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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -30 -3 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,170 1,576 2,610
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.79% 9.72% 11.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.96% 31.03% 28.98%
Number of salaries quoted 956 928 1,919
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% - +12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £115,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £147,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.85%

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 6,170 5,079 9,007
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.27% 31.34% 38.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,610 3,418 6,109
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £84,875 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 September 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 59 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.54%) CMS
3 16 (1.37%) WordPress
4 11 (0.94%) Confluence
5 8 (0.68%) IIS
5 8 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.34%) Apache
7 4 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.34%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.26%) DNN
8 3 (0.26%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.26%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Kentico
8 3 (0.26%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.17%) nginx
10 1 (0.085%) ExpressionEngine
10 1 (0.085%) Moodle
Applications
1 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.51%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Blender
5 3 (0.26%) Maya
6 2 (0.17%) Elementor
7 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.085%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.085%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.085%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.60%) Infor M3
2 7 (0.60%) Lawson
2 7 (0.60%) Shopify
3 4 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
5 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 432 (36.92%) Azure
2 384 (32.82%) AWS
3 174 (14.87%) SaaS
4 124 (10.60%) Azure DevOps
5 118 (10.09%) Power Platform
6 103 (8.80%) Serverless
7 91 (7.78%) Power Automate
8 83 (7.09%) PowerApps
9 78 (6.67%) Azure AI
10 76 (6.50%) GCP
11 72 (6.15%) AWS Lambda
12 71 (6.07%) GitHub
13 61 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
14 52 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
15 42 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
16 41 (3.50%) Amazon S3
17 37 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
17 37 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
18 35 (2.99%) Amazon SQS
19 34 (2.91%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.45%) Internet
2 13 (1.11%) Broadband
3 6 (0.51%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.43%) Intranet
5 4 (0.34%) HTTP
5 4 (0.34%) SSH
6 3 (0.26%) Firewall
6 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.26%) SSL
7 1 (0.085%) DNS
7 1 (0.085%) Network Security
7 1 (0.085%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.085%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.085%) VPN
7 1 (0.085%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 222 (18.97%) MongoDB
2 178 (15.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 102 (8.72%) PostgreSQL
4 99 (8.46%) SQL Server
5 81 (6.92%) Elasticsearch
5 81 (6.92%) MySQL
6 60 (5.13%) Relational Database
7 55 (4.70%) Power BI
8 33 (2.82%) NoSQL
9 26 (2.22%) Redis
10 20 (1.71%) Spark SQL
11 16 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
12 15 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.11%) DynamoDB
14 12 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (0.77%) Metadata
16 8 (0.68%) MariaDB
17 7 (0.60%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
18 6 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 138 (11.79%) Git
2 45 (3.85%) Cypress.io
3 42 (3.59%) JIRA
4 32 (2.74%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.54%) JUnit
6 14 (1.20%) GitLab
6 14 (1.20%) Maven
6 14 (1.20%) Mockito
7 11 (0.94%) Claude Code
7 11 (0.94%) Postman
8 10 (0.85%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.77%) Selenium
9 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.51%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.51%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.51%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.51%) Subversion
11 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 273 (23.33%) Social Skills
2 159 (13.59%) Finance
3 118 (10.09%) Public Sector
4 88 (7.52%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (6.32%) Marketing
6 70 (5.98%) Legal
7 67 (5.73%) Law
8 58 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (2.99%) Retail
10 31 (2.65%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.97%) Banking
11 23 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.62%) Health Technology
13 12 (1.03%) Games
14 8 (0.68%) Local Government
14 8 (0.68%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.43%) Social Housing
16 4 (0.34%) Advertising
16 4 (0.34%) Front Office
16 4 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 662 (56.58%) Developer
2 230 (19.66%) Senior
3 203 (17.35%) .NET Developer
4 195 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
5 160 (13.68%) Lead
6 152 (12.99%) Software Engineer
7 102 (8.72%) Senior Developer
8 101 (8.63%) Software Developer
9 93 (7.95%) Lead Developer
10 72 (6.15%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 67 (5.73%) Lead Software Developer
12 52 (4.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 49 (4.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 49 (4.19%) Senior Manager
13 49 (4.19%) Testing Manager
14 39 (3.33%) Senior Software Engineer
15 30 (2.56%) Lead Software Engineer
16 28 (2.39%) Microsoft 365 Developer
16 28 (2.39%) Web Developer
17 26 (2.22%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 486 (41.54%) React
2 359 (30.68%) .NET
3 312 (26.67%) Node.js
4 238 (20.34%) HTML
5 215 (18.38%) CSS
6 214 (18.29%) .NET Core
7 208 (17.78%) ASP.NET
8 182 (15.56%) ASP.NET Core
9 164 (14.02%) Blazor
10 159 (13.59%) RESTful
11 90 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
12 83 (7.09%) .NET Framework
12 83 (7.09%) REST
13 78 (6.67%) ML.NET
14 77 (6.58%) Vue
15 70 (5.98%) AngularJS
16 62 (5.30%) JSON
17 49 (4.19%) Entity Framework
18 43 (3.68%) Jest
19 41 (3.50%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.58%) Cloud Native
2 63 (5.38%) Virtual Team
3 57 (4.87%) Self-Motivation
4 54 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
5 42 (3.59%) Product Ownership
6 38 (3.25%) Mobile App
7 29 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
8 28 (2.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 28 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (2.22%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.71%) Social Media
11 19 (1.62%) AI Agents
12 17 (1.45%) iPhone
13 16 (1.37%) BBC
13 16 (1.37%) NHS
14 15 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.20%) Blog
15 14 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
16 13 (1.11%) Sports Betting
17 12 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.53%) Linux
2 29 (2.48%) Android
3 14 (1.20%) Windows
4 12 (1.03%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.34%) Unix
6 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (47.35%) Full-Stack Development
2 539 (46.07%) Agile
3 328 (28.03%) CI/CD
4 322 (27.52%) Software Engineering
5 300 (25.64%) DevOps
6 283 (24.19%) AI
7 264 (22.56%) Mentoring
8 252 (21.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 250 (21.37%) Problem-Solving
10 249 (21.28%) Microservices
11 169 (14.44%) Test Automation
12 155 (13.25%) Scrum
13 128 (10.94%) Machine Learning
14 124 (10.60%) Technical Leadership
15 120 (10.26%) User Experience
16 112 (9.57%) Business Intelligence
17 109 (9.32%) SDLC
18 96 (8.21%) Coaching
19 90 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 85 (7.26%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 462 (39.49%) C#
2 425 (36.32%) TypeScript
3 383 (32.74%) SQL
4 252 (21.54%) Python
5 201 (17.18%) Java
6 73 (6.24%) PowerShell
7 63 (5.38%) PHP
8 58 (4.96%) C++
9 40 (3.42%) Ruby
10 26 (2.22%) Go
11 19 (1.62%) Bash
12 17 (1.45%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.68%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.68%) R
15 7 (0.60%) Rust
15 7 (0.60%) Scala
16 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.34%) Perl
16 4 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 109 (9.32%) Security Cleared
2 107 (9.15%) Degree
3 89 (7.61%) SC Cleared
4 51 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.77%) DBS Check
5 9 (0.77%) Master's Degree
6 7 (0.60%) AWS Certification
6 7 (0.60%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (0.51%) DV Cleared
7 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
8 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.17%) OCP
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.17%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.085%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (10.00%) QA
2 104 (8.89%) Accessibility
3 39 (3.33%) Data Quality
4 36 (3.08%) WCAG
5 20 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (0.94%) GDPR
6 11 (0.94%) GRC
7 9 (0.77%) SLA
8 7 (0.60%) HL7
9 5 (0.43%) NIST
10 4 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.26%) NCSC
12 1 (0.085%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 129 (11.03%) Docker
2 4 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.085%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 94 (8.03%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.03%) Grafana
3 11 (0.94%) Ansible
4 9 (0.77%) Prometheus
5 6 (0.51%) Podman
6 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.26%) Plesk
8 1 (0.085%) Argo
8 1 (0.085%) Consul
8 1 (0.085%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.085%) Kibana
Vendors
1 323 (27.61%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.90%) Google
3 30 (2.56%) Adobe
4 24 (2.05%) Oracle
5 18 (1.54%) Sony
6 17 (1.45%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.37%) Apple
7 16 (1.37%) Facebook
7 16 (1.37%) Yahoo!
8 14 (1.20%) HubSpot
8 14 (1.20%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.03%) OpenAI
10 10 (0.85%) Databricks
11 7 (0.60%) Infor
11 7 (0.60%) Sage
12 4 (0.34%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.34%) Marketo
12 4 (0.34%) New Relic
12 4 (0.34%) Optimizely
12 4 (0.34%) Sitecore