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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -23 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,146 1,786 2,747
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.15% 10.82% 10.86%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.08% 31.89% 28.26%
Number of salaries quoted 933 1,103 2,373
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £98,474 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -7.69%

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 6,006 5,600 9,722
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.97% 33.94% 38.45%
Number of salaries quoted 4,515 3,867 7,608
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 4 August 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 64 (5.58%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.57%) CMS
3 14 (1.22%) WordPress
4 11 (0.96%) Confluence
5 8 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) DNN
8 3 (0.26%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.26%) IIS
8 3 (0.26%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Kentico
8 3 (0.26%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.087%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.087%) Drupal
10 1 (0.087%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.70%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Blender
5 3 (0.26%) Maya
6 2 (0.17%) Elementor
7 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.087%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.087%) Trello
7 1 (0.087%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.79%) Shopify
3 5 (0.44%) Infor M3
3 5 (0.44%) Lawson
4 4 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.087%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.087%) Magento
7 1 (0.087%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 466 (40.66%) Azure
2 414 (36.13%) AWS
3 157 (13.70%) SaaS
4 138 (12.04%) Azure DevOps
5 116 (10.12%) Power Platform
6 104 (9.08%) GCP
7 90 (7.85%) Serverless
8 87 (7.59%) Power Automate
9 83 (7.24%) PowerApps
10 82 (7.16%) Azure AI
11 75 (6.54%) GitHub
12 62 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
13 58 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
14 44 (3.84%) Azure Logic Apps
15 43 (3.75%) Amazon ECS
16 40 (3.49%) Amazon S3
17 37 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
18 35 (3.05%) Amazon SQS
19 33 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
20 30 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.27%) Broadband
2 18 (1.57%) Internet
3 7 (0.61%) Firewall
3 7 (0.61%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.44%) Intranet
5 4 (0.35%) SSH
6 2 (0.17%) HTTP
6 2 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.087%) Network Security
7 1 (0.087%) SSL
7 1 (0.087%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 235 (20.51%) MongoDB
2 188 (16.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 99 (8.64%) SQL Server
4 96 (8.38%) PostgreSQL
5 82 (7.16%) Elasticsearch
6 81 (7.07%) MySQL
7 59 (5.15%) Power BI
8 50 (4.36%) Relational Database
9 44 (3.84%) NoSQL
10 23 (2.01%) Redis
11 16 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
14 12 (1.05%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.70%) MariaDB
16 8 (0.70%) Metadata
17 7 (0.61%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
18 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 142 (12.39%) Git
2 48 (4.19%) Cypress.io
3 46 (4.01%) JIRA
4 31 (2.71%) Jenkins
5 17 (1.48%) JUnit
6 16 (1.40%) GitLab
7 14 (1.22%) Maven
8 13 (1.13%) CircleCI
8 13 (1.13%) Mockito
9 11 (0.96%) TeamCity
10 10 (0.87%) Claude Code
11 9 (0.79%) Postman
11 9 (0.79%) Visual Studio
11 9 (0.79%) webpack
12 8 (0.70%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.70%) Balsamiq
13 6 (0.52%) Vite
14 5 (0.44%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.44%) Selenium
15 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 279 (24.35%) Social Skills
2 184 (16.06%) Finance
3 102 (8.90%) Public Sector
4 82 (7.16%) Law
5 78 (6.81%) Legal
6 73 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
7 69 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 66 (5.76%) Marketing
9 42 (3.66%) Front Office
10 39 (3.40%) Retail
11 24 (2.09%) Banking
12 22 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.57%) Health Technology
14 17 (1.48%) Games
15 16 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.13%) Legal Technology
17 10 (0.87%) Local Government
18 6 (0.52%) Advertising
18 6 (0.52%) Back Office
19 5 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 688 (60.03%) Developer
2 250 (21.82%) Senior
3 208 (18.15%) .NET Developer
4 198 (17.28%) Full-Stack Developer
5 188 (16.40%) Software Engineer
6 167 (14.57%) Lead
7 118 (10.30%) Senior Developer
8 107 (9.34%) Lead Developer
9 75 (6.54%) Lead Software Developer
9 75 (6.54%) Software Developer
10 65 (5.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 59 (5.15%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
12 56 (4.89%) Lead Software Engineer
13 51 (4.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 49 (4.28%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.28%) Testing Manager
15 46 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
16 39 (3.40%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 30 (2.62%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 29 (2.53%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 551 (48.08%) React
2 361 (31.50%) .NET
3 329 (28.71%) Node.js
4 224 (19.55%) HTML
5 216 (18.85%) .NET Core
6 214 (18.67%) ASP.NET
7 206 (17.98%) CSS
8 189 (16.49%) ASP.NET Core
9 163 (14.22%) Blazor
10 158 (13.79%) RESTful
11 90 (7.85%) ASP.NET Web API
11 90 (7.85%) Vue
12 89 (7.77%) REST
13 82 (7.16%) ML.NET
14 78 (6.81%) AngularJS
15 77 (6.72%) .NET Framework
16 68 (5.93%) JSON
17 47 (4.10%) Kafka
18 46 (4.01%) GraphQL
18 46 (4.01%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 93 (8.12%) Cloud Native
2 66 (5.76%) Self-Motivation
3 64 (5.58%) Virtual Team
4 52 (4.54%) Greenfield Project
5 46 (4.01%) Product Ownership
6 39 (3.40%) Fixed Income
7 37 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (2.71%) Onboarding
9 30 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (2.62%) Mobile App
10 25 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.83%) Social Media
12 17 (1.48%) BBC
12 17 (1.48%) iPhone
13 15 (1.31%) Cyberattack
13 15 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.31%) NHS
14 14 (1.22%) AI Agents
14 14 (1.22%) Sports Betting
15 13 (1.13%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.97%) Linux
2 24 (2.09%) Android
3 9 (0.79%) Unix
4 7 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.52%) Windows
6 5 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (50.09%) Full-Stack Development
2 567 (49.48%) Agile
3 348 (30.37%) Software Engineering
4 313 (27.31%) DevOps
5 309 (26.96%) CI/CD
6 259 (22.60%) AI
6 259 (22.60%) Microservices
7 246 (21.47%) Problem-Solving
8 245 (21.38%) Mentoring
9 232 (20.24%) Continuous Improvement
10 166 (14.49%) Test Automation
11 158 (13.79%) Scrum
12 139 (12.13%) Machine Learning
13 126 (10.99%) User Experience
14 122 (10.65%) Technical Leadership
15 96 (8.38%) Containerisation
16 93 (8.12%) Business Intelligence
16 93 (8.12%) SDLC
17 88 (7.68%) Front End Development
18 85 (7.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 444 (38.74%) C#
2 425 (37.09%) TypeScript
3 365 (31.85%) SQL
4 292 (25.48%) Python
5 200 (17.45%) Java
6 78 (6.81%) PowerShell
7 64 (5.58%) PHP
8 53 (4.62%) Go
9 39 (3.40%) Ruby
10 34 (2.97%) C++
11 19 (1.66%) Bash
12 16 (1.40%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.05%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.96%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.70%) R
16 6 (0.52%) Scala
17 5 (0.44%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.44%) Rust
18 4 (0.35%) Perl
18 4 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 114 (9.95%) Degree
2 91 (7.94%) Security Cleared
3 82 (7.16%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.40%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.70%) DBS Check
7 8 (0.70%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.52%) AWS Certification
8 6 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
8 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.35%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.26%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.17%) OCP
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.087%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.087%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (9.77%) QA
2 94 (8.20%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.75%) WCAG
4 19 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.13%) GDPR
5 13 (1.13%) SLA
6 12 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.70%) GRC
8 7 (0.61%) HL7
9 4 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.35%) NIST
10 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.17%) NCSC
12 1 (0.087%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 126 (10.99%) Docker
2 5 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 80 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.32%) Terraform
3 12 (1.05%) Grafana
3 12 (1.05%) Podman
4 9 (0.79%) Ansible
5 8 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.26%) Plesk
7 2 (0.17%) Kibana
8 1 (0.087%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.087%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 331 (28.88%) Microsoft
2 75 (6.54%) Google
3 33 (2.88%) Adobe
4 23 (2.01%) Oracle
5 19 (1.66%) Apple
5 19 (1.66%) Sony
6 18 (1.57%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.48%) Facebook
7 17 (1.48%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.48%) Yahoo!
8 14 (1.22%) HubSpot
9 10 (0.87%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.79%) Databricks
11 8 (0.70%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.61%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.44%) Cisco
13 5 (0.44%) F5
13 5 (0.44%) Infor
13 5 (0.44%) Juniper
13 5 (0.44%) Palo Alto