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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -26 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 976 1,880 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.71% 11.83% 11.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.62% 32.20% 29.28%
Number of salaries quoted 837 1,194 3,548
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +10.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £91,688 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £122,500
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 5,538 5,839 13,558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.73% 36.75% 40.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4,185 4,064 11,198
10th Percentile £39,891 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £104,000
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 1 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 53 (5.43%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.64%) CMS
3 8 (0.82%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.72%) Confluence
4 7 (0.72%) WordPress
5 4 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.41%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.31%) Apache
6 3 (0.31%) DNN
6 3 (0.31%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.31%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.31%) Kentico
6 3 (0.31%) Sitefinity
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.20%) IIS
7 2 (0.20%) nginx
7 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.61%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.31%) Blender
4 3 (0.31%) Maya
4 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.20%) Elementor
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.02%) Shopify
3 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 429 (43.95%) Azure
2 381 (39.04%) AWS
3 141 (14.45%) Azure DevOps
4 99 (10.14%) Power Platform
5 96 (9.84%) GCP
6 94 (9.63%) Serverless
7 82 (8.40%) SaaS
8 76 (7.79%) Azure AI
9 71 (7.27%) PowerApps
10 70 (7.17%) Power Automate
11 61 (6.25%) GitHub
12 59 (6.05%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (4.92%) Azure Logic Apps
13 48 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
14 45 (4.61%) Amazon S3
15 41 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
16 34 (3.48%) Amazon EC2
17 33 (3.38%) Amazon SQS
18 31 (3.18%) Dynamics 365
19 29 (2.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.89%) Broadband
2 17 (1.74%) Internet
3 8 (0.82%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.61%) Firewall
5 5 (0.51%) Intranet
6 2 (0.20%) SSH
7 1 (0.10%) AMQP
7 1 (0.10%) HTTP
7 1 (0.10%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (22.03%) MongoDB
2 172 (17.62%) Azure SQL Database
3 85 (8.71%) PostgreSQL
4 73 (7.48%) SQL Server
5 71 (7.27%) Elasticsearch
6 69 (7.07%) MySQL
7 57 (5.84%) Relational Database
8 55 (5.64%) NoSQL
9 51 (5.23%) Power BI
10 16 (1.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
11 15 (1.54%) Redis
12 12 (1.23%) RDBMS
13 10 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.92%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (0.82%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.72%) Metadata
17 5 (0.51%) Big Data
17 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 117 (11.99%) Git
2 48 (4.92%) Cypress.io
3 34 (3.48%) JIRA
4 19 (1.95%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.54%) CircleCI
6 12 (1.23%) GitLab
6 12 (1.23%) Jaeger
6 12 (1.23%) JUnit
7 11 (1.13%) Maven
8 9 (0.92%) Claude Code
8 9 (0.92%) Mockito
9 8 (0.82%) Postman
9 8 (0.82%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.72%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.72%) webpack
11 6 (0.61%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.61%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.61%) Vite
12 5 (0.51%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.51%) Selenium
General
1 207 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 158 (16.19%) Finance
3 91 (9.32%) Public Sector
4 74 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (5.23%) Marketing
7 49 (5.02%) Law
8 44 (4.51%) Front Office
9 39 (4.00%) Retail
10 27 (2.77%) Legal
11 23 (2.36%) Banking
12 20 (2.05%) Health Technology
13 18 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.54%) Games
15 13 (1.33%) Legal Technology
16 10 (1.02%) Local Government
17 8 (0.82%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.61%) Advertising
18 6 (0.61%) Telecoms
19 5 (0.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 610 (62.50%) Developer
2 183 (18.75%) .NET Developer
3 181 (18.55%) Senior
4 174 (17.83%) Software Engineer
5 162 (16.60%) Full-Stack Developer
6 160 (16.39%) Lead
7 104 (10.66%) Senior Developer
8 94 (9.63%) Lead Developer
9 65 (6.66%) Lead Software Developer
10 61 (6.25%) Software Developer
11 58 (5.94%) Lead Software Engineer
12 55 (5.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 47 (4.82%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 46 (4.71%) Senior Software Engineer
15 42 (4.30%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 41 (4.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 30 (3.07%) Power Platform Developer
18 28 (2.87%) React Developer
19 26 (2.66%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
20 24 (2.46%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 489 (50.10%) React
2 323 (33.09%) .NET
3 292 (29.92%) Node.js
4 210 (21.52%) HTML
5 196 (20.08%) .NET Core
6 187 (19.16%) ASP.NET
6 187 (19.16%) CSS
7 175 (17.93%) ASP.NET Core
8 148 (15.16%) Blazor
9 143 (14.65%) RESTful
10 86 (8.81%) Vue
11 81 (8.30%) REST
12 78 (7.99%) ASP.NET Web API
13 76 (7.79%) ML.NET
14 67 (6.86%) AngularJS
15 59 (6.05%) JSON
16 54 (5.53%) .NET Framework
17 46 (4.71%) Redux
18 44 (4.51%) Kafka
19 43 (4.41%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.50%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.43%) Product Ownership
3 51 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
5 41 (4.20%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
8 26 (2.66%) Mobile App
8 26 (2.66%) Onboarding
9 19 (1.95%) Social Media
10 17 (1.74%) iPhone
11 16 (1.64%) BBC
11 16 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (1.54%) Cyberattack
13 14 (1.43%) Low-Code
13 14 (1.43%) Social Network
13 14 (1.43%) Sports Betting
14 13 (1.33%) NHS
15 12 (1.23%) e-Learning
15 12 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 59 (6.05%) Linux
2 20 (2.05%) Android
2 20 (2.05%) Unix
3 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.20%) Windows
5 1 (0.10%) CentOS
5 1 (0.10%) Debian
5 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 507 (51.95%) Full-Stack Development
2 504 (51.64%) Agile
3 263 (26.95%) CI/CD
3 263 (26.95%) DevOps
4 260 (26.64%) Software Engineering
5 236 (24.18%) Microservices
6 217 (22.23%) Problem-Solving
7 212 (21.72%) AI
8 191 (19.57%) Mentoring
9 149 (15.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 130 (13.32%) Scrum
11 128 (13.11%) Machine Learning
12 115 (11.78%) User Experience
13 109 (11.17%) Technical Leadership
14 104 (10.66%) Test Automation
15 95 (9.73%) Containerisation
16 78 (7.99%) Front End Development
17 76 (7.79%) Multithreading
18 74 (7.58%) Infrastructure as Code
19 72 (7.38%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 343 (35.14%) C#
2 334 (34.22%) SQL
3 319 (32.68%) TypeScript
4 226 (23.16%) Python
5 197 (20.18%) Java
6 62 (6.35%) Go
7 56 (5.74%) PHP
8 31 (3.18%) Ruby
9 29 (2.97%) PowerShell
10 25 (2.56%) Bash
11 24 (2.46%) C++
12 15 (1.54%) Apex Code
13 13 (1.33%) PL/SQL
14 12 (1.23%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.72%) R
16 6 (0.61%) Scala
17 4 (0.41%) Perl
17 4 (0.41%) Rust
18 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 105 (10.76%) Degree
2 69 (7.07%) Security Cleared
3 64 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 50 (5.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
6 15 (1.54%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.23%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.51%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.41%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.31%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.20%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.10%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.48%) Accessibility
2 57 (5.84%) QA
3 15 (1.54%) SLA
4 12 (1.23%) GDPR
5 11 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.13%) WCAG
6 8 (0.82%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.72%) GRC
7 7 (0.72%) HL7
8 5 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 122 (12.50%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 80 (8.20%) Kubernetes
2 53 (5.43%) Terraform
3 19 (1.95%) Ansible
4 15 (1.54%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.43%) Argo
6 12 (1.23%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.23%) Podman
7 8 (0.82%) Grafana
8 3 (0.31%) Plesk
9 2 (0.20%) Kibana
10 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.10%) Puppet
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 282 (28.89%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.97%) Google
3 27 (2.77%) Adobe
4 19 (1.95%) Oracle
4 19 (1.95%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.84%) Apple
5 18 (1.84%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.64%) Facebook
6 16 (1.64%) Sony
6 16 (1.64%) Yahoo!
7 12 (1.23%) HubSpot
8 11 (1.13%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.02%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.72%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.61%) Cisco
11 6 (0.61%) F5
11 6 (0.61%) Juniper
11 6 (0.61%) Palo Alto
12 4 (0.41%) Databricks
12 4 (0.41%) Sitecore