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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -31 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 745 1,982 2,958
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.83% 12.13% 12.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.75% 27.92% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 622 1,323 2,697
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £93,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £95,000
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 4,197 7,099 11,090
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.21% 43.45% 46.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,155 4,439 9,531
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £39,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,184 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 21 January 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 48 (6.44%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (3.62%) Apache
3 24 (3.22%) SharePoint
4 18 (2.42%) CMS
5 9 (1.21%) Confluence
6 8 (1.07%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.94%) WordPress
8 6 (0.81%) nginx
9 5 (0.67%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.54%) IIS
10 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.40%) Drupal
11 3 (0.40%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 13 (1.74%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.07%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.81%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.40%) Simulink
7 1 (0.13%) InVision
7 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Notion
7 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (2.42%) Shopify
2 14 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.07%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.67%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.40%) Maximo
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.40%) Primavera
7 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 321 (43.09%) AWS
2 286 (38.39%) Azure
3 105 (14.09%) Serverless
4 92 (12.35%) GCP
5 88 (11.81%) SaaS
6 55 (7.38%) GitHub
7 51 (6.85%) Power Platform
8 47 (6.31%) dbt
9 45 (6.04%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (6.04%) Power Automate
10 43 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
12 36 (4.83%) PowerApps
13 33 (4.43%) Amazon S3
14 32 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
15 29 (3.89%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (3.22%) Snowflake
17 23 (3.09%) Figma
17 23 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (2.82%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.62%) Broadband
2 5 (0.67%) HTTP
3 4 (0.54%) SSH
4 3 (0.40%) AMQP
5 2 (0.27%) Firewall
5 2 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.27%) Intranet
5 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.13%) DNS
6 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.66%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (8.19%) MongoDB
3 59 (7.92%) MySQL
3 59 (7.92%) Relational Database
3 59 (7.92%) SQL Server
4 46 (6.17%) NoSQL
5 45 (6.04%) Amazon Athena
6 44 (5.91%) Apache Arrow
6 44 (5.91%) Apache Iceberg
6 44 (5.91%) Dremio
7 40 (5.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 35 (4.70%) Elasticsearch
9 29 (3.89%) Power BI
10 24 (3.22%) Apache Ignite
10 24 (3.22%) Data Lake
11 23 (3.09%) RDBMS
12 14 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (1.34%) Redis
13 10 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.21%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 107 (14.36%) Git
2 37 (4.97%) Cypress.io
3 28 (3.76%) JIRA
4 19 (2.55%) Jaeger
5 16 (2.15%) Jenkins
5 16 (2.15%) webpack
6 15 (2.01%) Selenium
7 14 (1.88%) Axure RP
8 13 (1.74%) CircleCI
8 13 (1.74%) GitLab
9 12 (1.61%) Balsamiq
10 10 (1.34%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.34%) Vite
11 9 (1.21%) JMeter
12 7 (0.94%) Babel
13 6 (0.81%) LoadRunner
13 6 (0.81%) Postman
13 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
14 4 (0.54%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.54%) Storybook
General
1 202 (27.11%) Social Skills
2 155 (20.81%) Finance
3 85 (11.41%) Law
4 71 (9.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (8.86%) Public Sector
6 56 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (5.91%) Front Office
8 30 (4.03%) Marketing
9 28 (3.76%) Banking
10 24 (3.22%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.42%) Retail
12 14 (1.88%) Games
12 14 (1.88%) Legal
13 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.81%) Advertising
14 6 (0.81%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.67%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.54%) Electronics
16 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.40%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 440 (59.06%) Developer
2 154 (20.67%) Senior
3 102 (13.69%) Software Engineer
4 92 (12.35%) .NET Developer
5 88 (11.81%) Senior Developer
6 69 (9.26%) Lead
7 67 (8.99%) Full-Stack Developer
8 65 (8.72%) Software Developer
9 47 (6.31%) AWS Engineer
10 44 (5.91%) AWS Software Engineer
10 44 (5.91%) Python Engineer
10 44 (5.91%) Python Software Engineer
11 43 (5.77%) AWS Developer
12 42 (5.64%) Python Developer
13 35 (4.70%) Engineering Manager
14 33 (4.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 32 (4.30%) Senior Software Engineer
16 31 (4.16%) .NET Software Developer
16 31 (4.16%) React Developer
17 30 (4.03%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (35.17%) React
2 226 (30.34%) HTML
3 205 (27.52%) CSS
4 202 (27.11%) .NET
5 138 (18.52%) Node.js
6 104 (13.96%) AngularJS
7 92 (12.35%) Vue
8 87 (11.68%) REST
9 73 (9.80%) .NET Core
10 66 (8.86%) ASP.NET
11 53 (7.11%) RESTful
12 46 (6.17%) SOAP
13 45 (6.04%) HTML5
14 44 (5.91%) NumPy
14 44 (5.91%) Pandas
14 44 (5.91%) SciPy
15 38 (5.10%) Web Services
16 37 (4.97%) .NET Framework
17 35 (4.70%) ASP.NET MVC
18 34 (4.56%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 46 (6.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 45 (6.04%) Cloud Native
4 44 (5.91%) Equities
4 44 (5.91%) Fixed Income
5 33 (4.43%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (3.76%) Low-Code
7 24 (3.22%) Derivative
7 24 (3.22%) Hedge funds
7 24 (3.22%) Pricing Data
8 23 (3.09%) Mobile App
9 17 (2.28%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.01%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.21%) Sports Betting
13 8 (1.07%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.07%) e-Learning
14 7 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 69 (9.26%) Linux
2 34 (4.56%) Unix
3 21 (2.82%) Windows
4 15 (2.01%) Android
5 14 (1.88%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.61%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) Debian
8 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (51.68%) Agile
2 206 (27.65%) Software Engineering
3 199 (26.71%) Full-Stack Development
4 196 (26.31%) CI/CD
5 170 (22.82%) DevOps
6 168 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
7 159 (21.34%) Mentoring
8 126 (16.91%) Microservices
9 98 (13.15%) AI
10 96 (12.89%) Roadmaps
11 95 (12.75%) User Experience
12 86 (11.54%) Front End Development
13 82 (11.01%) Computer Science
13 82 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
14 79 (10.60%) Asset Management
15 76 (10.20%) Containerisation
16 72 (9.66%) Test Automation
17 69 (9.26%) MVC
18 65 (8.72%) Scrum
19 54 (7.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 261 (35.03%) TypeScript
2 254 (34.09%) Python
3 207 (27.79%) C#
4 157 (21.07%) SQL
5 156 (20.94%) Java
6 58 (7.79%) PHP
7 32 (4.30%) Go
8 27 (3.62%) Bash
9 19 (2.55%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.15%) Ruby
11 12 (1.61%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.21%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.94%) C
14 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.67%) Perl
15 5 (0.67%) VBA
16 4 (0.54%) C++
16 4 (0.54%) R
16 4 (0.54%) VB
17 3 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 115 (15.44%) Degree
2 82 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 76 (10.20%) SC Cleared
4 66 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 50 (6.71%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.36%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.22%) TOGAF Certification
9 18 (2.42%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.34%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.40%) IBM Certification
13 2 (0.27%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.26%) QA
2 60 (8.05%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.22%) WCAG
4 17 (2.28%) GDPR
5 4 (0.54%) HL7
6 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 129 (17.32%) Docker
2 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 91 (12.21%) Kubernetes
2 80 (10.74%) Terraform
3 35 (4.70%) Ansible
3 35 (4.70%) Prometheus
4 28 (3.76%) Argo
5 26 (3.49%) Grafana
6 19 (2.55%) Kustomize
7 8 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.40%) cPanel
8 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.40%) Plesk
9 2 (0.27%) Control-M
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 161 (21.61%) Microsoft
2 45 (6.04%) Google
3 36 (4.83%) ServiceNow
4 24 (3.22%) MuleSoft
5 21 (2.82%) Adobe
6 20 (2.68%) Oracle
7 18 (2.42%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.74%) IBM
8 13 (1.74%) Workday
9 8 (1.07%) IFS
9 8 (1.07%) SAP
10 6 (0.81%) Facebook
10 6 (0.81%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.67%) Dell
11 5 (0.67%) Jitterbit
11 5 (0.67%) SnapLogic
11 5 (0.67%) Software AG
11 5 (0.67%) Talend
11 5 (0.67%) TIBCO
11 5 (0.67%) YouTube