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

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -38 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 721 1,671 3,689
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.28% 12.39% 12.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.12% 27.08% 28.24%
Number of salaries quoted 593 1,358 3,378
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,775 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £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 4,473 6,170 13,064
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.53% 45.73% 43.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,247 4,510 11,369
10th Percentile £38,750 £39,975 £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 18 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 30 (4.16%) 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 (0.55%) 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%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
Applications
1 15 (2.08%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.11%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.55%) 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 11 (1.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.42%) Maximo
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.42%) Primavera
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.28%) Workday HCM
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 (43.00%) AWS
2 258 (35.78%) Azure
3 113 (15.67%) Serverless
4 76 (10.54%) GCP
5 62 (8.60%) GitHub
6 60 (8.32%) Power Platform
7 57 (7.91%) SaaS
8 56 (7.77%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (6.24%) Power Automate
10 41 (5.69%) Amazon S3
11 39 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
11 39 (5.41%) PowerApps
12 33 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 33 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
13 28 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
13 28 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
14 25 (3.47%) Amazon SQS
14 25 (3.47%) Figma
15 24 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.99%) Broadband
2 8 (1.11%) Firewall
3 6 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.55%) 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 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (8.88%) Relational Database
3 58 (8.04%) SQL Server
4 56 (7.77%) MongoDB
5 51 (7.07%) NoSQL
6 46 (6.38%) MySQL
7 33 (4.58%) Power BI
8 27 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (3.05%) RDBMS
10 18 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (2.36%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.66%) 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 (0.55%) Apache Arrow
16 4 (0.55%) Apache Ignite
16 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.55%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 114 (15.81%) Git
2 47 (6.52%) Cypress.io
3 26 (3.61%) 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 (1.66%) Selenium
8 12 (1.66%) 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 (0.55%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 195 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 117 (16.23%) Finance
3 93 (12.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (12.34%) Law
5 81 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (10.68%) Public Sector
7 44 (6.10%) Front Office
8 22 (3.05%) Marketing
9 21 (2.91%) Games
10 20 (2.77%) Legal
10 20 (2.77%) Retail
11 13 (1.80%) Banking
12 8 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.11%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.11%) Telecoms
13 4 (0.55%) Advertising
13 4 (0.55%) Electronics
13 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 435 (60.33%) Developer
2 148 (20.53%) Senior
3 111 (15.40%) Software Engineer
4 107 (14.84%) Full-Stack Developer
5 98 (13.59%) Lead
6 97 (13.45%) Senior Developer
7 54 (7.49%) Lead Developer
8 52 (7.21%) .NET Developer
9 47 (6.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 43 (5.96%) React Developer
11 41 (5.69%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 37 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
13 36 (4.99%) Lead Software Developer
14 33 (4.58%) Power Platform Developer
15 31 (4.30%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 31 (4.30%) Python Developer
16 30 (4.16%) Software Developer
17 28 (3.88%) Java Developer
18 23 (3.19%) Architect
18 23 (3.19%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 304 (42.16%) React
2 213 (29.54%) HTML
3 198 (27.46%) CSS
4 172 (23.86%) Node.js
5 171 (23.72%) .NET
6 87 (12.07%) REST
7 73 (10.12%) AngularJS
8 71 (9.85%) Vue
9 63 (8.74%) .NET Core
10 51 (7.07%) RESTful
11 50 (6.93%) ASP.NET
12 45 (6.24%) GraphQL
12 45 (6.24%) Kafka
13 44 (6.10%) Redux
14 37 (5.13%) SOAP
15 36 (4.99%) JSON
16 33 (4.58%) Web Services
17 32 (4.44%) HTML5
18 28 (3.88%) Jest
18 28 (3.88%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.15%) Product Ownership
2 58 (8.04%) Cloud Native
3 44 (6.10%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.85%) Low-Code
5 28 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
6 22 (3.05%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (2.77%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.36%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.66%) Derivative
11 12 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.66%) Equities
11 12 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.25%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.25%) Sports Betting
13 8 (1.11%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.11%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.11%) Private Cloud
14 7 (0.97%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 57 (7.91%) Linux
2 37 (5.13%) Unix
3 13 (1.80%) Android
4 12 (1.66%) 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
1 341 (47.30%) Agile
2 259 (35.92%) Full-Stack Development
3 219 (30.37%) CI/CD
4 194 (26.91%) Problem-Solving
5 193 (26.77%) Software Engineering
6 184 (25.52%) DevOps
7 162 (22.47%) Mentoring
8 124 (17.20%) Microservices
9 100 (13.87%) User Experience
10 92 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 90 (12.48%) Test Automation
12 89 (12.34%) Containerisation
13 80 (11.10%) Computer Science
14 78 (10.82%) Front End Development
15 76 (10.54%) AI
16 62 (8.60%) Scrum
17 61 (8.46%) Code Quality
17 61 (8.46%) Performance Optimisation
17 61 (8.46%) Roadmaps
18 60 (8.32%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 252 (34.95%) Python
2 237 (32.87%) TypeScript
3 198 (27.46%) C#
4 174 (24.13%) Java
5 143 (19.83%) SQL
6 63 (8.74%) Go
7 48 (6.66%) PHP
8 29 (4.02%) Bash
9 21 (2.91%) Apex Code
9 21 (2.91%) Ruby
10 13 (1.80%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.25%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.97%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.55%) 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
1 122 (16.92%) Degree
2 96 (13.31%) Security Cleared
3 88 (12.21%) SC Cleared
4 64 (8.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (5.96%) AWS Certification
6 39 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (3.05%) Azure Certification
8 21 (2.91%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.66%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.66%) 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%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.42%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (9.15%) QA
2 64 (8.88%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.05%) WCAG
4 13 (1.80%) GDPR
5 9 (1.25%) SLA
6 4 (0.55%) GRC
6 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.55%) 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 (19.28%) Docker
2 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 90 (12.48%) Kubernetes
2 79 (10.96%) Terraform
3 32 (4.44%) Ansible
3 32 (4.44%) Prometheus
4 27 (3.74%) Argo
5 26 (3.61%) Grafana
6 19 (2.64%) Kustomize
7 6 (0.83%) Podman
8 3 (0.42%) cPanel
8 3 (0.42%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.42%) Plesk
8 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.28%) Control-M
9 2 (0.28%) Kibana
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (19.97%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.80%) Google
3 27 (3.74%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.47%) MuleSoft
4 25 (3.47%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.05%) Adobe
6 15 (2.08%) Oracle
7 13 (1.80%) IBM
8 9 (1.25%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.11%) IFS
9 8 (1.11%) SAP
10 7 (0.97%) 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%) Infor
12 5 (0.69%) Informatica