
| long tail | 87.2% |
Java Developer openings come from 2 720 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 2.9% of postings — the market is not tied to a single hirer.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 131 sources; the largest accounts for 11.4% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Java Developer postings arrive mostly from job boards & aggregators and ATS & career sites.
Recent openings: Java Developer
- Programista/Analityk (Java/Kotlin) · PL
- Systemutvecklare inom Java, Cloud och Integrationer · DE
- Backend Java Engineer - Kazakhstan/Russian speaker · KZ
- Fullstack-разработчик (Java + Angular) · KZ
- Senior Full Stack Developer (Java+Angular) · PL
- Fullstack Developer (Angular-focus / Java) · PL
- Senior Fullstack Developer (Java + Angular) | Branża Ubezpieczeniowa · PL
- Full Stack Developer (Java/Python/JS) · US
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-27
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Java Developer role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a Java Developer do?
A Java Developer writes server-side code on the JVM: business logic, APIs, integrations and data processing — most often in enterprise systems, fintech and high-load services.
Which skills do Java Developer postings require?
The standard stack is Java 17+, Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate and SQL, a message broker (Kafka), Docker and Kubernetes, JUnit tests. In the current slice, Java, Spring, Angular and Docker appear in requirements most often.
What sets a senior Java developer apart?
Designing services and the boundaries between them, handling concurrency and JVM performance, experience running systems under load and leading technical decisions in the team.
How remote-friendly are Java Developer jobs?
24% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 8 914 open positions.
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