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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -39 -3 +1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 717 1,711 3,688
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.25% 12.54% 12.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.00% 27.37% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 591 1,384 3,379
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,274 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +10.46% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,000 £90,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 4,482 6,251 13,062
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.58% 45.80% 43.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3,255 4,561 11,365
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £48,625 £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 16 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 29 (4.04%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.37%) CMS
3 10 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.98%) Apache
5 5 (0.70%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.70%) Apache Solr
5 5 (0.70%) NServiceBus
5 5 (0.70%) WordPress
6 4 (0.56%) nginx
7 3 (0.42%) Confluence
7 3 (0.42%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.42%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.42%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.28%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Mendix
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (2.09%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.12%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.56%) 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 (2.09%) Shopify
2 12 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.42%) Maximo
4 3 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.42%) Primavera
4 3 (0.42%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
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 (43.24%) AWS
2 256 (35.70%) Azure
3 113 (15.76%) Serverless
4 75 (10.46%) GCP
5 61 (8.51%) GitHub
6 60 (8.37%) Power Platform
7 58 (8.09%) SaaS
8 55 (7.67%) AWS Lambda
8 55 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
9 45 (6.28%) Power Automate
10 40 (5.58%) Amazon S3
10 40 (5.58%) Dynamics 365
11 39 (5.44%) PowerApps
12 34 (4.74%) Azure Logic Apps
13 32 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
14 27 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
14 27 (3.77%) Amazon ECS
15 24 (3.35%) Amazon SQS
15 24 (3.35%) Figma
15 24 (3.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.02%) Broadband
2 8 (1.12%) Firewall
3 6 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.56%) SSH
5 3 (0.42%) HTTP
5 3 (0.42%) Internet
6 2 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (9.76%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (8.93%) Relational Database
3 56 (7.81%) SQL Server
4 55 (7.67%) MongoDB
5 51 (7.11%) NoSQL
6 46 (6.42%) MySQL
7 33 (4.60%) Power BI
8 26 (3.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (3.07%) RDBMS
10 18 (2.51%) Elasticsearch
11 17 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.26%) BigQuery
14 8 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
15 7 (0.98%) Apache Arrow
15 7 (0.98%) Apache Iceberg
15 7 (0.98%) Dremio
15 7 (0.98%) Redis
16 5 (0.70%) Apache Ignite
16 5 (0.70%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 113 (15.76%) Git
2 46 (6.42%) Cypress.io
3 27 (3.77%) JIRA
4 19 (2.65%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.37%) CircleCI
5 17 (2.37%) GitLab
6 16 (2.23%) Axure RP
6 16 (2.23%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.95%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.95%) webpack
8 12 (1.67%) Selenium
8 12 (1.67%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.39%) Vite
10 7 (0.98%) Babel
11 6 (0.84%) JMeter
11 6 (0.84%) Postman
12 5 (0.70%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.56%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 194 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 120 (16.74%) Finance
3 92 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (12.27%) Law
5 82 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (10.74%) Public Sector
7 47 (6.56%) Front Office
8 22 (3.07%) Marketing
9 21 (2.93%) Games
10 20 (2.79%) Retail
11 19 (2.65%) Legal
12 13 (1.81%) Banking
13 8 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (1.12%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.12%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.70%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.56%) Advertising
15 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 432 (60.25%) Developer
2 149 (20.78%) Senior
3 110 (15.34%) Software Engineer
4 102 (14.23%) Full-Stack Developer
5 98 (13.67%) Lead
6 96 (13.39%) Senior Developer
7 54 (7.53%) Lead Developer
8 52 (7.25%) .NET Developer
9 46 (6.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 43 (6.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 43 (6.00%) React Developer
11 37 (5.16%) Lead Software Engineer
12 36 (5.02%) Lead Software Developer
13 34 (4.74%) Power Platform Developer
14 33 (4.60%) Python Developer
15 31 (4.32%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 30 (4.18%) Software Developer
17 28 (3.91%) Java Developer
18 25 (3.49%) AWS Developer
19 23 (3.21%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 301 (41.98%) React
2 211 (29.43%) HTML
3 197 (27.48%) CSS
4 170 (23.71%) .NET
5 169 (23.57%) Node.js
6 86 (11.99%) REST
7 74 (10.32%) AngularJS
8 71 (9.90%) Vue
9 62 (8.65%) .NET Core
10 51 (7.11%) RESTful
11 50 (6.97%) ASP.NET
12 45 (6.28%) GraphQL
12 45 (6.28%) Kafka
13 44 (6.14%) Redux
14 38 (5.30%) SOAP
15 35 (4.88%) JSON
16 33 (4.60%) Web Services
17 32 (4.46%) HTML5
18 28 (3.91%) Playwright
18 28 (3.91%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.21%) Product Ownership
2 56 (7.81%) Cloud Native
3 47 (6.56%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.88%) Low-Code
5 28 (3.91%) Enterprise Software
6 21 (2.93%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (2.37%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.09%) Equities
10 13 (1.81%) Derivative
11 12 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (1.39%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.26%) Data Centre
14 9 (1.26%) Sports Betting
15 8 (1.12%) Distributed Architecture
15 8 (1.12%) e-Learning
15 8 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 56 (7.81%) Linux
2 37 (5.16%) Unix
3 13 (1.81%) Android
4 12 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.12%) Windows
6 5 (0.70%) 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
1 344 (47.98%) Agile
2 253 (35.29%) Full-Stack Development
3 217 (30.26%) CI/CD
4 194 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
5 193 (26.92%) Software Engineering
6 182 (25.38%) DevOps
7 162 (22.59%) Mentoring
8 121 (16.88%) Microservices
9 98 (13.67%) User Experience
10 90 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 88 (12.27%) Containerisation
12 86 (11.99%) Test Automation
13 81 (11.30%) Computer Science
14 79 (11.02%) Front End Development
15 74 (10.32%) AI
16 61 (8.51%) Performance Optimisation
16 61 (8.51%) Scrum
17 60 (8.37%) Roadmaps
18 59 (8.23%) Code Quality
18 59 (8.23%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 257 (35.84%) Python
2 234 (32.64%) TypeScript
3 196 (27.34%) C#
4 175 (24.41%) Java
5 140 (19.53%) SQL
6 63 (8.79%) Go
7 48 (6.69%) PHP
8 29 (4.04%) Bash
9 21 (2.93%) Apex Code
10 20 (2.79%) Ruby
11 13 (1.81%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.26%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.98%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.56%) C
15 3 (0.42%) R
16 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.28%) RPG
16 2 (0.28%) SOQL
16 2 (0.28%) SOSL
16 2 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 123 (17.15%) Degree
2 98 (13.67%) Security Cleared
3 90 (12.55%) SC Cleared
4 65 (9.07%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (6.00%) AWS Certification
6 39 (5.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 22 (3.07%) Azure Certification
8 21 (2.93%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.42%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.28%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (9.07%) QA
2 62 (8.65%) Accessibility
3 22 (3.07%) WCAG
4 14 (1.95%) GDPR
5 9 (1.26%) SLA
6 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.42%) GRC
7 3 (0.42%) HL7
8 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 138 (19.25%) Docker
2 6 (0.84%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 90 (12.55%) Kubernetes
2 79 (11.02%) Terraform
3 32 (4.46%) Ansible
3 32 (4.46%) Prometheus
4 27 (3.77%) Argo
5 26 (3.63%) Grafana
6 19 (2.65%) Kustomize
7 6 (0.84%) Podman
8 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.42%) cPanel
9 3 (0.42%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.42%) Plesk
10 2 (0.28%) Control-M
10 2 (0.28%) Kibana
10 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 142 (19.80%) Microsoft
2 49 (6.83%) Google
3 28 (3.91%) ServiceNow
4 26 (3.63%) MuleSoft
5 25 (3.49%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.93%) Adobe
7 15 (2.09%) Oracle
8 13 (1.81%) IBM
9 9 (1.26%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.12%) IFS
10 8 (1.12%) SAP
10 8 (1.12%) Workday
11 6 (0.84%) Cisco
11 6 (0.84%) F5
11 6 (0.84%) Juniper
11 6 (0.84%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.70%) Apple
12 5 (0.70%) Epicor
12 5 (0.70%) Informatica
12 5 (0.70%) TIBCO