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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 15 14
Rank change year-on-year -32 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 740 1,992 2,663
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.94% 12.07% 12.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.14% 28.06% 26.56%
Number of salaries quoted 624 1,335 2,420
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +7.44% -6.92%

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 4,080 7,099 10,025
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.21% 43.03% 46.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,078 4,462 8,542
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,508
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 £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 11 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 59 (7.97%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (4.19%) Apache
3 23 (3.11%) SharePoint
4 17 (2.30%) CMS
5 9 (1.22%) Confluence
6 8 (1.08%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.95%) WordPress
8 5 (0.68%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.68%) nginx
9 4 (0.54%) IIS
9 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.41%) Drupal
10 3 (0.41%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
11 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 13 (1.76%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.41%) Simulink
7 1 (0.14%) InVision
7 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.14%) Notion
7 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (2.30%) Shopify
2 14 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.08%) 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%) Infor CloudSuite
7 2 (0.27%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.14%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 314 (42.43%) AWS
2 284 (38.38%) Azure
3 101 (13.65%) Serverless
4 93 (12.57%) GCP
5 85 (11.49%) SaaS
6 58 (7.84%) dbt
7 53 (7.16%) GitHub
8 49 (6.62%) Power Platform
9 44 (5.95%) Power Automate
10 43 (5.81%) AWS Lambda
11 40 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
12 39 (5.27%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (4.73%) PowerApps
14 31 (4.19%) Amazon S3
14 31 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
15 29 (3.92%) Snowflake
16 25 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
17 23 (3.11%) Figma
18 22 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
19 20 (2.70%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.84%) Broadband
2 5 (0.68%) HTTP
3 4 (0.54%) SSH
4 2 (0.27%) AMQP
4 2 (0.27%) Firewall
4 2 (0.27%) Internet
4 2 (0.27%) Intranet
4 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.14%) DNS
5 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (10.41%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (8.92%) MongoDB
3 63 (8.51%) SQL Server
4 60 (8.11%) MySQL
5 56 (7.57%) Amazon Athena
6 55 (7.43%) Apache Arrow
6 55 (7.43%) Apache Iceberg
6 55 (7.43%) Dremio
7 54 (7.30%) Relational Database
8 46 (6.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 39 (5.27%) NoSQL
10 38 (5.14%) Elasticsearch
11 29 (3.92%) Apache Ignite
11 29 (3.92%) Data Lake
12 28 (3.78%) Power BI
13 17 (2.30%) RDBMS
14 14 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 9 (1.22%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 105 (14.19%) Git
2 36 (4.86%) Cypress.io
3 29 (3.92%) JIRA
4 17 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.30%) Selenium
5 15 (2.03%) webpack
6 14 (1.89%) Axure RP
7 13 (1.76%) GitLab
7 13 (1.76%) Jaeger
8 12 (1.62%) Balsamiq
9 11 (1.49%) CircleCI
10 9 (1.22%) JMeter
10 9 (1.22%) TeamCity
11 8 (1.08%) Postman
11 8 (1.08%) Vite
12 7 (0.95%) Babel
13 6 (0.81%) LoadRunner
13 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
14 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 199 (26.89%) Social Skills
2 164 (22.16%) Finance
3 82 (11.08%) Law
4 62 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 62 (8.38%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (7.43%) Front Office
6 32 (4.32%) Banking
7 30 (4.05%) Marketing
8 29 (3.92%) Investment Banking
9 17 (2.30%) Retail
10 14 (1.89%) Legal
11 13 (1.76%) Games
12 11 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (0.95%) Advertising
14 6 (0.81%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.54%) Electronics
15 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.41%) Health Technology
16 3 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 444 (60.00%) Developer
2 154 (20.81%) Senior
3 106 (14.32%) Software Engineer
4 96 (12.97%) .NET Developer
5 82 (11.08%) Senior Developer
6 69 (9.32%) Software Developer
7 63 (8.51%) Full-Stack Developer
8 60 (8.11%) Lead
9 58 (7.84%) AWS Engineer
10 55 (7.43%) AWS Software Engineer
10 55 (7.43%) Python Engineer
10 55 (7.43%) Python Software Engineer
11 48 (6.49%) AWS Developer
11 48 (6.49%) Python Developer
12 37 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
13 34 (4.59%) Engineering Manager
13 34 (4.59%) Java Engineer
14 32 (4.32%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 31 (4.19%) .NET Software Developer
16 30 (4.05%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 258 (34.86%) React
2 230 (31.08%) HTML
3 208 (28.11%) .NET
4 207 (27.97%) CSS
5 143 (19.32%) Node.js
6 115 (15.54%) AngularJS
7 101 (13.65%) Vue
8 83 (11.22%) REST
9 77 (10.41%) .NET Core
10 72 (9.73%) ASP.NET
11 56 (7.57%) RESTful
12 55 (7.43%) NumPy
12 55 (7.43%) Pandas
12 55 (7.43%) SciPy
13 45 (6.08%) HTML5
14 41 (5.54%) SOAP
15 40 (5.41%) .NET Framework
15 40 (5.41%) ASP.NET MVC
16 38 (5.14%) Entity Framework
16 38 (5.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.51%) Product Ownership
2 57 (7.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 55 (7.43%) Equities
3 55 (7.43%) Fixed Income
4 44 (5.95%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (3.92%) Derivative
6 29 (3.92%) Hedge funds
6 29 (3.92%) Pricing Data
7 26 (3.51%) Low-Code
8 24 (3.24%) Mobile App
9 15 (2.03%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.03%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.95%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.95%) Motion Graphics
12 7 (0.95%) Private Cloud
12 7 (0.95%) Sports Betting
13 6 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 61 (8.24%) Linux
2 28 (3.78%) Unix
3 21 (2.84%) Windows
4 14 (1.89%) Android
5 13 (1.76%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.62%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (52.30%) Agile
2 207 (27.97%) Software Engineering
3 190 (25.68%) Full-Stack Development
4 187 (25.27%) CI/CD
5 166 (22.43%) Problem-Solving
6 156 (21.08%) DevOps
7 151 (20.41%) Mentoring
8 125 (16.89%) Microservices
9 95 (12.84%) AI
10 93 (12.57%) User Experience
11 91 (12.30%) Asset Management
12 89 (12.03%) Roadmaps
13 87 (11.76%) Front End Development
14 81 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
15 79 (10.68%) Computer Science
16 74 (10.00%) MVC
17 70 (9.46%) Containerisation
18 69 (9.32%) Test Automation
19 68 (9.19%) Scrum
20 58 (7.84%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 269 (36.35%) TypeScript
2 251 (33.92%) Python
3 214 (28.92%) C#
4 160 (21.62%) SQL
5 147 (19.86%) Java
6 56 (7.57%) PHP
7 25 (3.38%) Go
8 20 (2.70%) Bash
9 19 (2.57%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.03%) Ruby
11 9 (1.22%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.95%) C
13 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.68%) Perl
14 5 (0.68%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.68%) VBA
15 4 (0.54%) C++
15 4 (0.54%) R
16 3 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 112 (15.14%) Degree
2 77 (10.41%) Security Cleared
3 71 (9.59%) SC Cleared
4 63 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.95%) AWS Certification
6 42 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.38%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.24%) TOGAF Certification
9 15 (2.03%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.41%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.41%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.14%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.32%) QA
2 61 (8.24%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.24%) WCAG
4 17 (2.30%) GDPR
5 4 (0.54%) HL7
6 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 115 (15.54%) Docker
2 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 77 (10.41%) Kubernetes
2 68 (9.19%) Terraform
3 29 (3.92%) Prometheus
4 28 (3.78%) Ansible
5 25 (3.38%) Grafana
6 20 (2.70%) Argo
7 13 (1.76%) Kustomize
8 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.41%) cPanel
9 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.41%) Plesk
10 2 (0.27%) Control-M
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
11 1 (0.14%) Kibana
Vendors
1 167 (22.57%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.14%) Google
2 38 (5.14%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.11%) Adobe
4 22 (2.97%) MuleSoft
5 20 (2.70%) Oracle
6 13 (1.76%) IBM
6 13 (1.76%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.76%) Workday
7 8 (1.08%) IFS
7 8 (1.08%) SAP
8 7 (0.95%) Facebook
8 7 (0.95%) Infor
9 6 (0.81%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.81%) YouTube
10 5 (0.68%) Informatica
10 5 (0.68%) Jitterbit
10 5 (0.68%) SnapLogic
10 5 (0.68%) Talend
10 5 (0.68%) TIBCO