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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -24 -4 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,113 1,814 2,956
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.08% 11.02% 11.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.82% 31.98% 28.64%
Number of salaries quoted 914 1,131 2,599
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £142,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -6.93%

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 5,915 5,672 10,321
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.02% 34.46% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,464 3,932 8,231
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,995
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 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 61 (5.48%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.62%) CMS
3 11 (0.99%) WordPress
4 10 (0.90%) Confluence
5 8 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.36%) Apache
7 4 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.36%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.27%) DNN
8 3 (0.27%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.27%) IIS
8 3 (0.27%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.27%) Kentico
8 3 (0.27%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.090%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.090%) NServiceBus
10 1 (0.090%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.72%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.27%) Blender
4 3 (0.27%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.27%) Maya
5 2 (0.18%) Elementor
6 1 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.72%) Shopify
3 4 (0.36%) Infor M3
3 4 (0.36%) Lawson
4 3 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.090%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.090%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 461 (41.42%) Azure
2 401 (36.03%) AWS
3 150 (13.48%) SaaS
4 141 (12.67%) Azure DevOps
5 107 (9.61%) Power Platform
6 103 (9.25%) GCP
7 86 (7.73%) Serverless
8 81 (7.28%) Azure AI
9 79 (7.10%) Power Automate
10 78 (7.01%) PowerApps
11 75 (6.74%) GitHub
12 59 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
13 56 (5.03%) AWS Lambda
14 42 (3.77%) Amazon ECS
15 41 (3.68%) Azure Logic Apps
16 38 (3.41%) Amazon S3
17 33 (2.96%) Amazon SQS
18 32 (2.88%) Dynamics 365
19 31 (2.79%) Amazon EC2
20 30 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.34%) Broadband
2 18 (1.62%) Internet
3 7 (0.63%) Firewall
3 7 (0.63%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (0.45%) Intranet
6 4 (0.36%) SSH
7 2 (0.18%) HTTP
8 1 (0.090%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.090%) Network Security
8 1 (0.090%) SSL
8 1 (0.090%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 232 (20.84%) MongoDB
2 187 (16.80%) Azure SQL Database
3 93 (8.36%) SQL Server
4 91 (8.18%) PostgreSQL
5 81 (7.28%) Elasticsearch
6 78 (7.01%) MySQL
7 56 (5.03%) Power BI
8 48 (4.31%) Relational Database
9 44 (3.95%) NoSQL
10 20 (1.80%) Redis
11 16 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.99%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.72%) MariaDB
16 8 (0.72%) Metadata
17 7 (0.63%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
18 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 134 (12.04%) Git
2 47 (4.22%) Cypress.io
3 43 (3.86%) JIRA
4 29 (2.61%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.35%) GitLab
5 15 (1.35%) JUnit
6 13 (1.17%) CircleCI
6 13 (1.17%) Maven
7 12 (1.08%) Mockito
8 10 (0.90%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.81%) Postman
9 9 (0.81%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.81%) webpack
10 8 (0.72%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.72%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.72%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.54%) Selenium
11 6 (0.54%) Vite
12 4 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 270 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 177 (15.90%) Finance
3 96 (8.63%) Public Sector
4 77 (6.92%) Legal
5 76 (6.83%) Law
6 72 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
7 65 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 61 (5.48%) Marketing
9 44 (3.95%) Front Office
10 39 (3.50%) Retail
11 23 (2.07%) Banking
12 22 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.62%) Health Technology
14 17 (1.53%) Games
15 15 (1.35%) Manufacturing
16 13 (1.17%) Legal Technology
17 10 (0.90%) Local Government
18 6 (0.54%) Advertising
18 6 (0.54%) Back Office
18 6 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 670 (60.20%) Developer
2 244 (21.92%) Senior
3 208 (18.69%) .NET Developer
4 193 (17.34%) Full-Stack Developer
5 184 (16.53%) Software Engineer
6 160 (14.38%) Lead
7 114 (10.24%) Senior Developer
8 101 (9.07%) Lead Developer
9 72 (6.47%) Lead Software Developer
10 69 (6.20%) Software Developer
11 63 (5.66%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 58 (5.21%) Lead Software Engineer
13 54 (4.85%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 49 (4.40%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 49 (4.40%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.40%) Testing Manager
15 47 (4.22%) Senior Software Engineer
16 42 (3.77%) Developer/Software Engineer
17 30 (2.70%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
18 28 (2.52%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 536 (48.16%) React
2 355 (31.90%) .NET
3 321 (28.84%) Node.js
4 219 (19.68%) HTML
5 213 (19.14%) ASP.NET
6 212 (19.05%) .NET Core
7 201 (18.06%) CSS
8 189 (16.98%) ASP.NET Core
9 163 (14.65%) Blazor
10 153 (13.75%) RESTful
11 90 (8.09%) ASP.NET Web API
12 89 (8.00%) Vue
13 85 (7.64%) REST
14 81 (7.28%) ML.NET
15 75 (6.74%) .NET Framework
16 72 (6.47%) AngularJS
17 69 (6.20%) JSON
18 46 (4.13%) Kafka
18 46 (4.13%) Redux
19 44 (3.95%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 90 (8.09%) Cloud Native
2 64 (5.75%) Virtual Team
3 63 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 53 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
5 45 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 41 (3.68%) Fixed Income
7 36 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (2.79%) Onboarding
9 29 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
10 27 (2.43%) Mobile App
11 23 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 21 (1.89%) Social Media
13 17 (1.53%) BBC
13 17 (1.53%) iPhone
14 15 (1.35%) Cyberattack
14 15 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.26%) Sports Betting
16 13 (1.17%) NHS
17 12 (1.08%) AI Agents
17 12 (1.08%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 56 (5.03%) Linux
2 21 (1.89%) Android
3 10 (0.90%) Unix
4 5 (0.45%) Ubuntu
4 5 (0.45%) Windows
5 4 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 564 (50.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 550 (49.42%) Agile
3 333 (29.92%) Software Engineering
4 310 (27.85%) DevOps
5 298 (26.77%) CI/CD
6 256 (23.00%) Microservices
7 248 (22.28%) AI
8 242 (21.74%) Mentoring
9 234 (21.02%) Problem-Solving
10 219 (19.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 161 (14.47%) Test Automation
12 151 (13.57%) Scrum
13 136 (12.22%) Machine Learning
14 125 (11.23%) User Experience
15 119 (10.69%) Technical Leadership
16 94 (8.45%) Containerisation
17 89 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
18 85 (7.64%) SDLC
19 84 (7.55%) Front End Development
20 83 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 435 (39.08%) C#
2 409 (36.75%) TypeScript
3 359 (32.26%) SQL
4 283 (25.43%) Python
5 188 (16.89%) Java
6 78 (7.01%) PowerShell
7 62 (5.57%) PHP
8 52 (4.67%) Go
9 35 (3.14%) Ruby
10 31 (2.79%) C++
11 17 (1.53%) Bash
12 15 (1.35%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.08%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.90%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.72%) R
16 6 (0.54%) Scala
17 4 (0.36%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.36%) Perl
17 4 (0.36%) Rust
18 3 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 109 (9.79%) Degree
2 82 (7.37%) Security Cleared
3 75 (6.74%) SC Cleared
4 52 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
6 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.72%) DBS Check
8 6 (0.54%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.45%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.27%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.27%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.090%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 1 (0.090%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.090%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.090%) OCP
12 1 (0.090%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (9.79%) QA
2 88 (7.91%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.62%) Data Quality
3 18 (1.62%) WCAG
4 14 (1.26%) SLA
5 12 (1.08%) GDPR
6 10 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.63%) GRC
7 7 (0.63%) HL7
8 4 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.27%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.18%) NIST
11 1 (0.090%) NCSC
11 1 (0.090%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 122 (10.96%) Docker
2 5 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 78 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 38 (3.41%) Terraform
3 12 (1.08%) Podman
4 10 (0.90%) Grafana
5 8 (0.72%) Ansible
6 7 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.27%) Plesk
8 2 (0.18%) Kibana
8 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.090%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 323 (29.02%) Microsoft
2 71 (6.38%) Google
3 32 (2.88%) Adobe
4 22 (1.98%) Oracle
5 19 (1.71%) Apple
5 19 (1.71%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.62%) Sony
7 17 (1.53%) Facebook
7 17 (1.53%) Yahoo!
8 15 (1.35%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.08%) HubSpot
10 9 (0.81%) Databricks
10 9 (0.81%) OpenAI
11 8 (0.72%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.63%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.54%) Cisco
13 6 (0.54%) F5
13 6 (0.54%) Juniper
13 6 (0.54%) Palo Alto
14 5 (0.45%) New Relic