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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -36 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 743 1,566 3,769
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.29% 12.06% 11.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.76% 27.32% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 609 1,349 3,440
10th Percentile £41,833 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +11.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £90,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.88% +10.00% -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 4,715 5,733 13,356
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.25% 44.15% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,438 4,534 11,524
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,619
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £64,266 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.13% +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 10 April 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 37 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.88%) CMS
3 7 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.81%) Apache
5 5 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.67%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.54%) nginx
6 4 (0.54%) WordPress
7 3 (0.40%) Confluence
7 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.27%) Mendix
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) Drupal
Applications
1 15 (2.02%) Adobe XD
2 6 (0.81%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.67%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) Notion
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.75%) Shopify
2 11 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.40%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Maximo
4 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
5 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 320 (43.07%) AWS
2 252 (33.92%) Azure
3 112 (15.07%) Serverless
4 84 (11.31%) GCP
5 66 (8.88%) Power Platform
6 61 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (7.94%) AWS Lambda
7 59 (7.94%) GitHub
8 57 (7.67%) SaaS
9 50 (6.73%) Power Automate
10 45 (6.06%) Amazon S3
11 44 (5.92%) PowerApps
12 37 (4.98%) Azure Logic Apps
12 37 (4.98%) Dynamics 365
12 37 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
13 31 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
13 31 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
14 29 (3.90%) Amazon SQS
15 24 (3.23%) Figma
16 22 (2.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.11%) Broadband
2 8 (1.08%) Firewall
3 6 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.54%) Intranet
5 3 (0.40%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.27%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (9.56%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (7.81%) Relational Database
3 56 (7.54%) MongoDB
4 55 (7.40%) SQL Server
5 53 (7.13%) NoSQL
6 48 (6.46%) MySQL
7 37 (4.98%) Power BI
8 27 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (2.96%) RDBMS
10 18 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
11 14 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.21%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.81%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
15 5 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.54%) Apache Ignite
16 4 (0.54%) Big Data
16 4 (0.54%) Redis
Development Applications
1 109 (14.67%) Git
2 52 (7.00%) Cypress.io
3 24 (3.23%) JIRA
4 19 (2.56%) Jaeger
5 16 (2.15%) CircleCI
5 16 (2.15%) GitLab
6 15 (2.02%) Axure RP
7 14 (1.88%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.88%) Jenkins
8 13 (1.75%) webpack
9 10 (1.35%) Selenium
9 10 (1.35%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.35%) Vite
10 7 (0.94%) Babel
10 7 (0.94%) Postman
11 5 (0.67%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
13 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 210 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 116 (15.61%) Finance
3 88 (11.84%) Law
4 87 (11.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 84 (11.31%) Analytical Skills
6 73 (9.83%) Public Sector
7 44 (5.92%) Front Office
8 23 (3.10%) Legal
9 20 (2.69%) Marketing
10 19 (2.56%) Retail
11 18 (2.42%) Games
12 17 (2.29%) Banking
13 14 (1.88%) Health Technology
14 9 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.08%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.67%) Advertising
16 5 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.54%) Electronics
17 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 436 (58.68%) Developer
2 154 (20.73%) Senior
3 126 (16.96%) Software Engineer
4 115 (15.48%) Full-Stack Developer
5 106 (14.27%) Lead
6 99 (13.32%) Senior Developer
7 60 (8.08%) Lead Developer
8 51 (6.86%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 44 (5.92%) .NET Developer
10 42 (5.65%) Lead Software Developer
11 41 (5.52%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 40 (5.38%) Lead Software Engineer
13 39 (5.25%) React Developer
14 34 (4.58%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 34 (4.58%) Software Developer
15 32 (4.31%) Power Platform Developer
16 30 (4.04%) Python Developer
17 27 (3.63%) Java Developer
18 26 (3.50%) JavaScript Developer
19 23 (3.10%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 319 (42.93%) React
2 223 (30.01%) HTML
3 202 (27.19%) CSS
4 175 (23.55%) Node.js
5 169 (22.75%) .NET
6 79 (10.63%) REST
7 72 (9.69%) Vue
8 64 (8.61%) AngularJS
9 60 (8.08%) .NET Core
10 55 (7.40%) RESTful
11 53 (7.13%) JSON
12 44 (5.92%) Kafka
13 43 (5.79%) Redux
14 42 (5.65%) ASP.NET
14 42 (5.65%) GraphQL
15 37 (4.98%) Web Services
16 36 (4.85%) HTML5
17 32 (4.31%) Laravel
17 32 (4.31%) SOAP
18 31 (4.17%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.96%) Product Ownership
2 69 (9.29%) Cloud Native
3 44 (5.92%) Fixed Income
4 33 (4.44%) Low-Code
5 26 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.10%) Mobile App
6 23 (3.10%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.15%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
8 15 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.75%) e-Learning
11 12 (1.62%) Derivative
11 12 (1.62%) Equities
12 11 (1.48%) Sports Betting
13 10 (1.35%) NHS
14 9 (1.21%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
15 8 (1.08%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (7.54%) Linux
2 36 (4.85%) Unix
3 13 (1.75%) Android
4 12 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.40%) Windows
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Debian
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (46.84%) Agile
2 287 (38.63%) Full-Stack Development
3 217 (29.21%) CI/CD
4 205 (27.59%) Software Engineering
5 199 (26.78%) Problem-Solving
6 191 (25.71%) DevOps
7 159 (21.40%) Mentoring
8 133 (17.90%) Microservices
9 110 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 108 (14.54%) User Experience
11 94 (12.65%) Test Automation
12 88 (11.84%) Containerisation
13 79 (10.63%) Front End Development
14 77 (10.36%) AI
15 68 (9.15%) Computer Science
15 68 (9.15%) Scrum
16 67 (9.02%) Roadmaps
17 66 (8.88%) Infrastructure as Code
18 57 (7.67%) Code Quality
18 57 (7.67%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 250 (33.65%) TypeScript
2 248 (33.38%) Python
3 191 (25.71%) C#
4 185 (24.90%) Java
5 151 (20.32%) SQL
6 63 (8.48%) Go
7 49 (6.59%) PHP
8 29 (3.90%) Bash
9 22 (2.96%) Ruby
10 20 (2.69%) Apex Code
11 17 (2.29%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.54%) C++
15 3 (0.40%) C
15 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.27%) RPG
16 2 (0.27%) SOQL
16 2 (0.27%) SOSL
16 2 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 110 (14.80%) Degree
2 87 (11.71%) Security Cleared
3 81 (10.90%) SC Cleared
4 54 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (5.25%) AWS Certification
6 34 (4.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 18 (2.42%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 16 (2.15%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.94%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.27%) IBM Certification
16 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
16 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.56%) Accessibility
1 71 (9.56%) QA
2 22 (2.96%) WCAG
3 14 (1.88%) SLA
4 11 (1.48%) GDPR
5 7 (0.94%) GRC
6 6 (0.81%) HL7
7 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 139 (18.71%) Docker
2 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 94 (12.65%) Kubernetes
2 77 (10.36%) Terraform
3 31 (4.17%) Prometheus
4 28 (3.77%) Ansible
5 27 (3.63%) Argo
6 25 (3.36%) Grafana
7 19 (2.56%) Kustomize
8 8 (1.08%) Podman
9 4 (0.54%) Plesk
10 3 (0.40%) cPanel
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.27%) Kibana
11 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.13%) Puppet
12 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 141 (18.98%) Microsoft
2 52 (7.00%) Google
3 29 (3.90%) Adobe
4 23 (3.10%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.96%) MuleSoft
6 21 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.62%) Oracle
8 10 (1.35%) IBM
9 9 (1.21%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.08%) IFS
10 8 (1.08%) SAP
11 6 (0.81%) Apple
11 6 (0.81%) Cisco
11 6 (0.81%) F5
11 6 (0.81%) Juniper
11 6 (0.81%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.67%) Epicor
12 5 (0.67%) Infor
12 5 (0.67%) Informatica
12 5 (0.67%) Talend