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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 14 13
Rank change year-on-year -37 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 741 1,909 3,723
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.04% 13.40% 11.44%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.28% 32.48% 27.88%
Number of salaries quoted 613 1,320 3,446
10th Percentile £41,400 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.37% +11.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,125 £105,625
UK median annual salary £59,773 £65,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.39% +8.75% -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 4,849 5,877 13,352
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.41% 41.25% 41.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,555 4,447 11,439
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 £78,750
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 7 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 45 (6.07%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.62%) CMS
3 5 (0.67%) Confluence
4 4 (0.54%) nginx
4 4 (0.54%) WordPress
5 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.40%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.27%) Apache
6 2 (0.27%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (1.75%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.67%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) Notion
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.08%) Shopify
3 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Maximo
4 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 320 (43.18%) AWS
2 255 (34.41%) Azure
3 101 (13.63%) Serverless
4 88 (11.88%) GCP
5 78 (10.53%) Power Platform
6 64 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
7 61 (8.23%) SaaS
8 59 (7.96%) AWS Lambda
9 55 (7.42%) GitHub
10 52 (7.02%) PowerApps
11 51 (6.88%) Power Automate
12 45 (6.07%) Amazon S3
12 45 (6.07%) Azure Logic Apps
13 40 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
14 36 (4.86%) Amazon ECS
14 36 (4.86%) Amazon SQS
15 33 (4.45%) Amazon EC2
16 29 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
17 21 (2.83%) Azure Data Factory
17 21 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (5.26%) Broadband
2 7 (0.94%) Firewall
3 6 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.67%) Intranet
5 3 (0.40%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.27%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (10.93%) MongoDB
2 71 (9.58%) PostgreSQL
3 59 (7.96%) SQL Server
4 54 (7.29%) NoSQL
5 48 (6.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 47 (6.34%) Relational Database
7 45 (6.07%) Power BI
8 41 (5.53%) MySQL
9 21 (2.83%) RDBMS
10 19 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.21%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.67%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.67%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.67%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.67%) Metadata
15 5 (0.67%) Redis
16 4 (0.54%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 100 (13.50%) Git
2 54 (7.29%) Cypress.io
3 22 (2.97%) JIRA
4 20 (2.70%) CircleCI
5 19 (2.56%) Jaeger
6 17 (2.29%) Jenkins
7 16 (2.16%) GitLab
8 13 (1.75%) Axure RP
9 12 (1.62%) Balsamiq
10 10 (1.35%) Selenium
11 9 (1.21%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.21%) webpack
12 8 (1.08%) Vite
13 7 (0.94%) Postman
14 4 (0.54%) Babel
14 4 (0.54%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.54%) Maven
15 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
15 3 (0.40%) JUnit
15 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 194 (26.18%) Social Skills
2 121 (16.33%) Finance
3 82 (11.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 76 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (9.58%) Law
6 62 (8.37%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.40%) Front Office
8 20 (2.70%) Retail
9 19 (2.56%) Legal
10 18 (2.43%) Banking
11 16 (2.16%) Games
12 15 (2.02%) Health Technology
13 14 (1.89%) Marketing
14 10 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.67%) Advertising
16 5 (0.67%) Back Office
17 4 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.54%) Local Government
18 3 (0.40%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 437 (58.97%) Developer
2 152 (20.51%) Senior
3 134 (18.08%) Full-Stack Developer
4 127 (17.14%) Software Engineer
5 124 (16.73%) Lead
6 94 (12.69%) Senior Developer
7 72 (9.72%) Lead Developer
8 56 (7.56%) .NET Developer
9 53 (7.15%) Lead Software Developer
10 50 (6.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 47 (6.34%) Software Developer
12 43 (5.80%) Lead Software Engineer
13 41 (5.53%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 38 (5.13%) React Developer
15 33 (4.45%) Power Platform Developer
16 29 (3.91%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 27 (3.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 26 (3.51%) JavaScript Developer
19 24 (3.24%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 24 (3.24%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 333 (44.94%) React
2 204 (27.53%) HTML
2 204 (27.53%) Node.js
3 188 (25.37%) .NET
4 182 (24.56%) CSS
5 79 (10.66%) .NET Core
6 69 (9.31%) REST
7 62 (8.37%) Vue
8 60 (8.10%) JSON
8 60 (8.10%) RESTful
9 59 (7.96%) AngularJS
10 58 (7.83%) ASP.NET
11 47 (6.34%) Kafka
12 43 (5.80%) Redux
13 41 (5.53%) GraphQL
14 40 (5.40%) HTML5
15 38 (5.13%) ASP.NET Core
16 35 (4.72%) HTML5 Canvas
17 34 (4.59%) Jest
18 32 (4.32%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 69 (9.31%) Product Ownership
2 68 (9.18%) Cloud Native
3 40 (5.40%) Fixed Income
4 32 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.97%) Low-Code
5 22 (2.97%) Onboarding
6 19 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
6 19 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
8 17 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
9 15 (2.02%) e-Learning
9 15 (2.02%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.75%) Sports Betting
11 10 (1.35%) Cyberattack
11 10 (1.35%) NHS
12 9 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 8 (1.08%) Culture of Ownership
13 8 (1.08%) Derivative
13 8 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.08%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.61%) Linux
2 26 (3.51%) Unix
3 11 (1.48%) Android
4 9 (1.21%) 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
1 327 (44.13%) Full-Stack Development
2 324 (43.72%) Agile
3 214 (28.88%) CI/CD
4 194 (26.18%) Software Engineering
5 187 (25.24%) DevOps
6 185 (24.97%) Problem-Solving
7 156 (21.05%) Mentoring
8 152 (20.51%) Microservices
9 113 (15.25%) Continuous Improvement
10 110 (14.84%) User Experience
11 92 (12.42%) Containerisation
11 92 (12.42%) Test Automation
12 89 (12.01%) AI
13 79 (10.66%) Scrum
14 73 (9.85%) Technical Leadership
15 70 (9.45%) Infrastructure as Code
16 67 (9.04%) Front End Development
16 67 (9.04%) Roadmaps
17 61 (8.23%) Computer Science
18 56 (7.56%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 270 (36.44%) TypeScript
2 234 (31.58%) Python
3 201 (27.13%) C#
4 180 (24.29%) Java
5 161 (21.73%) SQL
6 66 (8.91%) Go
7 48 (6.48%) PHP
8 28 (3.78%) Bash
9 27 (3.64%) Ruby
10 26 (3.51%) PowerShell
11 18 (2.43%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.81%) C++
12 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.54%) Scala
14 3 (0.40%) C
14 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.40%) Rust
14 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.27%) SOQL
15 2 (0.27%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 100 (13.50%) Degree
2 74 (9.99%) Security Cleared
3 69 (9.31%) SC Cleared
4 48 (6.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (4.59%) AWS Certification
6 26 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.16%) DBS Check
8 14 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 13 (1.75%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.75%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.27%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
14 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (9.31%) QA
2 61 (8.23%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.29%) WCAG
4 15 (2.02%) SLA
5 7 (0.94%) GDPR
5 7 (0.94%) GRC
6 6 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.67%) HL7
8 4 (0.54%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 133 (17.95%) Docker
2 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 91 (12.28%) Kubernetes
2 72 (9.72%) Terraform
3 28 (3.78%) Ansible
3 28 (3.78%) Prometheus
4 27 (3.64%) Argo
5 20 (2.70%) Grafana
6 19 (2.56%) Kustomize
7 12 (1.62%) Podman
8 4 (0.54%) Plesk
9 2 (0.27%) cPanel
9 2 (0.27%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (21.46%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.29%) Google
3 35 (4.72%) Adobe
4 22 (2.97%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.02%) MuleSoft
7 9 (1.21%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.08%) Oracle
9 7 (0.94%) Apple
10 6 (0.81%) Cisco
10 6 (0.81%) F5
10 6 (0.81%) Juniper
10 6 (0.81%) Palo Alto
11 5 (0.67%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.54%) Facebook
12 4 (0.54%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.40%) IBM
13 3 (0.40%) Sony
13 3 (0.40%) Yahoo!
14 2 (0.27%) BT