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 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -34 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 752 1,899 3,443
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.57% 12.64% 12.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.87% 28.02% 27.61%
Number of salaries quoted 627 1,373 3,156
10th Percentile £41,163 £39,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,625 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +10.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £114,796 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.23% +10.17% -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 4,457 6,778 12,471
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.11% 45.13% 45.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,261 4,437 10,875
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £78,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 25 February 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 25 (3.32%) SharePoint
2 22 (2.93%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.26%) CMS
4 10 (1.33%) Apache
5 8 (1.06%) WordPress
6 6 (0.80%) nginx
7 5 (0.66%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.66%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.66%) NServiceBus
8 4 (0.53%) Confluence
8 4 (0.53%) IIS
9 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.27%) Mendix
10 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.13%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (1.73%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.06%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.53%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.40%) Simulink
5 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.13%) InVision
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Notion
6 1 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.39%) Shopify
2 14 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
3 6 (0.80%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.66%) PlanetPress Connect
5 3 (0.40%) Maximo
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.40%) Primavera
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.13%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 329 (43.75%) AWS
2 284 (37.77%) Azure
3 114 (15.16%) Serverless
4 95 (12.63%) GCP
5 88 (11.70%) SaaS
6 60 (7.98%) Power Platform
7 59 (7.85%) GitHub
8 52 (6.91%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
10 45 (5.98%) Power Automate
11 42 (5.59%) Dynamics 365
12 39 (5.19%) PowerApps
13 38 (5.05%) Amazon S3
14 33 (4.39%) Azure Logic Apps
15 31 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
17 26 (3.46%) GitHub Actions
18 24 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
19 22 (2.93%) Amazon SQS
19 22 (2.93%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.59%) Broadband
2 5 (0.66%) Firewall
3 4 (0.53%) HTTP
3 4 (0.53%) SSH
4 3 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.27%) Intranet
5 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.13%) AMQP
6 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.71%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (8.38%) Relational Database
3 59 (7.85%) SQL Server
4 50 (6.65%) MongoDB
4 50 (6.65%) MySQL
5 43 (5.72%) NoSQL
6 32 (4.26%) Power BI
7 26 (3.46%) Azure SQL Database
8 24 (3.19%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (3.06%) RDBMS
10 20 (2.66%) Amazon Athena
11 19 (2.53%) Apache Arrow
11 19 (2.53%) Apache Iceberg
11 19 (2.53%) Dremio
12 16 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.20%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.06%) Apache Ignite
15 8 (1.06%) Data Lake
15 8 (1.06%) Redis
Development Applications
1 115 (15.29%) Git
2 40 (5.32%) Cypress.io
3 25 (3.32%) JIRA
4 19 (2.53%) Jaeger
5 18 (2.39%) GitLab
6 17 (2.26%) Jenkins
7 16 (2.13%) webpack
8 14 (1.86%) Axure RP
9 13 (1.73%) CircleCI
9 13 (1.73%) Selenium
9 13 (1.73%) TeamCity
10 12 (1.60%) Balsamiq
11 11 (1.46%) Vite
12 7 (0.93%) Babel
12 7 (0.93%) JMeter
13 5 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
13 5 (0.66%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.66%) Postman
14 4 (0.53%) LoadRunner
14 4 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 201 (26.73%) Social Skills
2 152 (20.21%) Finance
3 85 (11.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (10.77%) Law
5 78 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 76 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
7 49 (6.52%) Front Office
8 22 (2.93%) Marketing
9 19 (2.53%) Retail
10 17 (2.26%) Games
11 15 (1.99%) Banking
11 15 (1.99%) Legal
12 12 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.06%) Investment Banking
14 7 (0.93%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.66%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.66%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.53%) Advertising
16 4 (0.53%) Electronics
16 4 (0.53%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 454 (60.37%) Developer
2 148 (19.68%) Senior
3 110 (14.63%) Software Engineer
4 92 (12.23%) Full-Stack Developer
5 91 (12.10%) Senior Developer
6 90 (11.97%) Lead
7 78 (10.37%) .NET Developer
8 57 (7.58%) Software Developer
9 42 (5.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
9 42 (5.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 42 (5.59%) Lead Developer
10 41 (5.45%) React Developer
11 39 (5.19%) Python Developer
12 35 (4.65%) AWS Developer
12 35 (4.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 35 (4.65%) Power Platform Developer
13 30 (3.99%) Lead Software Engineer
14 29 (3.86%) Engineering Manager
15 28 (3.72%) Lead Software Developer
16 27 (3.59%) .NET Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 291 (38.70%) React
2 219 (29.12%) HTML
3 201 (26.73%) CSS
4 191 (25.40%) .NET
5 160 (21.28%) Node.js
6 91 (12.10%) REST
7 90 (11.97%) AngularJS
8 81 (10.77%) Vue
9 63 (8.38%) .NET Core
10 52 (6.91%) ASP.NET
11 49 (6.52%) RESTful
12 47 (6.25%) SOAP
13 41 (5.45%) Kafka
14 40 (5.32%) HTML5
15 39 (5.19%) GraphQL
16 36 (4.79%) Web Services
17 34 (4.52%) Redux
18 32 (4.26%) Laravel
19 31 (4.12%) JSON
20 30 (3.99%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.78%) Product Ownership
2 53 (7.05%) Cloud Native
3 49 (6.52%) Fixed Income
4 36 (4.79%) Low-Code
5 32 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (3.32%) Equities
7 21 (2.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 20 (2.66%) Mobile App
9 16 (2.13%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.99%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.86%) Derivative
11 14 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.20%) Data Centre
14 9 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.20%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.06%) Hedge funds
15 8 (1.06%) Pricing Data
15 8 (1.06%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 61 (8.11%) Linux
2 36 (4.79%) Unix
3 13 (1.73%) Android
3 13 (1.73%) Windows
4 12 (1.60%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Debian
6 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (48.27%) Agile
2 230 (30.59%) Full-Stack Development
3 210 (27.93%) Software Engineering
4 206 (27.39%) CI/CD
5 190 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
6 183 (24.34%) DevOps
7 164 (21.81%) Mentoring
8 125 (16.62%) Microservices
9 94 (12.50%) User Experience
10 93 (12.37%) AI
11 86 (11.44%) Computer Science
12 84 (11.17%) Front End Development
12 84 (11.17%) Roadmaps
13 82 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (10.24%) Containerisation
14 77 (10.24%) Test Automation
15 58 (7.71%) Data Modelling
16 57 (7.58%) Performance Optimisation
16 57 (7.58%) Scrum
17 55 (7.31%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 263 (34.97%) TypeScript
2 259 (34.44%) Python
3 199 (26.46%) C#
4 174 (23.14%) Java
5 152 (20.21%) SQL
6 57 (7.58%) PHP
7 56 (7.45%) Go
8 28 (3.72%) Bash
9 19 (2.53%) Apex Code
9 19 (2.53%) Ruby
10 17 (2.26%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.20%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.93%) C
12 7 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.66%) VBA
14 4 (0.53%) C++
14 4 (0.53%) R
15 3 (0.40%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 127 (16.89%) Degree
2 101 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 93 (12.37%) SC Cleared
4 67 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (6.12%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.72%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.32%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.19%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.60%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.33%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.66%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.40%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.18%) QA
2 59 (7.85%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.93%) WCAG
4 17 (2.26%) GDPR
5 5 (0.66%) SLA
6 4 (0.53%) HL7
6 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 135 (17.95%) Docker
2 7 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 98 (13.03%) Kubernetes
2 83 (11.04%) Terraform
3 34 (4.52%) Prometheus
4 33 (4.39%) Ansible
5 29 (3.86%) Grafana
6 27 (3.59%) Argo
7 19 (2.53%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) cPanel
9 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.40%) Plesk
10 2 (0.27%) Control-M
10 2 (0.27%) Kibana
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 150 (19.95%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.85%) Google
3 30 (3.99%) ServiceNow
4 29 (3.86%) MuleSoft
5 26 (3.46%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.53%) Oracle
7 17 (2.26%) Adobe
8 13 (1.73%) IBM
9 11 (1.46%) Workday
10 9 (1.20%) SAP
11 8 (1.06%) IFS
12 6 (0.80%) HubSpot
12 6 (0.80%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.66%) Apple
13 5 (0.66%) Dell
13 5 (0.66%) Epicor
13 5 (0.66%) Infor
13 5 (0.66%) Informatica
13 5 (0.66%) Software AG
13 5 (0.66%) TIBCO