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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -25 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,064 1,903 3,611
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.98% 11.54% 11.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.48% 32.36% 28.43%
Number of salaries quoted 893 1,217 3,201
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,340 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +9.65% -3.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.15% +10.34% -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 5,759 5,880 12,701
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.98% 35.66% 39.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,348 4,111 10,383
10th Percentile £38,914 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
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 15 July 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 55 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.69%) CMS
3 10 (0.94%) WordPress
4 8 (0.75%) Confluence
4 8 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.47%) Apache
6 4 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.28%) DNN
7 3 (0.28%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.28%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.28%) Kentico
7 3 (0.28%) Sitefinity
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.094%) Drupal
9 1 (0.094%) Moodle
Applications
1 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.47%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.28%) Blender
4 3 (0.28%) Maya
5 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Elementor
6 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.094%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.75%) Shopify
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.094%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.094%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.094%) Lawson
5 1 (0.094%) Magento
5 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 451 (42.39%) Azure
2 391 (36.75%) AWS
3 146 (13.72%) Azure DevOps
4 130 (12.22%) SaaS
5 100 (9.40%) Power Platform
6 99 (9.30%) GCP
7 94 (8.83%) Serverless
8 81 (7.61%) Azure AI
9 74 (6.95%) PowerApps
10 73 (6.86%) Power Automate
11 66 (6.20%) GitHub
12 59 (5.55%) AWS Lambda
13 50 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
14 47 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
15 42 (3.95%) Amazon ECS
15 42 (3.95%) Amazon S3
16 33 (3.10%) Amazon EC2
17 32 (3.01%) Amazon SQS
18 31 (2.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 30 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.01%) Broadband
2 18 (1.69%) Internet
3 7 (0.66%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.47%) Intranet
6 4 (0.38%) SSH
7 1 (0.094%) AMQP
7 1 (0.094%) HTTP
7 1 (0.094%) Network Security
7 1 (0.094%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 230 (21.62%) MongoDB
2 186 (17.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 88 (8.27%) SQL Server
4 85 (7.99%) PostgreSQL
5 81 (7.61%) Elasticsearch
6 74 (6.95%) MySQL
7 53 (4.98%) Relational Database
8 50 (4.70%) Power BI
9 49 (4.61%) NoSQL
10 18 (1.69%) Redis
11 16 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.85%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (0.75%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
16 7 (0.66%) Metadata
17 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
17 6 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 119 (11.18%) Git
2 47 (4.42%) Cypress.io
3 39 (3.67%) JIRA
4 22 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.22%) CircleCI
5 13 (1.22%) GitLab
6 12 (1.13%) JUnit
7 11 (1.03%) Maven
8 10 (0.94%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.85%) Mockito
10 8 (0.75%) Postman
10 8 (0.75%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.66%) webpack
12 6 (0.56%) Jaeger
13 5 (0.47%) Axure RP
13 5 (0.47%) Balsamiq
13 5 (0.47%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.47%) Selenium
14 4 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 251 (23.59%) Social Skills
2 165 (15.51%) Finance
3 90 (8.46%) Public Sector
4 72 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (6.58%) Law
6 66 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 64 (6.02%) Legal
8 57 (5.36%) Marketing
9 44 (4.14%) Front Office
10 42 (3.95%) Retail
11 23 (2.16%) Banking
12 21 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.79%) Health Technology
14 16 (1.50%) Games
15 13 (1.22%) Legal Technology
16 10 (0.94%) Local Government
17 9 (0.85%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.56%) Advertising
18 6 (0.56%) Back Office
18 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 656 (61.65%) Developer
2 223 (20.96%) Senior
3 210 (19.74%) .NET Developer
4 186 (17.48%) Full-Stack Developer
5 181 (17.01%) Software Engineer
6 161 (15.13%) Lead
7 108 (10.15%) Senior Developer
8 98 (9.21%) Lead Developer
9 69 (6.48%) Lead Software Developer
10 65 (6.11%) Software Developer
11 58 (5.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 58 (5.45%) Lead Software Engineer
12 52 (4.89%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 47 (4.42%) Senior Software Engineer
14 42 (3.95%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 42 (3.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 37 (3.48%) Senior Manager
15 37 (3.48%) Testing Manager
16 28 (2.63%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 27 (2.54%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 516 (48.50%) React
2 351 (32.99%) .NET
3 311 (29.23%) Node.js
4 213 (20.02%) ASP.NET
4 213 (20.02%) HTML
5 211 (19.83%) .NET Core
6 191 (17.95%) ASP.NET Core
6 191 (17.95%) CSS
7 163 (15.32%) Blazor
8 151 (14.19%) RESTful
9 90 (8.46%) Vue
10 89 (8.36%) ASP.NET Web API
11 81 (7.61%) ML.NET
12 78 (7.33%) REST
13 70 (6.58%) .NET Framework
14 69 (6.48%) AngularJS
14 69 (6.48%) JSON
15 45 (4.23%) Redux
16 44 (4.14%) Kafka
17 43 (4.04%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 86 (8.08%) Cloud Native
2 57 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
3 50 (4.70%) Greenfield Project
4 47 (4.42%) Virtual Team
5 45 (4.23%) Product Ownership
6 41 (3.85%) Fixed Income
7 33 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
8 29 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 25 (2.35%) Mobile App
10 20 (1.88%) Social Media
11 19 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 17 (1.60%) BBC
12 17 (1.60%) iPhone
13 15 (1.41%) Cyberattack
13 15 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.32%) Sports Betting
15 13 (1.22%) Low-Code
16 12 (1.13%) NHS
16 12 (1.13%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.45%) Linux
2 18 (1.69%) Android
3 16 (1.50%) Unix
4 5 (0.47%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.38%) Windows
6 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.094%) CentOS
6 1 (0.094%) Debian
6 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 551 (51.79%) Full-Stack Development
2 528 (49.62%) Agile
3 304 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 302 (28.38%) DevOps
5 270 (25.38%) CI/CD
6 255 (23.97%) Microservices
7 229 (21.52%) AI
8 226 (21.24%) Mentoring
9 225 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
10 193 (18.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 145 (13.63%) Test Automation
12 142 (13.35%) Scrum
13 135 (12.69%) Machine Learning
14 115 (10.81%) Technical Leadership
15 114 (10.71%) User Experience
16 94 (8.83%) Containerisation
17 81 (7.61%) Multithreading
18 79 (7.42%) Business Intelligence
19 78 (7.33%) Front End Development
20 75 (7.05%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 411 (38.63%) C#
2 377 (35.43%) TypeScript
3 352 (33.08%) SQL
4 264 (24.81%) Python
5 191 (17.95%) Java
6 66 (6.20%) PowerShell
7 63 (5.92%) PHP
8 55 (5.17%) Go
9 32 (3.01%) Ruby
10 27 (2.54%) C++
11 19 (1.79%) Bash
12 13 (1.22%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.13%) Apex Code
13 12 (1.13%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.66%) R
15 6 (0.56%) Scala
16 4 (0.38%) Perl
16 4 (0.38%) Rust
17 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (9.59%) Degree
2 68 (6.39%) Security Cleared
3 62 (5.83%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 9 (0.85%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.47%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.094%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.094%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.094%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (8.27%) QA
2 77 (7.24%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.41%) SLA
4 13 (1.22%) WCAG
5 12 (1.13%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.13%) GDPR
5 12 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.66%) GRC
6 7 (0.66%) HL7
7 6 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.094%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 117 (11.00%) Docker
2 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 73 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.04%) Terraform
3 13 (1.22%) Ansible
4 12 (1.13%) Podman
4 12 (1.13%) Prometheus
5 10 (0.94%) Grafana
6 6 (0.56%) Argo
6 6 (0.56%) Kustomize
7 3 (0.28%) Plesk
8 2 (0.19%) Kibana
9 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.094%) Puppet
9 1 (0.094%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 311 (29.23%) Microsoft
2 73 (6.86%) Google
3 27 (2.54%) Adobe
4 19 (1.79%) Apple
4 19 (1.79%) Oracle
5 18 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.60%) Facebook
6 17 (1.60%) Sony
6 17 (1.60%) Yahoo!
7 16 (1.50%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.13%) HubSpot
9 10 (0.94%) MuleSoft
10 9 (0.85%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.66%) Databricks
11 7 (0.66%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.56%) Cisco
12 6 (0.56%) F5
12 6 (0.56%) Juniper
12 6 (0.56%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.47%) New Relic