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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -38 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 728 1,657 3,712
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.26% 12.32% 12.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.16% 27.08% 28.14%
Number of salaries quoted 599 1,371 3,399
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,875 £50,000 £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 £77,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 4,504 6,118 13,190
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.36% 45.48% 43.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,278 4,539 11,440
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £48,768 £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 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 23 March 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 30 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.34%) CMS
3 7 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.82%) Apache
5 5 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.69%) Apache Solr
5 5 (0.69%) NServiceBus
5 5 (0.69%) WordPress
6 4 (0.55%) nginx
7 3 (0.41%) Confluence
7 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.27%) Mendix
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
Applications
1 15 (2.06%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.10%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.55%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) InVision
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Notion
4 1 (0.14%) Sketch
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (2.06%) Shopify
2 12 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.41%) Maximo
4 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.41%) Primavera
5 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.27%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.14%) PlanetPress Connect
6 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 310 (42.58%) AWS
2 259 (35.58%) Azure
3 112 (15.38%) Serverless
4 79 (10.85%) GCP
5 63 (8.65%) GitHub
6 61 (8.38%) Power Platform
7 57 (7.83%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (7.69%) SaaS
9 55 (7.55%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (6.32%) Power Automate
11 41 (5.63%) Amazon S3
12 40 (5.49%) PowerApps
13 39 (5.36%) Dynamics 365
14 35 (4.81%) Azure Logic Apps
15 33 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (3.71%) Amazon EC2
16 27 (3.71%) Amazon ECS
17 26 (3.57%) Figma
18 25 (3.43%) Amazon SQS
19 24 (3.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.95%) Broadband
2 8 (1.10%) Firewall
3 6 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.55%) SSH
5 3 (0.41%) HTTP
5 3 (0.41%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Intranet
6 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.48%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (8.52%) Relational Database
3 57 (7.83%) MongoDB
4 56 (7.69%) SQL Server
5 51 (7.01%) NoSQL
6 45 (6.18%) MySQL
7 33 (4.53%) Power BI
8 28 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (3.02%) RDBMS
10 18 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.24%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.82%) Redis
15 5 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
15 5 (0.69%) DynamoDB
16 4 (0.55%) Apache Arrow
16 4 (0.55%) Apache Ignite
16 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
16 4 (0.55%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 115 (15.80%) Git
2 47 (6.46%) Cypress.io
3 26 (3.57%) JIRA
4 19 (2.61%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.34%) CircleCI
5 17 (2.34%) GitLab
6 16 (2.20%) Axure RP
6 16 (2.20%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.92%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.92%) webpack
8 12 (1.65%) Selenium
9 11 (1.51%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.37%) Vite
11 7 (0.96%) Babel
12 6 (0.82%) JMeter
12 6 (0.82%) Postman
13 5 (0.69%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.55%) LoadRunner
15 3 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
General
1 198 (27.20%) Social Skills
2 116 (15.93%) Finance
3 92 (12.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (12.09%) Law
5 80 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
6 78 (10.71%) Public Sector
7 44 (6.04%) Front Office
8 22 (3.02%) Marketing
9 21 (2.88%) Legal
10 20 (2.75%) Games
10 20 (2.75%) Retail
11 13 (1.79%) Banking
12 8 (1.10%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.10%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.55%) Advertising
14 4 (0.55%) Electronics
14 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 435 (59.75%) Developer
2 151 (20.74%) Senior
3 118 (16.21%) Software Engineer
4 108 (14.84%) Full-Stack Developer
5 98 (13.46%) Lead
5 98 (13.46%) Senior Developer
6 54 (7.42%) Lead Developer
7 51 (7.01%) .NET Developer
8 48 (6.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 42 (5.77%) React Developer
10 41 (5.63%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 37 (5.08%) Lead Software Engineer
12 36 (4.95%) Lead Software Developer
13 33 (4.53%) Python Developer
14 32 (4.40%) Power Platform Developer
15 31 (4.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 29 (3.98%) Software Developer
17 28 (3.85%) Java Developer
18 23 (3.16%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
19 22 (3.02%) AWS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 308 (42.31%) React
2 213 (29.26%) HTML
3 197 (27.06%) CSS
4 172 (23.63%) Node.js
5 171 (23.49%) .NET
6 86 (11.81%) REST
7 72 (9.89%) AngularJS
7 72 (9.89%) Vue
8 64 (8.79%) .NET Core
9 52 (7.14%) RESTful
10 51 (7.01%) ASP.NET
11 45 (6.18%) Kafka
12 44 (6.04%) GraphQL
12 44 (6.04%) Redux
13 37 (5.08%) JSON
13 37 (5.08%) SOAP
14 34 (4.67%) Web Services
15 32 (4.40%) HTML5
16 29 (3.98%) Spring
17 28 (3.85%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.20%) Product Ownership
2 60 (8.24%) Cloud Native
3 44 (6.04%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.81%) Low-Code
5 26 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (3.02%) Mobile App
8 21 (2.88%) Onboarding
9 17 (2.34%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.65%) Derivative
11 12 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.65%) Equities
11 12 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.24%) Sports Betting
13 8 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.10%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.10%) Private Cloud
14 7 (0.96%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.97%) Linux
2 37 (5.08%) Unix
3 13 (1.79%) Android
4 12 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.10%) Windows
6 5 (0.69%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (47.80%) Agile
2 265 (36.40%) Full-Stack Development
3 220 (30.22%) CI/CD
4 199 (27.34%) Software Engineering
5 195 (26.79%) Problem-Solving
6 187 (25.69%) DevOps
7 163 (22.39%) Mentoring
8 124 (17.03%) Microservices
9 103 (14.15%) User Experience
10 95 (13.05%) Test Automation
11 93 (12.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 91 (12.50%) Containerisation
13 78 (10.71%) AI
14 77 (10.58%) Front End Development
15 76 (10.44%) Computer Science
16 63 (8.65%) Roadmaps
17 62 (8.52%) Code Quality
18 61 (8.38%) Performance Optimisation
18 61 (8.38%) Scrum
19 59 (8.10%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 254 (34.89%) Python
2 234 (32.14%) TypeScript
3 196 (26.92%) C#
4 179 (24.59%) Java
5 143 (19.64%) SQL
6 63 (8.65%) Go
7 47 (6.46%) PHP
8 29 (3.98%) Bash
9 21 (2.88%) Apex Code
9 21 (2.88%) Ruby
10 14 (1.92%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.24%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.55%) C
14 3 (0.41%) R
15 2 (0.27%) C++
15 2 (0.27%) RPG
15 2 (0.27%) SOQL
15 2 (0.27%) SOSL
15 2 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 119 (16.35%) Degree
2 95 (13.05%) Security Cleared
3 87 (11.95%) SC Cleared
4 61 (8.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 41 (5.63%) AWS Certification
6 37 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 20 (2.75%) Azure Certification
8 19 (2.61%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.65%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.69%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.41%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.75%) Accessibility
2 66 (9.07%) QA
3 22 (3.02%) WCAG
4 13 (1.79%) GDPR
5 9 (1.24%) SLA
6 5 (0.69%) GRC
7 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.41%) HL7
9 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 140 (19.23%) Docker
2 6 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 91 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 77 (10.58%) Terraform
3 32 (4.40%) Ansible
4 31 (4.26%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.71%) Argo
6 25 (3.43%) Grafana
7 19 (2.61%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.82%) Podman
9 3 (0.41%) cPanel
9 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.41%) Plesk
9 3 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.27%) Control-M
10 2 (0.27%) Kibana
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 145 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.87%) Google
3 27 (3.71%) ServiceNow
4 25 (3.43%) MuleSoft
4 25 (3.43%) Salesforce
5 23 (3.16%) Adobe
6 15 (2.06%) Oracle
7 13 (1.79%) IBM
8 9 (1.24%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.10%) IFS
9 8 (1.10%) SAP
10 7 (0.96%) Workday
11 6 (0.82%) Apple
11 6 (0.82%) Cisco
11 6 (0.82%) F5
11 6 (0.82%) Juniper
11 6 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.69%) Infor
12 5 (0.69%) Informatica
12 5 (0.69%) Talend