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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 15 12
Rank change year-on-year -37 -3 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 731 1,853 3,456
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.44% 12.39% 12.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.49% 27.58% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 612 1,346 3,168
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,938 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +10.49% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,063 £90,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £112,250 £111,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.23% +10.17% -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 4,433 6,719 12,503
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.94% 44.91% 44.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,247 4,425 10,911
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £100,000
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 28 February 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 26 (3.56%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.33%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (2.33%) CMS
3 9 (1.23%) Apache
4 7 (0.96%) WordPress
5 5 (0.68%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.68%) Apache Solr
5 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (0.68%) nginx
5 5 (0.68%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.41%) Confluence
6 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.27%) IIS
7 2 (0.27%) Mendix
7 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (1.78%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.09%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.55%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.41%) Simulink
5 2 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.14%) InVision
6 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.14%) Notion
6 1 (0.14%) Sketch
6 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 18 (2.46%) Shopify
2 13 (1.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.68%) PlanetPress Connect
4 5 (0.68%) Workday HCM
5 3 (0.41%) Maximo
5 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.41%) Primavera
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.14%) Magento
7 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 317 (43.37%) AWS
2 272 (37.21%) Azure
3 111 (15.18%) Serverless
4 84 (11.49%) GCP
5 80 (10.94%) SaaS
6 59 (8.07%) Power Platform
7 57 (7.80%) GitHub
8 53 (7.25%) AWS Lambda
9 48 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
10 44 (6.02%) Power Automate
11 42 (5.75%) Dynamics 365
12 39 (5.34%) Amazon S3
13 38 (5.20%) PowerApps
14 32 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
15 31 (4.24%) Azure Logic Apps
16 27 (3.69%) Amazon ECS
17 25 (3.42%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
18 22 (3.01%) Amazon SQS
19 21 (2.87%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.56%) Broadband
2 5 (0.68%) Firewall
3 4 (0.55%) HTTP
3 4 (0.55%) SSH
4 3 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.27%) Intranet
5 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.14%) AMQP
6 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (9.44%) PostgreSQL
2 64 (8.76%) Relational Database
3 54 (7.39%) SQL Server
4 50 (6.84%) MongoDB
5 48 (6.57%) MySQL
6 42 (5.75%) NoSQL
7 32 (4.38%) Power BI
8 25 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
9 24 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
10 23 (3.15%) RDBMS
11 17 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
12 15 (2.05%) Amazon Athena
13 14 (1.92%) Apache Arrow
13 14 (1.92%) Apache Iceberg
13 14 (1.92%) Dremio
14 11 (1.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (1.23%) BigQuery
16 8 (1.09%) Redis
17 7 (0.96%) Apache Ignite
17 7 (0.96%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 111 (15.18%) Git
2 39 (5.34%) Cypress.io
3 23 (3.15%) JIRA
4 19 (2.60%) Jaeger
5 18 (2.46%) GitLab
6 17 (2.33%) Jenkins
7 15 (2.05%) webpack
8 14 (1.92%) Axure RP
9 13 (1.78%) TeamCity
10 12 (1.64%) Balsamiq
10 12 (1.64%) CircleCI
10 12 (1.64%) Selenium
11 11 (1.50%) Vite
12 7 (0.96%) Babel
13 6 (0.82%) JMeter
14 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.68%) Postman
15 4 (0.55%) LoadRunner
15 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
16 3 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
General
1 193 (26.40%) Social Skills
2 139 (19.02%) Finance
3 86 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (11.08%) Law
5 78 (10.67%) Public Sector
6 74 (10.12%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (6.02%) Front Office
8 21 (2.87%) Marketing
9 19 (2.60%) Retail
10 17 (2.33%) Games
11 15 (2.05%) Legal
12 14 (1.92%) Banking
13 12 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.96%) Health Technology
14 7 (0.96%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.68%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.68%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.55%) Advertising
16 4 (0.55%) Electronics
16 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 440 (60.19%) Developer
2 147 (20.11%) Senior
3 105 (14.36%) Software Engineer
4 92 (12.59%) Full-Stack Developer
4 92 (12.59%) Senior Developer
5 91 (12.45%) Lead
6 72 (9.85%) .NET Developer
7 50 (6.84%) Software Developer
8 43 (5.88%) Lead Developer
9 42 (5.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 40 (5.47%) React Developer
11 38 (5.20%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 36 (4.92%) Power Platform Developer
13 35 (4.79%) Python Developer
14 34 (4.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 31 (4.24%) AWS Developer
16 30 (4.10%) Lead Software Engineer
17 28 (3.83%) Lead Software Developer
18 25 (3.42%) Architect
19 24 (3.28%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 283 (38.71%) React
2 214 (29.27%) HTML
3 196 (26.81%) CSS
4 182 (24.90%) .NET
5 154 (21.07%) Node.js
6 86 (11.76%) AngularJS
7 85 (11.63%) REST
8 76 (10.40%) Vue
9 63 (8.62%) .NET Core
10 52 (7.11%) ASP.NET
11 48 (6.57%) RESTful
12 43 (5.88%) SOAP
13 41 (5.61%) Kafka
14 40 (5.47%) HTML5
15 38 (5.20%) GraphQL
16 34 (4.65%) Web Services
17 33 (4.51%) Redux
18 31 (4.24%) Laravel
18 31 (4.24%) Spring
19 30 (4.10%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.76%) Product Ownership
2 54 (7.39%) Cloud Native
3 44 (6.02%) Fixed Income
4 36 (4.92%) Low-Code
5 31 (4.24%) Enterprise Software
6 20 (2.74%) Equities
7 19 (2.60%) Mobile App
8 16 (2.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 16 (2.19%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.05%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.78%) Derivative
12 11 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.23%) Data Centre
13 9 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.23%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.09%) Distributed Architecture
14 8 (1.09%) e-Learning
14 8 (1.09%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 58 (7.93%) Linux
2 35 (4.79%) Unix
3 13 (1.78%) Android
3 13 (1.78%) Windows
4 12 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.14%) CentOS
6 1 (0.14%) Debian
6 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (47.61%) Agile
2 229 (31.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 204 (27.91%) CI/CD
4 200 (27.36%) Software Engineering
5 188 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
6 181 (24.76%) DevOps
7 160 (21.89%) Mentoring
8 123 (16.83%) Microservices
9 93 (12.72%) User Experience
10 86 (11.76%) AI
10 86 (11.76%) Computer Science
11 83 (11.35%) Front End Development
12 81 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 76 (10.40%) Containerisation
13 76 (10.40%) Test Automation
14 75 (10.26%) Roadmaps
15 57 (7.80%) Data Modelling
16 56 (7.66%) Performance Optimisation
17 55 (7.52%) Infrastructure as Code
17 55 (7.52%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 252 (34.47%) Python
2 250 (34.20%) TypeScript
3 197 (26.95%) C#
4 174 (23.80%) Java
5 149 (20.38%) SQL
6 56 (7.66%) Go
7 55 (7.52%) PHP
8 29 (3.97%) Bash
9 19 (2.60%) Apex Code
9 19 (2.60%) Ruby
10 16 (2.19%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.23%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.96%) C
12 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.68%) VBA
14 4 (0.55%) C++
15 3 (0.41%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.41%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 126 (17.24%) Degree
2 102 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 94 (12.86%) SC Cleared
4 67 (9.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (6.16%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (3.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (3.28%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.15%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.64%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.68%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.41%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
14 1 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (9.17%) QA
2 58 (7.93%) Accessibility
3 21 (2.87%) WCAG
4 16 (2.19%) GDPR
5 6 (0.82%) SLA
6 4 (0.55%) HL7
6 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 134 (18.33%) Docker
2 6 (0.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 98 (13.41%) Kubernetes
2 82 (11.22%) Terraform
3 33 (4.51%) Ansible
3 33 (4.51%) Prometheus
4 28 (3.83%) Grafana
5 27 (3.69%) Argo
6 19 (2.60%) Kustomize
7 6 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.41%) cPanel
8 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.41%) Plesk
9 2 (0.27%) Control-M
9 2 (0.27%) Kibana
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.14%) Istio
10 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (19.70%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.61%) Google
3 28 (3.83%) MuleSoft
4 27 (3.69%) ServiceNow
5 24 (3.28%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.33%) Adobe
6 17 (2.33%) Oracle
7 13 (1.78%) IBM
8 10 (1.37%) Workday
9 9 (1.23%) SAP
10 8 (1.09%) IFS
11 6 (0.82%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.68%) Apple
12 5 (0.68%) Dell
12 5 (0.68%) Epicor
12 5 (0.68%) Infor
12 5 (0.68%) Informatica
12 5 (0.68%) SnapLogic
12 5 (0.68%) Software AG
12 5 (0.68%) TIBCO