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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -25 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,148 1,719 2,716
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.06% 10.46% 10.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.00% 31.45% 28.40%
Number of salaries quoted 930 1,037 2,318
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,188 £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 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,875
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 6,043 5,466 9,564
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.64% 33.27% 38.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,547 3,760 7,419
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £113,000
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 12 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 63 (5.49%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.57%) CMS
3 15 (1.31%) WordPress
4 12 (1.05%) Confluence
5 8 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.35%) IIS
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%) 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%) ExpressionEngine
10 1 (0.087%) Moodle
10 1 (0.087%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 15 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.78%) 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 8 (0.70%) Shopify
3 7 (0.61%) Infor M3
3 7 (0.61%) Lawson
4 4 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.17%) Magento
7 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.087%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 471 (41.03%) Azure
2 413 (35.98%) AWS
3 155 (13.50%) SaaS
4 137 (11.93%) Azure DevOps
5 116 (10.10%) Power Platform
6 104 (9.06%) GCP
7 93 (8.10%) Serverless
8 90 (7.84%) Power Automate
9 82 (7.14%) Azure AI
9 82 (7.14%) PowerApps
10 79 (6.88%) GitHub
11 61 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
12 59 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
13 45 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
14 43 (3.75%) Amazon ECS
15 41 (3.57%) Amazon S3
16 39 (3.40%) Dynamics 365
17 36 (3.14%) Amazon SQS
18 34 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
19 30 (2.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.26%) Broadband
2 18 (1.57%) Internet
3 8 (0.70%) Firewall
4 7 (0.61%) Hyperconnected
5 5 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (0.44%) Intranet
6 4 (0.35%) SSH
7 3 (0.26%) HTTP
7 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.17%) SSL
9 1 (0.087%) DNS
9 1 (0.087%) Network Security
9 1 (0.087%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (20.56%) MongoDB
2 188 (16.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 106 (9.23%) SQL Server
4 102 (8.89%) PostgreSQL
5 84 (7.32%) MySQL
6 82 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
7 56 (4.88%) Power BI
8 51 (4.44%) Relational Database
9 44 (3.83%) NoSQL
10 25 (2.18%) Redis
11 16 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (1.13%) 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 (12.37%) Git
2 49 (4.27%) Cypress.io
3 48 (4.18%) JIRA
4 28 (2.44%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.57%) JUnit
6 15 (1.31%) GitLab
6 15 (1.31%) Maven
7 14 (1.22%) Mockito
8 13 (1.13%) CircleCI
9 10 (0.87%) Claude Code
9 10 (0.87%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.78%) Postman
10 9 (0.78%) Visual Studio
11 8 (0.70%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.70%) Balsamiq
12 7 (0.61%) webpack
13 6 (0.52%) Selenium
14 5 (0.44%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.44%) Vite
15 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
General
1 279 (24.30%) Social Skills
2 180 (15.68%) Finance
3 104 (9.06%) Public Sector
4 82 (7.14%) Law
5 79 (6.88%) Legal
6 74 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
7 70 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (6.10%) Marketing
8 38 (3.31%) Retail
9 34 (2.96%) Front Office
10 24 (2.09%) Banking
11 23 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.66%) Health Technology
13 18 (1.57%) Manufacturing
14 17 (1.48%) Games
15 13 (1.13%) Legal Technology
16 10 (0.87%) Local Government
17 6 (0.52%) Tech for Good
18 5 (0.44%) Advertising
18 5 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 683 (59.49%) Developer
2 252 (21.95%) Senior
3 208 (18.12%) .NET Developer
4 196 (17.07%) Full-Stack Developer
5 185 (16.11%) Software Engineer
6 161 (14.02%) Lead
7 120 (10.45%) Senior Developer
8 102 (8.89%) Lead Developer
9 76 (6.62%) Software Developer
10 70 (6.10%) Lead Software Developer
11 59 (5.14%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 58 (5.05%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
13 51 (4.44%) Lead Software Engineer
14 49 (4.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 49 (4.27%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.27%) Testing Manager
15 46 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
16 31 (2.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 29 (2.53%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 26 (2.26%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 546 (47.56%) React
2 363 (31.62%) .NET
3 323 (28.14%) Node.js
4 225 (19.60%) HTML
5 219 (19.08%) .NET Core
6 216 (18.82%) ASP.NET
7 205 (17.86%) CSS
8 189 (16.46%) ASP.NET Core
9 163 (14.20%) Blazor
10 159 (13.85%) RESTful
11 91 (7.93%) ASP.NET Web API
11 91 (7.93%) Vue
12 89 (7.75%) REST
13 82 (7.14%) ML.NET
14 81 (7.06%) .NET Framework
15 77 (6.71%) AngularJS
16 68 (5.92%) JSON
17 46 (4.01%) Entity Framework
17 46 (4.01%) Jest
18 44 (3.83%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.19%) Cloud Native
2 68 (5.92%) Self-Motivation
3 64 (5.57%) Virtual Team
4 49 (4.27%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (4.18%) Product Ownership
6 34 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
7 33 (2.87%) Mobile App
8 31 (2.70%) Fixed Income
8 31 (2.70%) Onboarding
9 29 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (2.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.83%) Social Media
12 17 (1.48%) BBC
12 17 (1.48%) iPhone
13 16 (1.39%) AI Agents
13 16 (1.39%) NHS
14 15 (1.31%) Cyberattack
14 15 (1.31%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.22%) Blog
15 14 (1.22%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 58 (5.05%) Linux
2 26 (2.26%) Android
3 9 (0.78%) Apple iOS
3 9 (0.78%) Unix
4 6 (0.52%) Windows
5 5 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (49.56%) Full-Stack Development
2 567 (49.39%) Agile
3 351 (30.57%) Software Engineering
4 315 (27.44%) CI/CD
5 311 (27.09%) DevOps
6 267 (23.26%) AI
7 265 (23.08%) Microservices
8 246 (21.43%) Mentoring
9 243 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
10 241 (20.99%) Continuous Improvement
11 169 (14.72%) Test Automation
12 164 (14.29%) Scrum
13 140 (12.20%) Machine Learning
14 126 (10.98%) Technical Leadership
15 124 (10.80%) User Experience
16 98 (8.54%) Containerisation
16 98 (8.54%) SDLC
17 92 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
18 86 (7.49%) Front End Development
18 86 (7.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 451 (39.29%) C#
2 426 (37.11%) TypeScript
3 366 (31.88%) SQL
4 284 (24.74%) Python
5 194 (16.90%) Java
6 78 (6.79%) PowerShell
7 64 (5.57%) PHP
8 46 (4.01%) Go
9 40 (3.48%) Ruby
10 36 (3.14%) C++
11 21 (1.83%) Bash
12 17 (1.48%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.05%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.87%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.70%) R
16 6 (0.52%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.52%) Rust
16 6 (0.52%) Scala
17 4 (0.35%) Perl
17 4 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 116 (10.10%) Degree
2 91 (7.93%) Security Cleared
3 81 (7.06%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
6 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.78%) Master's Degree
8 8 (0.70%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (0.44%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.44%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.26%) ISTQB
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
1 115 (10.02%) QA
2 93 (8.10%) Accessibility
3 21 (1.83%) WCAG
4 16 (1.39%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.13%) SLA
7 11 (0.96%) GDPR
8 9 (0.78%) GRC
9 7 (0.61%) HL7
10 5 (0.44%) NIST
11 4 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.26%) NCSC
13 1 (0.087%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 129 (11.24%) Docker
2 5 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.087%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 81 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.05%) Terraform
3 12 (1.05%) Grafana
3 12 (1.05%) Podman
4 8 (0.70%) Ansible
4 8 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.26%) Plesk
6 2 (0.17%) Kibana
6 2 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.087%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 331 (28.83%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.62%) Google
3 34 (2.96%) Adobe
4 24 (2.09%) Oracle
5 19 (1.66%) Apple
5 19 (1.66%) Sony
6 18 (1.57%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.48%) Facebook
7 17 (1.48%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.48%) Yahoo!
8 14 (1.22%) HubSpot
9 11 (0.96%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.78%) Databricks
11 7 (0.61%) Infor
11 7 (0.61%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.61%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.44%) Cisco
12 5 (0.44%) F5
12 5 (0.44%) Juniper
12 5 (0.44%) New Relic