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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -39 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 728 1,718 3,697
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.97% 12.36% 11.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.15% 30.17% 27.81%
Number of salaries quoted 604 1,320 3,420
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.72% +11.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% +8.75% -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 4,804 5,695 13,295
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.23% 40.96% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,528 4,451 11,386
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
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 £78,750
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 5 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 45 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.65%) CMS
3 5 (0.69%) Confluence
4 4 (0.55%) nginx
4 4 (0.55%) WordPress
5 3 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.41%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.27%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (1.79%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.69%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.14%) InVision
5 1 (0.14%) Notion
5 1 (0.14%) Sketch
5 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.96%) Shopify
3 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) Maximo
4 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 313 (42.99%) AWS
2 243 (33.38%) Azure
3 103 (14.15%) Serverless
4 89 (12.23%) GCP
5 78 (10.71%) Power Platform
6 62 (8.52%) SaaS
7 61 (8.38%) Azure DevOps
8 60 (8.24%) AWS Lambda
9 54 (7.42%) GitHub
10 52 (7.14%) PowerApps
11 51 (7.01%) Power Automate
12 46 (6.32%) Amazon S3
13 45 (6.18%) Azure Logic Apps
14 40 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
15 36 (4.95%) Amazon ECS
15 36 (4.95%) Amazon SQS
16 34 (4.67%) Amazon EC2
17 29 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
18 21 (2.88%) Azure Data Factory
18 21 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.36%) Broadband
2 7 (0.96%) Firewall
3 6 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.69%) Intranet
5 2 (0.27%) HTTP
5 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
5 2 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
5 2 (0.27%) SSH
6 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.89%) PostgreSQL
2 71 (9.75%) MongoDB
3 59 (8.10%) SQL Server
4 55 (7.55%) NoSQL
5 47 (6.46%) Relational Database
6 45 (6.18%) Power BI
7 42 (5.77%) MySQL
8 38 (5.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 21 (2.88%) RDBMS
10 20 (2.75%) Amazon RDS
11 12 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (1.24%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.82%) DynamoDB
15 6 (0.82%) Metadata
16 5 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.69%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.69%) Redis
17 4 (0.55%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 100 (13.74%) Git
2 54 (7.42%) Cypress.io
3 22 (3.02%) JIRA
4 20 (2.75%) CircleCI
5 19 (2.61%) Jaeger
6 17 (2.34%) GitLab
7 16 (2.20%) Jenkins
8 13 (1.79%) Axure RP
9 12 (1.65%) Balsamiq
10 10 (1.37%) Selenium
10 10 (1.37%) webpack
11 9 (1.24%) TeamCity
12 8 (1.10%) Vite
13 7 (0.96%) Postman
14 5 (0.69%) Babel
15 4 (0.55%) Cucumber
16 3 (0.41%) Appium
16 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
16 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
17 2 (0.27%) Storybook
General
1 194 (26.65%) Social Skills
2 112 (15.38%) Finance
3 82 (11.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 78 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (9.75%) Law
6 60 (8.24%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.49%) Front Office
8 20 (2.75%) Legal
9 19 (2.61%) Retail
10 17 (2.34%) Banking
11 16 (2.20%) Games
12 15 (2.06%) Health Technology
12 15 (2.06%) Marketing
13 10 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.69%) Advertising
16 4 (0.55%) Back Office
16 4 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.55%) Local Government
17 3 (0.41%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 423 (58.10%) Developer
2 151 (20.74%) Senior
3 133 (18.27%) Full-Stack Developer
4 127 (17.45%) Software Engineer
5 122 (16.76%) Lead
6 94 (12.91%) Senior Developer
7 70 (9.62%) Lead Developer
8 52 (7.14%) Lead Software Developer
9 50 (6.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 45 (6.18%) .NET Developer
10 45 (6.18%) Software Developer
11 43 (5.91%) Lead Software Engineer
12 41 (5.63%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 37 (5.08%) React Developer
14 33 (4.53%) Power Platform Developer
15 28 (3.85%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
16 27 (3.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 26 (3.57%) JavaScript Developer
18 24 (3.30%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 24 (3.30%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 322 (44.23%) React
2 205 (28.16%) HTML
3 198 (27.20%) Node.js
4 183 (25.14%) CSS
5 177 (24.31%) .NET
6 69 (9.48%) .NET Core
7 67 (9.20%) REST
8 63 (8.65%) Vue
9 61 (8.38%) AngularJS
10 59 (8.10%) JSON
11 58 (7.97%) RESTful
12 47 (6.46%) ASP.NET
12 47 (6.46%) Kafka
13 43 (5.91%) Redux
14 41 (5.63%) GraphQL
15 39 (5.36%) HTML5
16 35 (4.81%) HTML5 Canvas
17 34 (4.67%) Jest
18 30 (4.12%) CSS3
18 30 (4.12%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.34%) Cloud Native
1 68 (9.34%) Product Ownership
2 40 (5.49%) Fixed Income
3 32 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (3.02%) Low-Code
5 21 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
7 17 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
8 16 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.06%) e-Learning
10 14 (1.92%) Mobile App
11 13 (1.79%) Sports Betting
12 10 (1.37%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.37%) NHS
13 9 (1.24%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.10%) Culture of Ownership
14 8 (1.10%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
14 8 (1.10%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.59%) Linux
2 26 (3.57%) Unix
3 10 (1.37%) Android
4 9 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.14%) CentOS
5 1 (0.14%) Debian
5 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (43.41%) Full-Stack Development
2 312 (42.86%) Agile
3 211 (28.98%) CI/CD
4 194 (26.65%) Software Engineering
5 184 (25.27%) DevOps
6 181 (24.86%) Problem-Solving
7 153 (21.02%) Mentoring
8 144 (19.78%) Microservices
9 113 (15.52%) User Experience
10 110 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (12.50%) Test Automation
12 90 (12.36%) Containerisation
13 83 (11.40%) AI
14 72 (9.89%) Scrum
15 71 (9.75%) Technical Leadership
16 69 (9.48%) Infrastructure as Code
17 68 (9.34%) Front End Development
18 67 (9.20%) Roadmaps
19 60 (8.24%) Computer Science
20 55 (7.55%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 269 (36.95%) TypeScript
2 235 (32.28%) Python
3 191 (26.24%) C#
4 179 (24.59%) Java
5 150 (20.60%) SQL
6 66 (9.07%) Go
7 48 (6.59%) PHP
8 27 (3.71%) Bash
8 27 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 27 (3.71%) Ruby
9 18 (2.47%) Apex Code
10 5 (0.69%) C++
11 4 (0.55%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.55%) Scala
12 3 (0.41%) C
12 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.41%) Rust
12 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.27%) SOQL
13 2 (0.27%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 99 (13.60%) Degree
2 71 (9.75%) Security Cleared
3 65 (8.93%) SC Cleared
4 49 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (4.81%) AWS Certification
6 27 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.20%) DBS Check
8 15 (2.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (1.92%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.69%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.14%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.48%) QA
2 62 (8.52%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.34%) WCAG
4 15 (2.06%) SLA
5 7 (0.96%) GDPR
5 7 (0.96%) GRC
6 6 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.69%) HL7
8 4 (0.55%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 131 (17.99%) Docker
2 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 89 (12.23%) Kubernetes
2 72 (9.89%) Terraform
3 28 (3.85%) Ansible
3 28 (3.85%) Prometheus
4 27 (3.71%) Argo
5 20 (2.75%) Grafana
6 19 (2.61%) Kustomize
7 12 (1.65%) Podman
8 4 (0.55%) Plesk
9 2 (0.27%) cPanel
9 2 (0.27%) Kibana
10 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.14%) Puppet
10 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 149 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.42%) Google
3 35 (4.81%) Adobe
4 21 (2.88%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.88%) ServiceNow
5 15 (2.06%) MuleSoft
6 9 (1.24%) Red Hat
7 7 (0.96%) Apple
8 6 (0.82%) Cisco
8 6 (0.82%) F5
8 6 (0.82%) Juniper
8 6 (0.82%) Palo Alto
9 5 (0.69%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.69%) Oracle
10 4 (0.55%) Facebook
10 4 (0.55%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.41%) IBM
11 3 (0.41%) Sony
11 3 (0.41%) Yahoo!
12 2 (0.27%) BT