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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -23 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,107 1,870 3,093
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.09% 11.37% 11.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.85% 32.47% 28.69%
Number of salaries quoted 912 1,187 2,724
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,145
25th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £66,350 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.34% +6.16% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.14% +10.33% -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 5,873 5,760 10,780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.01% 35.02% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,420 4,009 8,657
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,500 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
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 25 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 (5.60%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.63%) CMS
3 11 (0.99%) WordPress
4 10 (0.90%) Confluence
5 8 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.36%) Apache
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (0.36%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.27%) DNN
7 3 (0.27%) EPiServer
7 3 (0.27%) Immediacy CMS
7 3 (0.27%) Kentico
7 3 (0.27%) Sitefinity
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.18%) IIS
8 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.090%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.090%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.81%) 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 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.72%) 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 (0.090%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.090%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 458 (41.37%) Azure
2 397 (35.86%) AWS
3 147 (13.28%) SaaS
4 141 (12.74%) Azure DevOps
5 104 (9.39%) Power Platform
6 101 (9.12%) GCP
7 89 (8.04%) Serverless
8 81 (7.32%) Azure AI
9 79 (7.14%) PowerApps
10 78 (7.05%) Power Automate
11 76 (6.87%) GitHub
12 58 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
13 57 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
14 42 (3.79%) Amazon ECS
15 41 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
16 40 (3.61%) Amazon S3
17 33 (2.98%) Amazon SQS
18 32 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
19 31 (2.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 30 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.35%) Broadband
2 18 (1.63%) 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 1 (0.090%) HTTP
7 1 (0.090%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.090%) Network Security
7 1 (0.090%) SSL
7 1 (0.090%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (20.96%) MongoDB
2 187 (16.89%) Azure SQL Database
3 94 (8.49%) PostgreSQL
4 92 (8.31%) SQL Server
5 81 (7.32%) Elasticsearch
6 79 (7.14%) MySQL
7 56 (5.06%) Power BI
8 51 (4.61%) Relational Database
9 45 (4.07%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.81%) Redis
11 16 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 11 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.99%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.81%) MariaDB
15 8 (0.72%) Metadata
16 7 (0.63%) Data Lake
16 7 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
17 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 134 (12.10%) Git
2 47 (4.25%) Cypress.io
3 43 (3.88%) JIRA
4 29 (2.62%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.36%) GitLab
5 15 (1.36%) JUnit
6 13 (1.17%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.08%) Maven
8 11 (0.99%) Mockito
9 10 (0.90%) Claude Code
10 9 (0.81%) Postman
10 9 (0.81%) TeamCity
10 9 (0.81%) webpack
11 8 (0.72%) 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
1 272 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 178 (16.08%) Finance
3 97 (8.76%) Public Sector
4 77 (6.96%) Legal
5 74 (6.68%) Law
6 72 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
7 64 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 59 (5.33%) Marketing
9 44 (3.97%) Front Office
10 40 (3.61%) Retail
11 23 (2.08%) Banking
12 22 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.63%) Health Technology
14 16 (1.45%) Games
15 14 (1.26%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.17%) Legal Technology
17 10 (0.90%) Local Government
18 6 (0.54%) Advertising
18 6 (0.54%) Back Office
18 6 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 671 (60.61%) Developer
2 245 (22.13%) Senior
3 209 (18.88%) .NET Developer
4 192 (17.34%) Full-Stack Developer
5 182 (16.44%) Software Engineer
6 158 (14.27%) Lead
7 114 (10.30%) Senior Developer
8 99 (8.94%) Lead Developer
9 71 (6.41%) Lead Software Developer
10 68 (6.14%) Software Developer
11 61 (5.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 58 (5.24%) Lead Software Engineer
13 53 (4.79%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 49 (4.43%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.43%) Testing Manager
15 47 (4.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 47 (4.25%) Senior Software Engineer
16 42 (3.79%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 30 (2.71%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 29 (2.62%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 533 (48.15%) React
2 355 (32.07%) .NET
3 321 (29.00%) Node.js
4 221 (19.96%) HTML
5 213 (19.24%) ASP.NET
6 212 (19.15%) .NET Core
7 201 (18.16%) CSS
8 189 (17.07%) ASP.NET Core
9 162 (14.63%) Blazor
10 153 (13.82%) RESTful
11 89 (8.04%) ASP.NET Web API
11 89 (8.04%) Vue
12 86 (7.77%) REST
13 81 (7.32%) ML.NET
14 75 (6.78%) .NET Framework
15 73 (6.59%) AngularJS
16 71 (6.41%) JSON
17 46 (4.16%) Kafka
17 46 (4.16%) Redux
18 45 (4.07%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 62 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
2 62 (5.60%) Virtual Team
3 52 (4.70%) Greenfield Project
4 42 (3.79%) Product Ownership
5 41 (3.70%) Fixed Income
6 36 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.80%) Onboarding
8 30 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
9 27 (2.44%) Mobile App
10 23 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.90%) Social Media
12 17 (1.54%) BBC
12 17 (1.54%) iPhone
13 15 (1.36%) Cyberattack
13 15 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.26%) Sports Betting
15 13 (1.17%) NHS
16 12 (1.08%) AI Agents
16 12 (1.08%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.97%) Linux
2 21 (1.90%) Android
3 10 (0.90%) Unix
4 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
4 5 (0.45%) Windows
5 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 559 (50.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 551 (49.77%) Agile
3 330 (29.81%) Software Engineering
4 310 (28.00%) DevOps
5 295 (26.65%) CI/CD
6 256 (23.13%) Microservices
7 246 (22.22%) AI
8 241 (21.77%) Mentoring
9 237 (21.41%) Problem-Solving
10 220 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
11 164 (14.81%) Test Automation
12 152 (13.73%) Scrum
13 136 (12.29%) Machine Learning
14 120 (10.84%) Technical Leadership
14 120 (10.84%) User Experience
15 95 (8.58%) Containerisation
16 89 (8.04%) Business Intelligence
17 85 (7.68%) SDLC
18 84 (7.59%) Front End Development
19 83 (7.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 430 (38.84%) C#
2 404 (36.50%) TypeScript
3 358 (32.34%) SQL
4 282 (25.47%) Python
5 190 (17.16%) Java
6 79 (7.14%) PowerShell
7 63 (5.69%) PHP
8 51 (4.61%) Go
9 34 (3.07%) Ruby
10 31 (2.80%) C++
11 16 (1.45%) Bash
12 15 (1.36%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 11 (0.99%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.72%) 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 (9.85%) Degree
2 82 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 75 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 53 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.72%) DBS Check
8 7 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 6 (0.54%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.36%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.27%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.27%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.090%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 1 (0.090%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.090%) OCP
13 1 (0.090%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.090%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (9.85%) QA
2 87 (7.86%) Accessibility
3 16 (1.45%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.45%) WCAG
4 14 (1.26%) SLA
5 13 (1.17%) GDPR
6 11 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.63%) GRC
7 7 (0.63%) HL7
8 4 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.18%) NIST
11 1 (0.090%) NCSC
11 1 (0.090%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 124 (11.20%) Docker
2 5 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 77 (6.96%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.34%) Terraform
3 12 (1.08%) Podman
4 10 (0.90%) Grafana
5 8 (0.72%) 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 (0.090%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 319 (28.82%) Microsoft
2 69 (6.23%) Google
3 30 (2.71%) Adobe
4 22 (1.99%) Oracle
5 19 (1.72%) Apple
5 19 (1.72%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.63%) Sony
7 17 (1.54%) Facebook
7 17 (1.54%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.54%) Yahoo!
8 12 (1.08%) HubSpot
9 9 (0.81%) Databricks
9 9 (0.81%) MuleSoft
9 9 (0.81%) 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