Java Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 70 job postings with the title “Java Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Java, with demand down 81% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Java Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 70 job postings with the title “Java Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 81% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Java Engineer jobs require?
Across Java Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Java, Spring Boot, Kubernetes, Kafka, Docker.
+Which cities are hiring the most Java Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Java Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Budapest, Hong Kong, London, Makati City, Bucharest.
+Is Java Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 70 Java Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 81% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Java Engineer postings is Java, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Java Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Java Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Java | 60 | 18.3% |
| Spring Boot | 29 | 8.9% |
| Kubernetes | 29 | 8.9% |
| Kafka | 28 | 8.6% |
| Docker | 26 | 8.0% |
| CI/CD | 24 | 7.3% |
| AWS | 20 | 6.1% |
| microservices | 19 | 5.8% |
| SQL | 17 | 5.2% |
| RabbitMQ | 15 | 4.6% |
| Distributed systems | 15 | 4.6% |
| JUnit | 13 | 4.0% |
| Agile | 12 | 3.7% |
| Relational databases | 10 | 3.1% |
| Redis | 10 | 3.1% |
Top metros hiring Java Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Budapest | 4 | 16.0% |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 16.0% |
| London | 4 | 16.0% |
| Makati City | 4 | 16.0% |
| Bucharest | 2 | 8.0% |
| Buenos Aires | 2 | 8.0% |
| Dubai | 2 | 8.0% |
| Sofia | 2 | 8.0% |
| Apac | 1 | 4.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Java Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Java Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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