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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -25 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,087 1,870 3,216
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.01% 11.34% 11.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.58% 32.28% 28.63%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,187 2,840
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,065
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,350 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.34% +7.89% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.14% +10.33% -4.53%

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 5,849 5,793 11,234
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.99% 35.14% 39.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,412 4,034 9,066
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.78% +7.50% -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 23 July 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 58 (5.34%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.56%) CMS
3 10 (0.92%) Confluence
3 10 (0.92%) WordPress
4 8 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.37%) Apache
5 4 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.28%) DNN
6 3 (0.28%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.28%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.28%) Kentico
6 3 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.28%) Sitefinity
7 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.18%) IIS
7 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.092%) ExpressionEngine
8 1 (0.092%) Moodle
Applications
1 13 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.55%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.28%) Blender
4 3 (0.28%) Maya
5 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.18%) Elementor
6 1 (0.092%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.092%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.092%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.74%) Shopify
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.18%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.18%) Lawson
4 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.092%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.092%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 448 (41.21%) Azure
2 388 (35.69%) AWS
3 146 (13.43%) SaaS
4 142 (13.06%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (9.38%) Power Platform
6 99 (9.11%) GCP
7 89 (8.19%) Serverless
8 81 (7.45%) Azure AI
9 76 (6.99%) PowerApps
10 75 (6.90%) Power Automate
11 71 (6.53%) GitHub
12 58 (5.34%) AWS Lambda
13 53 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
14 43 (3.96%) Azure Logic Apps
15 42 (3.86%) Amazon ECS
16 40 (3.68%) Amazon S3
17 33 (3.04%) Amazon SQS
18 32 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
19 31 (2.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 30 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.39%) Broadband
2 18 (1.66%) Internet
3 7 (0.64%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.55%) Firewall
5 5 (0.46%) Intranet
6 4 (0.37%) SSH
7 1 (0.092%) HTTP
7 1 (0.092%) Network Security
7 1 (0.092%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (21.34%) MongoDB
2 187 (17.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 89 (8.19%) PostgreSQL
3 89 (8.19%) SQL Server
4 82 (7.54%) Elasticsearch
5 78 (7.18%) MySQL
6 54 (4.97%) Power BI
7 49 (4.51%) Relational Database
8 45 (4.14%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.84%) Redis
10 16 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.92%) DynamoDB
11 10 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.83%) MariaDB
13 8 (0.74%) Metadata
14 7 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 7 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 128 (11.78%) Git
2 46 (4.23%) Cypress.io
3 43 (3.96%) JIRA
4 25 (2.30%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.29%) GitLab
6 13 (1.20%) CircleCI
6 13 (1.20%) JUnit
7 11 (1.01%) Maven
8 10 (0.92%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.92%) Mockito
9 8 (0.74%) Postman
9 8 (0.74%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.74%) webpack
10 6 (0.55%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.55%) Balsamiq
11 5 (0.46%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.46%) Selenium
11 5 (0.46%) Vite
12 4 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 265 (24.38%) Social Skills
2 172 (15.82%) Finance
3 91 (8.37%) Public Sector
4 76 (6.99%) Legal
5 72 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
6 71 (6.53%) Law
7 61 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 58 (5.34%) Marketing
9 44 (4.05%) Front Office
10 41 (3.77%) Retail
11 23 (2.12%) Banking
12 22 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.66%) Health Technology
14 16 (1.47%) Games
15 13 (1.20%) Legal Technology
16 10 (0.92%) Local Government
16 10 (0.92%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.55%) Advertising
17 6 (0.55%) Back Office
17 6 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 660 (60.72%) Developer
2 237 (21.80%) Senior
3 208 (19.14%) .NET Developer
4 190 (17.48%) Full-Stack Developer
5 179 (16.47%) Software Engineer
6 157 (14.44%) Lead
7 108 (9.94%) Senior Developer
8 99 (9.11%) Lead Developer
9 71 (6.53%) Lead Software Developer
10 66 (6.07%) Software Developer
11 60 (5.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 58 (5.34%) Lead Software Engineer
13 53 (4.88%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 49 (4.51%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.51%) Testing Manager
15 47 (4.32%) Senior Software Engineer
16 44 (4.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 42 (3.86%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 29 (2.67%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 27 (2.48%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 522 (48.02%) React
2 348 (32.01%) .NET
3 316 (29.07%) Node.js
4 214 (19.69%) HTML
5 213 (19.60%) ASP.NET
6 209 (19.23%) .NET Core
7 194 (17.85%) CSS
8 189 (17.39%) ASP.NET Core
9 162 (14.90%) Blazor
10 151 (13.89%) RESTful
11 89 (8.19%) ASP.NET Web API
12 88 (8.10%) Vue
13 81 (7.45%) ML.NET
14 80 (7.36%) REST
15 72 (6.62%) .NET Framework
15 72 (6.62%) JSON
16 70 (6.44%) AngularJS
17 46 (4.23%) Kafka
17 46 (4.23%) Redux
18 44 (4.05%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 61 (5.61%) Virtual Team
3 59 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
4 50 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
5 42 (3.86%) Product Ownership
6 41 (3.77%) Fixed Income
7 34 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (2.76%) Onboarding
9 28 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (2.39%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.93%) Social Media
12 17 (1.56%) BBC
12 17 (1.56%) iPhone
13 15 (1.38%) Cyberattack
13 15 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.29%) Sports Betting
15 13 (1.20%) NHS
16 12 (1.10%) Low-Code
16 12 (1.10%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.88%) Linux
2 19 (1.75%) Android
3 10 (0.92%) Unix
4 5 (0.46%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.37%) Windows
6 2 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (50.97%) Full-Stack Development
2 534 (49.13%) Agile
3 321 (29.53%) Software Engineering
4 307 (28.24%) DevOps
5 282 (25.94%) CI/CD
6 254 (23.37%) Microservices
7 239 (21.99%) AI
8 237 (21.80%) Mentoring
9 228 (20.98%) Problem-Solving
10 210 (19.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 161 (14.81%) Test Automation
12 146 (13.43%) Scrum
13 135 (12.42%) Machine Learning
14 120 (11.04%) User Experience
15 117 (10.76%) Technical Leadership
16 90 (8.28%) Containerisation
17 85 (7.82%) Business Intelligence
18 82 (7.54%) Multithreading
19 81 (7.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 80 (7.36%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 424 (39.01%) C#
2 400 (36.80%) TypeScript
3 354 (32.57%) SQL
4 275 (25.30%) Python
5 183 (16.84%) Java
6 79 (7.27%) PowerShell
7 63 (5.80%) PHP
8 49 (4.51%) Go
9 34 (3.13%) Ruby
10 30 (2.76%) C++
11 14 (1.29%) Bash
11 14 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.10%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.92%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.74%) R
15 7 (0.64%) Scala
16 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.37%) Perl
16 4 (0.37%) Rust
17 2 (0.18%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (9.66%) Degree
2 73 (6.72%) Security Cleared
3 66 (6.07%) SC Cleared
4 53 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.74%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.55%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.46%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.28%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.28%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.092%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.092%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.092%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.092%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (9.66%) QA
2 83 (7.64%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.38%) Data Quality
3 15 (1.38%) SLA
3 15 (1.38%) WCAG
4 12 (1.10%) GDPR
5 11 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.64%) GRC
6 7 (0.64%) HL7
7 5 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.092%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 117 (10.76%) Docker
2 5 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 71 (6.53%) Kubernetes
2 35 (3.22%) Terraform
3 12 (1.10%) Podman
4 10 (0.92%) Grafana
5 6 (0.55%) Ansible
5 6 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.28%) Plesk
7 2 (0.18%) Kibana
7 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.092%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 315 (28.98%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.26%) Google
3 30 (2.76%) Adobe
4 21 (1.93%) Oracle
5 19 (1.75%) Apple
5 19 (1.75%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.66%) Sony
7 17 (1.56%) Facebook
7 17 (1.56%) Yahoo!
8 16 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.10%) HubSpot
10 9 (0.83%) Databricks
10 9 (0.83%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.74%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.55%) Cisco
12 6 (0.55%) F5
12 6 (0.55%) Juniper
12 6 (0.55%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.55%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.46%) New Relic