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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -27 -2 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,167 1,603 2,568
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.91% 9.90% 11.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.90% 31.54% 28.62%
Number of salaries quoted 953 957 1,965
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £116,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £137,500 £147,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year -13.53% +8.13% -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 6,175 5,082 8,973
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.97% 31.39% 38.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,633 3,450 6,303
10th Percentile £38,750 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £118,750
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 9 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 61 (5.23%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.54%) CMS
3 16 (1.37%) WordPress
4 11 (0.94%) 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%) Moodle
10 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.60%) 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
1 453 (38.82%) Azure
2 395 (33.85%) AWS
3 166 (14.22%) SaaS
4 132 (11.31%) Azure DevOps
5 118 (10.11%) Power Platform
6 105 (9.00%) Serverless
7 92 (7.88%) Power Automate
8 90 (7.71%) GCP
9 85 (7.28%) PowerApps
10 82 (7.03%) Azure AI
11 74 (6.34%) GitHub
12 72 (6.17%) AWS Lambda
13 61 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
14 50 (4.28%) Amazon EC2
15 43 (3.68%) Amazon ECS
16 41 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
17 40 (3.43%) Amazon S3
18 37 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
19 36 (3.08%) Amazon SQS
20 30 (2.57%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.63%) Broadband
2 18 (1.54%) Internet
3 7 (0.60%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.43%) Firewall
4 5 (0.43%) Intranet
5 4 (0.34%) SSH
6 3 (0.26%) HTTP
6 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.17%) SSL
8 1 (0.086%) DNS
8 1 (0.086%) Network Security
8 1 (0.086%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.086%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (20.22%) MongoDB
2 187 (16.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 102 (8.74%) SQL Server
4 99 (8.48%) PostgreSQL
5 82 (7.03%) Elasticsearch
6 81 (6.94%) MySQL
7 57 (4.88%) Power BI
8 56 (4.80%) Relational Database
9 40 (3.43%) NoSQL
10 25 (2.14%) Redis
11 20 (1.71%) Spark SQL
12 15 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
13 13 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.11%) DynamoDB
14 12 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 8 (0.69%) MariaDB
15 8 (0.69%) Metadata
16 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
17 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 141 (12.08%) Git
2 50 (4.28%) Cypress.io
3 41 (3.51%) JIRA
4 29 (2.49%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.54%) JUnit
6 14 (1.20%) Maven
6 14 (1.20%) Mockito
7 12 (1.03%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.03%) GitLab
8 10 (0.86%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.77%) Postman
9 9 (0.77%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.69%) Selenium
11 7 (0.60%) Axure RP
11 7 (0.60%) Balsamiq
12 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.43%) Subversion
13 4 (0.34%) Appium
General
1 279 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 154 (13.20%) Finance
3 121 (10.37%) Public Sector
4 85 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (6.43%) Legal
6 72 (6.17%) Law
7 70 (6.00%) Marketing
8 62 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (2.83%) Retail
10 28 (2.40%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.97%) Banking
12 21 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.54%) Health Technology
14 13 (1.11%) Games
15 10 (0.86%) Local Government
16 9 (0.77%) Legal Technology
17 5 (0.43%) Social Housing
17 5 (0.43%) Tech for Good
18 4 (0.34%) Advertising
18 4 (0.34%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 670 (57.41%) Developer
2 235 (20.14%) Senior
3 207 (17.74%) .NET Developer
4 200 (17.14%) Full-Stack Developer
5 157 (13.45%) Software Engineer
6 153 (13.11%) Lead
7 109 (9.34%) Senior Developer
8 93 (7.97%) Software Developer
9 88 (7.54%) Lead Developer
10 66 (5.66%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 61 (5.23%) Lead Software Developer
12 56 (4.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 51 (4.37%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 49 (4.20%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.20%) Testing Manager
15 41 (3.51%) Senior Software Engineer
16 30 (2.57%) Lead Software Engineer
17 28 (2.40%) Web Developer
18 26 (2.23%) Consultant
18 26 (2.23%) Microsoft 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 506 (43.36%) React
2 363 (31.11%) .NET
3 324 (27.76%) Node.js
4 233 (19.97%) HTML
5 220 (18.85%) .NET Core
6 214 (18.34%) ASP.NET
7 212 (18.17%) CSS
8 188 (16.11%) ASP.NET Core
9 168 (14.40%) Blazor
10 158 (13.54%) RESTful
11 91 (7.80%) ASP.NET Web API
12 85 (7.28%) REST
13 82 (7.03%) ML.NET
14 81 (6.94%) .NET Framework
15 80 (6.86%) Vue
16 67 (5.74%) AngularJS
16 67 (5.74%) JSON
17 48 (4.11%) Entity Framework
18 45 (3.86%) Jest
19 42 (3.60%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 85 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 64 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (5.40%) Virtual Team
4 52 (4.46%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (4.03%) Product Ownership
6 38 (3.26%) Mobile App
7 31 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (2.49%) Onboarding
9 28 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (2.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.80%) Social Media
12 19 (1.63%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.46%) BBC
13 17 (1.46%) iPhone
14 14 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.20%) NHS
15 13 (1.11%) Blog
15 13 (1.11%) Sports Betting
16 12 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.03%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 56 (4.80%) Linux
2 27 (2.31%) Android
3 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.86%) Windows
4 6 (0.51%) Unix
5 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.086%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 577 (49.44%) Full-Stack Development
2 564 (48.33%) Agile
3 337 (28.88%) CI/CD
4 321 (27.51%) Software Engineering
5 307 (26.31%) DevOps
6 275 (23.56%) AI
7 260 (22.28%) Mentoring
8 258 (22.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 258 (22.11%) Microservices
9 237 (20.31%) Problem-Solving
10 168 (14.40%) Test Automation
11 165 (14.14%) Scrum
12 138 (11.83%) Machine Learning
13 130 (11.14%) Technical Leadership
14 128 (10.97%) User Experience
15 111 (9.51%) Business Intelligence
16 103 (8.83%) SDLC
17 91 (7.80%) Coaching
18 90 (7.71%) Containerisation
19 88 (7.54%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 461 (39.50%) C#
2 426 (36.50%) TypeScript
3 388 (33.25%) SQL
4 255 (21.85%) Python
5 198 (16.97%) Java
6 78 (6.68%) PowerShell
7 63 (5.40%) PHP
8 57 (4.88%) C++
9 41 (3.51%) Ruby
10 25 (2.14%) Go
11 18 (1.54%) Bash
12 17 (1.46%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.69%) R
15 7 (0.60%) Rust
15 7 (0.60%) Scala
16 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.34%) Perl
16 4 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 107 (9.17%) Security Cleared
2 105 (9.00%) Degree
3 88 (7.54%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.86%) Master's Degree
6 8 (0.69%) DBS Check
6 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (0.60%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
8 6 (0.51%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (0.43%) 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
1 117 (10.03%) QA
2 101 (8.65%) Accessibility
3 37 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 29 (2.49%) WCAG
5 18 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.11%) GRC
7 11 (0.94%) GDPR
8 8 (0.69%) 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
1 136 (11.65%) Docker
2 4 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 93 (7.97%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.03%) Podman
3 11 (0.94%) Ansible
4 10 (0.86%) Grafana
5 7 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.26%) Plesk
8 1 (0.086%) Consul
8 1 (0.086%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 332 (28.45%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.51%) Google
3 33 (2.83%) 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 (1.37%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.29%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.20%) HubSpot
10 11 (0.94%) OpenAI
11 10 (0.86%) Databricks
12 7 (0.60%) Infor
13 6 (0.51%) Sage
14 4 (0.34%) Alteryx
14 4 (0.34%) Marketo
14 4 (0.34%) New Relic
14 4 (0.34%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.34%) Sitecore