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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -25 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,064 1,897 3,506
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.97% 11.50% 11.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.48% 32.42% 28.77%
Number of salaries quoted 893 1,212 3,104
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +10.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.15% +10.34% -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 5,759 5,852 12,185
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.89% 35.49% 39.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,342 4,085 9,913
10th Percentile £38,773 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £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 £83,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
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 17 July 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 56 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.69%) CMS
3 10 (0.94%) WordPress
4 9 (0.85%) Confluence
5 8 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.38%) Apache
6 4 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.38%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.28%) DNN
7 3 (0.28%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.28%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.28%) Kentico
7 3 (0.28%) Sitefinity
8 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.094%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.094%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.47%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.28%) Blender
4 3 (0.28%) Maya
5 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Elementor
6 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.094%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.094%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.75%) Shopify
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.19%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.19%) Lawson
4 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.094%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.094%) Magento
5 1 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 448 (42.11%) Azure
2 390 (36.65%) AWS
3 142 (13.35%) Azure DevOps
4 131 (12.31%) SaaS
5 99 (9.30%) GCP
5 99 (9.30%) Power Platform
6 90 (8.46%) Serverless
7 81 (7.61%) Azure AI
8 75 (7.05%) PowerApps
9 74 (6.95%) Power Automate
10 65 (6.11%) GitHub
11 57 (5.36%) AWS Lambda
12 51 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
13 43 (4.04%) Azure Logic Apps
14 41 (3.85%) Amazon ECS
14 41 (3.85%) Amazon S3
15 32 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
16 31 (2.91%) Amazon SQS
16 31 (2.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 30 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.01%) Broadband
2 18 (1.69%) Internet
3 7 (0.66%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.47%) Intranet
6 4 (0.38%) SSH
7 1 (0.094%) HTTP
7 1 (0.094%) Network Security
7 1 (0.094%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (21.71%) MongoDB
2 186 (17.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 87 (8.18%) SQL Server
4 85 (7.99%) PostgreSQL
5 81 (7.61%) Elasticsearch
6 75 (7.05%) MySQL
7 53 (4.98%) Relational Database
8 50 (4.70%) NoSQL
8 50 (4.70%) Power BI
9 19 (1.79%) Redis
10 16 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.85%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.75%) MariaDB
15 7 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
15 7 (0.66%) Metadata
16 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
16 6 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 121 (11.37%) Git
2 47 (4.42%) Cypress.io
3 41 (3.85%) JIRA
4 22 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.32%) GitLab
6 13 (1.22%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.13%) JUnit
8 11 (1.03%) Maven
9 10 (0.94%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.85%) Mockito
11 8 (0.75%) Postman
11 8 (0.75%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.75%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.66%) webpack
13 6 (0.56%) Jaeger
14 5 (0.47%) Axure RP
14 5 (0.47%) Balsamiq
14 5 (0.47%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.47%) Selenium
15 4 (0.38%) Vite
General
1 253 (23.78%) Social Skills
2 164 (15.41%) Finance
3 92 (8.65%) Public Sector
4 70 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (6.58%) Law
5 66 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (6.02%) Legal
7 57 (5.36%) Marketing
8 44 (4.14%) Front Office
9 42 (3.95%) Retail
10 23 (2.16%) Banking
11 21 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.69%) Health Technology
13 16 (1.50%) Games
14 13 (1.22%) Legal Technology
15 10 (0.94%) Local Government
15 10 (0.94%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.56%) Advertising
16 6 (0.56%) Back Office
16 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 655 (61.56%) Developer
2 223 (20.96%) Senior
3 209 (19.64%) .NET Developer
4 187 (17.58%) Full-Stack Developer
5 181 (17.01%) Software Engineer
6 163 (15.32%) Lead
7 107 (10.06%) Senior Developer
8 99 (9.30%) Lead Developer
9 70 (6.58%) Lead Software Developer
10 66 (6.20%) Software Developer
11 59 (5.55%) Lead Software Engineer
12 58 (5.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 53 (4.98%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 47 (4.42%) Senior Software Engineer
15 42 (3.95%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 42 (3.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 37 (3.48%) Senior Manager
16 37 (3.48%) Testing Manager
17 29 (2.73%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 27 (2.54%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 517 (48.59%) React
2 347 (32.61%) .NET
3 312 (29.32%) Node.js
4 213 (20.02%) HTML
5 211 (19.83%) ASP.NET
6 208 (19.55%) .NET Core
7 191 (17.95%) CSS
8 189 (17.76%) ASP.NET Core
9 163 (15.32%) Blazor
10 150 (14.10%) RESTful
11 90 (8.46%) Vue
12 89 (8.36%) ASP.NET Web API
13 81 (7.61%) ML.NET
14 79 (7.42%) REST
15 70 (6.58%) .NET Framework
15 70 (6.58%) JSON
16 68 (6.39%) AngularJS
17 46 (4.32%) Redux
18 44 (4.14%) Kafka
19 43 (4.04%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 86 (8.08%) Cloud Native
2 56 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
3 50 (4.70%) Greenfield Project
4 47 (4.42%) Virtual Team
5 45 (4.23%) Product Ownership
6 41 (3.85%) Fixed Income
7 34 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
8 29 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 25 (2.35%) Mobile App
10 20 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 20 (1.88%) Social Media
11 17 (1.60%) BBC
11 17 (1.60%) iPhone
12 15 (1.41%) Cyberattack
12 15 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
13 12 (1.13%) NHS
13 12 (1.13%) Social Network
13 12 (1.13%) Sports Betting
14 11 (1.03%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 57 (5.36%) Linux
2 18 (1.69%) Android
3 16 (1.50%) Unix
4 4 (0.38%) Ubuntu
4 4 (0.38%) Windows
5 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 550 (51.69%) Full-Stack Development
2 529 (49.72%) Agile
3 306 (28.76%) Software Engineering
4 301 (28.29%) DevOps
5 272 (25.56%) CI/CD
6 255 (23.97%) Microservices
7 233 (21.90%) AI
8 228 (21.43%) Mentoring
9 224 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
10 195 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 148 (13.91%) Test Automation
12 144 (13.53%) Scrum
13 135 (12.69%) Machine Learning
14 117 (11.00%) Technical Leadership
15 115 (10.81%) User Experience
16 94 (8.83%) Containerisation
17 81 (7.61%) Multithreading
18 80 (7.52%) Business Intelligence
19 78 (7.33%) Front End Development
20 76 (7.14%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 408 (38.35%) C#
2 381 (35.81%) TypeScript
3 352 (33.08%) SQL
4 263 (24.72%) Python
5 191 (17.95%) Java
6 66 (6.20%) PowerShell
7 64 (6.02%) PHP
8 55 (5.17%) Go
9 32 (3.01%) Ruby
10 27 (2.54%) C++
11 19 (1.79%) Bash
12 13 (1.22%) Apex Code
12 13 (1.22%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.13%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.66%) R
15 6 (0.56%) Scala
16 4 (0.38%) Perl
16 4 (0.38%) Rust
17 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 103 (9.68%) Degree
2 69 (6.48%) Security Cleared
3 63 (5.92%) SC Cleared
4 51 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 9 (0.85%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.47%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.47%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.094%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.094%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.094%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (8.36%) QA
2 78 (7.33%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.41%) SLA
4 14 (1.32%) WCAG
5 12 (1.13%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.13%) GDPR
5 12 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.66%) GRC
6 7 (0.66%) HL7
7 6 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.094%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 120 (11.28%) Docker
2 5 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 74 (6.95%) Kubernetes
2 42 (3.95%) Terraform
3 12 (1.13%) Ansible
3 12 (1.13%) Podman
3 12 (1.13%) Prometheus
4 10 (0.94%) Grafana
5 6 (0.56%) Argo
5 6 (0.56%) Kustomize
6 3 (0.28%) Plesk
7 2 (0.19%) Kibana
8 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.094%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 308 (28.95%) Microsoft
2 73 (6.86%) Google
3 27 (2.54%) Adobe
4 19 (1.79%) Apple
4 19 (1.79%) Oracle
5 18 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.60%) Facebook
6 17 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.60%) Sony
6 17 (1.60%) Yahoo!
7 12 (1.13%) HubSpot
8 10 (0.94%) MuleSoft
9 9 (0.85%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.66%) Databricks
11 6 (0.56%) Cisco
11 6 (0.56%) F5
11 6 (0.56%) Juniper
11 6 (0.56%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.56%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.47%) New Relic