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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -37 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 742 1,858 3,629
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.43% 12.59% 12.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.59% 27.61% 28.01%
Number of salaries quoted 622 1,403 3,320
10th Percentile £41,300 £39,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,268 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.46% +10.45% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £112,250 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 4,472 6,730 12,954
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.68% 45.62% 44.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,277 4,613 11,276
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,000 £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 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 7 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 27 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.29%) CMS
3 14 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (1.08%) Apache
5 7 (0.94%) WordPress
6 5 (0.67%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.67%) Apache Solr
6 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.67%) NServiceBus
7 4 (0.54%) nginx
8 3 (0.40%) Confluence
8 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
9 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.27%) Mendix
9 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (1.89%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.54%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.40%) Simulink
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.13%) Notion
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.29%) Shopify
2 13 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.54%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.40%) Maximo
5 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.40%) PlanetPress Connect
5 3 (0.40%) Primavera
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.13%) Magento
7 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 325 (43.80%) AWS
2 271 (36.52%) Azure
3 113 (15.23%) Serverless
4 83 (11.19%) GCP
5 75 (10.11%) SaaS
6 60 (8.09%) GitHub
7 59 (7.95%) Power Platform
8 55 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
9 50 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (5.93%) Power Automate
11 42 (5.66%) Dynamics 365
12 40 (5.39%) Amazon S3
13 38 (5.12%) PowerApps
14 32 (4.31%) Azure Logic Apps
14 32 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
15 29 (3.91%) Amazon ECS
16 26 (3.50%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
18 23 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
18 23 (3.10%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.50%) Broadband
2 6 (0.81%) Firewall
3 4 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (0.54%) HTTP
3 4 (0.54%) SSH
4 2 (0.27%) Internet
4 2 (0.27%) Intranet
4 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.13%) AMQP
5 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.70%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (8.89%) Relational Database
3 56 (7.55%) SQL Server
4 51 (6.87%) MongoDB
5 50 (6.74%) MySQL
6 44 (5.93%) NoSQL
7 32 (4.31%) Power BI
8 26 (3.50%) Azure SQL Database
9 23 (3.10%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (3.10%) RDBMS
10 17 (2.29%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 12 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
13 11 (1.48%) Apache Arrow
13 11 (1.48%) Apache Iceberg
13 11 (1.48%) Dremio
14 9 (1.21%) BigQuery
15 8 (1.08%) Redis
16 6 (0.81%) Apache Ignite
16 6 (0.81%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 112 (15.09%) Git
2 40 (5.39%) Cypress.io
3 26 (3.50%) JIRA
4 19 (2.56%) Jaeger
5 18 (2.43%) GitLab
6 17 (2.29%) Jenkins
7 15 (2.02%) Axure RP
7 15 (2.02%) webpack
8 13 (1.75%) Balsamiq
8 13 (1.75%) TeamCity
9 12 (1.62%) CircleCI
9 12 (1.62%) Selenium
10 11 (1.48%) Vite
11 7 (0.94%) Babel
12 6 (0.81%) JMeter
12 6 (0.81%) Postman
13 5 (0.67%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.54%) LoadRunner
15 3 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
General
1 197 (26.55%) Social Skills
2 141 (19.00%) Finance
3 89 (11.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 85 (11.46%) Law
5 81 (10.92%) Public Sector
6 78 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (6.87%) Front Office
8 21 (2.83%) Marketing
8 21 (2.83%) Retail
9 17 (2.29%) Games
10 16 (2.16%) Legal
11 14 (1.89%) Banking
12 10 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.08%) Health Technology
14 6 (0.81%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.81%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.67%) Advertising
15 5 (0.67%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.54%) Electronics
16 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 449 (60.51%) Developer
2 152 (20.49%) Senior
3 116 (15.63%) Software Engineer
4 99 (13.34%) Lead
5 98 (13.21%) Full-Stack Developer
5 98 (13.21%) Senior Developer
6 66 (8.89%) .NET Developer
7 52 (7.01%) Lead Developer
8 46 (6.20%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 46 (6.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 43 (5.80%) React Developer
9 43 (5.80%) Software Developer
10 37 (4.99%) Lead Software Engineer
11 36 (4.85%) Lead Software Developer
12 35 (4.72%) Power Platform Developer
12 35 (4.72%) Python Developer
13 31 (4.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 29 (3.91%) AWS Developer
15 28 (3.77%) Java Developer
16 25 (3.37%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 297 (40.03%) React
2 216 (29.11%) HTML
3 198 (26.68%) CSS
4 185 (24.93%) .NET
5 164 (22.10%) Node.js
6 88 (11.86%) AngularJS
7 85 (11.46%) REST
8 78 (10.51%) Vue
9 63 (8.49%) .NET Core
10 54 (7.28%) ASP.NET
11 50 (6.74%) RESTful
12 49 (6.60%) Kafka
13 46 (6.20%) GraphQL
14 43 (5.80%) Redux
15 42 (5.66%) SOAP
16 39 (5.26%) HTML5
17 33 (4.45%) Web Services
18 32 (4.31%) JSON
19 31 (4.18%) .NET Framework
19 31 (4.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.63%) Product Ownership
2 56 (7.55%) Cloud Native
3 51 (6.87%) Fixed Income
4 36 (4.85%) Low-Code
5 32 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
6 19 (2.56%) Equities
6 19 (2.56%) Mobile App
7 17 (2.29%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.16%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.89%) Derivative
10 13 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.35%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.21%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
15 8 (1.08%) e-Learning
15 8 (1.08%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.82%) Linux
2 36 (4.85%) Unix
3 13 (1.75%) Android
4 12 (1.62%) Apple iOS
5 10 (1.35%) Windows
6 7 (0.94%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.13%) CentOS
7 1 (0.13%) Debian
7 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (47.98%) Agile
2 246 (33.15%) Full-Stack Development
3 210 (28.30%) Software Engineering
4 209 (28.17%) CI/CD
5 193 (26.01%) Problem-Solving
6 183 (24.66%) DevOps
7 164 (22.10%) Mentoring
8 127 (17.12%) Microservices
9 96 (12.94%) User Experience
10 87 (11.73%) Computer Science
11 84 (11.32%) AI
12 83 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
13 80 (10.78%) Front End Development
13 80 (10.78%) Test Automation
14 78 (10.51%) Containerisation
15 70 (9.43%) Roadmaps
16 59 (7.95%) Data Modelling
17 57 (7.68%) Scrum
18 56 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
18 56 (7.55%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 263 (35.44%) Python
2 256 (34.50%) TypeScript
3 205 (27.63%) C#
4 186 (25.07%) Java
5 152 (20.49%) SQL
6 64 (8.63%) Go
7 53 (7.14%) PHP
8 30 (4.04%) Bash
9 20 (2.70%) Apex Code
9 20 (2.70%) Ruby
10 14 (1.89%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.21%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.94%) C
12 7 (0.94%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.54%) C++
14 3 (0.40%) Assembly Language
14 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.40%) Swift
14 3 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 128 (17.25%) Degree
2 104 (14.02%) Security Cleared
3 96 (12.94%) SC Cleared
4 67 (9.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (6.06%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (3.23%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.62%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.67%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.40%) IBM Certification
14 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (8.89%) QA
2 60 (8.09%) Accessibility
3 22 (2.96%) WCAG
4 15 (2.02%) GDPR
5 9 (1.21%) SLA
6 4 (0.54%) HL7
6 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.13%) GRC
System Software
1 134 (18.06%) Docker
2 6 (0.81%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 96 (12.94%) Kubernetes
2 81 (10.92%) Terraform
3 33 (4.45%) Ansible
4 32 (4.31%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.64%) Argo
5 27 (3.64%) Grafana
6 19 (2.56%) Kustomize
7 5 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.40%) cPanel
8 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.40%) Plesk
9 2 (0.27%) Control-M
9 2 (0.27%) Kibana
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 143 (19.27%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.66%) Google
3 28 (3.77%) MuleSoft
4 26 (3.50%) ServiceNow
5 24 (3.23%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.43%) Adobe
7 16 (2.16%) Oracle
8 13 (1.75%) IBM
9 9 (1.21%) SAP
9 9 (1.21%) Workday
10 8 (1.08%) IFS
11 7 (0.94%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.67%) Apple
12 5 (0.67%) Dell
12 5 (0.67%) Epicor
12 5 (0.67%) Infor
12 5 (0.67%) Informatica
12 5 (0.67%) Jitterbit
12 5 (0.67%) Software AG
12 5 (0.67%) TIBCO