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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 18 17
Rank change year-on-year -23 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,136 1,816 2,772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.11% 10.98% 10.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.96% 32.00% 27.94%
Number of salaries quoted 931 1,133 2,426
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £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 5,993 5,675 9,923
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.98% 34.31% 38.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4,517 3,932 7,862
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
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 £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 1 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 62 (5.46%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.67%) CMS
3 13 (1.14%) WordPress
4 11 (0.97%) Confluence
5 8 (0.70%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.53%) 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 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.088%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.088%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.70%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.26%) Blender
4 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.26%) Maya
5 2 (0.18%) Elementor
6 1 (0.088%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.088%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.088%) Trello
6 1 (0.088%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.70%) 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 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.088%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.088%) Magento
7 1 (0.088%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 467 (41.11%) Azure
2 408 (35.92%) AWS
3 154 (13.56%) SaaS
4 140 (12.32%) Azure DevOps
5 112 (9.86%) Power Platform
6 104 (9.15%) GCP
7 85 (7.48%) Serverless
8 83 (7.31%) Power Automate
9 82 (7.22%) Azure AI
10 80 (7.04%) PowerApps
11 75 (6.60%) GitHub
12 61 (5.37%) Microsoft 365
13 56 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
14 42 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
14 42 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
15 38 (3.35%) Amazon S3
16 34 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
17 33 (2.90%) Amazon SQS
18 31 (2.73%) Amazon EC2
19 30 (2.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.29%) Broadband
2 18 (1.58%) Internet
3 8 (0.70%) Firewall
4 7 (0.62%) Hyperconnected
5 6 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (0.44%) Intranet
7 4 (0.35%) SSH
8 2 (0.18%) HTTP
8 2 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.088%) Network Security
9 1 (0.088%) SSL
9 1 (0.088%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (20.51%) MongoDB
2 188 (16.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 97 (8.54%) SQL Server
4 93 (8.19%) PostgreSQL
5 82 (7.22%) Elasticsearch
6 81 (7.13%) MySQL
7 58 (5.11%) Power BI
8 50 (4.40%) Relational Database
9 44 (3.87%) NoSQL
10 22 (1.94%) Redis
11 16 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.97%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.70%) MariaDB
16 8 (0.70%) Metadata
17 7 (0.62%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
18 5 (0.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 137 (12.06%) Git
2 46 (4.05%) Cypress.io
3 45 (3.96%) JIRA
4 29 (2.55%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.41%) JUnit
6 15 (1.32%) GitLab
7 14 (1.23%) Maven
8 13 (1.14%) CircleCI
8 13 (1.14%) Mockito
9 10 (0.88%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.79%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.79%) Visual Studio
10 9 (0.79%) webpack
11 8 (0.70%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.70%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.70%) Postman
12 6 (0.53%) Vite
13 5 (0.44%) Selenium
14 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.35%) Subversion
General
1 278 (24.47%) Social Skills
2 183 (16.11%) Finance
3 99 (8.71%) Public Sector
4 80 (7.04%) Law
5 77 (6.78%) Legal
6 75 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
7 68 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 63 (5.55%) Marketing
9 44 (3.87%) Front Office
10 39 (3.43%) Retail
11 23 (2.02%) Banking
12 22 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.58%) Health Technology
14 17 (1.50%) Games
15 16 (1.41%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.14%) Legal Technology
17 10 (0.88%) Local Government
18 6 (0.53%) Advertising
18 6 (0.53%) Back Office
18 6 (0.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 682 (60.04%) Developer
2 249 (21.92%) Senior
3 209 (18.40%) .NET Developer
4 195 (17.17%) Full-Stack Developer
5 188 (16.55%) Software Engineer
6 164 (14.44%) Lead
7 118 (10.39%) Senior Developer
8 105 (9.24%) Lead Developer
9 74 (6.51%) Lead Software Developer
10 71 (6.25%) Software Developer
11 63 (5.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 58 (5.11%) Lead Software Engineer
13 56 (4.93%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 51 (4.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 49 (4.31%) Senior Manager
15 49 (4.31%) Testing Manager
16 47 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
17 42 (3.70%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 30 (2.64%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 30 (2.64%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 545 (47.98%) React
2 359 (31.60%) .NET
3 326 (28.70%) Node.js
4 224 (19.72%) HTML
5 215 (18.93%) ASP.NET
6 214 (18.84%) .NET Core
7 206 (18.13%) CSS
8 190 (16.73%) ASP.NET Core
9 164 (14.44%) Blazor
10 156 (13.73%) RESTful
11 91 (8.01%) Vue
12 90 (7.92%) ASP.NET Web API
13 89 (7.83%) REST
14 82 (7.22%) ML.NET
15 76 (6.69%) .NET Framework
16 73 (6.43%) AngularJS
17 69 (6.07%) JSON
18 46 (4.05%) HTML5
18 46 (4.05%) Kafka
18 46 (4.05%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.01%) Cloud Native
2 64 (5.63%) Self-Motivation
2 64 (5.63%) Virtual Team
3 53 (4.67%) Greenfield Project
4 46 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 41 (3.61%) Fixed Income
6 37 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.73%) Onboarding
8 29 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
8 29 (2.55%) Mobile App
9 24 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (1.85%) Social Media
11 17 (1.50%) BBC
11 17 (1.50%) iPhone
12 15 (1.32%) Cyberattack
12 15 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
13 14 (1.23%) NHS
14 13 (1.14%) Sports Betting
15 12 (1.06%) Blog
15 12 (1.06%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.19%) Linux
2 22 (1.94%) Android
3 10 (0.88%) Unix
4 5 (0.44%) Apple iOS
4 5 (0.44%) Ubuntu
4 5 (0.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (49.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 561 (49.38%) Agile
3 342 (30.11%) Software Engineering
4 312 (27.46%) DevOps
5 301 (26.50%) CI/CD
6 256 (22.54%) Microservices
7 253 (22.27%) AI
8 247 (21.74%) Mentoring
9 246 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
10 228 (20.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 163 (14.35%) Test Automation
12 155 (13.64%) Scrum
13 138 (12.15%) Machine Learning
14 127 (11.18%) User Experience
15 120 (10.56%) Technical Leadership
16 94 (8.27%) Containerisation
17 92 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
17 92 (8.10%) SDLC
18 86 (7.57%) Front End Development
19 85 (7.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 441 (38.82%) C#
2 420 (36.97%) TypeScript
3 366 (32.22%) SQL
4 288 (25.35%) Python
5 191 (16.81%) Java
6 78 (6.87%) PowerShell
7 65 (5.72%) PHP
8 52 (4.58%) Go
9 35 (3.08%) Ruby
10 32 (2.82%) C++
11 18 (1.58%) Bash
12 16 (1.41%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.06%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.88%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.70%) R
16 6 (0.53%) Scala
17 5 (0.44%) Kotlin
18 4 (0.35%) Perl
18 4 (0.35%) Rust
18 4 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 112 (9.86%) Degree
2 87 (7.66%) Security Cleared
3 80 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 53 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.70%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.62%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.53%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.26%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.088%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.088%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.088%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.088%) OCP
13 1 (0.088%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (9.86%) QA
2 93 (8.19%) Accessibility
3 20 (1.76%) WCAG
4 19 (1.67%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.23%) SLA
6 12 (1.06%) GDPR
7 11 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.62%) GRC
8 7 (0.62%) HL7
9 4 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.26%) NIST
10 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.088%) NCSC
11 1 (0.088%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 123 (10.83%) Docker
2 5 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.35%) Terraform
3 12 (1.06%) Podman
4 11 (0.97%) Grafana
5 8 (0.70%) Ansible
6 7 (0.62%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.26%) Plesk
8 2 (0.18%) Kibana
8 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.088%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 329 (28.96%) Microsoft
2 72 (6.34%) Google
3 33 (2.90%) Adobe
4 23 (2.02%) Oracle
5 19 (1.67%) Apple
5 19 (1.67%) Sony
6 18 (1.58%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.50%) Facebook
7 17 (1.50%) Yahoo!
8 16 (1.41%) Salesforce
9 13 (1.14%) HubSpot
10 9 (0.79%) Databricks
10 9 (0.79%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.70%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.62%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.53%) Cisco
13 6 (0.53%) F5
13 6 (0.53%) Juniper
13 6 (0.53%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.44%) New Relic