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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -34 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 734 1,590 3,733
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.36% 12.30% 12.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.00% 27.03% 28.28%
Number of salaries quoted 607 1,371 3,408
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,350 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +10.58% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,979 £96,827
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.88% +10.00% -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 4,587 5,882 13,201
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.23% 45.51% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,346 4,562 11,444
10th Percentile £39,594 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £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 £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 29 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 33 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.18%) CMS
3 7 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.82%) Apache
5 5 (0.68%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.68%) NServiceBus
5 5 (0.68%) WordPress
6 4 (0.54%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.54%) nginx
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%) Confluence
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%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 15 (2.04%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.09%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.54%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) InVision
4 1 (0.14%) Notion
4 1 (0.14%) Sketch
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.91%) Shopify
2 12 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.41%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Maximo
4 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 310 (42.23%) AWS
2 261 (35.56%) Azure
3 111 (15.12%) Serverless
4 81 (11.04%) GCP
5 63 (8.58%) Power Platform
6 60 (8.17%) GitHub
7 58 (7.90%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (7.63%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (7.63%) SaaS
9 48 (6.54%) Power Automate
10 42 (5.72%) Amazon S3
10 42 (5.72%) PowerApps
11 38 (5.18%) Dynamics 365
12 36 (4.90%) Azure Logic Apps
13 35 (4.77%) Microsoft 365
14 28 (3.81%) Amazon EC2
14 28 (3.81%) Amazon ECS
15 26 (3.54%) Amazon SQS
16 25 (3.41%) Figma
17 23 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.90%) Broadband
2 8 (1.09%) Firewall
3 6 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.54%) SSH
5 3 (0.41%) HTTP
5 3 (0.41%) Intranet
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (9.54%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (8.17%) Relational Database
3 57 (7.77%) MongoDB
4 54 (7.36%) SQL Server
5 51 (6.95%) NoSQL
6 50 (6.81%) MySQL
7 35 (4.77%) Power BI
8 30 (4.09%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (3.00%) RDBMS
10 17 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (2.18%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.23%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (0.68%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.68%) Redis
15 4 (0.54%) Apache Ignite
15 4 (0.54%) Big Data
15 4 (0.54%) Dremio
15 4 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 113 (15.40%) Git
2 48 (6.54%) Cypress.io
3 25 (3.41%) JIRA
4 19 (2.59%) Jaeger
5 16 (2.18%) CircleCI
5 16 (2.18%) GitLab
6 15 (2.04%) Axure RP
6 15 (2.04%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.91%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.91%) webpack
8 12 (1.63%) Selenium
9 11 (1.50%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.36%) Vite
11 7 (0.95%) Babel
12 6 (0.82%) JMeter
12 6 (0.82%) Postman
13 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.54%) LoadRunner
15 3 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
General
1 197 (26.84%) Social Skills
2 118 (16.08%) Finance
3 92 (12.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 90 (12.26%) Law
5 81 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (10.35%) Public Sector
7 44 (5.99%) Front Office
8 22 (3.00%) Marketing
9 21 (2.86%) Legal
10 19 (2.59%) Games
10 19 (2.59%) Retail
11 15 (2.04%) Banking
12 9 (1.23%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.09%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.68%) Advertising
14 5 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.54%) Electronics
15 4 (0.54%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 440 (59.95%) Developer
2 150 (20.44%) Senior
3 120 (16.35%) Software Engineer
4 112 (15.26%) Full-Stack Developer
5 97 (13.22%) Senior Developer
6 96 (13.08%) Lead
7 53 (7.22%) Lead Developer
8 52 (7.08%) .NET Developer
9 48 (6.54%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 41 (5.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 41 (5.59%) React Developer
11 37 (5.04%) Lead Software Developer
12 36 (4.90%) Lead Software Engineer
13 33 (4.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 32 (4.36%) Power Platform Developer
15 29 (3.95%) Java Developer
15 29 (3.95%) Python Developer
15 29 (3.95%) Software Developer
16 25 (3.41%) JavaScript Developer
17 23 (3.13%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 311 (42.37%) React
2 217 (29.56%) HTML
3 198 (26.98%) CSS
4 176 (23.98%) Node.js
5 174 (23.71%) .NET
6 81 (11.04%) REST
7 74 (10.08%) Vue
8 71 (9.67%) AngularJS
9 67 (9.13%) .NET Core
10 52 (7.08%) RESTful
11 51 (6.95%) ASP.NET
12 45 (6.13%) Kafka
13 44 (5.99%) Redux
14 43 (5.86%) GraphQL
15 41 (5.59%) JSON
16 35 (4.77%) HTML5
17 34 (4.63%) SOAP
18 33 (4.50%) Web Services
19 30 (4.09%) Spring
20 29 (3.95%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.99%) Product Ownership
2 64 (8.72%) Cloud Native
3 44 (5.99%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.77%) Low-Code
5 25 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (3.27%) Mobile App
7 23 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (3.00%) Onboarding
9 16 (2.18%) Data Structures
10 15 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
11 14 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
12 13 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.63%) Derivative
13 12 (1.63%) Equities
14 11 (1.50%) Sports Betting
15 9 (1.23%) Data Centre
16 8 (1.09%) Distributed Architecture
16 8 (1.09%) e-Learning
16 8 (1.09%) NHS
16 8 (1.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (8.04%) Linux
2 37 (5.04%) Unix
3 13 (1.77%) Android
4 12 (1.63%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.95%) Windows
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 349 (47.55%) Agile
2 275 (37.47%) Full-Stack Development
3 222 (30.25%) CI/CD
4 202 (27.52%) Software Engineering
5 194 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
6 188 (25.61%) DevOps
7 160 (21.80%) Mentoring
8 129 (17.57%) Microservices
9 100 (13.62%) User Experience
10 96 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 96 (13.08%) Test Automation
11 88 (11.99%) Containerisation
12 82 (11.17%) AI
13 78 (10.63%) Front End Development
14 74 (10.08%) Computer Science
15 63 (8.58%) Roadmaps
16 62 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
17 61 (8.31%) Scrum
18 60 (8.17%) Code Quality
18 60 (8.17%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 249 (33.92%) Python
2 240 (32.70%) TypeScript
3 199 (27.11%) C#
4 178 (24.25%) Java
5 145 (19.75%) SQL
6 62 (8.45%) Go
7 50 (6.81%) PHP
8 29 (3.95%) Bash
9 21 (2.86%) Ruby
10 20 (2.72%) Apex Code
11 14 (1.91%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.23%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.82%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.41%) 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
1 117 (15.94%) Degree
2 94 (12.81%) Security Cleared
3 87 (11.85%) SC Cleared
4 59 (8.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (5.45%) AWS Certification
6 36 (4.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 19 (2.59%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.45%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.50%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.68%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.54%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.27%) IBM Certification
17 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
17 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (9.54%) Accessibility
2 64 (8.72%) QA
3 22 (3.00%) WCAG
4 12 (1.63%) GDPR
5 10 (1.36%) SLA
6 6 (0.82%) GRC
7 4 (0.54%) HL7
7 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 139 (18.94%) Docker
2 6 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 91 (12.40%) Kubernetes
2 76 (10.35%) Terraform
3 32 (4.36%) Ansible
4 31 (4.22%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.68%) Argo
6 25 (3.41%) Grafana
7 19 (2.59%) 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
10 2 (0.27%) Control-M
10 2 (0.27%) Kibana
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 148 (20.16%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.81%) Google
3 25 (3.41%) Adobe
3 25 (3.41%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.13%) MuleSoft
4 23 (3.13%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.91%) Oracle
6 12 (1.63%) IBM
7 9 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 8 (1.09%) IFS
8 8 (1.09%) SAP
9 6 (0.82%) Apple
9 6 (0.82%) Cisco
9 6 (0.82%) F5
9 6 (0.82%) Juniper
9 6 (0.82%) Palo Alto
9 6 (0.82%) Workday
10 5 (0.68%) Infor
10 5 (0.68%) Informatica
10 5 (0.68%) Talend