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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 23 14
Rank change year-on-year -31 -9 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,156 1,489 2,497
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.59% 9.07% 12.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.43% 30.27% 29.05%
Number of salaries quoted 927 850 1,768
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,850 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% -6.90% +15.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £110,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £137,500 £143,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% -2.31% -

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 6,272 4,919 8,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.91% 29.95% 41.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,564 3,255 5,522
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% 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 16 October 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 58 (5.02%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.64%) WordPress
3 18 (1.56%) CMS
4 15 (1.30%) Confluence
5 8 (0.69%) IIS
5 8 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.35%) nginx
7 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.35%) 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
10 1 (0.087%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.087%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.52%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Blender
5 3 (0.26%) Elementor
5 3 (0.26%) Maya
6 2 (0.17%) Revit
7 1 (0.087%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.087%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.087%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 16 (1.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.61%) Infor M3
2 7 (0.61%) Lawson
2 7 (0.61%) Shopify
3 4 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.087%) Magento
6 1 (0.087%) Odoo
6 1 (0.087%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 432 (37.37%) Azure
2 375 (32.44%) AWS
3 182 (15.74%) SaaS
4 129 (11.16%) Power Platform
5 128 (11.07%) Azure DevOps
6 102 (8.82%) Serverless
7 98 (8.48%) Power Automate
8 89 (7.70%) PowerApps
9 81 (7.01%) GitHub
10 79 (6.83%) Azure AI
11 71 (6.14%) GCP
12 69 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
13 68 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
14 51 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
15 46 (3.98%) Microsoft Copilot
16 45 (3.89%) Dynamics 365
17 38 (3.29%) Amazon S3
18 36 (3.11%) Amazon ECS
19 35 (3.03%) Azure Logic Apps
20 29 (2.51%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.56%) Internet
2 7 (0.61%) Hyperconnected
3 6 (0.52%) Broadband
4 4 (0.35%) HTTP
4 4 (0.35%) SSH
4 4 (0.35%) SSL
5 3 (0.26%) Firewall
5 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (0.26%) OpenVPN
5 3 (0.26%) VPN
6 2 (0.17%) DNS
6 2 (0.17%) Intranet
7 1 (0.087%) Network Security
7 1 (0.087%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.087%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 219 (18.94%) MongoDB
2 173 (14.97%) Azure SQL Database
3 108 (9.34%) PostgreSQL
4 107 (9.26%) SQL Server
5 85 (7.35%) Elasticsearch
6 79 (6.83%) MySQL
7 62 (5.36%) Relational Database
8 53 (4.58%) Power BI
9 28 (2.42%) NoSQL
9 28 (2.42%) Redis
10 20 (1.73%) Spark SQL
11 16 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.12%) Metadata
13 12 (1.04%) DynamoDB
14 11 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 7 (0.61%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.61%) MariaDB
16 6 (0.52%) Spatial Data
17 5 (0.43%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 143 (12.37%) Git
2 46 (3.98%) JIRA
3 37 (3.20%) Cypress.io
4 35 (3.03%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.56%) JUnit
6 17 (1.47%) GitLab
7 14 (1.21%) Maven
7 14 (1.21%) Mockito
8 13 (1.12%) Claude Code
9 12 (1.04%) Selenium
10 10 (0.87%) Postman
10 10 (0.87%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.69%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.61%) Cucumber
13 6 (0.52%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.52%) Balsamiq
13 6 (0.52%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.52%) IntelliJ
14 5 (0.43%) Appium
14 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
General
1 258 (22.32%) Social Skills
2 160 (13.84%) Finance
3 121 (10.47%) Public Sector
4 89 (7.70%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (6.66%) Marketing
6 67 (5.80%) Legal
7 63 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 61 (5.28%) Law
9 35 (3.03%) Retail
10 33 (2.85%) Manufacturing
11 20 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
12 18 (1.56%) Banking
13 12 (1.04%) Games
13 12 (1.04%) Health Technology
14 11 (0.95%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.52%) Local Government
16 5 (0.43%) Front Office
16 5 (0.43%) Social Housing
17 4 (0.35%) Billing
17 4 (0.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 660 (57.09%) Developer
2 229 (19.81%) Senior
3 203 (17.56%) .NET Developer
4 186 (16.09%) Full-Stack Developer
5 151 (13.06%) Lead
6 137 (11.85%) Software Engineer
7 103 (8.91%) Software Developer
8 97 (8.39%) Senior Developer
9 89 (7.70%) Lead Developer
10 72 (6.23%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 66 (5.71%) Lead Software Developer
12 49 (4.24%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 49 (4.24%) Senior Manager
12 49 (4.24%) Testing Manager
13 48 (4.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 36 (3.11%) Senior Software Engineer
15 33 (2.85%) Microsoft 365 Developer
16 28 (2.42%) Dynamics 365 Developer
17 26 (2.25%) Web Developer
18 25 (2.16%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 476 (41.18%) React
2 356 (30.80%) .NET
3 304 (26.30%) Node.js
4 221 (19.12%) HTML
5 213 (18.43%) ASP.NET
6 206 (17.82%) .NET Core
7 199 (17.21%) CSS
8 184 (15.92%) ASP.NET Core
9 168 (14.53%) Blazor
10 159 (13.75%) RESTful
11 94 (8.13%) REST
12 92 (7.96%) ASP.NET Web API
13 84 (7.27%) .NET Framework
14 78 (6.75%) ML.NET
15 76 (6.57%) Vue
16 72 (6.23%) AngularJS
17 51 (4.41%) Entity Framework
18 46 (3.98%) Jest
19 44 (3.81%) Spring
20 43 (3.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 67 (5.80%) Cloud Native
2 62 (5.36%) Virtual Team
3 57 (4.93%) Greenfield Project
4 51 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
5 41 (3.55%) Mobile App
6 34 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 33 (2.85%) Product Ownership
8 29 (2.51%) Distributed Systems
8 29 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (2.16%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.73%) AI Agents
12 19 (1.64%) Social Media
13 17 (1.47%) iPhone
14 16 (1.38%) BBC
15 15 (1.30%) NHS
16 14 (1.21%) Blog
17 12 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
17 12 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
18 10 (0.87%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 54 (4.67%) Linux
2 32 (2.77%) Android
3 18 (1.56%) Windows
4 15 (1.30%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.52%) Unix
6 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.35%) macOS
7 4 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 541 (46.80%) Agile
2 527 (45.59%) Full-Stack Development
3 337 (29.15%) CI/CD
4 322 (27.85%) Software Engineering
5 308 (26.64%) DevOps
6 307 (26.56%) AI
7 261 (22.58%) Mentoring
8 249 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
9 247 (21.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 238 (20.59%) Microservices
11 180 (15.57%) Test Automation
12 138 (11.94%) Scrum
13 119 (10.29%) Machine Learning
14 116 (10.03%) Technical Leadership
15 114 (9.86%) SDLC
16 108 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
16 108 (9.34%) User Experience
17 94 (8.13%) Coaching
18 92 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 86 (7.44%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 469 (40.57%) C#
2 416 (35.99%) TypeScript
3 377 (32.61%) SQL
4 258 (22.32%) Python
5 192 (16.61%) Java
6 68 (5.88%) PowerShell
7 64 (5.54%) PHP
8 55 (4.76%) C++
9 36 (3.11%) Ruby
10 28 (2.42%) Go
11 20 (1.73%) Bash
12 17 (1.47%) PL/SQL
13 14 (1.21%) T-SQL
14 12 (1.04%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.69%) R
15 8 (0.69%) SOQL
16 7 (0.61%) Rust
16 7 (0.61%) Scala
17 4 (0.35%) Perl
17 4 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (10.12%) Degree
2 111 (9.60%) Security Cleared
3 91 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 56 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.87%) Azure Certification
6 9 (0.78%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.61%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.61%) DBS Check
7 7 (0.61%) ISTQB
8 6 (0.52%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
10 4 (0.35%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.17%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (10.47%) QA
2 112 (9.69%) Accessibility
3 41 (3.55%) Data Quality
4 37 (3.20%) WCAG
5 20 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.04%) GDPR
7 9 (0.78%) GRC
8 5 (0.43%) NIST
9 4 (0.35%) HL7
9 4 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 4 (0.35%) SLA
10 3 (0.26%) NCSC
11 1 (0.087%) PERC
11 1 (0.087%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.087%) WAI
11 1 (0.087%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 139 (12.02%) Docker
2 4 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 100 (8.65%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.04%) Grafana
3 11 (0.95%) Ansible
4 9 (0.78%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.26%) Kibana
7 2 (0.17%) Plesk
8 1 (0.087%) Argo
8 1 (0.087%) Consul
8 1 (0.087%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 335 (28.98%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.14%) Google
3 24 (2.08%) Oracle
4 21 (1.82%) Adobe
5 18 (1.56%) Salesforce
5 18 (1.56%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.56%) Sony
6 16 (1.38%) Apple
6 16 (1.38%) Facebook
6 16 (1.38%) OpenAI
6 16 (1.38%) Yahoo!
7 12 (1.04%) Databricks
7 12 (1.04%) HubSpot
8 9 (0.78%) Sage
9 7 (0.61%) Infor
10 4 (0.35%) Marketo
10 4 (0.35%) New Relic
10 4 (0.35%) Optimizely
10 4 (0.35%) Sitecore
10 4 (0.35%) WooCommerce