Hybrid/Remote JavaScript Job Trends

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 913 1,870 4,153
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.53% 12.08% 11.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.09% 32.03% 29.47%
Number of salaries quoted 768 1,180 3,716
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +10.49% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.01% +10.17% -4.00%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,342 5,839 14,092
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.52% 37.73% 40.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,967 4,047 11,666
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,965 £49,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

JavaScript job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

JavaScript
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

JavaScript salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 49 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.64%) CMS
3 8 (0.88%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.77%) Confluence
5 5 (0.55%) WordPress
6 3 (0.33%) Apache
6 3 (0.33%) nginx
7 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.22%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) DNN
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.11%) Kentico
8 1 (0.11%) Moodle
8 1 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 7 (0.77%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.44%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.33%) Blender
3 3 (0.33%) Maya
3 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.20%) Shopify
2 10 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 374 (40.96%) Azure
2 364 (39.87%) AWS
3 116 (12.71%) Azure DevOps
4 97 (10.62%) Serverless
5 92 (10.08%) Power Platform
6 91 (9.97%) GCP
7 72 (7.89%) SaaS
8 64 (7.01%) PowerApps
9 62 (6.79%) AWS Lambda
9 62 (6.79%) Power Automate
10 59 (6.46%) Azure AI
11 56 (6.13%) GitHub
12 46 (5.04%) Azure Logic Apps
13 45 (4.93%) Amazon S3
13 45 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
14 39 (4.27%) Amazon ECS
15 35 (3.83%) Amazon SQS
16 34 (3.72%) Amazon EC2
17 29 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
18 25 (2.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 43 (4.71%) Broadband
2 14 (1.53%) Internet
3 7 (0.77%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.66%) Firewall
5 5 (0.55%) Intranet
6 1 (0.11%) AMQP
6 1 (0.11%) HTTP
6 1 (0.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (19.28%) MongoDB
2 138 (15.12%) Azure SQL Database
3 78 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
4 68 (7.45%) SQL Server
5 61 (6.68%) MySQL
6 60 (6.57%) NoSQL
7 57 (6.24%) Relational Database
8 54 (5.91%) Elasticsearch
9 50 (5.48%) Power BI
10 18 (1.97%) RDBMS
11 17 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
12 14 (1.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (1.20%) Redis
14 10 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.88%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.88%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.77%) Metadata
17 6 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
18 5 (0.55%) Big Data
18 5 (0.55%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 115 (12.60%) Git
2 48 (5.26%) Cypress.io
3 30 (3.29%) JIRA
4 18 (1.97%) Jaeger
5 15 (1.64%) CircleCI
5 15 (1.64%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.31%) GitLab
6 12 (1.31%) JUnit
7 11 (1.20%) Maven
8 9 (0.99%) Claude Code
8 9 (0.99%) Mockito
9 8 (0.88%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.77%) Axure RP
10 7 (0.77%) Balsamiq
10 7 (0.77%) Vite
10 7 (0.77%) webpack
11 6 (0.66%) Postman
12 5 (0.55%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.55%) Selenium
12 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 205 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 150 (16.43%) Finance
3 87 (9.53%) Public Sector
4 80 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 75 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (5.59%) Law
7 44 (4.82%) Front Office
7 44 (4.82%) Marketing
8 36 (3.94%) Retail
9 27 (2.96%) Legal
10 23 (2.52%) Banking
11 18 (1.97%) Health Technology
12 16 (1.75%) Games
13 15 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.42%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.10%) Local Government
16 7 (0.77%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.66%) Advertising
17 6 (0.66%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.55%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 556 (60.90%) Developer
2 174 (19.06%) Senior
3 164 (17.96%) Software Engineer
4 158 (17.31%) Lead
5 146 (15.99%) Full-Stack Developer
6 145 (15.88%) .NET Developer
7 102 (11.17%) Senior Developer
8 90 (9.86%) Lead Developer
9 61 (6.68%) Lead Software Developer
10 57 (6.24%) Software Developer
11 55 (6.02%) Lead Software Engineer
12 53 (5.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 42 (4.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 42 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
14 41 (4.49%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 39 (4.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 35 (3.83%) React Developer
17 29 (3.18%) Power Platform Developer
18 24 (2.63%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 24 (2.63%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 447 (48.96%) React
2 283 (31.00%) .NET
3 262 (28.70%) Node.js
4 206 (22.56%) HTML
5 181 (19.82%) CSS
6 161 (17.63%) .NET Core
7 149 (16.32%) ASP.NET
8 137 (15.01%) ASP.NET Core
9 126 (13.80%) RESTful
10 116 (12.71%) Blazor
11 80 (8.76%) REST
11 80 (8.76%) Vue
12 61 (6.68%) AngularJS
13 59 (6.46%) ASP.NET Web API
13 59 (6.46%) ML.NET
14 58 (6.35%) JSON
15 46 (5.04%) Kafka
16 45 (4.93%) Redux
17 42 (4.60%) .NET Framework
18 40 (4.38%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 78 (8.54%) Cloud Native
2 57 (6.24%) Product Ownership
3 49 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (4.49%) Fixed Income
5 37 (4.05%) Greenfield Project
6 30 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
8 24 (2.63%) Onboarding
9 23 (2.52%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.64%) Cyberattack
10 15 (1.64%) Low-Code
11 14 (1.53%) Social Media
11 14 (1.53%) Sports Betting
12 13 (1.42%) e-Learning
12 13 (1.42%) iPhone
13 12 (1.31%) BBC
13 12 (1.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 12 (1.31%) Social Network
14 11 (1.20%) Blog
14 11 (1.20%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 62 (6.79%) Linux
2 24 (2.63%) Unix
3 16 (1.75%) Android
4 3 (0.33%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.33%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.11%) CentOS
5 1 (0.11%) Debian
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (50.82%) Agile
2 452 (49.51%) Full-Stack Development
3 253 (27.71%) CI/CD
4 250 (27.38%) Software Engineering
5 240 (26.29%) DevOps
6 212 (23.22%) Microservices
7 207 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
8 196 (21.47%) Mentoring
9 184 (20.15%) AI
10 139 (15.22%) Continuous Improvement
11 117 (12.81%) Scrum
12 116 (12.71%) User Experience
13 110 (12.05%) Machine Learning
14 105 (11.50%) Technical Leadership
15 100 (10.95%) Test Automation
16 95 (10.41%) Containerisation
17 78 (8.54%) Front End Development
18 76 (8.32%) Roadmaps
19 75 (8.21%) Infrastructure as Code
20 66 (7.23%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 304 (33.30%) TypeScript
2 299 (32.75%) C#
3 290 (31.76%) SQL
4 228 (24.97%) Python
5 204 (22.34%) Java
6 66 (7.23%) Go
7 53 (5.81%) PHP
8 31 (3.40%) Ruby
9 30 (3.29%) Bash
10 28 (3.07%) PowerShell
11 23 (2.52%) C++
12 16 (1.75%) Apex Code
13 15 (1.64%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.10%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.77%) R
16 6 (0.66%) Scala
17 4 (0.44%) Perl
17 4 (0.44%) Rust
18 3 (0.33%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (11.83%) Degree
2 71 (7.78%) Security Cleared
3 66 (7.23%) SC Cleared
4 51 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.74%) AWS Certification
6 17 (1.86%) ITIL Certification
7 16 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.42%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.55%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.55%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.44%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.33%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.22%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.11%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.78%) Accessibility
2 58 (6.35%) QA
3 15 (1.64%) SLA
4 12 (1.31%) GDPR
4 12 (1.31%) WCAG
5 8 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.77%) GRC
7 5 (0.55%) HL7
8 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 127 (13.91%) Docker
2 5 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 82 (8.98%) Kubernetes
2 56 (6.13%) Terraform
3 25 (2.74%) Ansible
4 20 (2.19%) Argo
5 19 (2.08%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.97%) Kustomize
7 12 (1.31%) Podman
8 6 (0.66%) Grafana
9 3 (0.33%) Plesk
10 2 (0.22%) Kibana
11 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.11%) Puppet
11 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 240 (26.29%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.34%) Google
3 28 (3.07%) Adobe
4 21 (2.30%) Oracle
5 19 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.08%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.53%) Apple
7 12 (1.31%) Facebook
7 12 (1.31%) HubSpot
7 12 (1.31%) MuleSoft
7 12 (1.31%) Sony
7 12 (1.31%) Yahoo!
8 10 (1.10%) OpenAI
9 7 (0.77%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.66%) Cisco
10 6 (0.66%) F5
10 6 (0.66%) Juniper
10 6 (0.66%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.44%) Databricks
12 2 (0.22%) Dynatrace