Which roles ask for Java at tech companies · 254 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
254 roles counted that list Java, one per company, title and level; 666 postings in the window.
In short
Java: listed in 254 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 224 and preferred in 30. The largest group is software engineer roles: 140 of 254 (55%).
- Required
- 224 of 254 (88%)
- Of the roles that list Java
- Preferred
- 30 of 254 (12%)
- Of the roles that list Java
- Largest group
- 140 of 254 (55%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for Java
Roles listing Java, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 140 | 140 of 719 (19%) |
| QA engineer | 19 | 19 of 63 (30%) |
| Data engineer | 13 | 13 of 99 (13%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 12 | 12 of 79 (15%) |
| Mobile engineer | 11 | 11 of 38 |
| Security engineer | 11 | 11 of 126 (9%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 10 | 10 of 63 (16%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 10 | 10 of 70 (14%) |
| AI engineer | 5 | 5 of 70 (7%) |
| DevOps engineer | 5 | 5 of 58 (9%) |
Companies that ask for it most
- Palantir8 roles
- Black Duck Software, Inc.7 roles
- Okta7 roles
- Stripe6 roles
- goPro Consultancy Group ltd.6 roles
- Airbnb5 roles
- Glean5 roles
- Databricks4 roles
- SpaceXAI4 roles
- Spotify4 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 254 Java roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 132 of 254 (52%) |
| CI/CD | 77 of 254 (30%) |
| Go | 76 of 254 (30%) |
| AWS | 69 of 254 (27%) |
| Distributed Systems | 60 of 254 (24%) |
| REST | 59 of 254 (23%) |
| Git | 57 of 254 (22%) |
| SQL | 57 of 254 (22%) |
| JavaScript | 52 of 254 (20%) |
| Kubernetes | 49 of 254 (19%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| AWS | 31 of 254 (12%) |
| CI/CD | 28 of 254 (11%) |
| Docker | 24 of 254 (9%) |
| Kubernetes | 22 of 254 (9%) |
| Azure | 20 of 254 (8%) |
| AI | 16 of 254 (6%) |
| Open Source | 16 of 254 (6%) |
| Python | 16 of 254 (6%) |
| Cybersecurity | 15 of 254 (6%) |
| GCP | 14 of 254 (6%) |
Experience
Of the 116 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 116 of 116 (100%)
- 2+ years
- 114 of 116 (98%)
- 3+ years
- 100 of 116 (86%)
- 5+ years
- 77 of 116 (66%)
- 8+ years
- 27 of 116 (23%)
- 10+ years
- 8 of 116 (7%)
Degree
Of the 156 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 38 of 156 (24%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 40 of 156 (26%)
- Preferred
- 4 of 156 (3%)
- Not mentioned
- 74 of 156 (47%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 254 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $157.9k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 83 of 254 (33%)
- Remote roles
- 176 of 254 (69%)
How we count: 254 roles from 160 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology