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 18 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -26 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 889 1,868 4,126
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.44% 12.12% 11.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.80% 32.06% 29.33%
Number of salaries quoted 748 1,179 3,690
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,295 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +10.49% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,563 £90,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £125,000 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -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 5,292 5,826 14,067
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.44% 37.81% 40.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,913 4,038 11,657
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,538
25th Percentile £48,289 £49,813 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £101,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 18 June 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 48 (5.40%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.69%) CMS
3 8 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.79%) Confluence
5 5 (0.56%) WordPress
6 3 (0.34%) nginx
7 2 (0.22%) Apache
7 2 (0.22%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.22%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) EPiServer
8 1 (0.11%) Immediacy CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Kentico
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 7 (0.79%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.45%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.34%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.34%) Blender
3 3 (0.34%) Maya
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.24%) Shopify
2 10 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 360 (40.49%) AWS
2 355 (39.93%) Azure
3 109 (12.26%) Azure DevOps
4 95 (10.69%) Serverless
5 90 (10.12%) GCP
5 90 (10.12%) Power Platform
6 70 (7.87%) SaaS
7 63 (7.09%) PowerApps
8 62 (6.97%) AWS Lambda
9 61 (6.86%) Power Automate
10 56 (6.30%) GitHub
11 52 (5.85%) Azure AI
12 46 (5.17%) Azure Logic Apps
13 45 (5.06%) Amazon S3
13 45 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
14 41 (4.61%) Amazon ECS
15 36 (4.05%) Amazon SQS
16 34 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
17 28 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
18 23 (2.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 43 (4.84%) Broadband
2 11 (1.24%) Internet
3 6 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
3 6 (0.67%) Firewall
3 6 (0.67%) Hyperconnected
4 4 (0.45%) Intranet
5 1 (0.11%) AMQP
5 1 (0.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (18.22%) MongoDB
2 125 (14.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 78 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
4 67 (7.54%) SQL Server
5 59 (6.64%) NoSQL
6 58 (6.52%) MySQL
7 55 (6.19%) Relational Database
8 48 (5.40%) Power BI
9 47 (5.29%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (2.02%) RDBMS
11 16 (1.80%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (1.24%) Redis
14 10 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 8 (0.90%) DynamoDB
16 7 (0.79%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.79%) Metadata
17 5 (0.56%) BigQuery
17 5 (0.56%) Electronic Patient Records
17 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 112 (12.60%) Git
2 49 (5.51%) Cypress.io
3 29 (3.26%) JIRA
4 18 (2.02%) Jaeger
5 15 (1.69%) CircleCI
6 14 (1.57%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.35%) GitLab
7 12 (1.35%) JUnit
8 11 (1.24%) Maven
9 9 (1.01%) Mockito
10 8 (0.90%) Claude Code
10 8 (0.90%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.79%) Axure RP
11 7 (0.79%) Balsamiq
11 7 (0.79%) Vite
11 7 (0.79%) webpack
12 5 (0.56%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.56%) Postman
12 5 (0.56%) Selenium
12 5 (0.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 207 (23.28%) Social Skills
2 146 (16.42%) Finance
3 87 (9.79%) Public Sector
4 79 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (5.74%) Law
7 44 (4.95%) Front Office
8 43 (4.84%) Marketing
9 33 (3.71%) Retail
10 27 (3.04%) Legal
11 23 (2.59%) Banking
12 17 (1.91%) Health Technology
13 16 (1.80%) Games
14 15 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (1.46%) Legal Technology
16 10 (1.12%) Local Government
17 7 (0.79%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.67%) Advertising
18 6 (0.67%) Telecoms
19 5 (0.56%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 539 (60.63%) Developer
2 175 (19.69%) Senior
3 163 (18.34%) Software Engineer
4 158 (17.77%) Lead
5 146 (16.42%) Full-Stack Developer
6 129 (14.51%) .NET Developer
7 103 (11.59%) Senior Developer
8 90 (10.12%) Lead Developer
9 61 (6.86%) Lead Software Developer
10 57 (6.41%) Software Developer
11 55 (6.19%) Lead Software Engineer
12 52 (5.85%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 42 (4.72%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 42 (4.72%) Senior Software Engineer
14 41 (4.61%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 39 (4.39%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 35 (3.94%) React Developer
17 29 (3.26%) Power Platform Developer
18 25 (2.81%) JavaScript Developer
19 24 (2.70%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 429 (48.26%) React
2 267 (30.03%) .NET
3 255 (28.68%) Node.js
4 202 (22.72%) HTML
5 177 (19.91%) CSS
6 146 (16.42%) .NET Core
7 132 (14.85%) ASP.NET
8 120 (13.50%) ASP.NET Core
9 117 (13.16%) RESTful
10 103 (11.59%) Blazor
11 79 (8.89%) REST
12 76 (8.55%) Vue
13 58 (6.52%) AngularJS
14 56 (6.30%) JSON
15 52 (5.85%) ML.NET
16 50 (5.62%) ASP.NET Web API
17 45 (5.06%) Kafka
17 45 (5.06%) Redux
18 40 (4.50%) GraphQL
19 39 (4.39%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.66%) Cloud Native
2 58 (6.52%) Product Ownership
3 48 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
4 41 (4.61%) Fixed Income
5 32 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
6 30 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.81%) Onboarding
8 24 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (2.36%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.69%) Cyberattack
10 15 (1.69%) Low-Code
11 14 (1.57%) e-Learning
11 14 (1.57%) Sports Betting
12 13 (1.46%) Social Media
13 11 (1.24%) BBC
13 11 (1.24%) Blog
13 11 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 11 (1.24%) iPhone
13 11 (1.24%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.75%) Linux
2 24 (2.70%) Unix
3 14 (1.57%) Android
4 3 (0.34%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.34%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.11%) CentOS
5 1 (0.11%) Debian
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (49.94%) Agile
2 436 (49.04%) Full-Stack Development
3 250 (28.12%) CI/CD
4 247 (27.78%) Software Engineering
5 230 (25.87%) DevOps
6 209 (23.51%) Problem-Solving
7 201 (22.61%) Microservices
8 194 (21.82%) Mentoring
9 174 (19.57%) AI
10 136 (15.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 116 (13.05%) User Experience
12 115 (12.94%) Scrum
13 104 (11.70%) Technical Leadership
14 101 (11.36%) Machine Learning
15 99 (11.14%) Test Automation
16 96 (10.80%) Containerisation
17 77 (8.66%) Front End Development
18 75 (8.44%) Infrastructure as Code
18 75 (8.44%) Roadmaps
19 64 (7.20%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 300 (33.75%) TypeScript
2 281 (31.61%) C#
3 269 (30.26%) SQL
4 227 (25.53%) Python
5 202 (22.72%) Java
6 65 (7.31%) Go
7 51 (5.74%) PHP
8 31 (3.49%) Ruby
9 30 (3.37%) Bash
10 26 (2.92%) PowerShell
11 23 (2.59%) C++
12 16 (1.80%) Apex Code
13 15 (1.69%) PL/SQL
14 9 (1.01%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.79%) R
16 5 (0.56%) Scala
17 4 (0.45%) Perl
17 4 (0.45%) Rust
18 3 (0.34%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 103 (11.59%) Degree
2 69 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 66 (7.42%) SC Cleared
4 49 (5.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.81%) AWS Certification
6 17 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.57%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.45%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.45%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.45%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.34%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.34%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.11%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.99%) Accessibility
2 58 (6.52%) QA
3 15 (1.69%) SLA
4 12 (1.35%) GDPR
4 12 (1.35%) WCAG
5 8 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.79%) GRC
6 7 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.45%) HL7
8 3 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 125 (14.06%) Docker
2 5 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 81 (9.11%) Kubernetes
2 57 (6.41%) Terraform
3 24 (2.70%) Ansible
4 20 (2.25%) Argo
4 20 (2.25%) Prometheus
5 18 (2.02%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.35%) Podman
7 7 (0.79%) Grafana
8 3 (0.34%) Plesk
9 2 (0.22%) Kibana
10 1 (0.11%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.11%) Puppet
10 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 223 (25.08%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.20%) Google
3 28 (3.15%) Adobe
4 21 (2.36%) Oracle
5 19 (2.14%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.14%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.46%) Apple
7 12 (1.35%) HubSpot
7 12 (1.35%) MuleSoft
8 11 (1.24%) Facebook
8 11 (1.24%) Sony
8 11 (1.24%) Yahoo!
9 8 (0.90%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.79%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.67%) Cisco
11 6 (0.67%) F5
11 6 (0.67%) Juniper
11 6 (0.67%) Palo Alto
12 3 (0.34%) Databricks
13 2 (0.22%) Dynatrace