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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -33 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 745 1,570 3,741
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.33% 12.22% 11.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.84% 27.33% 28.17%
Number of salaries quoted 614 1,354 3,416
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,768 £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 £78,500 £90,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £97,500
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 4,703 5,745 13,280
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.32% 44.72% 42.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,433 4,527 11,465
10th Percentile £40,000 £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 £112,500 £97,500
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 8 April 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 36 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.15%) CMS
3 7 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.81%) Apache
5 5 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.67%) NServiceBus
6 4 (0.54%) nginx
6 4 (0.54%) WordPress
7 3 (0.40%) Confluence
7 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.27%) Mendix
8 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (2.01%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.07%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.54%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) InVision
4 1 (0.13%) Notion
4 1 (0.13%) Sketch
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.74%) Shopify
2 11 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.40%) Primavera
4 2 (0.27%) Maximo
4 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.13%) Magento
5 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 319 (42.82%) AWS
2 256 (34.36%) Azure
3 111 (14.90%) Serverless
4 85 (11.41%) GCP
5 65 (8.72%) Power Platform
6 60 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (7.92%) GitHub
7 59 (7.92%) SaaS
8 58 (7.79%) AWS Lambda
9 49 (6.58%) Power Automate
10 45 (6.04%) Amazon S3
11 43 (5.77%) PowerApps
12 37 (4.97%) Azure Logic Apps
12 37 (4.97%) Microsoft 365
13 36 (4.83%) Dynamics 365
14 31 (4.16%) Amazon EC2
15 30 (4.03%) Amazon ECS
16 28 (3.76%) Amazon SQS
17 23 (3.09%) Figma
18 22 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.70%) Broadband
2 8 (1.07%) Firewall
3 6 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.54%) Intranet
5 3 (0.40%) HTTP
6 2 (0.27%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.27%) Internet
6 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 2 (0.27%) SSH
7 1 (0.13%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.66%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (7.79%) Relational Database
3 54 (7.25%) MongoDB
3 54 (7.25%) SQL Server
4 51 (6.85%) NoSQL
5 47 (6.31%) MySQL
6 36 (4.83%) Power BI
7 27 (3.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 22 (2.95%) RDBMS
9 17 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (1.34%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (1.21%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.67%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.67%) Redis
13 5 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.54%) Big Data
14 4 (0.54%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.54%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 108 (14.50%) Git
2 50 (6.71%) Cypress.io
3 23 (3.09%) JIRA
4 19 (2.55%) Jaeger
5 16 (2.15%) GitLab
6 15 (2.01%) Axure RP
7 14 (1.88%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.88%) CircleCI
7 14 (1.88%) Jenkins
8 13 (1.74%) webpack
9 11 (1.48%) Selenium
9 11 (1.48%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.34%) Vite
11 7 (0.94%) Babel
11 7 (0.94%) Postman
12 5 (0.67%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.54%) JMeter
14 3 (0.40%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.40%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
General
1 207 (27.79%) Social Skills
2 117 (15.70%) Finance
3 89 (11.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 88 (11.81%) Law
5 82 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
6 72 (9.66%) Public Sector
7 44 (5.91%) Front Office
8 23 (3.09%) Legal
9 21 (2.82%) Marketing
10 20 (2.68%) Retail
11 19 (2.55%) Games
12 17 (2.28%) Banking
13 11 (1.48%) Health Technology
14 8 (1.07%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.67%) Advertising
16 5 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.54%) Electronics
17 4 (0.54%) Investment Banking
17 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 437 (58.66%) Developer
2 155 (20.81%) Senior
3 127 (17.05%) Software Engineer
4 119 (15.97%) Full-Stack Developer
5 105 (14.09%) Lead
6 100 (13.42%) Senior Developer
7 59 (7.92%) Lead Developer
8 50 (6.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 45 (6.04%) .NET Developer
10 41 (5.50%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 41 (5.50%) Lead Software Developer
11 40 (5.37%) React Developer
12 39 (5.23%) Lead Software Engineer
13 34 (4.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 33 (4.43%) Software Developer
15 31 (4.16%) Power Platform Developer
16 30 (4.03%) Python Developer
17 27 (3.62%) Java Developer
18 26 (3.49%) JavaScript Developer
19 23 (3.09%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 319 (42.82%) React
2 222 (29.80%) HTML
3 202 (27.11%) CSS
4 174 (23.36%) Node.js
5 172 (23.09%) .NET
6 82 (11.01%) REST
7 73 (9.80%) Vue
8 66 (8.86%) AngularJS
9 62 (8.32%) .NET Core
10 55 (7.38%) RESTful
11 49 (6.58%) JSON
12 45 (6.04%) ASP.NET
12 45 (6.04%) Kafka
13 43 (5.77%) Redux
14 42 (5.64%) GraphQL
15 36 (4.83%) HTML5
16 35 (4.70%) Web Services
17 32 (4.30%) Laravel
17 32 (4.30%) SOAP
18 31 (4.16%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.53%) Product Ownership
2 68 (9.13%) Cloud Native
3 44 (5.91%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.70%) Low-Code
5 25 (3.36%) Mobile App
5 25 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
6 23 (3.09%) Onboarding
7 16 (2.15%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.61%) Derivative
10 12 (1.61%) Equities
11 11 (1.48%) e-Learning
11 11 (1.48%) Sports Betting
12 9 (1.21%) Data Centre
12 9 (1.21%) NHS
13 8 (1.07%) Culture of Ownership
13 8 (1.07%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (7.38%) Linux
2 36 (4.83%) Unix
3 13 (1.74%) Android
4 12 (1.61%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.40%) Windows
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Debian
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (46.31%) Agile
2 286 (38.39%) Full-Stack Development
3 221 (29.66%) CI/CD
4 206 (27.65%) Software Engineering
5 195 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
6 193 (25.91%) DevOps
7 159 (21.34%) Mentoring
8 132 (17.72%) Microservices
9 106 (14.23%) User Experience
10 105 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
11 96 (12.89%) Test Automation
12 86 (11.54%) Containerisation
13 81 (10.87%) AI
14 80 (10.74%) Front End Development
15 70 (9.40%) Computer Science
16 66 (8.86%) Infrastructure as Code
16 66 (8.86%) Roadmaps
17 63 (8.46%) Scrum
18 60 (8.05%) Performance Optimisation
19 58 (7.79%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 253 (33.96%) TypeScript
2 248 (33.29%) Python
3 194 (26.04%) C#
4 183 (24.56%) Java
5 150 (20.13%) SQL
6 63 (8.46%) Go
7 49 (6.58%) PHP
8 29 (3.89%) Bash
9 22 (2.95%) Ruby
10 20 (2.68%) Apex Code
11 17 (2.28%) PowerShell
12 7 (0.94%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.54%) C++
15 3 (0.40%) C
15 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.27%) RPG
16 2 (0.27%) SOQL
16 2 (0.27%) SOSL
16 2 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 113 (15.17%) Degree
2 87 (11.68%) Security Cleared
3 80 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 55 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (5.23%) AWS Certification
6 34 (4.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (2.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 18 (2.42%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.28%) TOGAF Certification
9 14 (1.88%) DBS Check
10 12 (1.61%) ITIL Certification
11 8 (1.07%) Master's Degree
12 5 (0.67%) AWS Certified Developer
12 5 (0.67%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.40%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.27%) IBM Certification
15 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
15 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (9.80%) Accessibility
2 68 (9.13%) QA
3 22 (2.95%) WCAG
4 12 (1.61%) SLA
5 11 (1.48%) GDPR
6 7 (0.94%) GRC
7 5 (0.67%) HL7
8 4 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.40%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 139 (18.66%) Docker
2 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 95 (12.75%) Kubernetes
2 77 (10.34%) Terraform
3 31 (4.16%) Prometheus
4 28 (3.76%) Ansible
5 27 (3.62%) Argo
6 25 (3.36%) Grafana
7 19 (2.55%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.81%) Podman
9 4 (0.54%) Plesk
10 3 (0.40%) cPanel
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.27%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.27%) Kibana
11 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.13%) Control-M
12 1 (0.13%) Puppet
12 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 141 (18.93%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.71%) Google
3 29 (3.89%) Adobe
4 23 (3.09%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.95%) MuleSoft
6 21 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.74%) Oracle
8 11 (1.48%) IBM
9 9 (1.21%) Red Hat
10 8 (1.07%) IFS
10 8 (1.07%) SAP
11 6 (0.81%) Apple
11 6 (0.81%) Cisco
11 6 (0.81%) F5
11 6 (0.81%) Juniper
11 6 (0.81%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.67%) Infor
12 5 (0.67%) Informatica
12 5 (0.67%) Talend
12 5 (0.67%) TIBCO