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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -28 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,163 1,599 2,588
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.86% 9.82% 11.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.00% 31.33% 28.66%
Number of salaries quoted 950 950 1,972
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,688 £47,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.14% +2.86% +12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £113,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £147,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +5.69% -5.38%

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 6,121 5,103 9,030
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.57% 31.34% 38.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,573 3,455 6,308
10th Percentile £38,772 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +0.81% -4.62%

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 13 September 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 59 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.55%) CMS
3 16 (1.38%) WordPress
4 11 (0.95%) Confluence
5 8 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.60%) IIS
6 7 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
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%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.086%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.086%) ExpressionEngine
10 1 (0.086%) Moodle
Applications
1 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Blender
5 3 (0.26%) Maya
6 2 (0.17%) Elementor
7 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.086%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.086%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.60%) Infor M3
2 7 (0.60%) Lawson
2 7 (0.60%) Shopify
3 4 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
5 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.086%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 440 (37.83%) Azure
2 386 (33.19%) AWS
3 170 (14.62%) SaaS
4 125 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
5 117 (10.06%) Power Platform
6 102 (8.77%) Serverless
7 91 (7.82%) Power Automate
8 87 (7.48%) GCP
9 84 (7.22%) PowerApps
10 79 (6.79%) Azure AI
11 70 (6.02%) AWS Lambda
11 70 (6.02%) GitHub
12 60 (5.16%) Microsoft 365
13 49 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
14 42 (3.61%) Amazon ECS
15 40 (3.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 39 (3.35%) Amazon S3
17 38 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
18 35 (3.01%) Amazon SQS
19 30 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.55%) Broadband
2 17 (1.46%) Internet
3 6 (0.52%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.43%) Intranet
5 4 (0.34%) HTTP
5 4 (0.34%) SSH
6 3 (0.26%) Firewall
6 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.26%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) DNS
7 1 (0.086%) Network Security
7 1 (0.086%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.086%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 228 (19.60%) MongoDB
2 182 (15.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 98 (8.43%) SQL Server
4 97 (8.34%) PostgreSQL
5 81 (6.96%) Elasticsearch
6 79 (6.79%) MySQL
7 56 (4.82%) Power BI
7 56 (4.82%) Relational Database
8 38 (3.27%) NoSQL
9 25 (2.15%) Redis
10 20 (1.72%) Spark SQL
11 15 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (1.12%) DynamoDB
13 12 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.69%) Metadata
15 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
15 7 (0.60%) MariaDB
16 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 138 (11.87%) Git
2 49 (4.21%) Cypress.io
3 40 (3.44%) JIRA
4 29 (2.49%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.55%) JUnit
6 14 (1.20%) Maven
6 14 (1.20%) Mockito
7 11 (0.95%) CircleCI
8 10 (0.86%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.86%) GitLab
8 10 (0.86%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.77%) Postman
9 9 (0.77%) Selenium
9 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.52%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.52%) Balsamiq
11 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.43%) Subversion
General
1 274 (23.56%) Social Skills
2 160 (13.76%) Finance
3 120 (10.32%) Public Sector
4 81 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (6.19%) Legal
6 70 (6.02%) Marketing
7 69 (5.93%) Law
8 60 (5.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (2.92%) Retail
10 29 (2.49%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.06%) Banking
12 21 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.55%) Health Technology
14 12 (1.03%) Games
15 9 (0.77%) Local Government
16 6 (0.52%) Legal Technology
16 6 (0.52%) Tech for Good
17 5 (0.43%) Social Housing
18 4 (0.34%) Advertising
18 4 (0.34%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 664 (57.09%) Developer
2 234 (20.12%) Senior
3 203 (17.45%) .NET Developer
4 201 (17.28%) Full-Stack Developer
5 158 (13.59%) Software Engineer
6 157 (13.50%) Lead
7 106 (9.11%) Senior Developer
8 97 (8.34%) Software Developer
9 92 (7.91%) Lead Developer
10 71 (6.10%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 66 (5.67%) Lead Software Developer
12 54 (4.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 49 (4.21%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 49 (4.21%) Senior Manager
13 49 (4.21%) Testing Manager
14 41 (3.53%) Senior Software Engineer
15 30 (2.58%) Lead Software Engineer
16 28 (2.41%) Web Developer
17 26 (2.24%) Consultant
18 25 (2.15%) Microsoft 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 493 (42.39%) React
2 355 (30.52%) .NET
3 321 (27.60%) Node.js
4 230 (19.78%) HTML
5 214 (18.40%) .NET Core
6 209 (17.97%) ASP.NET
7 208 (17.88%) CSS
8 183 (15.74%) ASP.NET Core
9 164 (14.10%) Blazor
10 155 (13.33%) RESTful
11 90 (7.74%) ASP.NET Web API
12 81 (6.96%) .NET Framework
13 80 (6.88%) REST
14 79 (6.79%) ML.NET
14 79 (6.79%) Vue
15 68 (5.85%) AngularJS
16 63 (5.42%) JSON
17 48 (4.13%) Entity Framework
18 43 (3.70%) Jest
19 42 (3.61%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 83 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 63 (5.42%) Virtual Team
3 61 (5.25%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
5 43 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 36 (3.10%) Mobile App
7 31 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
8 27 (2.32%) Onboarding
9 26 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 21 (1.81%) Social Media
11 19 (1.63%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.46%) BBC
12 17 (1.46%) iPhone
13 15 (1.29%) NHS
14 14 (1.20%) Blog
14 14 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
15 13 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (1.03%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.56%) Linux
2 27 (2.32%) Android
3 11 (0.95%) Windows
4 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.34%) Unix
7 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 568 (48.84%) Full-Stack Development
2 549 (47.21%) Agile
3 329 (28.29%) CI/CD
4 320 (27.52%) Software Engineering
5 299 (25.71%) DevOps
6 276 (23.73%) AI
7 261 (22.44%) Mentoring
8 252 (21.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 252 (21.67%) Microservices
9 238 (20.46%) Problem-Solving
10 170 (14.62%) Test Automation
11 160 (13.76%) Scrum
12 135 (11.61%) Machine Learning
13 126 (10.83%) Technical Leadership
14 125 (10.75%) User Experience
15 111 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
16 103 (8.86%) SDLC
17 94 (8.08%) Coaching
18 87 (7.48%) TDD
19 86 (7.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 457 (39.29%) C#
2 428 (36.80%) TypeScript
3 383 (32.93%) SQL
4 252 (21.67%) Python
5 202 (17.37%) Java
6 76 (6.53%) PowerShell
7 61 (5.25%) PHP
8 58 (4.99%) C++
9 40 (3.44%) Ruby
10 25 (2.15%) Go
11 18 (1.55%) Bash
12 17 (1.46%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.77%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.69%) R
16 7 (0.60%) Rust
16 7 (0.60%) Scala
17 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.34%) Perl
17 4 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 107 (9.20%) Security Cleared
2 103 (8.86%) Degree
3 88 (7.57%) SC Cleared
4 49 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.77%) DBS Check
5 9 (0.77%) Master's Degree
6 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
8 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.17%) OCP
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.086%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (9.97%) QA
2 104 (8.94%) Accessibility
3 37 (3.18%) Data Quality
4 33 (2.84%) WCAG
5 18 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.03%) GRC
7 10 (0.86%) GDPR
8 9 (0.77%) SLA
9 7 (0.60%) HL7
10 5 (0.43%) NIST
11 4 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.26%) NCSC
13 1 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 131 (11.26%) Docker
2 4 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 11 (0.95%) Ansible
2 11 (0.95%) Grafana
2 11 (0.95%) Podman
3 8 (0.69%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.26%) Plesk
6 1 (0.086%) Consul
6 1 (0.086%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 323 (27.77%) Microsoft
2 74 (6.36%) Google
3 31 (2.67%) Adobe
4 24 (2.06%) Oracle
5 19 (1.63%) Sony
6 17 (1.46%) Apple
6 17 (1.46%) Facebook
6 17 (1.46%) Yahoo!
7 16 (1.38%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.29%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.20%) HubSpot
10 11 (0.95%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.86%) Databricks
12 7 (0.60%) Infor
12 7 (0.60%) Sage
13 4 (0.34%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.34%) Marketo
13 4 (0.34%) New Relic
13 4 (0.34%) Sitecore
14 3 (0.26%) MuleSoft