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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -33 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 782 1,955 3,780
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.16% 12.95% 11.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.73% 32.09% 28.19%
Number of salaries quoted 656 1,234 3,502
10th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +10.49% -4.00%
75th Percentile £81,563 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £59,386 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.64% +8.33% -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 4,970 6,093 13,408
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.44% 40.36% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,657 4,260 11,388
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,225 £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 £79,313
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 20 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 (5.12%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.41%) CMS
3 7 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (0.77%) Confluence
5 3 (0.38%) nginx
5 3 (0.38%) WordPress
6 2 (0.26%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.41%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.28%) Shopify
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.13%) Magento
3 1 (0.13%) Maximo
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 328 (41.94%) AWS
2 287 (36.70%) Azure
3 97 (12.40%) Serverless
4 85 (10.87%) GCP
5 82 (10.49%) Azure DevOps
6 75 (9.59%) Power Platform
7 59 (7.54%) AWS Lambda
7 59 (7.54%) SaaS
8 57 (7.29%) GitHub
9 50 (6.39%) PowerApps
10 48 (6.14%) Power Automate
11 46 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 45 (5.75%) Amazon S3
13 38 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
14 37 (4.73%) Amazon SQS
14 37 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
15 33 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
16 27 (3.45%) Azure AI
16 27 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
17 22 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.86%) Broadband
2 7 (0.90%) Firewall
3 6 (0.77%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.64%) Internet
5 3 (0.38%) HTTP
5 3 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
5 3 (0.38%) Intranet
6 1 (0.13%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (13.17%) MongoDB
2 79 (10.10%) PostgreSQL
3 73 (9.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 60 (7.67%) NoSQL
5 58 (7.42%) SQL Server
6 50 (6.39%) MySQL
7 49 (6.27%) Relational Database
8 41 (5.24%) Power BI
9 25 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.56%) RDBMS
11 18 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.90%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.90%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.90%) Redis
15 6 (0.77%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.64%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.64%) Metadata
17 4 (0.51%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 109 (13.94%) Git
2 53 (6.78%) Cypress.io
3 23 (2.94%) JIRA
4 18 (2.30%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.17%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.92%) GitLab
6 15 (1.92%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.41%) Axure RP
8 10 (1.28%) Balsamiq
9 9 (1.15%) Selenium
9 9 (1.15%) TeamCity
10 8 (1.02%) Maven
10 8 (1.02%) Postman
10 8 (1.02%) webpack
11 7 (0.90%) JUnit
11 7 (0.90%) Vite
12 6 (0.77%) Mockito
13 5 (0.64%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 183 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 131 (16.75%) Finance
3 86 (11.00%) Public Sector
4 79 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 76 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (7.80%) Law
7 40 (5.12%) Front Office
8 24 (3.07%) Retail
9 23 (2.94%) Marketing
10 21 (2.69%) Legal
11 20 (2.56%) Banking
12 16 (2.05%) Games
13 15 (1.92%) Health Technology
14 11 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.02%) Local Government
16 6 (0.77%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.64%) Back Office
18 4 (0.51%) Advertising
18 4 (0.51%) Manufacturing
18 4 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 458 (58.57%) Developer
2 158 (20.20%) Senior
3 146 (18.67%) Software Engineer
4 139 (17.77%) Full-Stack Developer
4 139 (17.77%) Lead
5 92 (11.76%) Senior Developer
6 78 (9.97%) Lead Developer
7 76 (9.72%) .NET Developer
8 56 (7.16%) Lead Software Developer
9 50 (6.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 50 (6.39%) Lead Software Engineer
10 47 (6.01%) Software Developer
11 41 (5.24%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 39 (4.99%) React Developer
13 36 (4.60%) Senior Software Engineer
14 33 (4.22%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 33 (4.22%) Power Platform Developer
15 30 (3.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 27 (3.45%) JavaScript Developer
17 26 (3.32%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 361 (46.16%) React
2 217 (27.75%) Node.js
3 210 (26.85%) .NET
4 195 (24.94%) HTML
5 175 (22.38%) CSS
6 98 (12.53%) .NET Core
7 86 (11.00%) RESTful
8 79 (10.10%) ASP.NET
9 74 (9.46%) REST
10 64 (8.18%) ASP.NET Core
10 64 (8.18%) Vue
11 58 (7.42%) AngularJS
11 58 (7.42%) JSON
12 51 (6.52%) Blazor
13 47 (6.01%) Kafka
14 43 (5.50%) Redux
15 41 (5.24%) GraphQL
15 41 (5.24%) HTML5
16 37 (4.73%) Jest
17 36 (4.60%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 70 (8.95%) Cloud Native
2 62 (7.93%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.12%) Fixed Income
4 39 (4.99%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.69%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (2.69%) Low-Code
8 19 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
9 18 (2.30%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.92%) e-Learning
10 15 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.66%) Sports Betting
12 11 (1.41%) Cyberattack
13 9 (1.15%) Blog
14 8 (1.02%) Derivative
14 8 (1.02%) Equities
14 8 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (1.02%) NHS
14 8 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.52%) Linux
2 25 (3.20%) Unix
3 13 (1.66%) Android
4 6 (0.77%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Debian
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (46.04%) Agile
1 360 (46.04%) Full-Stack Development
2 239 (30.56%) CI/CD
3 220 (28.13%) Software Engineering
4 204 (26.09%) DevOps
5 186 (23.79%) Problem-Solving
6 179 (22.89%) Mentoring
7 169 (21.61%) Microservices
8 116 (14.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 110 (14.07%) AI
10 108 (13.81%) User Experience
11 95 (12.15%) Test Automation
12 93 (11.89%) Containerisation
13 89 (11.38%) Scrum
14 88 (11.25%) Technical Leadership
15 72 (9.21%) Infrastructure as Code
16 71 (9.08%) Front End Development
16 71 (9.08%) Machine Learning
17 68 (8.70%) Roadmaps
18 60 (7.67%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 270 (34.53%) TypeScript
2 228 (29.16%) Python
3 226 (28.90%) C#
4 202 (25.83%) Java
5 199 (25.45%) SQL
6 64 (8.18%) Go
7 47 (6.01%) PHP
8 28 (3.58%) Bash
9 27 (3.45%) Ruby
10 26 (3.32%) PowerShell
11 17 (2.17%) Apex Code
12 15 (1.92%) C++
13 10 (1.28%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.51%) Rust
14 4 (0.51%) Scala
14 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.38%) Perl
15 3 (0.38%) R
16 2 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 98 (12.53%) Degree
2 73 (9.34%) Security Cleared
3 68 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 46 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (4.09%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.79%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.28%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.64%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.38%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
14 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (8.44%) Accessibility
2 62 (7.93%) QA
3 15 (1.92%) SLA
3 15 (1.92%) WCAG
4 9 (1.15%) GDPR
5 7 (0.90%) GRC
6 6 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.51%) HL7
7 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 126 (16.11%) Docker
2 5 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 88 (11.25%) Kubernetes
2 67 (8.57%) Terraform
3 27 (3.45%) Ansible
4 25 (3.20%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.81%) Argo
6 18 (2.30%) Grafana
6 18 (2.30%) Kustomize
7 12 (1.53%) Podman
8 3 (0.38%) Plesk
9 2 (0.26%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 170 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.54%) Google
3 33 (4.22%) Adobe
4 20 (2.56%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.30%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.05%) Oracle
7 13 (1.66%) MuleSoft
8 9 (1.15%) Apple
9 7 (0.90%) HubSpot
9 7 (0.90%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.77%) Cisco
10 6 (0.77%) F5
10 6 (0.77%) Facebook
10 6 (0.77%) Juniper
10 6 (0.77%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.77%) Sony
10 6 (0.77%) Yahoo!
11 4 (0.51%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.26%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.26%) SendGrid