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

 6 months to
2 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 15 16
Rank change year-on-year -29 +1 -6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 772 2,030 2,344
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.11% 12.00% 11.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.69% 28.12% 24.68%
Number of salaries quoted 654 1,371 2,105
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,785
25th Percentile £47,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £68,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +14.58% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 4,131 7,218 9,497
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.34% 42.68% 46.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,126 4,562 8,041
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,288 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £107,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £61,900 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.77% +4.00% -3.85%

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 2 January 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 66 (8.55%) Apache Airflow
2 35 (4.53%) Apache
3 24 (3.11%) SharePoint
4 21 (2.72%) CMS
5 11 (1.42%) Apache Solr
6 9 (1.17%) Confluence
7 8 (1.04%) WordPress
8 7 (0.91%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.65%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.65%) IIS
9 5 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.52%) nginx
10 4 (0.52%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.39%) Drupal
11 3 (0.39%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.39%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.39%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.39%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.26%) Mendix
Applications
1 13 (1.68%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (1.04%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.52%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.39%) Simulink
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Notion
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (2.72%) Shopify
2 14 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.04%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.65%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.39%) Maximo
6 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.39%) Primavera
7 2 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.26%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 325 (42.10%) AWS
2 293 (37.95%) Azure
3 103 (13.34%) Serverless
4 99 (12.82%) GCP
5 87 (11.27%) SaaS
6 65 (8.42%) dbt
7 52 (6.74%) GitHub
8 49 (6.35%) Power Platform
9 45 (5.83%) Power Automate
10 44 (5.70%) AWS Lambda
11 41 (5.31%) Dynamics 365
12 36 (4.66%) PowerApps
13 34 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
14 33 (4.27%) Amazon S3
14 33 (4.27%) Snowflake
15 32 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
16 29 (3.76%) Figma
17 25 (3.24%) Amazon ECS
18 24 (3.11%) Azure Logic Apps
19 22 (2.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.07%) Broadband
2 5 (0.65%) HTTP
3 4 (0.52%) SSH
4 2 (0.26%) AMQP
4 2 (0.26%) Firewall
4 2 (0.26%) Intranet
4 2 (0.26%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.13%) DNS
5 1 (0.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (10.36%) PostgreSQL
2 72 (9.33%) SQL Server
3 65 (8.42%) MySQL
4 63 (8.16%) Amazon Athena
5 62 (8.03%) Apache Arrow
5 62 (8.03%) Apache Iceberg
5 62 (8.03%) Dremio
6 61 (7.90%) MongoDB
7 49 (6.35%) Relational Database
8 41 (5.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 40 (5.18%) Elasticsearch
9 40 (5.18%) NoSQL
10 33 (4.27%) Apache Ignite
10 33 (4.27%) Data Lake
11 30 (3.89%) Power BI
12 13 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (1.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (1.42%) RDBMS
14 9 (1.17%) DynamoDB
14 9 (1.17%) Redis
Development Applications
1 117 (15.16%) Git
2 41 (5.31%) Cypress.io
3 30 (3.89%) JIRA
4 17 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.20%) Selenium
4 17 (2.20%) webpack
5 14 (1.81%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.68%) GitLab
7 12 (1.55%) Balsamiq
7 12 (1.55%) CircleCI
8 9 (1.17%) JMeter
8 9 (1.17%) TeamCity
9 8 (1.04%) Babel
9 8 (1.04%) Postman
10 7 (0.91%) Jaeger
10 7 (0.91%) Vite
11 6 (0.78%) LoadRunner
11 6 (0.78%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.65%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.65%) SonarQube
General
1 213 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 178 (23.06%) Finance
3 86 (11.14%) Law
4 70 (9.07%) Front Office
5 65 (8.42%) Public Sector
6 57 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 55 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
8 36 (4.66%) Banking
9 33 (4.27%) Investment Banking
10 32 (4.15%) Marketing
11 18 (2.33%) Retail
12 15 (1.94%) Legal
13 14 (1.81%) Games
14 11 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.91%) Advertising
16 6 (0.78%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.52%) Electronics
17 4 (0.52%) Health Technology
17 4 (0.52%) Multimedia
17 4 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 469 (60.75%) Developer
2 170 (22.02%) Senior
3 125 (16.19%) Software Engineer
4 95 (12.31%) .NET Developer
5 92 (11.92%) Senior Developer
6 75 (9.72%) Full-Stack Developer
7 69 (8.94%) Software Developer
8 65 (8.42%) AWS Engineer
9 62 (8.03%) AWS Software Engineer
9 62 (8.03%) Python Engineer
9 62 (8.03%) Python Software Engineer
10 59 (7.64%) Lead
11 49 (6.35%) AWS Developer
12 48 (6.22%) Python Developer
13 43 (5.57%) Senior Software Engineer
14 40 (5.18%) Java Engineer
15 37 (4.79%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 36 (4.66%) Java Software Engineer
17 33 (4.27%) Engineering Manager
17 33 (4.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 270 (34.97%) React
2 244 (31.61%) HTML
3 223 (28.89%) CSS
4 215 (27.85%) .NET
5 158 (20.47%) Node.js
6 124 (16.06%) AngularJS
7 109 (14.12%) Vue
8 86 (11.14%) REST
9 75 (9.72%) .NET Core
10 71 (9.20%) ASP.NET
11 62 (8.03%) NumPy
11 62 (8.03%) Pandas
11 62 (8.03%) RESTful
11 62 (8.03%) SciPy
12 48 (6.22%) HTML5
13 47 (6.09%) .NET Framework
14 43 (5.57%) Entity Framework
15 42 (5.44%) ASP.NET MVC
16 41 (5.31%) Web Services
17 40 (5.18%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 70 (9.07%) Fixed Income
2 64 (8.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 62 (8.03%) Equities
4 61 (7.90%) Product Ownership
5 45 (5.83%) Cloud Native
6 35 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
7 33 (4.27%) Derivative
7 33 (4.27%) Hedge funds
7 33 (4.27%) Pricing Data
8 24 (3.11%) Low-Code
9 23 (2.98%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.94%) Data Structures
10 15 (1.94%) Onboarding
11 14 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.04%) Motion Graphics
14 7 (0.91%) Algorithms
14 7 (0.91%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.91%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.51%) Linux
2 24 (3.11%) Windows
3 23 (2.98%) Unix
4 15 (1.94%) Windows Server
5 14 (1.81%) Android
5 14 (1.81%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (51.68%) Agile
2 228 (29.53%) Software Engineering
3 204 (26.42%) Full-Stack Development
4 191 (24.74%) CI/CD
5 171 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
6 149 (19.30%) DevOps
7 146 (18.91%) Mentoring
8 126 (16.32%) Microservices
9 100 (12.95%) User Experience
10 98 (12.69%) Asset Management
11 95 (12.31%) AI
12 90 (11.66%) Front End Development
13 84 (10.88%) Computer Science
14 81 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (10.49%) Roadmaps
15 79 (10.23%) MVC
16 74 (9.59%) Test Automation
17 70 (9.07%) Investment Management
17 70 (9.07%) Scrum
18 68 (8.81%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 295 (38.21%) TypeScript
2 257 (33.29%) Python
3 220 (28.50%) C#
4 166 (21.50%) SQL
5 154 (19.95%) Java
6 56 (7.25%) PHP
7 28 (3.63%) Go
8 19 (2.46%) PowerShell
9 14 (1.81%) Ruby
10 13 (1.68%) Bash
11 9 (1.17%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.91%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.91%) C
12 7 (0.91%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.65%) Perl
14 5 (0.65%) R
14 5 (0.65%) VBA
15 4 (0.52%) C++
15 4 (0.52%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 119 (15.41%) Degree
2 81 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 75 (9.72%) SC Cleared
4 68 (8.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (5.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (4.92%) AWS Certification
7 25 (3.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.24%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.11%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (1.81%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.52%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.39%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.39%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (9.07%) QA
2 67 (8.68%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.11%) WCAG
4 17 (2.20%) GDPR
5 4 (0.52%) HL7
6 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 111 (14.38%) Docker
2 6 (0.78%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 71 (9.20%) Kubernetes
2 61 (7.90%) Terraform
3 25 (3.24%) Grafana
4 23 (2.98%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.85%) Ansible
6 14 (1.81%) Argo
7 8 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.91%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.39%) cPanel
9 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.39%) Plesk
10 2 (0.26%) Control-M
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) Kibana
Vendors
1 169 (21.89%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.92%) ServiceNow
3 30 (3.89%) Google
4 25 (3.24%) Adobe
5 22 (2.85%) MuleSoft
6 20 (2.59%) Oracle
7 13 (1.68%) IBM
7 13 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.68%) Workday
8 8 (1.04%) IFS
8 8 (1.04%) SAP
9 7 (0.91%) Apple
9 7 (0.91%) Infor
10 6 (0.78%) DevExpress
10 6 (0.78%) Facebook
10 6 (0.78%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.78%) YouTube
11 5 (0.65%) Jitterbit
11 5 (0.65%) SnapLogic
11 5 (0.65%) Talend
569 hybrid/remote JavaScript jobs