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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -36 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 732 1,960 3,443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.47% 12.78% 12.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.56% 28.45% 27.51%
Number of salaries quoted 612 1,399 3,156
10th Percentile £40,116 £39,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +10.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.23% +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 4,419 6,890 12,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.98% 44.94% 45.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,236 4,473 10,912
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,482 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,813
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 22 February 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 24 (3.28%) SharePoint
2 23 (3.14%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.32%) CMS
4 10 (1.37%) Apache
5 8 (1.09%) WordPress
6 6 (0.82%) nginx
7 5 (0.68%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.68%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.68%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.55%) Confluence
8 4 (0.55%) IIS
9 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.27%) Drupal
10 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.27%) Mendix
10 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (1.78%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.09%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.55%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.41%) Simulink
5 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Notion
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.46%) Shopify
2 14 (1.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.82%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.68%) PlanetPress Connect
5 3 (0.41%) Maximo
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.41%) Primavera
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.14%) Magento
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 318 (43.44%) AWS
2 279 (38.11%) Azure
3 110 (15.03%) Serverless
4 91 (12.43%) GCP
5 87 (11.89%) SaaS
6 59 (8.06%) Power Platform
7 58 (7.92%) GitHub
8 50 (6.83%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (6.69%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (6.01%) Power Automate
11 42 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (5.19%) PowerApps
13 37 (5.05%) Amazon S3
14 33 (4.51%) Azure Logic Apps
15 30 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
16 26 (3.55%) Amazon ECS
16 26 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
18 22 (3.01%) dbt
19 21 (2.87%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.28%) Broadband
2 5 (0.68%) Firewall
3 4 (0.55%) HTTP
3 4 (0.55%) SSH
4 3 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.27%) Intranet
5 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.14%) AMQP
6 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (9.70%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (8.61%) Relational Database
3 56 (7.65%) SQL Server
4 49 (6.69%) MongoDB
4 49 (6.69%) MySQL
5 42 (5.74%) NoSQL
6 32 (4.37%) Power BI
7 26 (3.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (3.14%) RDBMS
10 20 (2.73%) Amazon Athena
11 19 (2.60%) Apache Arrow
11 19 (2.60%) Apache Iceberg
11 19 (2.60%) Dremio
12 15 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.23%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.09%) Apache Ignite
15 8 (1.09%) Data Lake
15 8 (1.09%) Redis
Development Applications
1 111 (15.16%) Git
2 39 (5.33%) Cypress.io
3 25 (3.42%) JIRA
4 19 (2.60%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.32%) GitLab
6 16 (2.19%) Jenkins
7 15 (2.05%) webpack
8 14 (1.91%) Axure RP
9 13 (1.78%) CircleCI
9 13 (1.78%) Selenium
9 13 (1.78%) TeamCity
10 12 (1.64%) Balsamiq
11 11 (1.50%) Vite
12 7 (0.96%) JMeter
13 6 (0.82%) Babel
14 5 (0.68%) Browser DevTools
14 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.68%) Postman
15 4 (0.55%) LoadRunner
15 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
General
1 199 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 141 (19.26%) Finance
3 83 (11.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (11.07%) Law
5 74 (10.11%) Public Sector
6 72 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (5.33%) Front Office
8 23 (3.14%) Marketing
9 20 (2.73%) Retail
10 15 (2.05%) Banking
11 14 (1.91%) Games
11 14 (1.91%) Legal
12 12 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.09%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.96%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.68%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.68%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.55%) Advertising
16 4 (0.55%) Electronics
16 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 438 (59.84%) Developer
2 141 (19.26%) Senior
3 98 (13.39%) Software Engineer
4 90 (12.30%) Full-Stack Developer
5 87 (11.89%) Senior Developer
6 84 (11.48%) Lead
7 78 (10.66%) .NET Developer
8 57 (7.79%) Software Developer
9 38 (5.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 38 (5.19%) Python Developer
10 37 (5.05%) React Developer
11 35 (4.78%) AWS Developer
11 35 (4.78%) Lead Developer
11 35 (4.78%) Power Platform Developer
12 34 (4.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 32 (4.37%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 29 (3.96%) Engineering Manager
15 27 (3.69%) .NET Software Developer
16 26 (3.55%) Architect
17 23 (3.14%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (37.70%) React
2 215 (29.37%) HTML
3 197 (26.91%) CSS
4 187 (25.55%) .NET
5 146 (19.95%) Node.js
6 90 (12.30%) REST
7 89 (12.16%) AngularJS
8 80 (10.93%) Vue
9 63 (8.61%) .NET Core
10 52 (7.10%) ASP.NET
11 47 (6.42%) RESTful
12 46 (6.28%) SOAP
13 39 (5.33%) HTML5
14 36 (4.92%) Web Services
15 32 (4.37%) GraphQL
15 32 (4.37%) JSON
15 32 (4.37%) Kafka
15 32 (4.37%) Laravel
16 29 (3.96%) .NET Framework
16 29 (3.96%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.02%) Product Ownership
2 52 (7.10%) Cloud Native
3 39 (5.33%) Fixed Income
4 36 (4.92%) Low-Code
5 32 (4.37%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.14%) Equities
7 21 (2.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 20 (2.73%) Mobile App
9 16 (2.19%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.05%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.64%) Derivative
14 11 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.23%) Distributed Architecture
15 9 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.23%) Private Cloud
16 8 (1.09%) Hedge funds
16 8 (1.09%) Pricing Data
16 8 (1.09%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 63 (8.61%) Linux
2 36 (4.92%) Unix
3 14 (1.91%) Windows
4 13 (1.78%) Android
5 12 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.23%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (48.22%) Agile
2 222 (30.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 203 (27.73%) CI/CD
4 197 (26.91%) Software Engineering
5 185 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
6 180 (24.59%) DevOps
7 157 (21.45%) Mentoring
8 122 (16.67%) Microservices
9 93 (12.70%) User Experience
10 91 (12.43%) AI
11 85 (11.61%) Roadmaps
12 82 (11.20%) Computer Science
13 81 (11.07%) Front End Development
14 79 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 78 (10.66%) Containerisation
16 73 (9.97%) Test Automation
17 57 (7.79%) Data Modelling
17 57 (7.79%) Scrum
18 55 (7.51%) Infrastructure as Code
19 54 (7.38%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 252 (34.43%) Python
2 248 (33.88%) TypeScript
3 196 (26.78%) C#
4 164 (22.40%) Java
5 146 (19.95%) SQL
6 57 (7.79%) PHP
7 49 (6.69%) Go
8 28 (3.83%) Bash
9 18 (2.46%) Apex Code
9 18 (2.46%) Ruby
10 17 (2.32%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.23%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.96%) C
12 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.68%) VBA
14 4 (0.55%) C++
14 4 (0.55%) R
15 3 (0.41%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.41%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 121 (16.53%) Degree
2 96 (13.11%) Security Cleared
3 88 (12.02%) SC Cleared
4 65 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (6.28%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.28%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (1.91%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 5 (0.68%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.41%) IBM Certification
12 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.29%) QA
2 58 (7.92%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.01%) WCAG
4 17 (2.32%) GDPR
5 4 (0.55%) HL7
5 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.41%) SLA
7 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 132 (18.03%) Docker
2 7 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) HDFS
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 98 (13.39%) Kubernetes
2 83 (11.34%) Terraform
3 34 (4.64%) Prometheus
4 33 (4.51%) Ansible
5 29 (3.96%) Grafana
6 27 (3.69%) Argo
7 19 (2.60%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.41%) cPanel
9 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.41%) Plesk
10 2 (0.27%) Control-M
10 2 (0.27%) Kibana
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
11 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 150 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.15%) Google
3 28 (3.83%) MuleSoft
3 28 (3.83%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.42%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.60%) Oracle
6 17 (2.32%) Adobe
7 13 (1.78%) IBM
8 11 (1.50%) Workday
9 9 (1.23%) SAP
10 8 (1.09%) IFS
11 6 (0.82%) HubSpot
11 6 (0.82%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.68%) Apple
12 5 (0.68%) Dell
12 5 (0.68%) Epicor
12 5 (0.68%) Infor
12 5 (0.68%) Informatica
12 5 (0.68%) Software AG
12 5 (0.68%) TIBCO