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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 14 13
Rank change year-on-year -35 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 755 1,942 3,730
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.12% 13.51% 11.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.45% 32.83% 27.92%
Number of salaries quoted 630 1,303 3,454
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,063 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +11.67% -2.83%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.58% -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 4,888 5,915 13,360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.65% 41.16% 41.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,603 4,420 11,416
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 9 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 (5.83%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.72%) CMS
3 5 (0.66%) Confluence
4 4 (0.53%) nginx
4 4 (0.53%) WordPress
5 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.40%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.26%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (1.59%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.66%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) Notion
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.32%) Shopify
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.13%) Magento
3 1 (0.13%) Maximo
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 323 (42.78%) AWS
2 262 (34.70%) Azure
3 101 (13.38%) Serverless
4 89 (11.79%) GCP
5 79 (10.46%) Power Platform
6 67 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (8.21%) SaaS
8 60 (7.95%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (7.55%) GitHub
10 53 (7.02%) PowerApps
11 52 (6.89%) Power Automate
12 46 (6.09%) Amazon S3
12 46 (6.09%) Azure Logic Apps
13 39 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
14 36 (4.77%) Amazon ECS
14 36 (4.77%) Amazon SQS
15 34 (4.50%) Amazon EC2
16 30 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
18 20 (2.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.17%) Broadband
2 7 (0.93%) Firewall
3 6 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.66%) Intranet
5 3 (0.40%) Internet
6 2 (0.26%) HTTP
6 2 (0.26%) Hyperconnected
7 1 (0.13%) AMQP
7 1 (0.13%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (11.13%) MongoDB
2 73 (9.67%) PostgreSQL
3 60 (7.95%) SQL Server
4 55 (7.28%) NoSQL
5 53 (7.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 51 (6.75%) Relational Database
7 46 (6.09%) Power BI
8 43 (5.70%) MySQL
9 21 (2.78%) RDBMS
10 20 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
11 19 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.19%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.79%) MariaDB
15 6 (0.79%) Redis
16 5 (0.66%) DynamoDB
16 5 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.66%) Metadata
17 4 (0.53%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 103 (13.64%) Git
2 54 (7.15%) Cypress.io
3 22 (2.91%) JIRA
4 20 (2.65%) CircleCI
5 19 (2.52%) Jaeger
6 17 (2.25%) Jenkins
7 16 (2.12%) GitLab
8 12 (1.59%) Axure RP
9 11 (1.46%) Balsamiq
10 10 (1.32%) Selenium
11 9 (1.19%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.19%) webpack
12 8 (1.06%) Vite
13 7 (0.93%) Postman
14 4 (0.53%) Babel
14 4 (0.53%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.53%) Maven
15 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
15 3 (0.40%) JUnit
15 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 193 (25.56%) Social Skills
2 123 (16.29%) Finance
3 82 (10.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 76 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
5 69 (9.14%) Law
6 64 (8.48%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.30%) Front Office
8 21 (2.78%) Legal
9 20 (2.65%) Retail
10 19 (2.52%) Banking
11 18 (2.38%) Marketing
12 16 (2.12%) Games
13 15 (1.99%) Health Technology
14 11 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.79%) Local Government
15 6 (0.79%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.66%) Advertising
16 5 (0.66%) Back Office
17 4 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 450 (59.60%) Developer
2 154 (20.40%) Senior
3 136 (18.01%) Full-Stack Developer
4 128 (16.95%) Software Engineer
5 125 (16.56%) Lead
6 96 (12.72%) Senior Developer
7 73 (9.67%) Lead Developer
8 61 (8.08%) .NET Developer
9 54 (7.15%) Lead Software Developer
10 51 (6.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 49 (6.49%) Software Developer
12 42 (5.56%) Lead Software Engineer
13 41 (5.43%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 39 (5.17%) React Developer
15 34 (4.50%) Power Platform Developer
16 30 (3.97%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 28 (3.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 26 (3.44%) JavaScript Developer
19 25 (3.31%) Java Developer
19 25 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 343 (45.43%) React
2 210 (27.81%) HTML
3 206 (27.28%) Node.js
4 194 (25.70%) .NET
5 187 (24.77%) CSS
6 84 (11.13%) .NET Core
7 71 (9.40%) REST
8 67 (8.87%) Vue
9 66 (8.74%) RESTful
10 64 (8.48%) ASP.NET
11 63 (8.34%) AngularJS
12 58 (7.68%) JSON
13 47 (6.23%) Kafka
14 44 (5.83%) ASP.NET Core
15 43 (5.70%) HTML5
15 43 (5.70%) Redux
16 41 (5.43%) GraphQL
17 34 (4.50%) HTML5 Canvas
17 34 (4.50%) Jest
18 33 (4.37%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.27%) Cloud Native
2 67 (8.87%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.30%) Fixed Income
4 33 (4.37%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.91%) Low-Code
6 21 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
9 17 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (2.12%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.85%) e-Learning
12 13 (1.72%) Sports Betting
13 11 (1.46%) Cyberattack
14 10 (1.32%) NHS
15 9 (1.19%) Data Structures
16 8 (1.06%) Blog
16 8 (1.06%) Derivative
16 8 (1.06%) Distributed Architecture
16 8 (1.06%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.62%) Linux
2 26 (3.44%) Unix
3 12 (1.59%) Android
4 9 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Debian
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (44.64%) Full-Stack Development
2 334 (44.24%) Agile
3 218 (28.87%) CI/CD
4 196 (25.96%) Software Engineering
5 190 (25.17%) DevOps
6 187 (24.77%) Problem-Solving
7 158 (20.93%) Mentoring
8 156 (20.66%) Microservices
9 114 (15.10%) Continuous Improvement
10 111 (14.70%) User Experience
11 96 (12.72%) AI
12 93 (12.32%) Containerisation
13 91 (12.05%) Test Automation
14 82 (10.86%) Scrum
15 73 (9.67%) Technical Leadership
16 71 (9.40%) Front End Development
16 71 (9.40%) Infrastructure as Code
17 68 (9.01%) Roadmaps
18 63 (8.34%) Computer Science
19 58 (7.68%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 272 (36.03%) TypeScript
2 236 (31.26%) Python
3 206 (27.28%) C#
4 181 (23.97%) Java
5 170 (22.52%) SQL
6 67 (8.87%) Go
7 51 (6.75%) PHP
8 28 (3.71%) Bash
9 27 (3.58%) Ruby
10 26 (3.44%) PowerShell
11 18 (2.38%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.79%) C++
12 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.53%) Rust
13 4 (0.53%) Scala
14 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.40%) R
14 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.26%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (13.51%) Degree
2 74 (9.80%) Security Cleared
3 69 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 50 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (4.37%) AWS Certification
6 25 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (1.99%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.59%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.66%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.26%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.01%) QA
2 64 (8.48%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.25%) WCAG
4 15 (1.99%) SLA
5 8 (1.06%) GDPR
6 7 (0.93%) GRC
7 6 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.66%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.66%) HL7
9 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 134 (17.75%) Docker
2 5 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 91 (12.05%) Kubernetes
2 71 (9.40%) Terraform
3 28 (3.71%) Ansible
4 27 (3.58%) Argo
4 27 (3.58%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.52%) Grafana
5 19 (2.52%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.59%) Podman
7 5 (0.66%) Plesk
8 2 (0.26%) cPanel
8 2 (0.26%) Kibana
9 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 162 (21.46%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.15%) Google
3 34 (4.50%) Adobe
4 21 (2.78%) Salesforce
5 20 (2.65%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.99%) MuleSoft
7 10 (1.32%) Oracle
8 9 (1.19%) Red Hat
9 7 (0.93%) Apple
10 6 (0.79%) Cisco
10 6 (0.79%) F5
10 6 (0.79%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.79%) Juniper
10 6 (0.79%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.53%) Facebook
11 4 (0.53%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.40%) IBM
12 3 (0.40%) Sony
12 3 (0.40%) Yahoo!
13 2 (0.26%) BT