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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 21 16
Rank change year-on-year -30 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,163 1,561 2,629
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.71% 9.47% 11.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.63% 30.63% 29.16%
Number of salaries quoted 947 909 1,891
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -3.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £147,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 6,241 5,096 9,015
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.26% 30.91% 39.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,653 3,409 5,991
10th Percentile £39,764 £36,250 £39,625
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £117,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +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 25 September 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 60 (5.16%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.55%) CMS
3 16 (1.38%) WordPress
4 11 (0.95%) Confluence
5 8 (0.69%) IIS
5 8 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.26%) DNN
8 3 (0.26%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.26%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Kentico
8 3 (0.26%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.086%) ExpressionEngine
10 1 (0.086%) Moodle
Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Blender
5 3 (0.26%) Maya
6 2 (0.17%) Elementor
7 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.086%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.086%) Revit
7 1 (0.086%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.60%) Infor M3
2 7 (0.60%) Lawson
2 7 (0.60%) Shopify
3 4 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
5 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 433 (37.23%) Azure
2 386 (33.19%) AWS
3 174 (14.96%) SaaS
4 124 (10.66%) Azure DevOps
5 119 (10.23%) Power Platform
6 102 (8.77%) Serverless
7 92 (7.91%) Power Automate
8 84 (7.22%) PowerApps
9 78 (6.71%) Azure AI
10 76 (6.53%) GCP
11 71 (6.10%) AWS Lambda
11 71 (6.10%) GitHub
12 62 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
13 51 (4.39%) Amazon EC2
14 41 (3.53%) Amazon ECS
15 40 (3.44%) Amazon S3
16 37 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
17 36 (3.10%) Azure Logic Apps
18 35 (3.01%) Microsoft Copilot
19 34 (2.92%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.46%) Internet
2 13 (1.12%) Broadband
3 6 (0.52%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.43%) Intranet
5 4 (0.34%) HTTP
5 4 (0.34%) SSH
6 3 (0.26%) Firewall
6 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.26%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) DNS
7 1 (0.086%) Network Security
7 1 (0.086%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.086%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.086%) VPN
7 1 (0.086%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (19.00%) MongoDB
2 177 (15.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 101 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
4 100 (8.60%) SQL Server
5 81 (6.96%) Elasticsearch
6 76 (6.53%) MySQL
7 61 (5.25%) Relational Database
8 54 (4.64%) Power BI
9 32 (2.75%) NoSQL
10 26 (2.24%) Redis
11 20 (1.72%) Spark SQL
12 16 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
13 15 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (1.12%) DynamoDB
15 12 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (0.77%) Metadata
17 8 (0.69%) MariaDB
18 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
18 7 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
19 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 138 (11.87%) Git
2 44 (3.78%) Cypress.io
3 41 (3.53%) JIRA
4 32 (2.75%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.55%) JUnit
6 14 (1.20%) GitLab
6 14 (1.20%) Maven
6 14 (1.20%) Mockito
7 11 (0.95%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.95%) Postman
8 10 (0.86%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.77%) Selenium
9 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.52%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.52%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.52%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.52%) Subversion
11 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 273 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 159 (13.67%) Finance
3 118 (10.15%) Public Sector
4 89 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (6.36%) Marketing
6 69 (5.93%) Legal
7 66 (5.67%) Law
8 58 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (3.01%) Retail
10 31 (2.67%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (1.98%) Banking
13 20 (1.72%) Health Technology
14 12 (1.03%) Games
15 11 (0.95%) Tech for Good
16 7 (0.60%) Local Government
17 5 (0.43%) Social Housing
18 4 (0.34%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.34%) Front Office
18 4 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 656 (56.41%) Developer
2 230 (19.78%) Senior
3 203 (17.45%) .NET Developer
4 191 (16.42%) Full-Stack Developer
5 159 (13.67%) Lead
6 150 (12.90%) Software Engineer
7 101 (8.68%) Senior Developer
8 100 (8.60%) Software Developer
9 92 (7.91%) Lead Developer
10 71 (6.10%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 66 (5.67%) Lead Software Developer
12 52 (4.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 49 (4.21%) Senior Manager
13 49 (4.21%) Testing Manager
14 47 (4.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 39 (3.35%) Senior Software Engineer
16 30 (2.58%) Lead Software Engineer
17 29 (2.49%) Web Developer
18 28 (2.41%) Microsoft 365 Developer
19 26 (2.24%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 487 (41.87%) React
2 359 (30.87%) .NET
3 308 (26.48%) Node.js
4 233 (20.03%) HTML
5 214 (18.40%) .NET Core
6 210 (18.06%) CSS
7 209 (17.97%) ASP.NET
8 182 (15.65%) ASP.NET Core
9 164 (14.10%) Blazor
10 158 (13.59%) RESTful
11 90 (7.74%) ASP.NET Web API
12 84 (7.22%) .NET Framework
12 84 (7.22%) REST
13 78 (6.71%) ML.NET
14 75 (6.45%) Vue
15 72 (6.19%) AngularJS
16 62 (5.33%) JSON
17 50 (4.30%) Entity Framework
18 42 (3.61%) Jest
19 41 (3.53%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 63 (5.42%) Virtual Team
3 57 (4.90%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
5 41 (3.53%) Product Ownership
6 38 (3.27%) Mobile App
7 30 (2.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 28 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (2.15%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.72%) Social Media
11 19 (1.63%) AI Agents
12 18 (1.55%) NHS
13 17 (1.46%) iPhone
14 16 (1.38%) BBC
14 16 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.20%) Blog
15 14 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
16 13 (1.12%) Sports Betting
17 12 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.56%) Linux
2 31 (2.67%) Android
3 15 (1.29%) Windows
4 14 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.34%) Unix
6 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (47.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 537 (46.17%) Agile
3 325 (27.94%) CI/CD
3 325 (27.94%) Software Engineering
4 301 (25.88%) DevOps
5 285 (24.51%) AI
6 264 (22.70%) Mentoring
7 252 (21.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 250 (21.50%) Problem-Solving
9 248 (21.32%) Microservices
10 169 (14.53%) Test Automation
11 152 (13.07%) Scrum
12 127 (10.92%) Machine Learning
13 122 (10.49%) Technical Leadership
14 119 (10.23%) User Experience
15 111 (9.54%) Business Intelligence
16 109 (9.37%) SDLC
17 95 (8.17%) Coaching
18 91 (7.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 86 (7.39%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 462 (39.72%) C#
2 425 (36.54%) TypeScript
3 378 (32.50%) SQL
4 253 (21.75%) Python
5 197 (16.94%) Java
6 73 (6.28%) PowerShell
7 59 (5.07%) PHP
8 58 (4.99%) C++
9 39 (3.35%) Ruby
10 26 (2.24%) Go
11 19 (1.63%) Bash
12 17 (1.46%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.69%) R
15 7 (0.60%) Rust
15 7 (0.60%) Scala
16 5 (0.43%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.34%) SOQL
17 4 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 109 (9.37%) Security Cleared
2 108 (9.29%) Degree
3 89 (7.65%) SC Cleared
4 52 (4.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.77%) DBS Check
5 9 (0.77%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.60%) AWS Certification
6 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.17%) OCP
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.17%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (10.15%) QA
2 100 (8.60%) Accessibility
3 39 (3.35%) Data Quality
4 36 (3.10%) WCAG
5 20 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.95%) GDPR
7 10 (0.86%) GRC
8 9 (0.77%) SLA
9 7 (0.60%) HL7
10 5 (0.43%) NIST
11 4 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.26%) NCSC
13 1 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 130 (11.18%) Docker
2 4 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.086%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 95 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.03%) Grafana
3 11 (0.95%) Ansible
4 9 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.52%) Podman
6 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.26%) Plesk
8 1 (0.086%) Argo
8 1 (0.086%) Consul
8 1 (0.086%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.086%) Kibana
Vendors
1 323 (27.77%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.93%) Google
3 29 (2.49%) Adobe
4 24 (2.06%) Oracle
5 18 (1.55%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.55%) Sony
6 16 (1.38%) Apple
6 16 (1.38%) Facebook
6 16 (1.38%) Yahoo!
7 14 (1.20%) HubSpot
7 14 (1.20%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.03%) OpenAI
9 10 (0.86%) Databricks
10 7 (0.60%) Infor
10 7 (0.60%) Sage
11 4 (0.34%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.34%) Marketo
11 4 (0.34%) New Relic
11 4 (0.34%) Optimizely
11 4 (0.34%) Sitecore