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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -29 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 791 1,974 3,779
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.24% 13.04% 11.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.92% 32.18% 28.25%
Number of salaries quoted 663 1,251 3,501
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £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 £81,250 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.04% +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 4,969 6,135 13,379
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.61% 40.52% 41.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,667 4,296 11,388
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,625 £38,694
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £79,313
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 May 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 42 (5.31%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.64%) CMS
3 7 (0.88%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (0.76%) Confluence
5 4 (0.51%) WordPress
6 3 (0.38%) nginx
7 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.25%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.39%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.26%) Shopify
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.13%) Magento
3 1 (0.13%) Maximo
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 329 (41.59%) AWS
2 290 (36.66%) Azure
3 95 (12.01%) Serverless
4 86 (10.87%) GCP
5 84 (10.62%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (9.73%) Power Platform
7 60 (7.59%) SaaS
8 58 (7.33%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (7.21%) GitHub
10 52 (6.57%) PowerApps
11 50 (6.32%) Power Automate
12 46 (5.82%) Azure Logic Apps
13 44 (5.56%) Amazon S3
14 37 (4.68%) Amazon ECS
14 37 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
15 36 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
16 32 (4.05%) Amazon EC2
17 29 (3.67%) Dynamics 365
18 27 (3.41%) Azure AI
19 22 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.80%) Broadband
2 7 (0.88%) Firewall
3 6 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.63%) Internet
4 5 (0.63%) Intranet
5 3 (0.38%) HTTP
5 3 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.13%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (12.90%) MongoDB
2 78 (9.86%) PostgreSQL
3 74 (9.36%) Azure SQL Database
4 60 (7.59%) NoSQL
5 59 (7.46%) SQL Server
6 51 (6.45%) MySQL
7 49 (6.19%) Relational Database
8 43 (5.44%) Power BI
9 25 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.53%) RDBMS
11 18 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.88%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.88%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.88%) Redis
15 6 (0.76%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.63%) Metadata
17 4 (0.51%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 114 (14.41%) Git
2 54 (6.83%) Cypress.io
3 23 (2.91%) JIRA
4 18 (2.28%) CircleCI
4 18 (2.28%) Jaeger
5 16 (2.02%) Jenkins
6 15 (1.90%) GitLab
7 11 (1.39%) Axure RP
8 10 (1.26%) Balsamiq
8 10 (1.26%) Selenium
9 9 (1.14%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.14%) webpack
10 8 (1.01%) Postman
11 7 (0.88%) Maven
11 7 (0.88%) Vite
12 6 (0.76%) JUnit
13 5 (0.63%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.63%) Mockito
14 4 (0.51%) Babel
15 3 (0.38%) Appium
General
1 188 (23.77%) Social Skills
2 129 (16.31%) Finance
3 88 (11.13%) Public Sector
4 79 (9.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (9.73%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (7.96%) Law
7 40 (5.06%) Front Office
8 25 (3.16%) Marketing
8 25 (3.16%) Retail
9 23 (2.91%) Legal
10 20 (2.53%) Banking
11 16 (2.02%) Games
12 15 (1.90%) Health Technology
13 11 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.01%) Local Government
15 6 (0.76%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.63%) Back Office
17 4 (0.51%) Advertising
17 4 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 467 (59.04%) Developer
2 163 (20.61%) Senior
3 145 (18.33%) Software Engineer
4 138 (17.45%) Full-Stack Developer
4 138 (17.45%) Lead
5 98 (12.39%) Senior Developer
6 78 (9.86%) Lead Developer
7 76 (9.61%) .NET Developer
8 56 (7.08%) Lead Software Developer
9 50 (6.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 50 (6.32%) Lead Software Engineer
10 48 (6.07%) Software Developer
11 41 (5.18%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 39 (4.93%) React Developer
13 35 (4.42%) Senior Software Engineer
14 33 (4.17%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 33 (4.17%) Power Platform Developer
15 32 (4.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 27 (3.41%) JavaScript Developer
17 26 (3.29%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 363 (45.89%) React
2 216 (27.31%) Node.js
3 215 (27.18%) .NET
4 204 (25.79%) HTML
5 184 (23.26%) CSS
6 99 (12.52%) .NET Core
7 87 (11.00%) RESTful
8 80 (10.11%) ASP.NET
9 74 (9.36%) REST
10 65 (8.22%) ASP.NET Core
11 64 (8.09%) Vue
12 58 (7.33%) AngularJS
12 58 (7.33%) JSON
13 51 (6.45%) Blazor
14 47 (5.94%) Kafka
15 43 (5.44%) Redux
16 42 (5.31%) HTML5
17 41 (5.18%) GraphQL
18 36 (4.55%) Jest
18 36 (4.55%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.72%) Cloud Native
2 62 (7.84%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.06%) Fixed Income
4 38 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.65%) Low-Code
8 19 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.40%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.77%) e-Learning
10 14 (1.77%) Sports Betting
11 11 (1.39%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.26%) NHS
13 9 (1.14%) Blog
14 8 (1.01%) Culture of Ownership
14 8 (1.01%) Derivative
14 8 (1.01%) Equities
14 8 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.45%) Linux
2 25 (3.16%) Unix
3 14 (1.77%) Android
4 7 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Debian
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (45.76%) Agile
1 362 (45.76%) Full-Stack Development
2 241 (30.47%) CI/CD
3 219 (27.69%) Software Engineering
4 208 (26.30%) DevOps
5 192 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
6 185 (23.39%) Mentoring
7 167 (21.11%) Microservices
8 118 (14.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 113 (14.29%) AI
10 111 (14.03%) User Experience
11 98 (12.39%) Test Automation
12 92 (11.63%) Containerisation
13 89 (11.25%) Scrum
14 86 (10.87%) Technical Leadership
15 73 (9.23%) Front End Development
16 72 (9.10%) Machine Learning
17 71 (8.98%) Infrastructure as Code
18 68 (8.60%) Roadmaps
19 61 (7.71%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 273 (34.51%) TypeScript
2 230 (29.08%) Python
3 227 (28.70%) C#
4 203 (25.66%) Java
5 202 (25.54%) SQL
6 64 (8.09%) Go
7 50 (6.32%) PHP
8 28 (3.54%) Bash
9 26 (3.29%) PowerShell
10 25 (3.16%) Ruby
11 18 (2.28%) Apex Code
12 14 (1.77%) C++
13 9 (1.14%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.51%) R
14 4 (0.51%) Rust
14 4 (0.51%) Scala
14 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.38%) Perl
16 2 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (12.64%) Degree
2 74 (9.36%) Security Cleared
3 69 (8.72%) SC Cleared
4 47 (5.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.92%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.02%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.38%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.25%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
15 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.60%) Accessibility
2 65 (8.22%) QA
3 17 (2.15%) WCAG
4 15 (1.90%) SLA
5 9 (1.14%) GDPR
6 7 (0.88%) GRC
7 6 (0.76%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.63%) HL7
9 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 125 (15.80%) Docker
2 5 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 87 (11.00%) Kubernetes
2 67 (8.47%) Terraform
3 27 (3.41%) Ansible
4 25 (3.16%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.78%) Argo
6 18 (2.28%) Grafana
6 18 (2.28%) Kustomize
7 12 (1.52%) Podman
8 5 (0.63%) Plesk
9 2 (0.25%) cPanel
9 2 (0.25%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 173 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.46%) Google
3 33 (4.17%) Adobe
4 21 (2.65%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.77%) MuleSoft
6 14 (1.77%) Oracle
7 9 (1.14%) Apple
8 7 (0.88%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.88%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.76%) Cisco
9 6 (0.76%) F5
9 6 (0.76%) Facebook
9 6 (0.76%) Juniper
9 6 (0.76%) Palo Alto
9 6 (0.76%) Sony
9 6 (0.76%) Yahoo!
10 4 (0.51%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.25%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.25%) SendGrid