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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -32 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 736 2,027 3,147
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.69% 12.44% 12.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.23% 28.41% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 615 1,368 2,878
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,072
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,500 £93,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £111,500 £116,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -7.34%

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 4,272 7,134 11,814
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 43.78% 45.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,179 4,467 10,193
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,132 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
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 28 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 40 (5.43%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.99%) Apache
4 17 (2.31%) CMS
5 8 (1.09%) Apache Solr
5 8 (1.09%) Confluence
6 6 (0.82%) nginx
6 6 (0.82%) WordPress
7 5 (0.68%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.54%) IIS
9 3 (0.41%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.27%) Drupal
10 2 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 12 (1.63%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.09%) Chatbot
3 5 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.41%) Simulink
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Notion
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (2.45%) Shopify
2 16 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.09%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.68%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.41%) Maximo
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.41%) Primavera
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.14%) Magento
8 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 317 (43.07%) AWS
2 286 (38.86%) Azure
3 107 (14.54%) Serverless
4 91 (12.36%) GCP
5 87 (11.82%) SaaS
6 55 (7.47%) Power Platform
7 54 (7.34%) GitHub
8 46 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (6.25%) Power Automate
9 43 (5.84%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (5.84%) Dynamics 365
10 39 (5.30%) dbt
11 38 (5.16%) PowerApps
12 34 (4.62%) Amazon S3
13 31 (4.21%) Azure Logic Apps
13 31 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
14 23 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
15 21 (2.85%) Pulumi
16 20 (2.72%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.53%) Broadband
2 4 (0.54%) HTTP
2 4 (0.54%) SSH
3 2 (0.27%) Firewall
3 2 (0.27%) Internet
3 2 (0.27%) Intranet
3 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
4 1 (0.14%) AMQP
4 1 (0.14%) DNS
4 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (9.51%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (8.29%) MongoDB
2 61 (8.29%) Relational Database
3 59 (8.02%) MySQL
3 59 (8.02%) SQL Server
4 43 (5.84%) NoSQL
5 39 (5.30%) Azure SQL Database
6 37 (5.03%) Amazon Athena
7 36 (4.89%) Apache Arrow
7 36 (4.89%) Apache Iceberg
7 36 (4.89%) Dremio
8 35 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
9 29 (3.94%) Power BI
10 23 (3.13%) RDBMS
11 19 (2.58%) Apache Ignite
11 19 (2.58%) Data Lake
12 14 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.22%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 104 (14.13%) Git
2 36 (4.89%) Cypress.io
3 27 (3.67%) JIRA
4 19 (2.58%) Jaeger
5 15 (2.04%) Jenkins
6 14 (1.90%) GitLab
7 13 (1.77%) Axure RP
7 13 (1.77%) Selenium
7 13 (1.77%) webpack
8 12 (1.63%) CircleCI
8 12 (1.63%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.49%) Balsamiq
10 10 (1.36%) Vite
11 8 (1.09%) JMeter
12 5 (0.68%) Babel
12 5 (0.68%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.68%) Postman
12 5 (0.68%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.54%) Browser DevTools
13 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 206 (27.99%) Social Skills
2 146 (19.84%) Finance
3 81 (11.01%) Law
4 73 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 65 (8.83%) Public Sector
6 56 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
7 36 (4.89%) Front Office
8 30 (4.08%) Marketing
9 24 (3.26%) Banking
10 19 (2.58%) Investment Banking
10 19 (2.58%) Retail
11 13 (1.77%) Games
12 12 (1.63%) Legal
13 11 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Advertising
14 6 (0.82%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.54%) Electronics
15 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 438 (59.51%) Developer
2 145 (19.70%) Senior
3 94 (12.77%) Software Engineer
4 91 (12.36%) .NET Developer
5 86 (11.68%) Senior Developer
6 71 (9.65%) Full-Stack Developer
7 69 (9.38%) Lead
8 62 (8.42%) Software Developer
9 40 (5.43%) AWS Developer
9 40 (5.43%) Python Developer
10 39 (5.30%) AWS Engineer
11 36 (4.89%) AWS Software Engineer
11 36 (4.89%) Python Engineer
11 36 (4.89%) Python Software Engineer
12 35 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
13 32 (4.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 31 (4.21%) .NET Software Developer
14 31 (4.21%) Power Platform Developer
15 27 (3.67%) React Developer
16 26 (3.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (34.78%) React
2 224 (30.43%) HTML
3 201 (27.31%) .NET
3 201 (27.31%) CSS
4 134 (18.21%) Node.js
5 98 (13.32%) AngularJS
6 90 (12.23%) Vue
7 84 (11.41%) REST
8 73 (9.92%) .NET Core
9 66 (8.97%) ASP.NET
10 49 (6.66%) RESTful
11 46 (6.25%) SOAP
12 40 (5.43%) HTML5
13 38 (5.16%) Web Services
14 36 (4.89%) .NET Framework
14 36 (4.89%) NumPy
14 36 (4.89%) Pandas
14 36 (4.89%) SciPy
15 35 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
16 34 (4.62%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.10%) Product Ownership
2 44 (5.98%) Cloud Native
3 38 (5.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 36 (4.89%) Equities
4 36 (4.89%) Fixed Income
5 33 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (4.08%) Low-Code
7 22 (2.99%) Mobile App
8 19 (2.58%) Derivative
8 19 (2.58%) Hedge funds
8 19 (2.58%) Pricing Data
9 17 (2.31%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.04%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.22%) Sports Betting
14 8 (1.09%) Distributed Architecture
14 8 (1.09%) e-Learning
15 7 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (0.95%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 69 (9.38%) Linux
2 34 (4.62%) Unix
3 21 (2.85%) Windows
4 15 (2.04%) Android
5 14 (1.90%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.63%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) CentOS
8 1 (0.14%) Debian
8 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 369 (50.14%) Agile
2 201 (27.31%) Full-Stack Development
3 197 (26.77%) Software Engineering
4 194 (26.36%) CI/CD
5 178 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (22.69%) DevOps
7 157 (21.33%) Mentoring
8 124 (16.85%) Microservices
9 102 (13.86%) AI
10 97 (13.18%) Roadmaps
11 88 (11.96%) User Experience
12 82 (11.14%) Front End Development
13 81 (11.01%) Computer Science
13 81 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
14 73 (9.92%) Containerisation
15 72 (9.78%) Test Automation
16 71 (9.65%) Asset Management
17 68 (9.24%) MVC
18 64 (8.70%) Scrum
19 53 (7.20%) OO
Programming Languages
1 251 (34.10%) TypeScript
2 246 (33.42%) Python
3 207 (28.13%) C#
4 155 (21.06%) SQL
5 147 (19.97%) Java
6 60 (8.15%) PHP
7 32 (4.35%) Go
8 27 (3.67%) Bash
9 19 (2.58%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.31%) Ruby
11 13 (1.77%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.22%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.95%) C
13 7 (0.95%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.68%) Perl
14 5 (0.68%) VBA
15 4 (0.54%) C++
15 4 (0.54%) R
15 4 (0.54%) VB
16 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 118 (16.03%) Degree
2 81 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 74 (10.05%) SC Cleared
4 66 (8.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (6.66%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.40%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 18 (2.45%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.36%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.41%) IBM Certification
12 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.14%) HND
13 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.70%) QA
2 56 (7.61%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.99%) WCAG
4 17 (2.31%) GDPR
5 4 (0.54%) HL7
6 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.27%) SLA
8 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 127 (17.26%) Docker
2 7 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 93 (12.64%) Kubernetes
2 82 (11.14%) Terraform
3 35 (4.76%) Ansible
3 35 (4.76%) Prometheus
4 28 (3.80%) Argo
4 28 (3.80%) Grafana
5 19 (2.58%) Kustomize
6 8 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.41%) cPanel
7 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.41%) Plesk
8 2 (0.27%) Control-M
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.14%) Istio
9 1 (0.14%) Kibana
9 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 160 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.98%) Google
3 36 (4.89%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.40%) MuleSoft
5 21 (2.85%) Oracle
6 20 (2.72%) Adobe
7 19 (2.58%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.77%) IBM
8 13 (1.77%) Workday
9 8 (1.09%) IFS
9 8 (1.09%) SAP
10 6 (0.82%) Facebook
10 6 (0.82%) HubSpot
11 5 (0.68%) Dell
11 5 (0.68%) Jitterbit
11 5 (0.68%) SnapLogic
11 5 (0.68%) Software AG
11 5 (0.68%) Talend
11 5 (0.68%) TIBCO
11 5 (0.68%) YouTube