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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -24 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,035 1,908 3,837
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.91% 11.75% 11.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.18% 32.38% 28.89%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,220 3,418
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,438 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,350 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +10.58% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.15% +10.34% -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 5,694 5,892 13,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.00% 36.29% 40.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,303 4,113 10,938
10th Percentile £39,764 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 7 July 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 53 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.55%) CMS
3 8 (0.77%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.68%) Confluence
4 7 (0.68%) WordPress
5 4 (0.39%) Apache
5 4 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.39%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.29%) DNN
6 3 (0.29%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.29%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.29%) Kentico
6 3 (0.29%) Sitefinity
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.19%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.097%) Drupal
8 1 (0.097%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.48%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.29%) Blender
4 3 (0.29%) Maya
5 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Elementor
5 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.097%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.87%) Shopify
3 3 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.097%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.097%) Magento
5 1 (0.097%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 455 (43.96%) Azure
2 397 (38.36%) AWS
3 151 (14.59%) Azure DevOps
4 105 (10.14%) SaaS
5 99 (9.57%) GCP
5 99 (9.57%) Power Platform
6 95 (9.18%) Serverless
7 85 (8.21%) Azure AI
8 71 (6.86%) PowerApps
9 70 (6.76%) Power Automate
10 63 (6.09%) GitHub
11 60 (5.80%) AWS Lambda
12 48 (4.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 48 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
13 45 (4.35%) Amazon S3
14 41 (3.96%) Amazon ECS
15 33 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (3.09%) Amazon SQS
17 31 (3.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 31 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.67%) Broadband
2 19 (1.84%) Internet
3 8 (0.77%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.58%) Firewall
5 5 (0.48%) Intranet
6 3 (0.29%) SSH
7 1 (0.097%) AMQP
7 1 (0.097%) HTTP
7 1 (0.097%) Network Security
7 1 (0.097%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 234 (22.61%) MongoDB
2 191 (18.45%) Azure SQL Database
3 85 (8.21%) PostgreSQL
4 82 (7.92%) Elasticsearch
4 82 (7.92%) SQL Server
5 70 (6.76%) MySQL
6 58 (5.60%) Relational Database
7 55 (5.31%) NoSQL
8 51 (4.93%) Power BI
9 18 (1.74%) Redis
10 16 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.16%) RDBMS
13 10 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.87%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.77%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (0.77%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.68%) Metadata
17 5 (0.48%) Big Data
17 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 118 (11.40%) Git
2 47 (4.54%) Cypress.io
3 36 (3.48%) JIRA
4 20 (1.93%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.45%) CircleCI
6 12 (1.16%) GitLab
6 12 (1.16%) Jaeger
6 12 (1.16%) JUnit
7 11 (1.06%) Maven
8 10 (0.97%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.87%) Mockito
10 8 (0.77%) Postman
10 8 (0.77%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.77%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.68%) webpack
12 5 (0.48%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.48%) Balsamiq
12 5 (0.48%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.48%) Selenium
12 5 (0.48%) Vite
General
1 229 (22.13%) Social Skills
2 163 (15.75%) Finance
3 90 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 73 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (6.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 64 (6.18%) Law
7 56 (5.41%) Marketing
8 44 (4.25%) Front Office
9 43 (4.15%) Legal
10 42 (4.06%) Retail
11 23 (2.22%) Banking
12 20 (1.93%) Health Technology
12 20 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.45%) Games
14 13 (1.26%) Legal Technology
15 10 (0.97%) Local Government
16 8 (0.77%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.58%) Advertising
17 6 (0.58%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.48%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 646 (62.42%) Developer
2 208 (20.10%) .NET Developer
3 200 (19.32%) Senior
4 180 (17.39%) Software Engineer
5 172 (16.62%) Full-Stack Developer
6 165 (15.94%) Lead
7 106 (10.24%) Senior Developer
8 96 (9.28%) Lead Developer
9 67 (6.47%) Lead Software Developer
10 64 (6.18%) Software Developer
11 60 (5.80%) Lead Software Engineer
12 58 (5.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 49 (4.73%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 47 (4.54%) Senior Software Engineer
15 42 (4.06%) Developer/Software Engineer
15 42 (4.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 30 (2.90%) Power Platform Developer
17 28 (2.71%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 28 (2.71%) React Developer
18 23 (2.22%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 517 (49.95%) React
2 350 (33.82%) .NET
3 308 (29.76%) Node.js
4 216 (20.87%) .NET Core
5 213 (20.58%) ASP.NET
6 211 (20.39%) HTML
7 196 (18.94%) ASP.NET Core
8 188 (18.16%) CSS
9 168 (16.23%) Blazor
10 153 (14.78%) RESTful
11 90 (8.70%) ASP.NET Web API
11 90 (8.70%) Vue
12 85 (8.21%) ML.NET
13 81 (7.83%) REST
14 70 (6.76%) AngularJS
15 64 (6.18%) .NET Framework
15 64 (6.18%) JSON
16 46 (4.44%) Redux
17 44 (4.25%) Kafka
18 43 (4.15%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 84 (8.12%) Cloud Native
2 54 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
3 51 (4.93%) Product Ownership
4 49 (4.73%) Greenfield Project
5 41 (3.96%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.71%) Onboarding
9 27 (2.61%) Mobile App
10 26 (2.51%) Virtual Team
11 21 (2.03%) Social Media
12 18 (1.74%) BBC
12 18 (1.74%) iPhone
13 16 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 15 (1.45%) Cyberattack
15 14 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.35%) Low-Code
15 14 (1.35%) Social Network
15 14 (1.35%) Sports Betting
16 13 (1.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 61 (5.89%) Linux
2 21 (2.03%) Android
2 21 (2.03%) Unix
3 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.29%) Ubuntu
3 3 (0.29%) Windows
4 1 (0.097%) CentOS
4 1 (0.097%) Debian
4 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (52.46%) Full-Stack Development
2 533 (51.50%) Agile
3 293 (28.31%) DevOps
4 284 (27.44%) Software Engineering
5 268 (25.89%) CI/CD
6 254 (24.54%) Microservices
7 227 (21.93%) AI
8 222 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
9 208 (20.10%) Mentoring
10 170 (16.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 140 (13.53%) Scrum
12 138 (13.33%) Machine Learning
13 122 (11.79%) Test Automation
14 115 (11.11%) User Experience
15 113 (10.92%) Technical Leadership
16 98 (9.47%) Containerisation
17 85 (8.21%) Multithreading
18 79 (7.63%) Front End Development
19 77 (7.44%) Business Intelligence
20 76 (7.34%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 387 (37.39%) C#
2 356 (34.40%) SQL
3 346 (33.43%) TypeScript
4 250 (24.15%) Python
5 201 (19.42%) Java
6 62 (5.99%) Go
7 59 (5.70%) PHP
8 45 (4.35%) PowerShell
9 30 (2.90%) Ruby
10 25 (2.42%) Bash
10 25 (2.42%) C++
11 15 (1.45%) Apex Code
12 13 (1.26%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.16%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.68%) R
15 6 (0.58%) Scala
16 4 (0.39%) Perl
16 4 (0.39%) Rust
17 3 (0.29%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (10.24%) Degree
2 69 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 64 (6.18%) SC Cleared
4 52 (5.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
6 15 (1.45%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.16%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.48%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.48%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.39%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.29%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.097%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.097%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.097%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (6.96%) Accessibility
2 71 (6.86%) QA
3 15 (1.45%) SLA
4 12 (1.16%) GDPR
5 11 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.06%) WCAG
6 9 (0.87%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.68%) GRC
7 7 (0.68%) HL7
8 5 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.29%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.097%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 126 (12.17%) Docker
2 5 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 82 (7.92%) Kubernetes
2 52 (5.02%) Terraform
3 19 (1.84%) Ansible
4 16 (1.55%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.35%) Argo
6 12 (1.16%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.16%) Podman
7 9 (0.87%) Grafana
8 3 (0.29%) Plesk
9 2 (0.19%) Kibana
10 1 (0.097%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.097%) Puppet
10 1 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 309 (29.86%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.34%) Google
3 26 (2.51%) Adobe
4 20 (1.93%) Apple
5 19 (1.84%) Oracle
6 18 (1.74%) Facebook
6 18 (1.74%) Salesforce
6 18 (1.74%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.74%) Sony
6 18 (1.74%) Yahoo!
7 12 (1.16%) HubSpot
8 11 (1.06%) MuleSoft
9 10 (0.97%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.68%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.58%) Cisco
11 6 (0.58%) F5
11 6 (0.58%) Juniper
11 6 (0.58%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.48%) Databricks
13 4 (0.39%) Sitecore