Lead and principal Java jobs in the UK

We are currently tracking 174 live vacancies matching lead and principal Java jobs in the UK, advertised by 77 different employers. 16 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The most active employers in this slice are Technocred, Pubmatic, Hr Champ and Remotefriendly. Every role is detected on the employer's own careers page rather than reposted from another board, so what you see here is the vacancy as the employer wrote it.

Of the 174 roles, 20 publish a salary. The median advertised ceiling is £97,250. The middle half of the market sits between £80,000 and £110,000, so anything above the upper figure is a genuinely strong offer for lead and principal Java jobs in the UK. Contract day rates are annualised at 230 working days a year, so permanent and contract pay compare like for like.

On working pattern, 34% are fully remote, 37% are hybrid and 1% are contract rather than permanent. By seniority, 100% at lead or principal level. Filter by any of these on the left.

Employers hiring for Java in this slice most often ask for it alongside Python, React, AWS, C#, C++ and Kubernetes. That co-occurrence is counted from the live listings on this page, not from a fixed list, so it moves with the market.