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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -24 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,119 1,831 3,005
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.11% 11.13% 11.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.86% 32.10% 28.67%
Number of salaries quoted 921 1,146 2,643
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -6.25%

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 5,932 5,704 10,481
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.07% 34.66% 38.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4,471 3,955 8,396
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,683 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,980
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +6.59% -6.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -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 28 July 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 62 (5.54%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.61%) CMS
3 11 (0.98%) WordPress
4 10 (0.89%) Confluence
5 8 (0.71%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.36%) Apache
7 4 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.36%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.27%) DNN
8 3 (0.27%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.27%) IIS
8 3 (0.27%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.27%) Kentico
8 3 (0.27%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.089%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.089%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.54%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.27%) Blender
4 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.27%) Maya
5 2 (0.18%) Elementor
6 1 (0.089%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.089%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.089%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.71%) Shopify
3 4 (0.36%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.36%) Lawson
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.089%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.089%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 465 (41.55%) Azure
2 404 (36.10%) AWS
3 150 (13.40%) SaaS
4 142 (12.69%) Azure DevOps
5 107 (9.56%) Power Platform
6 103 (9.20%) GCP
7 90 (8.04%) Serverless
8 81 (7.24%) Azure AI
9 79 (7.06%) Power Automate
9 79 (7.06%) PowerApps
10 76 (6.79%) GitHub
11 59 (5.27%) AWS Lambda
11 59 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
12 43 (3.84%) Amazon ECS
13 41 (3.66%) Amazon S3
13 41 (3.66%) Azure Logic Apps
14 34 (3.04%) Amazon SQS
15 33 (2.95%) Amazon EC2
16 31 (2.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 31 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.32%) Broadband
2 18 (1.61%) Internet
3 7 (0.63%) Firewall
3 7 (0.63%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (0.45%) Intranet
6 4 (0.36%) SSH
7 2 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.089%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.089%) Network Security
8 1 (0.089%) SSL
8 1 (0.089%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (20.82%) MongoDB
2 187 (16.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 95 (8.49%) PostgreSQL
3 95 (8.49%) SQL Server
4 81 (7.24%) Elasticsearch
5 79 (7.06%) MySQL
6 56 (5.00%) Power BI
7 49 (4.38%) Relational Database
8 45 (4.02%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.79%) Redis
10 16 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.98%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.80%) MariaDB
15 8 (0.71%) Metadata
16 7 (0.63%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
17 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 137 (12.24%) Git
2 48 (4.29%) Cypress.io
3 43 (3.84%) JIRA
4 29 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.43%) JUnit
6 15 (1.34%) GitLab
7 13 (1.16%) CircleCI
7 13 (1.16%) Maven
8 12 (1.07%) Mockito
9 10 (0.89%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.80%) Postman
10 9 (0.80%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.80%) webpack
11 8 (0.71%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.54%) Axure RP
12 6 (0.54%) Balsamiq
12 6 (0.54%) Selenium
12 6 (0.54%) Vite
13 5 (0.45%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 271 (24.22%) Social Skills
2 178 (15.91%) Finance
3 97 (8.67%) Public Sector
4 77 (6.88%) Legal
5 74 (6.61%) Law
6 71 (6.34%) Analytical Skills
7 64 (5.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 61 (5.45%) Marketing
9 44 (3.93%) Front Office
10 39 (3.49%) Retail
11 23 (2.06%) Banking
12 22 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.61%) Health Technology
14 17 (1.52%) Games
15 15 (1.34%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.16%) Legal Technology
17 10 (0.89%) Local Government
18 6 (0.54%) Advertising
18 6 (0.54%) Back Office
18 6 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 677 (60.50%) Developer
2 245 (21.89%) Senior
3 209 (18.68%) .NET Developer
4 196 (17.52%) Full-Stack Developer
5 184 (16.44%) Software Engineer
6 160 (14.30%) Lead
7 114 (10.19%) Senior Developer
8 100 (8.94%) Lead Developer
9 72 (6.43%) Lead Software Developer
10 71 (6.34%) Software Developer
11 61 (5.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 58 (5.18%) Lead Software Engineer
13 54 (4.83%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 49 (4.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 49 (4.38%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.38%) Testing Manager
15 47 (4.20%) Senior Software Engineer
16 42 (3.75%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 30 (2.68%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 29 (2.59%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 540 (48.26%) React
2 359 (32.08%) .NET
3 325 (29.04%) Node.js
4 221 (19.75%) HTML
5 214 (19.12%) ASP.NET
6 213 (19.03%) .NET Core
7 202 (18.05%) CSS
8 189 (16.89%) ASP.NET Core
9 163 (14.57%) Blazor
10 154 (13.76%) RESTful
11 90 (8.04%) ASP.NET Web API
12 89 (7.95%) Vue
13 88 (7.86%) REST
14 81 (7.24%) ML.NET
15 75 (6.70%) .NET Framework
16 73 (6.52%) AngularJS
17 70 (6.26%) JSON
18 46 (4.11%) Kafka
18 46 (4.11%) Redux
19 45 (4.02%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 92 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 64 (5.72%) Self-Motivation
2 64 (5.72%) Virtual Team
3 53 (4.74%) Greenfield Project
4 43 (3.84%) Product Ownership
5 41 (3.66%) Fixed Income
6 36 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.77%) Onboarding
8 30 (2.68%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (2.41%) Mobile App
10 23 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.88%) Social Media
12 17 (1.52%) BBC
12 17 (1.52%) iPhone
13 15 (1.34%) Cyberattack
13 15 (1.34%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.25%) Sports Betting
15 13 (1.16%) NHS
16 12 (1.07%) AI Agents
16 12 (1.07%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.00%) Linux
2 21 (1.88%) Android
3 10 (0.89%) Unix
4 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
4 5 (0.45%) Windows
5 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 568 (50.76%) Full-Stack Development
2 553 (49.42%) Agile
3 335 (29.94%) Software Engineering
4 312 (27.88%) DevOps
5 301 (26.90%) CI/CD
6 259 (23.15%) Microservices
7 250 (22.34%) AI
8 243 (21.72%) Mentoring
9 236 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
10 221 (19.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 164 (14.66%) Test Automation
12 153 (13.67%) Scrum
13 136 (12.15%) Machine Learning
14 124 (11.08%) User Experience
15 120 (10.72%) Technical Leadership
16 96 (8.58%) Containerisation
17 89 (7.95%) Business Intelligence
18 86 (7.69%) Front End Development
18 86 (7.69%) SDLC
19 83 (7.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 437 (39.05%) C#
2 411 (36.73%) TypeScript
3 361 (32.26%) SQL
4 286 (25.56%) Python
5 191 (17.07%) Java
6 79 (7.06%) PowerShell
7 63 (5.63%) PHP
8 52 (4.65%) Go
9 35 (3.13%) Ruby
10 31 (2.77%) C++
11 17 (1.52%) Bash
12 15 (1.34%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.07%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.98%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.71%) R
16 7 (0.63%) Scala
17 4 (0.36%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.36%) Perl
17 4 (0.36%) Rust
18 3 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 109 (9.74%) Degree
2 83 (7.42%) Security Cleared
3 76 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 53 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (1.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.54%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 5 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.27%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.27%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.089%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.089%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.089%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.089%) OCP
13 1 (0.089%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (9.83%) QA
2 87 (7.77%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.61%) Data Quality
4 16 (1.43%) WCAG
5 14 (1.25%) SLA
6 13 (1.16%) GDPR
7 11 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.63%) GRC
8 7 (0.63%) HL7
9 4 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.18%) NIST
12 1 (0.089%) NCSC
12 1 (0.089%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 126 (11.26%) Docker
2 5 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.40%) Terraform
3 12 (1.07%) Podman
4 10 (0.89%) Grafana
5 8 (0.71%) Ansible
6 7 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.27%) Plesk
8 2 (0.18%) Kibana
8 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.089%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 322 (28.78%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.17%) Google
3 30 (2.68%) Adobe
4 22 (1.97%) Oracle
5 19 (1.70%) Apple
5 19 (1.70%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.61%) Sony
7 17 (1.52%) Facebook
7 17 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.52%) Yahoo!
8 12 (1.07%) HubSpot
9 9 (0.80%) Databricks
9 9 (0.80%) MuleSoft
9 9 (0.80%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.63%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.54%) Cisco
11 6 (0.54%) F5
11 6 (0.54%) Juniper
11 6 (0.54%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.45%) New Relic