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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -40 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 720 1,695 3,688
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.26% 12.49% 12.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.04% 27.28% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 592 1,370 3,378
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,925 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,938 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,274 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +10.46% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £96,250
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 4,489 6,213 13,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.57% 45.76% 43.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,253 4,529 11,368
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £110,000 £97,500
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 17 March 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 29 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.36%) CMS
3 7 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.83%) Apache
5 5 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.69%) Apache Solr
5 5 (0.69%) NServiceBus
5 5 (0.69%) WordPress
6 4 (0.56%) nginx
7 3 (0.42%) Confluence
7 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.42%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.28%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Mendix
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.14%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 15 (2.08%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.11%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.56%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) InVision
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Notion
4 1 (0.14%) Sketch
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (2.08%) Shopify
2 12 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.42%) Maximo
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.42%) Primavera
4 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) PlanetPress Connect
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 310 (43.06%) AWS
2 260 (36.11%) Azure
3 114 (15.83%) Serverless
4 75 (10.42%) GCP
5 62 (8.61%) GitHub
6 60 (8.33%) Power Platform
7 58 (8.06%) SaaS
8 56 (7.78%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (7.78%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (6.25%) Power Automate
10 41 (5.69%) Amazon S3
11 40 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
12 39 (5.42%) PowerApps
13 34 (4.72%) Azure Logic Apps
14 32 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (3.89%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (3.89%) Amazon ECS
16 25 (3.47%) Amazon SQS
16 25 (3.47%) Figma
17 24 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.00%) Broadband
2 8 (1.11%) Firewall
3 6 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.56%) SSH
5 3 (0.42%) HTTP
5 3 (0.42%) Internet
6 2 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.58%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (8.89%) Relational Database
3 58 (8.06%) SQL Server
4 56 (7.78%) MongoDB
5 51 (7.08%) NoSQL
6 46 (6.39%) MySQL
7 33 (4.58%) Power BI
8 26 (3.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (3.06%) RDBMS
10 18 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.25%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.97%) Redis
15 5 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
15 5 (0.69%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.56%) Apache Ignite
16 4 (0.56%) Big Data
16 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.56%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 114 (15.83%) Git
2 47 (6.53%) Cypress.io
3 27 (3.75%) JIRA
4 19 (2.64%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.36%) CircleCI
5 17 (2.36%) GitLab
6 16 (2.22%) Axure RP
6 16 (2.22%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.94%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.94%) webpack
8 12 (1.67%) Selenium
8 12 (1.67%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.39%) Vite
10 7 (0.97%) Babel
11 6 (0.83%) JMeter
11 6 (0.83%) Postman
12 5 (0.69%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.56%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 195 (27.08%) Social Skills
2 117 (16.25%) Finance
3 93 (12.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (12.36%) Law
5 82 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (10.69%) Public Sector
7 44 (6.11%) Front Office
8 22 (3.06%) Marketing
9 21 (2.92%) Games
10 20 (2.78%) Legal
10 20 (2.78%) Retail
11 12 (1.67%) Banking
12 8 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.11%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.56%) Advertising
13 4 (0.56%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 433 (60.14%) Developer
2 148 (20.56%) Senior
3 109 (15.14%) Software Engineer
4 105 (14.58%) Full-Stack Developer
5 98 (13.61%) Lead
6 96 (13.33%) Senior Developer
7 54 (7.50%) Lead Developer
8 52 (7.22%) .NET Developer
9 47 (6.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 43 (5.97%) React Developer
11 41 (5.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 37 (5.14%) Lead Software Engineer
13 36 (5.00%) Lead Software Developer
14 34 (4.72%) Power Platform Developer
15 31 (4.31%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 31 (4.31%) Python Developer
16 30 (4.17%) Software Developer
17 28 (3.89%) Java Developer
18 23 (3.19%) Architect
18 23 (3.19%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (42.08%) React
2 213 (29.58%) HTML
3 198 (27.50%) CSS
4 170 (23.61%) .NET
4 170 (23.61%) Node.js
5 88 (12.22%) REST
6 73 (10.14%) AngularJS
7 71 (9.86%) Vue
8 62 (8.61%) .NET Core
9 51 (7.08%) RESTful
10 50 (6.94%) ASP.NET
11 45 (6.25%) GraphQL
11 45 (6.25%) Kafka
12 44 (6.11%) Redux
13 38 (5.28%) SOAP
14 35 (4.86%) JSON
15 34 (4.72%) Web Services
16 32 (4.44%) HTML5
17 28 (3.89%) Jest
17 28 (3.89%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.31%) Product Ownership
2 57 (7.92%) Cloud Native
3 44 (6.11%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.86%) Low-Code
5 28 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.92%) Mobile App
7 20 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (2.36%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
10 12 (1.67%) Derivative
10 12 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.67%) Equities
10 12 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.39%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.25%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.25%) Sports Betting
13 8 (1.11%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.11%) e-Learning
14 7 (0.97%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 57 (7.92%) Linux
2 37 (5.14%) Unix
3 13 (1.81%) Android
4 12 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.11%) Windows
6 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (47.50%) Agile
2 258 (35.83%) Full-Stack Development
3 218 (30.28%) CI/CD
4 195 (27.08%) Problem-Solving
5 193 (26.81%) Software Engineering
6 183 (25.42%) DevOps
7 162 (22.50%) Mentoring
8 122 (16.94%) Microservices
9 99 (13.75%) User Experience
10 91 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 89 (12.36%) Containerisation
12 88 (12.22%) Test Automation
13 81 (11.25%) Computer Science
14 79 (10.97%) Front End Development
15 75 (10.42%) AI
16 62 (8.61%) Scrum
17 61 (8.47%) Code Quality
17 61 (8.47%) Performance Optimisation
17 61 (8.47%) Roadmaps
18 59 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 255 (35.42%) Python
2 233 (32.36%) TypeScript
3 197 (27.36%) C#
4 174 (24.17%) Java
5 142 (19.72%) SQL
6 63 (8.75%) Go
7 48 (6.67%) PHP
8 29 (4.03%) Bash
9 21 (2.92%) Apex Code
9 21 (2.92%) Ruby
10 13 (1.81%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.25%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.56%) C
14 3 (0.42%) R
15 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.28%) RPG
15 2 (0.28%) SOQL
15 2 (0.28%) SOSL
15 2 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 123 (17.08%) Degree
2 98 (13.61%) Security Cleared
3 90 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 65 (9.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (5.97%) AWS Certification
6 39 (5.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (3.06%) Azure Certification
8 21 (2.92%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.69%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.42%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (9.17%) QA
2 63 (8.75%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.06%) WCAG
4 14 (1.94%) GDPR
5 9 (1.25%) SLA
6 4 (0.56%) GRC
6 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.42%) HL7
8 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 139 (19.31%) Docker
2 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 90 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 79 (10.97%) Terraform
3 32 (4.44%) Ansible
3 32 (4.44%) Prometheus
4 27 (3.75%) Argo
5 26 (3.61%) Grafana
6 19 (2.64%) Kustomize
7 6 (0.83%) Podman
8 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.42%) cPanel
9 3 (0.42%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.42%) Plesk
10 2 (0.28%) Control-M
10 2 (0.28%) Kibana
10 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 143 (19.86%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.81%) Google
3 28 (3.89%) ServiceNow
4 26 (3.61%) MuleSoft
5 25 (3.47%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.92%) Adobe
7 15 (2.08%) Oracle
8 13 (1.81%) IBM
9 9 (1.25%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.11%) IFS
10 8 (1.11%) SAP
10 8 (1.11%) Workday
11 6 (0.83%) Cisco
11 6 (0.83%) F5
11 6 (0.83%) Juniper
11 6 (0.83%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.69%) Apple
12 5 (0.69%) Epicor
12 5 (0.69%) Informatica
12 5 (0.69%) TIBCO