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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -29 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 805 1,839 3,813
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.25% 12.64% 11.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.02% 31.97% 28.29%
Number of salaries quoted 675 1,130 3,534
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +10.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,125 £111,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.14% +10.33% -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 5,024 5,752 13,479
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.53% 39.53% 41.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,698 3,957 11,426
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 26 May 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 40 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.49%) CMS
3 8 (0.99%) Confluence
3 8 (0.99%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (0.37%) nginx
4 3 (0.37%) WordPress
5 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) SAS
6 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.24%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.50%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) Blender
4 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) InVision
4 1 (0.12%) Maya
4 1 (0.12%) Sketch
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.37%) Shopify
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.12%) Magento
3 1 (0.12%) Maximo
3 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 341 (42.36%) AWS
2 299 (37.14%) Azure
3 100 (12.42%) Serverless
4 89 (11.06%) GCP
5 85 (10.56%) Azure DevOps
6 80 (9.94%) Power Platform
7 61 (7.58%) AWS Lambda
7 61 (7.58%) SaaS
8 59 (7.33%) GitHub
9 51 (6.34%) PowerApps
10 50 (6.21%) Power Automate
11 48 (5.96%) Azure Logic Apps
12 46 (5.71%) Amazon S3
13 39 (4.84%) Amazon ECS
14 37 (4.60%) Amazon SQS
14 37 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
15 34 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
16 27 (3.35%) Azure AI
16 27 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
17 22 (2.73%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.72%) Broadband
2 6 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (0.75%) Firewall
3 5 (0.62%) Internet
4 3 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
4 3 (0.37%) Intranet
5 2 (0.25%) HTTP
6 1 (0.12%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (13.54%) MongoDB
2 82 (10.19%) PostgreSQL
3 74 (9.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 63 (7.83%) NoSQL
5 59 (7.33%) SQL Server
6 57 (7.08%) MySQL
7 52 (6.46%) Relational Database
8 44 (5.47%) Power BI
9 25 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
11 19 (2.36%) RDBMS
12 10 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.99%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.99%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.87%) MariaDB
14 7 (0.87%) Redis
15 5 (0.62%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.62%) Metadata
16 4 (0.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 115 (14.29%) Git
2 53 (6.58%) Cypress.io
3 25 (3.11%) JIRA
4 18 (2.24%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.11%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.86%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.74%) GitLab
8 10 (1.24%) Axure RP
8 10 (1.24%) JUnit
8 10 (1.24%) Maven
9 9 (1.12%) Balsamiq
9 9 (1.12%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.99%) Mockito
10 8 (0.99%) Selenium
10 8 (0.99%) webpack
11 7 (0.87%) Postman
11 7 (0.87%) Vite
12 5 (0.62%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.37%) Claude Code
General
1 196 (24.35%) Social Skills
2 134 (16.65%) Finance
3 92 (11.43%) Public Sector
4 80 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (7.33%) Law
7 40 (4.97%) Front Office
8 29 (3.60%) Marketing
9 26 (3.23%) Retail
10 23 (2.86%) Legal
11 20 (2.48%) Banking
12 15 (1.86%) Games
12 15 (1.86%) Health Technology
13 12 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.24%) Local Government
15 6 (0.75%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.62%) Back Office
16 5 (0.62%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.62%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 470 (58.39%) Developer
2 166 (20.62%) Senior
3 155 (19.25%) Software Engineer
4 145 (18.01%) Lead
5 140 (17.39%) Full-Stack Developer
6 97 (12.05%) Senior Developer
7 80 (9.94%) Lead Developer
8 79 (9.81%) .NET Developer
9 56 (6.96%) Lead Software Developer
10 54 (6.71%) Lead Software Engineer
11 52 (6.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 48 (5.96%) Software Developer
13 41 (5.09%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 40 (4.97%) Senior Software Engineer
15 38 (4.72%) React Developer
16 34 (4.22%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 33 (4.10%) Power Platform Developer
18 31 (3.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
19 28 (3.48%) Java Developer
20 27 (3.35%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 367 (45.59%) React
2 224 (27.83%) Node.js
3 213 (26.46%) .NET
4 200 (24.84%) HTML
5 181 (22.48%) CSS
6 98 (12.17%) .NET Core
7 95 (11.80%) RESTful
8 81 (10.06%) ASP.NET
9 78 (9.69%) REST
10 67 (8.32%) ASP.NET Core
10 67 (8.32%) Vue
11 60 (7.45%) AngularJS
12 57 (7.08%) JSON
13 53 (6.58%) Blazor
14 50 (6.21%) Kafka
15 43 (5.34%) Redux
16 42 (5.22%) HTML5
17 40 (4.97%) GraphQL
18 38 (4.72%) Jest
18 38 (4.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 72 (8.94%) Cloud Native
2 63 (7.83%) Product Ownership
3 42 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.97%) Fixed Income
5 27 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (2.98%) Onboarding
7 23 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
8 21 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (2.61%) Low-Code
9 17 (2.11%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.86%) e-Learning
12 13 (1.61%) Sports Betting
13 11 (1.37%) Blog
13 11 (1.37%) Cyberattack
14 9 (1.12%) Culture of Ownership
14 9 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
14 9 (1.12%) Virtual Team
15 8 (0.99%) Equities
15 8 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.71%) Linux
2 24 (2.98%) Unix
3 12 (1.49%) Android
4 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.25%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (47.08%) Agile
2 365 (45.34%) Full-Stack Development
3 250 (31.06%) CI/CD
4 227 (28.20%) Software Engineering
5 209 (25.96%) DevOps
6 195 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
7 191 (23.73%) Mentoring
8 182 (22.61%) Microservices
9 122 (15.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 119 (14.78%) AI
11 115 (14.29%) User Experience
12 101 (12.55%) Containerisation
13 100 (12.42%) Test Automation
14 97 (12.05%) Scrum
15 94 (11.68%) Technical Leadership
16 75 (9.32%) Machine Learning
16 75 (9.32%) Roadmaps
17 73 (9.07%) Front End Development
17 73 (9.07%) Infrastructure as Code
18 61 (7.58%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 279 (34.66%) TypeScript
2 233 (28.94%) Python
3 229 (28.45%) C#
4 213 (26.46%) Java
5 207 (25.71%) SQL
6 63 (7.83%) Go
7 49 (6.09%) PHP
8 29 (3.60%) Bash
9 28 (3.48%) Ruby
10 25 (3.11%) PowerShell
11 18 (2.24%) C++
12 17 (2.11%) Apex Code
13 13 (1.61%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.75%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.62%) Scala
16 4 (0.50%) Perl
16 4 (0.50%) R
16 4 (0.50%) Rust
17 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.25%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 99 (12.30%) Degree
2 77 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 73 (9.07%) SC Cleared
4 47 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.85%) AWS Certification
6 21 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.74%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.24%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.50%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.37%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.12%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.82%) Accessibility
2 62 (7.70%) QA
3 16 (1.99%) WCAG
4 15 (1.86%) SLA
5 11 (1.37%) GDPR
6 7 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 7 (0.87%) GRC
6 7 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.50%) HL7
7 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 132 (16.40%) Docker
2 5 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 91 (11.30%) Kubernetes
2 64 (7.95%) Terraform
3 26 (3.23%) Ansible
4 24 (2.98%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.73%) Argo
6 18 (2.24%) Kustomize
7 15 (1.86%) Grafana
8 12 (1.49%) Podman
9 3 (0.37%) Plesk
10 2 (0.25%) Kibana
11 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.12%) Puppet
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 170 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 58 (7.20%) Google
3 32 (3.98%) Adobe
4 20 (2.48%) Oracle
4 20 (2.48%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.61%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.12%) HubSpot
8 8 (0.99%) Apple
9 7 (0.87%) OpenAI
9 7 (0.87%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.75%) Cisco
10 6 (0.75%) F5
10 6 (0.75%) Facebook
10 6 (0.75%) Juniper
10 6 (0.75%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.75%) Sony
10 6 (0.75%) Yahoo!
11 2 (0.25%) BT
11 2 (0.25%) IBM