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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 15 15
Rank change year-on-year -28 0 -5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 782 2,076 2,320
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.16% 12.13% 11.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.88% 28.39% 24.69%
Number of salaries quoted 664 1,418 2,085
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,395
25th Percentile £48,688 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,625 £93,778 £80,000
90th Percentile £118,750 £122,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -1.57%

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 4,141 7,313 9,395
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.34% 42.72% 46.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,136 4,662 7,947
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,779 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,968
% change year-on-year -3.85% +3.23% -3.13%

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 31 December 2025.

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 70 (8.95%) Apache Airflow
2 39 (4.99%) Apache
3 24 (3.07%) SharePoint
4 22 (2.81%) CMS
5 11 (1.41%) Apache Solr
6 9 (1.15%) Confluence
7 8 (1.02%) Headless CMS
7 8 (1.02%) WordPress
8 5 (0.64%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.64%) IIS
8 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.51%) nginx
9 4 (0.51%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.38%) Drupal
10 3 (0.38%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.38%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.38%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.38%) WebLogic Portal
11 2 (0.26%) Mendix
Applications
1 12 (1.53%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (1.02%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.38%) Simulink
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Notion
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 22 (2.81%) Shopify
2 14 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.02%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.64%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.38%) Infor CloudSuite
6 3 (0.38%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 3 (0.38%) Maximo
6 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.38%) Primavera
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 330 (42.20%) AWS
2 295 (37.72%) Azure
3 103 (13.17%) Serverless
4 99 (12.66%) GCP
5 88 (11.25%) SaaS
6 69 (8.82%) dbt
7 52 (6.65%) GitHub
8 49 (6.27%) Power Platform
9 45 (5.75%) Power Automate
10 44 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
11 41 (5.24%) Dynamics 365
12 37 (4.73%) Snowflake
13 36 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
13 36 (4.60%) PowerApps
14 33 (4.22%) Amazon S3
15 32 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
16 29 (3.71%) Figma
17 25 (3.20%) Amazon ECS
18 24 (3.07%) Azure Logic Apps
19 22 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.05%) Broadband
2 5 (0.64%) HTTP
3 4 (0.51%) SSH
4 2 (0.26%) AMQP
4 2 (0.26%) Firewall
4 2 (0.26%) Intranet
4 2 (0.26%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.13%) DNS
5 1 (0.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (10.23%) PostgreSQL
2 74 (9.46%) SQL Server
3 67 (8.57%) Amazon Athena
4 66 (8.44%) Apache Arrow
4 66 (8.44%) Apache Iceberg
4 66 (8.44%) Dremio
4 66 (8.44%) MySQL
5 60 (7.67%) MongoDB
6 49 (6.27%) Relational Database
7 41 (5.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 41 (5.24%) Elasticsearch
7 41 (5.24%) NoSQL
8 37 (4.73%) Apache Ignite
8 37 (4.73%) Data Lake
9 30 (3.84%) Power BI
10 13 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (1.41%) RDBMS
12 9 (1.15%) DynamoDB
12 9 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 121 (15.47%) Git
2 41 (5.24%) Cypress.io
3 30 (3.84%) JIRA
4 18 (2.30%) webpack
5 17 (2.17%) Jenkins
5 17 (2.17%) Selenium
6 13 (1.66%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.66%) GitLab
7 12 (1.53%) CircleCI
8 11 (1.41%) Balsamiq
9 9 (1.15%) Babel
9 9 (1.15%) JMeter
9 9 (1.15%) TeamCity
10 8 (1.02%) Postman
11 7 (0.90%) Jaeger
11 7 (0.90%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.90%) Vite
12 6 (0.77%) LoadRunner
12 6 (0.77%) SonarQube
13 5 (0.64%) Cucumber
General
1 217 (27.75%) Social Skills
2 183 (23.40%) Finance
3 87 (11.13%) Law
4 74 (9.46%) Front Office
5 65 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 58 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
8 40 (5.12%) Banking
9 37 (4.73%) Investment Banking
10 32 (4.09%) Marketing
11 19 (2.43%) Retail
12 15 (1.92%) Legal
13 14 (1.79%) Games
14 11 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (0.90%) Advertising
16 6 (0.77%) Manufacturing
17 4 (0.51%) Electronics
17 4 (0.51%) Health Technology
17 4 (0.51%) Multimedia
17 4 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 476 (60.87%) Developer
2 180 (23.02%) Senior
3 129 (16.50%) Software Engineer
4 97 (12.40%) Senior Developer
5 96 (12.28%) .NET Developer
6 76 (9.72%) Full-Stack Developer
7 69 (8.82%) AWS Engineer
7 69 (8.82%) Software Developer
8 66 (8.44%) AWS Software Engineer
8 66 (8.44%) Python Engineer
8 66 (8.44%) Python Software Engineer
9 60 (7.67%) Lead
10 49 (6.27%) AWS Developer
11 48 (6.14%) Python Developer
12 47 (6.01%) Senior Software Engineer
13 44 (5.63%) Java Engineer
14 40 (5.12%) Java Software Engineer
15 37 (4.73%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 36 (4.60%) Senior Java Engineer
17 35 (4.48%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 269 (34.40%) React
2 247 (31.59%) HTML
3 226 (28.90%) CSS
4 219 (28.01%) .NET
5 158 (20.20%) Node.js
6 125 (15.98%) AngularJS
7 109 (13.94%) Vue
8 87 (11.13%) REST
9 76 (9.72%) .NET Core
10 72 (9.21%) ASP.NET
11 66 (8.44%) NumPy
11 66 (8.44%) Pandas
11 66 (8.44%) SciPy
12 64 (8.18%) RESTful
13 49 (6.27%) HTML5
14 48 (6.14%) .NET Framework
15 44 (5.63%) Entity Framework
16 43 (5.50%) Web Services
17 42 (5.37%) ASP.NET MVC
18 40 (5.12%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (9.46%) Fixed Income
2 68 (8.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 66 (8.44%) Equities
4 60 (7.67%) Product Ownership
5 45 (5.75%) Cloud Native
6 37 (4.73%) Derivative
6 37 (4.73%) Hedge funds
6 37 (4.73%) Pricing Data
7 35 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
8 24 (3.07%) Low-Code
8 24 (3.07%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.92%) Data Structures
9 15 (1.92%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.15%) Data Centre
11 9 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.02%) Motion Graphics
13 7 (0.90%) Algorithms
13 7 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.90%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.42%) Linux
2 24 (3.07%) Windows
3 23 (2.94%) Unix
4 15 (1.92%) Android
4 15 (1.92%) Apple iOS
4 15 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 406 (51.92%) Agile
2 232 (29.67%) Software Engineering
3 207 (26.47%) Full-Stack Development
4 192 (24.55%) CI/CD
5 178 (22.76%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (19.44%) DevOps
7 145 (18.54%) Mentoring
8 127 (16.24%) Microservices
9 101 (12.92%) Asset Management
10 100 (12.79%) User Experience
11 94 (12.02%) AI
12 92 (11.76%) Front End Development
13 86 (11.00%) Computer Science
14 81 (10.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (10.36%) MVC
15 80 (10.23%) Roadmaps
16 74 (9.46%) Investment Management
16 74 (9.46%) Test Automation
17 71 (9.08%) Scrum
18 69 (8.82%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 303 (38.75%) TypeScript
2 263 (33.63%) Python
3 223 (28.52%) C#
4 170 (21.74%) SQL
5 159 (20.33%) Java
6 57 (7.29%) PHP
7 28 (3.58%) Go
8 19 (2.43%) PowerShell
9 13 (1.66%) Bash
9 13 (1.66%) Ruby
10 9 (1.15%) Shell Script
11 8 (1.02%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.90%) C
12 7 (0.90%) VB.NET
13 6 (0.77%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.64%) Perl
14 5 (0.64%) R
14 5 (0.64%) VBA
15 4 (0.51%) C++
15 4 (0.51%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 121 (15.47%) Degree
2 83 (10.61%) Security Cleared
3 77 (9.85%) SC Cleared
4 70 (8.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 38 (4.86%) AWS Certification
7 25 (3.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.20%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.07%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (1.79%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.51%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.38%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.38%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.26%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.13%) HND
15 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (8.95%) QA
2 68 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 23 (2.94%) WCAG
4 18 (2.30%) GDPR
5 4 (0.51%) HL7
6 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 113 (14.45%) Docker
2 6 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 72 (9.21%) Kubernetes
2 61 (7.80%) Terraform
3 25 (3.20%) Grafana
4 23 (2.94%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.81%) Ansible
6 14 (1.79%) Argo
7 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.90%) Kustomize
9 3 (0.38%) cPanel
9 3 (0.38%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.38%) Plesk
10 2 (0.26%) Control-M
10 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.13%) Istio
11 1 (0.13%) Kibana
Vendors
1 170 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 37 (4.73%) ServiceNow
3 29 (3.71%) Google
4 24 (3.07%) Adobe
5 23 (2.94%) MuleSoft
6 20 (2.56%) Oracle
7 14 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.66%) IBM
8 13 (1.66%) Workday
9 8 (1.02%) Apple
9 8 (1.02%) IFS
9 8 (1.02%) Infor
9 8 (1.02%) SAP
10 6 (0.77%) DevExpress
10 6 (0.77%) Facebook
10 6 (0.77%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.77%) YouTube
11 5 (0.64%) Jitterbit
11 5 (0.64%) SnapLogic
11 5 (0.64%) Talend