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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -28 -5 +1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 822 1,883 3,902
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.27% 12.68% 11.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.07% 32.30% 28.60%
Number of salaries quoted 691 1,173 3,573
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,274 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +10.46% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.04% +8.33% -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 5,116 5,829 13,641
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.58% 39.26% 40.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,758 4,029 11,465
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £38,525
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -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 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 42 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.34%) CMS
3 8 (0.97%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.85%) Confluence
5 4 (0.49%) WordPress
6 3 (0.36%) nginx
7 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Apache
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) Moodle
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.09%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.49%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.36%) Blender
3 3 (0.36%) Maya
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) InVision
4 1 (0.12%) Sketch
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.34%) Shopify
2 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 347 (42.21%) AWS
2 313 (38.08%) Azure
3 98 (11.92%) Serverless
4 91 (11.07%) GCP
5 89 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
6 83 (10.10%) Power Platform
7 65 (7.91%) SaaS
8 59 (7.18%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (6.93%) GitHub
9 57 (6.93%) PowerApps
10 55 (6.69%) Power Automate
11 48 (5.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 44 (5.35%) Amazon S3
13 41 (4.99%) Amazon ECS
14 40 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
15 36 (4.38%) Amazon SQS
16 33 (4.01%) Amazon EC2
16 33 (4.01%) Azure AI
17 29 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
18 21 (2.55%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.74%) Broadband
2 6 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (0.73%) Firewall
3 5 (0.61%) Internet
4 3 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
4 3 (0.36%) Intranet
5 1 (0.12%) AMQP
5 1 (0.12%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (14.84%) MongoDB
2 87 (10.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (10.22%) PostgreSQL
4 61 (7.42%) NoSQL
5 59 (7.18%) MySQL
6 56 (6.81%) SQL Server
7 54 (6.57%) Relational Database
8 48 (5.84%) Power BI
9 30 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
10 19 (2.31%) RDBMS
11 17 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
12 11 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.97%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.97%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.85%) MariaDB
15 7 (0.85%) Redis
16 5 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.61%) Metadata
16 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 116 (14.11%) Git
2 50 (6.08%) Cypress.io
3 24 (2.92%) JIRA
4 18 (2.19%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.07%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.82%) Jenkins
7 13 (1.58%) GitLab
8 12 (1.46%) JUnit
9 11 (1.34%) Maven
10 9 (1.09%) Axure RP
10 9 (1.09%) Mockito
11 8 (0.97%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.97%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.97%) webpack
12 7 (0.85%) Vite
13 6 (0.73%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.73%) Postman
13 6 (0.73%) Selenium
14 4 (0.49%) Claude Code
15 3 (0.36%) Appium
General
1 202 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 139 (16.91%) Finance
3 91 (11.07%) Public Sector
4 81 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (9.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (7.06%) Law
7 40 (4.87%) Front Office
8 33 (4.01%) Marketing
9 27 (3.28%) Legal
10 26 (3.16%) Retail
11 20 (2.43%) Banking
12 17 (2.07%) Health Technology
13 14 (1.70%) Games
14 13 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.22%) Local Government
16 7 (0.85%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.73%) Social Housing
17 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.61%) Back Office
18 5 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 484 (58.88%) Developer
2 171 (20.80%) Senior
3 158 (19.22%) Software Engineer
4 148 (18.00%) Lead
5 139 (16.91%) Full-Stack Developer
6 99 (12.04%) Senior Developer
7 88 (10.71%) .NET Developer
8 82 (9.98%) Lead Developer
9 56 (6.81%) Lead Software Developer
10 54 (6.57%) Lead Software Engineer
11 52 (6.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 52 (6.33%) Software Developer
12 42 (5.11%) Senior Software Engineer
13 41 (4.99%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 37 (4.50%) React Developer
15 36 (4.38%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
16 33 (4.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 32 (3.89%) Power Platform Developer
18 27 (3.28%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 26 (3.16%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 384 (46.72%) React
2 232 (28.22%) Node.js
3 224 (27.25%) .NET
4 199 (24.21%) HTML
5 178 (21.65%) CSS
6 107 (13.02%) .NET Core
7 99 (12.04%) RESTful
8 88 (10.71%) ASP.NET
9 78 (9.49%) REST
10 76 (9.25%) ASP.NET Core
11 68 (8.27%) Vue
12 63 (7.66%) Blazor
13 58 (7.06%) AngularJS
14 57 (6.93%) JSON
15 48 (5.84%) Kafka
16 44 (5.35%) Redux
17 41 (4.99%) HTML5
18 40 (4.87%) GraphQL
19 38 (4.62%) Jest
19 38 (4.62%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.88%) Cloud Native
2 61 (7.42%) Product Ownership
3 43 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.87%) Fixed Income
5 28 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
6 24 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
6 24 (2.92%) Onboarding
7 18 (2.19%) Mobile App
8 17 (2.07%) Low-Code
9 15 (1.82%) e-Learning
10 13 (1.58%) Blog
11 12 (1.46%) Sports Betting
12 11 (1.34%) Cyberattack
12 11 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.09%) Culture of Ownership
13 9 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
13 9 (1.09%) NHS
13 9 (1.09%) Social Media
14 8 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.06%) Linux
2 24 (2.92%) Unix
3 13 (1.58%) Android
4 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (48.30%) Agile
2 380 (46.23%) Full-Stack Development
3 246 (29.93%) CI/CD
4 235 (28.59%) Software Engineering
5 213 (25.91%) DevOps
6 200 (24.33%) Problem-Solving
7 189 (22.99%) Mentoring
8 183 (22.26%) Microservices
9 131 (15.94%) AI
10 124 (15.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 113 (13.75%) User Experience
12 105 (12.77%) Scrum
13 99 (12.04%) Containerisation
14 98 (11.92%) Test Automation
15 96 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
16 83 (10.10%) Machine Learning
17 76 (9.25%) Infrastructure as Code
18 75 (9.12%) Front End Development
18 75 (9.12%) Roadmaps
19 58 (7.06%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 284 (34.55%) TypeScript
2 237 (28.83%) C#
3 228 (27.74%) Python
4 224 (27.25%) SQL
5 210 (25.55%) Java
6 66 (8.03%) Go
7 51 (6.20%) PHP
8 29 (3.53%) Bash
8 29 (3.53%) Ruby
9 25 (3.04%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.19%) C++
11 17 (2.07%) Apex Code
12 14 (1.70%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.85%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.73%) R
15 5 (0.61%) Scala
16 4 (0.49%) Perl
16 4 (0.49%) Rust
17 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (11.92%) Degree
2 74 (9.00%) Security Cleared
3 71 (8.64%) SC Cleared
4 45 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 28 (3.41%) AWS Certification
6 18 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.70%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (0.85%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.49%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.36%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.76%) Accessibility
2 62 (7.54%) QA
3 15 (1.82%) SLA
3 15 (1.82%) WCAG
4 12 (1.46%) GDPR
5 8 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.85%) GRC
6 7 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.49%) HL7
8 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 129 (15.69%) Docker
2 5 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 90 (10.95%) Kubernetes
2 64 (7.79%) Terraform
3 26 (3.16%) Ansible
4 22 (2.68%) Argo
4 22 (2.68%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.19%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.46%) Grafana
6 12 (1.46%) Podman
7 3 (0.36%) Plesk
8 2 (0.24%) Kibana
9 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.12%) Puppet
9 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 180 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.18%) Google
3 30 (3.65%) Adobe
4 21 (2.55%) Oracle
5 20 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.95%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.58%) MuleSoft
8 12 (1.46%) HubSpot
9 9 (1.09%) Apple
10 7 (0.85%) Facebook
10 7 (0.85%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.85%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.85%) Sony
10 7 (0.85%) Yahoo!
11 6 (0.73%) Cisco
11 6 (0.73%) F5
11 6 (0.73%) Juniper
11 6 (0.73%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.36%) Databricks
13 2 (0.24%) Dynatrace