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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 15 14
Rank change year-on-year -32 -1 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 739 1,982 2,776
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.82% 12.17% 11.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.70% 28.01% 26.07%
Number of salaries quoted 621 1,323 2,528
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 £78,500 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £96,250
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 4,174 7,076 10,648
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.21% 43.43% 45.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,142 4,416 9,123
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
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 £101,250 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +7.44% -6.92%

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 20 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 48 (6.50%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (3.65%) Apache
3 24 (3.25%) SharePoint
4 18 (2.44%) CMS
5 9 (1.22%) Confluence
6 8 (1.08%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.95%) WordPress
8 6 (0.81%) nginx
9 5 (0.68%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.54%) IIS
10 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.41%) Drupal
11 3 (0.41%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 13 (1.76%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (0.81%) 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 (2.44%) 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%) NetSuite
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%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 316 (42.76%) AWS
2 285 (38.57%) Azure
3 105 (14.21%) Serverless
4 92 (12.45%) GCP
5 89 (12.04%) SaaS
6 56 (7.58%) GitHub
7 51 (6.90%) Power Platform
8 47 (6.36%) dbt
9 45 (6.09%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (6.09%) Power Automate
10 42 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (5.55%) Dynamics 365
12 36 (4.87%) PowerApps
13 33 (4.47%) Amazon S3
14 32 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
15 29 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (3.25%) Snowflake
17 23 (3.11%) Figma
17 23 (3.11%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (2.84%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.98%) Broadband
2 5 (0.68%) HTTP
3 4 (0.54%) SSH
4 3 (0.41%) AMQP
5 2 (0.27%) Firewall
5 2 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.27%) Intranet
5 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.14%) DNS
6 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.74%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (8.25%) MongoDB
3 59 (7.98%) MySQL
3 59 (7.98%) SQL Server
4 54 (7.31%) Relational Database
5 45 (6.09%) Amazon Athena
6 44 (5.95%) Apache Arrow
6 44 (5.95%) Apache Iceberg
6 44 (5.95%) Dremio
7 41 (5.55%) NoSQL
8 40 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
9 35 (4.74%) Elasticsearch
10 29 (3.92%) Power BI
11 24 (3.25%) Apache Ignite
11 24 (3.25%) Data Lake
12 18 (2.44%) RDBMS
13 14 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (1.35%) Redis
14 10 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (1.22%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 106 (14.34%) Git
2 38 (5.14%) Cypress.io
3 28 (3.79%) JIRA
4 16 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.17%) Selenium
4 16 (2.17%) webpack
5 14 (1.89%) Axure RP
5 14 (1.89%) Jaeger
6 13 (1.76%) CircleCI
6 13 (1.76%) GitLab
7 12 (1.62%) Balsamiq
8 10 (1.35%) TeamCity
8 10 (1.35%) Vite
9 9 (1.22%) JMeter
10 7 (0.95%) Babel
10 7 (0.95%) Postman
11 6 (0.81%) LoadRunner
11 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
12 4 (0.54%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 200 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 155 (20.97%) Finance
3 84 (11.37%) Law
4 65 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 65 (8.80%) Public Sector
5 56 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
6 44 (5.95%) Front Office
7 30 (4.06%) Marketing
8 28 (3.79%) Banking
9 24 (3.25%) Investment Banking
10 18 (2.44%) Retail
11 14 (1.89%) Games
11 14 (1.89%) Legal
12 11 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (0.81%) Advertising
13 6 (0.81%) Health Technology
14 5 (0.68%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.54%) Electronics
15 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
16 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 438 (59.27%) Developer
2 153 (20.70%) Senior
3 101 (13.67%) Software Engineer
4 92 (12.45%) .NET Developer
5 87 (11.77%) Senior Developer
6 67 (9.07%) Full-Stack Developer
7 65 (8.80%) Lead
7 65 (8.80%) Software Developer
8 47 (6.36%) AWS Engineer
9 44 (5.95%) AWS Software Engineer
9 44 (5.95%) Python Engineer
9 44 (5.95%) Python Software Engineer
10 43 (5.82%) AWS Developer
11 42 (5.68%) Python Developer
12 35 (4.74%) Engineering Manager
13 33 (4.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 32 (4.33%) Senior Software Engineer
15 31 (4.19%) .NET Software Developer
15 31 (4.19%) React Developer
16 30 (4.06%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 261 (35.32%) React
2 226 (30.58%) HTML
3 205 (27.74%) CSS
4 200 (27.06%) .NET
5 138 (18.67%) Node.js
6 103 (13.94%) AngularJS
7 91 (12.31%) Vue
8 85 (11.50%) REST
9 73 (9.88%) .NET Core
10 66 (8.93%) ASP.NET
11 54 (7.31%) RESTful
12 45 (6.09%) HTML5
13 44 (5.95%) NumPy
13 44 (5.95%) Pandas
13 44 (5.95%) SciPy
13 44 (5.95%) SOAP
14 38 (5.14%) Web Services
15 37 (5.01%) .NET Framework
16 35 (4.74%) ASP.NET MVC
17 34 (4.60%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.20%) Product Ownership
2 46 (6.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 45 (6.09%) Cloud Native
4 44 (5.95%) Equities
4 44 (5.95%) Fixed Income
5 33 (4.47%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (3.79%) Low-Code
7 24 (3.25%) Derivative
7 24 (3.25%) Hedge funds
7 24 (3.25%) Mobile App
7 24 (3.25%) Pricing Data
8 16 (2.17%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.03%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (1.22%) Sports Betting
12 8 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
12 8 (1.08%) e-Learning
13 7 (0.95%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 64 (8.66%) Linux
2 29 (3.92%) Unix
3 21 (2.84%) Windows
4 15 (2.03%) Android
5 14 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.62%) 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
1 380 (51.42%) Agile
2 205 (27.74%) Software Engineering
3 199 (26.93%) Full-Stack Development
4 195 (26.39%) CI/CD
5 165 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (22.06%) DevOps
7 154 (20.84%) Mentoring
8 126 (17.05%) Microservices
9 98 (13.26%) AI
10 95 (12.86%) User Experience
11 92 (12.45%) Roadmaps
12 86 (11.64%) Front End Development
13 82 (11.10%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (10.96%) Computer Science
15 79 (10.69%) Asset Management
16 73 (9.88%) Test Automation
17 72 (9.74%) Containerisation
18 69 (9.34%) MVC
19 66 (8.93%) Scrum
20 54 (7.31%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 260 (35.18%) TypeScript
2 248 (33.56%) Python
3 206 (27.88%) C#
4 156 (21.11%) SQL
5 150 (20.30%) Java
6 58 (7.85%) PHP
7 27 (3.65%) Go
8 22 (2.98%) Bash
9 19 (2.57%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.17%) Ruby
11 10 (1.35%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.22%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.95%) C
14 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.68%) Perl
15 5 (0.68%) VBA
16 4 (0.54%) C++
16 4 (0.54%) R
16 4 (0.54%) VB
17 3 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 114 (15.43%) Degree
2 80 (10.83%) Security Cleared
3 74 (10.01%) SC Cleared
4 65 (8.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (6.09%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.38%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 18 (2.44%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.22%) 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%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (9.47%) QA
2 60 (8.12%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.25%) 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
1 124 (16.78%) Docker
2 7 (0.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 86 (11.64%) Kubernetes
2 75 (10.15%) Terraform
3 30 (4.06%) Ansible
3 30 (4.06%) Prometheus
4 26 (3.52%) Grafana
5 23 (3.11%) Argo
6 14 (1.89%) Kustomize
7 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.41%) cPanel
8 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.41%) Plesk
9 2 (0.27%) Control-M
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.14%) Istio
10 1 (0.14%) Kibana
10 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 161 (21.79%) Microsoft
2 40 (5.41%) Google
3 36 (4.87%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.11%) MuleSoft
5 22 (2.98%) Adobe
6 20 (2.71%) Oracle
7 16 (2.17%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.76%) IBM
8 13 (1.76%) Workday
9 8 (1.08%) IFS
9 8 (1.08%) SAP
10 6 (0.81%) Facebook
10 6 (0.81%) 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