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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 14 13
Rank change year-on-year -40 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 739 1,883 3,733
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.05% 13.24% 11.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.29% 32.30% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 614 1,294 3,457
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,350 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% +10.58% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £107,500
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 4,834 5,830 13,322
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.49% 41.00% 41.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,548 4,405 11,412
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 8 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 44 (5.95%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.76%) CMS
3 5 (0.68%) Confluence
4 4 (0.54%) nginx
4 4 (0.54%) 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 12 (1.62%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.54%) 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 9 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.22%) Shopify
2 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.14%) Magento
3 1 (0.14%) Maximo
3 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 318 (43.03%) AWS
2 255 (34.51%) Azure
3 99 (13.40%) Serverless
4 88 (11.91%) GCP
5 78 (10.55%) Power Platform
6 65 (8.80%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (8.25%) SaaS
8 58 (7.85%) AWS Lambda
9 54 (7.31%) GitHub
10 52 (7.04%) PowerApps
11 51 (6.90%) Power Automate
12 46 (6.22%) Azure Logic Apps
13 44 (5.95%) Amazon S3
14 39 (5.28%) Microsoft 365
15 36 (4.87%) Amazon ECS
15 36 (4.87%) Amazon SQS
16 32 (4.33%) Amazon EC2
17 29 (3.92%) Dynamics 365
18 21 (2.84%) Azure Data Factory
19 20 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.28%) Broadband
2 7 (0.95%) Firewall
3 6 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.68%) Intranet
5 3 (0.41%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.27%) SSH
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (11.10%) MongoDB
2 70 (9.47%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (7.98%) SQL Server
4 53 (7.17%) NoSQL
5 49 (6.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 49 (6.63%) Relational Database
6 45 (6.09%) Power BI
7 41 (5.55%) MySQL
8 21 (2.84%) RDBMS
9 18 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
9 18 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.22%) BigQuery
12 8 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.68%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
13 5 (0.68%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.68%) Metadata
13 5 (0.68%) Redis
14 4 (0.54%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 101 (13.67%) Git
2 54 (7.31%) Cypress.io
3 22 (2.98%) JIRA
4 20 (2.71%) CircleCI
5 19 (2.57%) Jaeger
6 17 (2.30%) Jenkins
7 16 (2.17%) GitLab
8 12 (1.62%) Axure RP
9 11 (1.49%) Balsamiq
10 10 (1.35%) Selenium
11 9 (1.22%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.22%) webpack
12 8 (1.08%) Vite
13 7 (0.95%) Postman
14 4 (0.54%) Babel
14 4 (0.54%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.54%) Maven
15 3 (0.41%) Bitbucket
15 3 (0.41%) JUnit
15 3 (0.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 191 (25.85%) Social Skills
2 120 (16.24%) Finance
3 80 (10.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 74 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (9.34%) Law
6 61 (8.25%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.41%) Front Office
8 21 (2.84%) Legal
9 20 (2.71%) Retail
10 18 (2.44%) Banking
11 16 (2.17%) Games
11 16 (2.17%) Marketing
12 15 (2.03%) Health Technology
13 11 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.68%) Advertising
15 5 (0.68%) Back Office
15 5 (0.68%) Local Government
16 4 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 435 (58.86%) Developer
2 151 (20.43%) Senior
3 133 (18.00%) Full-Stack Developer
4 127 (17.19%) Software Engineer
5 124 (16.78%) Lead
6 94 (12.72%) Senior Developer
7 72 (9.74%) Lead Developer
8 57 (7.71%) .NET Developer
9 53 (7.17%) Lead Software Developer
10 51 (6.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 47 (6.36%) Software Developer
12 43 (5.82%) Lead Software Engineer
13 41 (5.55%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 38 (5.14%) React Developer
15 33 (4.47%) Power Platform Developer
16 29 (3.92%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 27 (3.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 26 (3.52%) JavaScript Developer
19 24 (3.25%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
20 23 (3.11%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 336 (45.47%) React
2 205 (27.74%) HTML
3 204 (27.60%) Node.js
4 188 (25.44%) .NET
5 182 (24.63%) CSS
6 80 (10.83%) .NET Core
7 70 (9.47%) REST
8 64 (8.66%) Vue
9 62 (8.39%) RESTful
10 61 (8.25%) AngularJS
11 60 (8.12%) ASP.NET
12 58 (7.85%) JSON
13 47 (6.36%) Kafka
14 43 (5.82%) Redux
15 41 (5.55%) GraphQL
16 40 (5.41%) ASP.NET Core
16 40 (5.41%) HTML5
17 34 (4.60%) HTML5 Canvas
17 34 (4.60%) Jest
18 32 (4.33%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.07%) Cloud Native
1 67 (9.07%) Product Ownership
2 40 (5.41%) Fixed Income
3 32 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
4 22 (2.98%) Low-Code
5 21 (2.84%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.57%) Distributed Systems
7 18 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
9 16 (2.17%) Mobile App
10 15 (2.03%) e-Learning
11 13 (1.76%) Sports Betting
12 10 (1.35%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.35%) NHS
13 9 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.08%) Culture of Ownership
14 8 (1.08%) Derivative
14 8 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
14 8 (1.08%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.63%) Linux
2 26 (3.52%) Unix
3 12 (1.62%) Android
4 9 (1.22%) 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
1 330 (44.65%) Full-Stack Development
2 323 (43.71%) Agile
3 213 (28.82%) CI/CD
4 194 (26.25%) Software Engineering
5 187 (25.30%) DevOps
6 184 (24.90%) Problem-Solving
7 154 (20.84%) Mentoring
8 151 (20.43%) Microservices
9 111 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
9 111 (15.02%) User Experience
10 91 (12.31%) AI
10 91 (12.31%) Containerisation
10 91 (12.31%) Test Automation
11 80 (10.83%) Scrum
12 71 (9.61%) Technical Leadership
13 70 (9.47%) Infrastructure as Code
14 67 (9.07%) Roadmaps
15 66 (8.93%) Front End Development
16 61 (8.25%) Computer Science
17 57 (7.71%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 268 (36.27%) TypeScript
2 231 (31.26%) Python
3 201 (27.20%) C#
4 179 (24.22%) Java
5 162 (21.92%) SQL
6 66 (8.93%) Go
7 49 (6.63%) PHP
8 28 (3.79%) Bash
9 27 (3.65%) Ruby
10 26 (3.52%) PowerShell
11 18 (2.44%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.81%) C++
12 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.54%) Scala
14 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.41%) R
14 3 (0.41%) Rust
14 3 (0.41%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.27%) C
15 2 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (13.40%) Degree
2 73 (9.88%) Security Cleared
3 68 (9.20%) SC Cleared
4 48 (6.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (4.47%) AWS Certification
6 25 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.17%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.62%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.68%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.27%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.14%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.20%) QA
2 62 (8.39%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.30%) WCAG
4 15 (2.03%) SLA
5 8 (1.08%) GDPR
6 7 (0.95%) GRC
7 6 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.68%) HL7
9 4 (0.54%) Data Quality
9 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 132 (17.86%) Docker
2 5 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 89 (12.04%) Kubernetes
2 71 (9.61%) Terraform
3 28 (3.79%) Ansible
4 27 (3.65%) Argo
4 27 (3.65%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.57%) Grafana
5 19 (2.57%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.62%) Podman
7 4 (0.54%) Plesk
8 2 (0.27%) cPanel
8 2 (0.27%) Kibana
9 1 (0.14%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.14%) Puppet
9 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 158 (21.38%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.31%) Google
3 34 (4.60%) Adobe
4 21 (2.84%) Salesforce
5 20 (2.71%) ServiceNow
6 15 (2.03%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.22%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.08%) Oracle
9 7 (0.95%) Apple
10 6 (0.81%) Cisco
10 6 (0.81%) F5
10 6 (0.81%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.81%) Juniper
10 6 (0.81%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.54%) Facebook
11 4 (0.54%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.41%) IBM
12 3 (0.41%) Sony
12 3 (0.41%) Yahoo!
13 2 (0.27%) BT