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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -25 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,077 1,896 3,242
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.99% 11.51% 11.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.52% 32.65% 28.44%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,212 2,864
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,125 £37,325
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,340 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.87% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.15% +10.34% -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 5,815 5,807 11,401
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.92% 35.25% 39.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,396 4,042 9,204
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £108,750
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 21 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 57 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.67%) CMS
3 10 (0.93%) WordPress
4 9 (0.84%) Confluence
5 8 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.37%) Apache
6 4 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.37%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.28%) DNN
7 3 (0.28%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.28%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.28%) Kentico
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.28%) Sitefinity
8 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.19%) IIS
8 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.093%) ExpressionEngine
9 1 (0.093%) Moodle
Applications
1 13 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.56%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.28%) Blender
4 3 (0.28%) Maya
5 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Elementor
6 1 (0.093%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.093%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.093%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.74%) Shopify
3 3 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.19%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.19%) Lawson
4 2 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.093%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.093%) Magento
5 1 (0.093%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 451 (41.88%) Azure
2 388 (36.03%) AWS
3 143 (13.28%) Azure DevOps
4 139 (12.91%) SaaS
5 102 (9.47%) Power Platform
6 99 (9.19%) GCP
7 91 (8.45%) Serverless
8 81 (7.52%) Azure AI
9 76 (7.06%) Power Automate
9 76 (7.06%) PowerApps
10 66 (6.13%) GitHub
11 58 (5.39%) AWS Lambda
12 52 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
13 43 (3.99%) Azure Logic Apps
14 42 (3.90%) Amazon ECS
14 42 (3.90%) Amazon S3
15 33 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
16 32 (2.97%) Amazon SQS
17 31 (2.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 31 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.41%) Broadband
2 18 (1.67%) Internet
3 7 (0.65%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.56%) Firewall
5 5 (0.46%) Intranet
6 4 (0.37%) SSH
7 1 (0.093%) HTTP
7 1 (0.093%) Network Security
7 1 (0.093%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (21.63%) MongoDB
2 187 (17.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 87 (8.08%) PostgreSQL
3 87 (8.08%) SQL Server
4 81 (7.52%) Elasticsearch
5 76 (7.06%) MySQL
6 51 (4.74%) Power BI
7 48 (4.46%) Relational Database
8 45 (4.18%) NoSQL
9 19 (1.76%) Redis
10 16 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.84%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (0.74%) MariaDB
14 8 (0.74%) Metadata
15 7 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
16 6 (0.56%) Data Lake
17 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 123 (11.42%) Git
2 47 (4.36%) Cypress.io
3 42 (3.90%) JIRA
4 23 (2.14%) Jenkins
5 14 (1.30%) GitLab
6 13 (1.21%) CircleCI
6 13 (1.21%) JUnit
7 12 (1.11%) Maven
8 10 (0.93%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.93%) Mockito
9 8 (0.74%) Postman
9 8 (0.74%) TeamCity
9 8 (0.74%) Visual Studio
9 8 (0.74%) webpack
10 6 (0.56%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.56%) Balsamiq
11 5 (0.46%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.46%) Selenium
11 5 (0.46%) Vite
12 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
General
1 259 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 168 (15.60%) Finance
3 92 (8.54%) Public Sector
4 71 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (6.59%) Legal
5 70 (6.50%) Law
6 60 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 56 (5.20%) Marketing
8 44 (4.09%) Front Office
9 42 (3.90%) Retail
10 24 (2.23%) Banking
11 22 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.67%) Health Technology
13 15 (1.39%) Games
14 13 (1.21%) Legal Technology
15 10 (0.93%) Local Government
15 10 (0.93%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.56%) Advertising
16 6 (0.56%) Back Office
16 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 664 (61.65%) Developer
2 232 (21.54%) Senior
3 210 (19.50%) .NET Developer
4 193 (17.92%) Full-Stack Developer
5 179 (16.62%) Software Engineer
6 155 (14.39%) Lead
7 109 (10.12%) Senior Developer
8 98 (9.10%) Lead Developer
9 70 (6.50%) Lead Software Developer
10 66 (6.13%) Software Developer
11 61 (5.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 58 (5.39%) Lead Software Engineer
13 52 (4.83%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 47 (4.36%) Senior Software Engineer
15 44 (4.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 44 (4.09%) Senior Manager
15 44 (4.09%) Testing Manager
16 42 (3.90%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 29 (2.69%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 27 (2.51%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 522 (48.47%) React
2 349 (32.40%) .NET
3 314 (29.16%) Node.js
4 215 (19.96%) HTML
5 211 (19.59%) ASP.NET
6 209 (19.41%) .NET Core
7 193 (17.92%) CSS
8 189 (17.55%) ASP.NET Core
9 163 (15.13%) Blazor
10 151 (14.02%) RESTful
11 89 (8.26%) ASP.NET Web API
11 89 (8.26%) Vue
12 81 (7.52%) ML.NET
13 80 (7.43%) REST
14 71 (6.59%) .NET Framework
15 70 (6.50%) JSON
16 67 (6.22%) AngularJS
17 46 (4.27%) Redux
18 45 (4.18%) Kafka
19 43 (3.99%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 87 (8.08%) Cloud Native
2 59 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
3 55 (5.11%) Virtual Team
4 50 (4.64%) Greenfield Project
5 43 (3.99%) Product Ownership
6 41 (3.81%) Fixed Income
7 33 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (2.79%) Onboarding
9 29 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (2.32%) Mobile App
11 21 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 20 (1.86%) Social Media
13 17 (1.58%) BBC
13 17 (1.58%) iPhone
14 15 (1.39%) Cyberattack
14 15 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.30%) Sports Betting
16 13 (1.21%) NHS
17 12 (1.11%) Low-Code
17 12 (1.11%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.92%) Linux
2 18 (1.67%) Android
3 10 (0.93%) Unix
4 5 (0.46%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.37%) Windows
6 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (51.90%) Full-Stack Development
2 529 (49.12%) Agile
3 312 (28.97%) Software Engineering
4 301 (27.95%) DevOps
5 276 (25.63%) CI/CD
6 256 (23.77%) Microservices
7 235 (21.82%) AI
8 231 (21.45%) Mentoring
9 228 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
10 202 (18.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 154 (14.30%) Test Automation
12 146 (13.56%) Scrum
13 135 (12.53%) Machine Learning
14 117 (10.86%) User Experience
15 116 (10.77%) Technical Leadership
16 89 (8.26%) Containerisation
17 83 (7.71%) Business Intelligence
18 81 (7.52%) Multithreading
19 80 (7.43%) Front End Development
20 77 (7.15%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 418 (38.81%) C#
2 391 (36.30%) TypeScript
3 355 (32.96%) SQL
4 266 (24.70%) Python
5 186 (17.27%) Java
6 73 (6.78%) PowerShell
7 64 (5.94%) PHP
8 49 (4.55%) Go
9 35 (3.25%) Ruby
10 29 (2.69%) C++
11 14 (1.30%) Bash
11 14 (1.30%) PL/SQL
12 12 (1.11%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.02%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.74%) R
15 7 (0.65%) Scala
16 4 (0.37%) Perl
16 4 (0.37%) Rust
17 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 102 (9.47%) Degree
2 71 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 65 (6.04%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.58%) ITIL Certification
6 13 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.74%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.46%) DV Cleared
8 5 (0.46%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.37%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.28%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.28%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.28%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.093%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.093%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.093%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (8.91%) QA
2 81 (7.52%) Accessibility
3 15 (1.39%) SLA
3 15 (1.39%) WCAG
4 14 (1.30%) Data Quality
5 12 (1.11%) GDPR
5 12 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.65%) GRC
6 7 (0.65%) HL7
7 6 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.28%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.093%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 116 (10.77%) Docker
2 5 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 72 (6.69%) Kubernetes
2 36 (3.34%) Terraform
3 12 (1.11%) Podman
4 10 (0.93%) Grafana
5 6 (0.56%) Ansible
5 6 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.28%) Plesk
7 2 (0.19%) Kibana
8 1 (0.093%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.093%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 314 (29.16%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.31%) Google
3 28 (2.60%) Adobe
4 20 (1.86%) Oracle
5 19 (1.76%) Apple
6 18 (1.67%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.58%) Facebook
7 17 (1.58%) Sony
7 17 (1.58%) Yahoo!
8 15 (1.39%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.11%) HubSpot
10 9 (0.84%) MuleSoft
10 9 (0.84%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.74%) Databricks
12 6 (0.56%) Cisco
12 6 (0.56%) F5
12 6 (0.56%) Juniper
12 6 (0.56%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.56%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.46%) New Relic