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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -32 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 741 1,993 3,096
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.74% 12.18% 12.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.41% 28.05% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 617 1,335 2,826
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,752 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,566 £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 £78,500 £93,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £113,500 £118,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -7.69%

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 4,255 7,106 11,677
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.20% 43.44% 46.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,175 4,443 10,055
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
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 25 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 43 (5.80%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.97%) Apache
4 18 (2.43%) CMS
5 8 (1.08%) Apache Solr
5 8 (1.08%) Confluence
6 6 (0.81%) nginx
6 6 (0.81%) WordPress
7 5 (0.67%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.54%) IIS
8 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.40%) Drupal
9 3 (0.40%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
10 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 12 (1.62%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.81%) Photoshop
4 5 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.40%) Simulink
7 1 (0.13%) InVision
7 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.13%) Notion
7 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (2.43%) Shopify
2 16 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.08%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.67%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.40%) Maximo
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.40%) Primavera
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 321 (43.32%) AWS
2 288 (38.87%) Azure
3 107 (14.44%) Serverless
4 94 (12.69%) GCP
5 87 (11.74%) SaaS
6 56 (7.56%) Power Platform
7 54 (7.29%) GitHub
8 46 (6.21%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (6.21%) Power Automate
9 44 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (5.94%) Dynamics 365
10 42 (5.67%) dbt
11 38 (5.13%) PowerApps
12 34 (4.59%) Amazon S3
13 31 (4.18%) Azure Logic Apps
13 31 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
14 23 (3.10%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.83%) Amazon ECS
15 21 (2.83%) Figma
15 21 (2.83%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.51%) 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 (0.13%) AMQP
4 1 (0.13%) DNS
4 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (9.85%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (8.23%) MongoDB
3 60 (8.10%) MySQL
4 59 (7.96%) Relational Database
4 59 (7.96%) SQL Server
5 43 (5.80%) NoSQL
6 40 (5.40%) Amazon Athena
7 39 (5.26%) Apache Arrow
7 39 (5.26%) Apache Iceberg
7 39 (5.26%) Azure SQL Database
7 39 (5.26%) Dremio
8 35 (4.72%) Elasticsearch
9 29 (3.91%) Power BI
10 23 (3.10%) RDBMS
11 19 (2.56%) Apache Ignite
11 19 (2.56%) Data Lake
12 14 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.21%) BigQuery
14 9 (1.21%) Redis
Development Applications
1 105 (14.17%) Git
2 36 (4.86%) Cypress.io
3 27 (3.64%) JIRA
4 19 (2.56%) Jaeger
5 15 (2.02%) Jenkins
6 14 (1.89%) GitLab
6 14 (1.89%) webpack
7 13 (1.75%) Axure RP
7 13 (1.75%) Selenium
8 12 (1.62%) CircleCI
8 12 (1.62%) TeamCity
9 11 (1.48%) Balsamiq
10 10 (1.35%) Vite
11 8 (1.08%) JMeter
12 5 (0.67%) Babel
12 5 (0.67%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.67%) Postman
12 5 (0.67%) Visual Studio
13 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.54%) Storybook
General
1 205 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 149 (20.11%) Finance
3 83 (11.20%) Law
4 73 (9.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 65 (8.77%) Public Sector
6 55 (7.42%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (5.26%) Front Office
8 30 (4.05%) Marketing
9 25 (3.37%) Banking
10 19 (2.56%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.43%) Retail
12 13 (1.75%) Games
13 12 (1.62%) Legal
14 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (0.81%) Advertising
15 6 (0.81%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.54%) Electronics
16 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.40%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 441 (59.51%) Developer
2 144 (19.43%) Senior
3 97 (13.09%) Software Engineer
4 91 (12.28%) .NET Developer
5 85 (11.47%) Senior Developer
6 71 (9.58%) Full-Stack Developer
7 69 (9.31%) Lead
8 63 (8.50%) Software Developer
9 43 (5.80%) AWS Developer
9 43 (5.80%) Python Developer
10 42 (5.67%) AWS Engineer
11 39 (5.26%) AWS Software Engineer
11 39 (5.26%) Python Engineer
11 39 (5.26%) Python Software Engineer
12 35 (4.72%) Engineering Manager
13 33 (4.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 31 (4.18%) .NET Software Developer
14 31 (4.18%) Power Platform Developer
15 27 (3.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 27 (3.64%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (35.09%) React
2 224 (30.23%) HTML
3 202 (27.26%) .NET
3 202 (27.26%) CSS
4 138 (18.62%) Node.js
5 102 (13.77%) AngularJS
6 93 (12.55%) Vue
7 85 (11.47%) REST
8 73 (9.85%) .NET Core
9 66 (8.91%) ASP.NET
10 51 (6.88%) RESTful
11 46 (6.21%) SOAP
12 42 (5.67%) HTML5
13 39 (5.26%) NumPy
13 39 (5.26%) Pandas
13 39 (5.26%) SciPy
14 38 (5.13%) Web Services
15 37 (4.99%) .NET Framework
16 35 (4.72%) ASP.NET MVC
16 35 (4.72%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.04%) Product Ownership
2 44 (5.94%) Cloud Native
3 41 (5.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 39 (5.26%) Equities
4 39 (5.26%) Fixed Income
5 33 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
6 30 (4.05%) Low-Code
7 22 (2.97%) Mobile App
8 19 (2.56%) Derivative
8 19 (2.56%) Hedge funds
8 19 (2.56%) Pricing Data
9 17 (2.29%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.02%) Data Structures
11 12 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.21%) Sports Betting
13 8 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.08%) e-Learning
14 7 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 69 (9.31%) Linux
2 34 (4.59%) Unix
3 21 (2.83%) Windows
4 15 (2.02%) Android
5 14 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.62%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) Debian
8 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (50.47%) Agile
2 203 (27.40%) Full-Stack Development
3 200 (26.99%) Software Engineering
4 195 (26.32%) CI/CD
5 175 (23.62%) Problem-Solving
6 169 (22.81%) DevOps
7 156 (21.05%) Mentoring
8 125 (16.87%) Microservices
9 102 (13.77%) AI
10 97 (13.09%) Roadmaps
11 89 (12.01%) User Experience
12 83 (11.20%) Front End Development
13 82 (11.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (10.93%) Computer Science
15 74 (9.99%) Asset Management
15 74 (9.99%) Containerisation
16 72 (9.72%) Test Automation
17 69 (9.31%) MVC
18 65 (8.77%) Scrum
19 54 (7.29%) OO
Programming Languages
1 256 (34.55%) TypeScript
2 250 (33.74%) Python
3 208 (28.07%) C#
4 153 (20.65%) SQL
5 148 (19.97%) Java
6 61 (8.23%) PHP
7 32 (4.32%) Go
8 27 (3.64%) Bash
9 19 (2.56%) PowerShell
10 17 (2.29%) Ruby
11 13 (1.75%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.21%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.94%) C
14 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.67%) Perl
15 5 (0.67%) VBA
16 4 (0.54%) C++
16 4 (0.54%) R
16 4 (0.54%) VB
17 3 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 117 (15.79%) Degree
2 81 (10.93%) Security Cleared
3 74 (9.99%) SC Cleared
4 66 (8.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (6.61%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.37%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.24%) TOGAF Certification
9 18 (2.43%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.40%) IBM Certification
13 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.13%) HND
14 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.77%) QA
2 57 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.97%) WCAG
4 17 (2.29%) GDPR
5 4 (0.54%) HL7
6 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (0.27%) SLA
8 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 128 (17.27%) Docker
2 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 93 (12.55%) Kubernetes
2 82 (11.07%) Terraform
3 35 (4.72%) Ansible
3 35 (4.72%) Prometheus
4 28 (3.78%) Argo
4 28 (3.78%) Grafana
5 19 (2.56%) Kustomize
6 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.40%) cPanel
7 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (0.40%) Plesk
8 2 (0.27%) Control-M
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 161 (21.73%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.94%) Google
3 36 (4.86%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.37%) MuleSoft
5 20 (2.70%) Adobe
5 20 (2.70%) Oracle
6 19 (2.56%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.75%) IBM
7 13 (1.75%) Workday
8 8 (1.08%) IFS
8 8 (1.08%) SAP
9 6 (0.81%) Facebook
9 6 (0.81%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.67%) Dell
10 5 (0.67%) Jitterbit
10 5 (0.67%) SnapLogic
10 5 (0.67%) Software AG
10 5 (0.67%) Talend
10 5 (0.67%) TIBCO
10 5 (0.67%) YouTube