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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -36 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 722 1,601 3,715
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.25% 12.27% 12.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.09% 27.06% 28.20%
Number of salaries quoted 594 1,364 3,400
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +10.49% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,750 £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 4,488 5,916 13,176
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.41% 45.34% 43.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,248 4,501 11,432
10th Percentile £39,438 £40,000 £38,500
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 £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 24 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 (2.35%) CMS
3 7 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.83%) Apache
5 5 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.69%) NServiceBus
5 5 (0.69%) WordPress
6 4 (0.55%) Apache Solr
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%) SugarCRM
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%) Notion
4 1 (0.14%) Sketch
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.94%) Shopify
2 12 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.55%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 308 (42.66%) AWS
2 258 (35.73%) Azure
3 112 (15.51%) Serverless
4 80 (11.08%) GCP
5 61 (8.45%) Power Platform
6 60 (8.31%) GitHub
7 58 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
8 57 (7.89%) SaaS
9 56 (7.76%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (6.37%) Power Automate
11 42 (5.82%) Amazon S3
12 40 (5.54%) PowerApps
13 39 (5.40%) Dynamics 365
14 35 (4.85%) Azure Logic Apps
15 33 (4.57%) Microsoft 365
16 28 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
16 28 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
17 26 (3.60%) Amazon SQS
18 25 (3.46%) Figma
19 23 (3.19%) 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
6 2 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.28%) Internet
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.56%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (8.31%) Relational Database
3 57 (7.89%) MongoDB
4 54 (7.48%) SQL Server
5 51 (7.06%) NoSQL
6 44 (6.09%) MySQL
7 33 (4.57%) Power BI
8 28 (3.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (3.05%) RDBMS
10 17 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.25%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (0.69%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.69%) Redis
15 4 (0.55%) Apache Ignite
15 4 (0.55%) Big Data
15 4 (0.55%) Dremio
15 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 112 (15.51%) Git
2 48 (6.65%) Cypress.io
3 26 (3.60%) JIRA
4 19 (2.63%) Jaeger
5 16 (2.22%) CircleCI
5 16 (2.22%) GitLab
6 15 (2.08%) Axure RP
6 15 (2.08%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.94%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.94%) webpack
8 12 (1.66%) Selenium
9 11 (1.52%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.39%) Vite
11 7 (0.97%) Babel
12 6 (0.83%) JMeter
12 6 (0.83%) Postman
13 5 (0.69%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.55%) LoadRunner
15 3 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
15 3 (0.42%) SonarQube
General
1 196 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 114 (15.79%) Finance
3 93 (12.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (12.33%) Law
5 80 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (10.66%) Public Sector
7 44 (6.09%) Front Office
8 22 (3.05%) Legal
8 22 (3.05%) Marketing
9 20 (2.77%) Games
9 20 (2.77%) Retail
10 13 (1.80%) Banking
11 8 (1.11%) Health Technology
11 8 (1.11%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.55%) Advertising
13 4 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 432 (59.83%) Developer
2 148 (20.50%) Senior
3 117 (16.20%) Software Engineer
4 109 (15.10%) Full-Stack Developer
5 96 (13.30%) Lead
5 96 (13.30%) Senior Developer
6 54 (7.48%) Lead Developer
7 51 (7.06%) .NET Developer
8 48 (6.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 42 (5.82%) React Developer
10 41 (5.68%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 37 (5.12%) Lead Software Developer
12 36 (4.99%) Lead Software Engineer
13 32 (4.43%) Power Platform Developer
14 31 (4.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 31 (4.29%) Python Developer
15 29 (4.02%) Software Developer
16 28 (3.88%) Java Developer
17 23 (3.19%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 22 (3.05%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 307 (42.52%) React
2 210 (29.09%) HTML
3 193 (26.73%) CSS
4 172 (23.82%) Node.js
5 169 (23.41%) .NET
6 83 (11.50%) REST
7 73 (10.11%) Vue
8 72 (9.97%) AngularJS
9 64 (8.86%) .NET Core
10 51 (7.06%) ASP.NET
10 51 (7.06%) RESTful
11 45 (6.23%) Kafka
12 44 (6.09%) Redux
13 43 (5.96%) GraphQL
14 36 (4.99%) JSON
14 36 (4.99%) SOAP
15 34 (4.71%) Web Services
16 31 (4.29%) HTML5
17 29 (4.02%) Jest
17 29 (4.02%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.28%) Product Ownership
2 61 (8.45%) Cloud Native
3 44 (6.09%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.85%) Low-Code
5 26 (3.60%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (3.05%) Mobile App
7 22 (3.05%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.22%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.66%) Derivative
11 12 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.66%) Equities
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%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 58 (8.03%) Linux
2 37 (5.12%) Unix
3 13 (1.80%) Android
4 12 (1.66%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.97%) Windows
6 4 (0.55%) 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
1 345 (47.78%) Agile
2 267 (36.98%) Full-Stack Development
3 218 (30.19%) CI/CD
4 199 (27.56%) Software Engineering
5 194 (26.87%) Problem-Solving
6 186 (25.76%) DevOps
7 158 (21.88%) Mentoring
8 124 (17.17%) Microservices
9 100 (13.85%) User Experience
10 94 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 93 (12.88%) Test Automation
12 89 (12.33%) Containerisation
13 79 (10.94%) AI
14 76 (10.53%) Computer Science
14 76 (10.53%) Front End Development
15 62 (8.59%) Roadmaps
16 61 (8.45%) Code Quality
16 61 (8.45%) Scrum
17 60 (8.31%) Performance Optimisation
18 59 (8.17%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 251 (34.76%) Python
2 233 (32.27%) TypeScript
3 194 (26.87%) C#
4 179 (24.79%) Java
5 139 (19.25%) SQL
6 62 (8.59%) Go
7 46 (6.37%) 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%) C++
15 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.28%) RPG
15 2 (0.28%) SOQL
15 2 (0.28%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 119 (16.48%) Degree
2 94 (13.02%) Security Cleared
3 87 (12.05%) SC Cleared
4 61 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (5.68%) AWS Certification
6 37 (5.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 20 (2.77%) Azure Certification
8 19 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.52%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.39%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.69%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.42%) IBM Certification
14 3 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.83%) Accessibility
2 65 (9.00%) QA
3 22 (3.05%) WCAG
4 13 (1.80%) GDPR
5 9 (1.25%) SLA
6 6 (0.83%) GRC
7 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.42%) HL7
9 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 139 (19.25%) Docker
2 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 91 (12.60%) Kubernetes
2 76 (10.53%) Terraform
3 32 (4.43%) Ansible
4 31 (4.29%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.74%) Argo
6 25 (3.46%) Grafana
7 19 (2.63%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.83%) Podman
9 3 (0.42%) cPanel
9 3 (0.42%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.42%) Plesk
9 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.28%) Control-M
10 2 (0.28%) Kibana
10 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (19.94%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.93%) Google
3 26 (3.60%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.46%) MuleSoft
4 25 (3.46%) Salesforce
5 23 (3.19%) 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%) Apple
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%) Infor
12 5 (0.69%) Informatica
12 5 (0.69%) Talend