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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -24 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 968 1,880 3,988
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.71% 11.94% 11.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.58% 32.29% 29.29%
Number of salaries quoted 830 1,193 3,565
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,000 £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 £80,000 £93,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.14% +10.33% -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 5,506 5,823 13,614
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.79% 36.99% 40.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,141 4,049 11,255
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £102,500
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 28 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 52 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.55%) CMS
3 8 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.72%) Confluence
4 7 (0.72%) WordPress
5 3 (0.31%) Apache
5 3 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.21%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.21%) DNN
6 2 (0.21%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.21%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.21%) IIS
6 2 (0.21%) Immediacy CMS
6 2 (0.21%) Kentico
6 2 (0.21%) nginx
6 2 (0.21%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.21%) Sitefinity
7 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 6 (0.62%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.31%) Blender
3 3 (0.31%) Maya
3 3 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.21%) Elementor
5 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.03%) Shopify
3 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 421 (43.49%) Azure
2 381 (39.36%) AWS
3 137 (14.15%) Azure DevOps
4 99 (10.23%) Power Platform
5 98 (10.12%) Serverless
6 95 (9.81%) GCP
7 81 (8.37%) SaaS
8 71 (7.33%) Azure AI
9 70 (7.23%) PowerApps
10 69 (7.13%) Power Automate
11 61 (6.30%) AWS Lambda
12 60 (6.20%) GitHub
13 49 (5.06%) Azure Logic Apps
14 47 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
15 46 (4.75%) Amazon S3
16 41 (4.24%) Amazon ECS
17 34 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
17 34 (3.51%) Amazon SQS
18 31 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
19 29 (3.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.93%) Broadband
2 17 (1.76%) Internet
3 8 (0.83%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.62%) Firewall
5 5 (0.52%) Intranet
6 1 (0.10%) AMQP
6 1 (0.10%) HTTP
6 1 (0.10%) Network Security
6 1 (0.10%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 206 (21.28%) MongoDB
2 165 (17.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 83 (8.57%) PostgreSQL
4 74 (7.64%) SQL Server
5 69 (7.13%) Elasticsearch
6 66 (6.82%) MySQL
7 56 (5.79%) Relational Database
8 54 (5.58%) NoSQL
9 51 (5.27%) Power BI
10 16 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.55%) Redis
12 12 (1.24%) RDBMS
13 10 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.93%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.83%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
16 7 (0.72%) Metadata
17 5 (0.52%) Big Data
17 5 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 117 (12.09%) Git
2 48 (4.96%) Cypress.io
3 32 (3.31%) JIRA
4 18 (1.86%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.55%) CircleCI
6 12 (1.24%) GitLab
6 12 (1.24%) Jaeger
6 12 (1.24%) JUnit
7 11 (1.14%) Maven
8 9 (0.93%) Claude Code
8 9 (0.93%) Mockito
9 8 (0.83%) Postman
9 8 (0.83%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.72%) webpack
11 6 (0.62%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.62%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.62%) Vite
12 5 (0.52%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.52%) Selenium
General
1 210 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 160 (16.53%) Finance
3 90 (9.30%) Public Sector
4 76 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (7.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (5.17%) Law
7 48 (4.96%) Marketing
8 44 (4.55%) Front Office
9 40 (4.13%) Retail
10 27 (2.79%) Legal
11 23 (2.38%) Banking
12 19 (1.96%) Health Technology
13 16 (1.65%) Games
13 16 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.34%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.03%) Local Government
16 8 (0.83%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.62%) Advertising
17 6 (0.62%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.52%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 606 (62.60%) Developer
2 181 (18.70%) Senior
3 176 (18.18%) .NET Developer
4 172 (17.77%) Software Engineer
5 160 (16.53%) Lead
6 159 (16.43%) Full-Stack Developer
7 105 (10.85%) Senior Developer
8 95 (9.81%) Lead Developer
9 66 (6.82%) Lead Software Developer
10 64 (6.61%) Software Developer
11 57 (5.89%) Lead Software Engineer
12 55 (5.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 47 (4.86%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 45 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
15 42 (4.34%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 40 (4.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 32 (3.31%) React Developer
18 31 (3.20%) Power Platform Developer
19 26 (2.69%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
20 24 (2.48%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 483 (49.90%) React
2 318 (32.85%) .NET
3 290 (29.96%) Node.js
4 212 (21.90%) HTML
5 189 (19.52%) .NET Core
6 188 (19.42%) CSS
7 180 (18.60%) ASP.NET
8 168 (17.36%) ASP.NET Core
9 142 (14.67%) Blazor
10 138 (14.26%) RESTful
11 85 (8.78%) Vue
12 82 (8.47%) REST
13 76 (7.85%) ASP.NET Web API
14 71 (7.33%) ML.NET
15 66 (6.82%) AngularJS
16 59 (6.10%) JSON
17 53 (5.48%) .NET Framework
18 46 (4.75%) Redux
19 45 (4.65%) Kafka
20 43 (4.44%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.57%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.48%) Product Ownership
3 49 (5.06%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (4.34%) Greenfield Project
5 41 (4.24%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.31%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.89%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (2.58%) Mobile App
9 24 (2.48%) Onboarding
10 18 (1.86%) Social Media
11 15 (1.55%) BBC
11 15 (1.55%) Cyberattack
11 15 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 15 (1.55%) iPhone
11 15 (1.55%) Low-Code
12 14 (1.45%) Sports Betting
13 13 (1.34%) Social Network
14 12 (1.24%) e-Learning
14 12 (1.24%) NHS
15 11 (1.14%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.89%) Linux
2 19 (1.96%) Unix
3 18 (1.86%) Android
4 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.21%) Windows
6 1 (0.10%) CentOS
6 1 (0.10%) Debian
6 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (51.45%) Full-Stack Development
2 496 (51.24%) Agile
3 265 (27.38%) CI/CD
4 260 (26.86%) DevOps
5 259 (26.76%) Software Engineering
6 235 (24.28%) Microservices
7 217 (22.42%) Problem-Solving
8 208 (21.49%) AI
9 191 (19.73%) Mentoring
10 149 (15.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 128 (13.22%) Scrum
12 123 (12.71%) Machine Learning
13 114 (11.78%) User Experience
14 109 (11.26%) Technical Leadership
15 104 (10.74%) Test Automation
16 94 (9.71%) Containerisation
17 78 (8.06%) Front End Development
18 74 (7.64%) Infrastructure as Code
19 71 (7.33%) Multithreading
20 69 (7.13%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 340 (35.12%) C#
2 327 (33.78%) SQL
3 318 (32.85%) TypeScript
4 230 (23.76%) Python
5 200 (20.66%) Java
6 62 (6.40%) Go
7 56 (5.79%) PHP
8 31 (3.20%) Ruby
9 29 (3.00%) PowerShell
10 24 (2.48%) Bash
10 24 (2.48%) C++
11 16 (1.65%) Apex Code
12 14 (1.45%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.24%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.72%) R
15 6 (0.62%) Scala
16 4 (0.41%) Perl
16 4 (0.41%) Rust
17 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 109 (11.26%) Degree
2 70 (7.23%) Security Cleared
3 65 (6.71%) SC Cleared
4 52 (5.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.76%) AWS Certification
5 17 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
6 15 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.41%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.41%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.31%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.21%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.44%) Accessibility
2 57 (5.89%) QA
3 15 (1.55%) SLA
4 12 (1.24%) GDPR
5 11 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.14%) WCAG
6 8 (0.83%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.72%) GRC
8 6 (0.62%) HL7
9 5 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 122 (12.60%) Docker
2 5 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 80 (8.26%) Kubernetes
2 53 (5.48%) Terraform
3 19 (1.96%) Ansible
4 14 (1.45%) Argo
4 14 (1.45%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.24%) Kustomize
5 12 (1.24%) Podman
6 7 (0.72%) Grafana
7 3 (0.31%) Plesk
8 2 (0.21%) Kibana
9 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.10%) Puppet
9 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 276 (28.51%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.71%) Google
3 27 (2.79%) Adobe
4 20 (2.07%) Oracle
5 19 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.96%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.76%) Apple
7 15 (1.55%) Facebook
7 15 (1.55%) Sony
7 15 (1.55%) Yahoo!
8 12 (1.24%) HubSpot
8 12 (1.24%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.03%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.72%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.62%) Cisco
11 6 (0.62%) F5
11 6 (0.62%) Juniper
11 6 (0.62%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.41%) Databricks
13 3 (0.31%) Sitecore