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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 22 16
Rank change year-on-year -29 -6 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,163 1,542 2,586
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.66% 9.17% 11.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.58% 30.66% 29.09%
Number of salaries quoted 945 890 1,848
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% -3.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £147,500
UK median annual salary £59,773 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.04% - -

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 6,260 5,029 8,890
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.09% 29.89% 39.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,642 3,342 5,804
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £39,522
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +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 1 October 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 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.55%) CMS
3 17 (1.46%) WordPress
4 11 (0.95%) Confluence
5 8 (0.69%) IIS
5 8 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.26%) DNN
8 3 (0.26%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.26%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Kentico
8 3 (0.26%) nginx
8 3 (0.26%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.086%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Blender
5 3 (0.26%) Maya
6 2 (0.17%) Elementor
7 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.086%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.086%) Revit
7 1 (0.086%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 13 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.60%) Infor M3
2 7 (0.60%) Lawson
2 7 (0.60%) Shopify
3 4 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
5 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 434 (37.32%) Azure
2 388 (33.36%) AWS
3 175 (15.05%) SaaS
4 126 (10.83%) Azure DevOps
5 122 (10.49%) Power Platform
6 102 (8.77%) Serverless
7 93 (8.00%) Power Automate
8 84 (7.22%) PowerApps
9 78 (6.71%) Azure AI
9 78 (6.71%) GCP
10 72 (6.19%) AWS Lambda
10 72 (6.19%) GitHub
11 63 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
12 53 (4.56%) Amazon EC2
13 41 (3.53%) Amazon S3
14 40 (3.44%) Amazon ECS
15 39 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
16 37 (3.18%) Microsoft Copilot
17 35 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
18 33 (2.84%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.46%) Internet
2 13 (1.12%) Broadband
3 6 (0.52%) Hyperconnected
4 4 (0.34%) HTTP
4 4 (0.34%) Intranet
4 4 (0.34%) SSH
5 3 (0.26%) Firewall
5 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.26%) SSL
6 2 (0.17%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.17%) VPN
7 1 (0.086%) DNS
7 1 (0.086%) Network Security
7 1 (0.086%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.086%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 221 (19.00%) MongoDB
2 176 (15.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 104 (8.94%) PostgreSQL
4 101 (8.68%) SQL Server
5 81 (6.96%) Elasticsearch
6 75 (6.45%) MySQL
7 62 (5.33%) Relational Database
8 53 (4.56%) Power BI
9 34 (2.92%) NoSQL
10 26 (2.24%) Redis
11 20 (1.72%) Spark SQL
12 18 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
13 17 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
14 13 (1.12%) DynamoDB
15 11 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 9 (0.77%) Metadata
17 8 (0.69%) MariaDB
18 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
19 6 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
20 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 137 (11.78%) Git
2 43 (3.70%) Cypress.io
3 41 (3.53%) JIRA
4 34 (2.92%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.55%) JUnit
6 16 (1.38%) GitLab
7 14 (1.20%) Maven
7 14 (1.20%) Mockito
8 11 (0.95%) Claude Code
8 11 (0.95%) Postman
9 10 (0.86%) Selenium
9 10 (0.86%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.52%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.52%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.52%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.52%) Subversion
12 5 (0.43%) Appium
12 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 273 (23.47%) Social Skills
2 154 (13.24%) Finance
3 121 (10.40%) Public Sector
4 90 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (6.36%) Marketing
6 69 (5.93%) Legal
7 64 (5.50%) Law
8 58 (4.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 34 (2.92%) Retail
10 31 (2.67%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.81%) Banking
13 18 (1.55%) Health Technology
14 12 (1.03%) Games
15 11 (0.95%) Tech for Good
16 7 (0.60%) Local Government
17 5 (0.43%) Social Housing
18 4 (0.34%) Financial Institution
18 4 (0.34%) Front Office
18 4 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 654 (56.23%) Developer
2 227 (19.52%) Senior
3 201 (17.28%) .NET Developer
4 189 (16.25%) Full-Stack Developer
5 161 (13.84%) Lead
6 147 (12.64%) Software Engineer
7 103 (8.86%) Software Developer
8 99 (8.51%) Senior Developer
9 93 (8.00%) Lead Developer
10 72 (6.19%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 67 (5.76%) Lead Software Developer
12 53 (4.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 49 (4.21%) Senior Manager
13 49 (4.21%) Testing Manager
14 45 (3.87%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 37 (3.18%) Senior Software Engineer
16 30 (2.58%) Lead Software Engineer
17 29 (2.49%) Microsoft 365 Developer
18 28 (2.41%) Web Developer
19 26 (2.24%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 486 (41.79%) React
2 354 (30.44%) .NET
3 309 (26.57%) Node.js
4 228 (19.60%) HTML
5 211 (18.14%) .NET Core
6 208 (17.88%) ASP.NET
7 207 (17.80%) CSS
8 182 (15.65%) ASP.NET Core
9 164 (14.10%) Blazor
10 158 (13.59%) RESTful
11 90 (7.74%) ASP.NET Web API
12 87 (7.48%) REST
13 82 (7.05%) .NET Framework
14 78 (6.71%) ML.NET
15 77 (6.62%) Vue
16 72 (6.19%) AngularJS
17 58 (4.99%) JSON
18 50 (4.30%) Entity Framework
19 43 (3.70%) Spring
20 42 (3.61%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 75 (6.45%) Cloud Native
2 63 (5.42%) Virtual Team
3 56 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
4 52 (4.47%) Greenfield Project
5 41 (3.53%) Product Ownership
6 40 (3.44%) Mobile App
7 31 (2.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 28 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (2.15%) Onboarding
11 20 (1.72%) AI Agents
11 20 (1.72%) Social Media
12 17 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.46%) iPhone
12 17 (1.46%) NHS
13 16 (1.38%) BBC
14 14 (1.20%) Blog
15 13 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
16 12 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (0.95%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.64%) Linux
2 32 (2.75%) Android
3 16 (1.38%) Windows
4 15 (1.29%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.34%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.34%) Unix
6 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (47.12%) Full-Stack Development
2 538 (46.26%) Agile
3 331 (28.46%) CI/CD
4 327 (28.12%) Software Engineering
5 303 (26.05%) DevOps
6 289 (24.85%) AI
7 259 (22.27%) Mentoring
8 255 (21.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 251 (21.58%) Problem-Solving
10 243 (20.89%) Microservices
11 168 (14.45%) Test Automation
12 152 (13.07%) Scrum
13 124 (10.66%) Machine Learning
14 121 (10.40%) Technical Leadership
15 119 (10.23%) User Experience
16 109 (9.37%) Business Intelligence
16 109 (9.37%) SDLC
17 95 (8.17%) Coaching
18 92 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 86 (7.39%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 458 (39.38%) C#
2 425 (36.54%) TypeScript
3 377 (32.42%) SQL
4 259 (22.27%) Python
5 199 (17.11%) Java
6 72 (6.19%) PowerShell
7 62 (5.33%) PHP
8 57 (4.90%) C++
9 38 (3.27%) Ruby
10 27 (2.32%) Go
11 20 (1.72%) Bash
12 17 (1.46%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.69%) R
15 7 (0.60%) Rust
15 7 (0.60%) Scala
16 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.34%) Swift
16 4 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 111 (9.54%) Degree
2 109 (9.37%) Security Cleared
3 89 (7.65%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.77%) DBS Check
5 9 (0.77%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.60%) AWS Certification
6 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.34%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 2 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.17%) OCP
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (10.23%) QA
2 104 (8.94%) Accessibility
3 40 (3.44%) Data Quality
4 36 (3.10%) WCAG
5 20 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.95%) GDPR
7 10 (0.86%) GRC
8 8 (0.69%) SLA
9 6 (0.52%) HL7
10 5 (0.43%) NIST
11 4 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.26%) NCSC
13 1 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 138 (11.87%) Docker
2 4 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 102 (8.77%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.03%) Grafana
3 11 (0.95%) Ansible
4 9 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.52%) Podman
6 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.26%) Plesk
8 2 (0.17%) Kibana
9 1 (0.086%) Argo
9 1 (0.086%) Consul
9 1 (0.086%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 323 (27.77%) Microsoft
2 72 (6.19%) Google
3 28 (2.41%) Adobe
4 24 (2.06%) Oracle
5 19 (1.63%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.55%) Sony
7 16 (1.38%) Apple
7 16 (1.38%) Facebook
7 16 (1.38%) Yahoo!
8 14 (1.20%) HubSpot
8 14 (1.20%) OpenAI
8 14 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 10 (0.86%) Databricks
10 7 (0.60%) Infor
10 7 (0.60%) Sage
11 4 (0.34%) Alteryx
11 4 (0.34%) Marketo
11 4 (0.34%) New Relic
11 4 (0.34%) Optimizely
11 4 (0.34%) Sitecore