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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -31 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 789 1,967 3,780
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.21% 13.03% 11.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.84% 32.22% 28.22%
Number of salaries quoted 663 1,247 3,502
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £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 £81,875 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.04% +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 4,980 6,105 13,396
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.58% 40.45% 41.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,670 4,277 11,389
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £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 £79,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
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 19 May 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 42 (5.32%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.65%) CMS
3 7 (0.89%) SharePoint Server
4 6 (0.76%) Confluence
5 4 (0.51%) WordPress
6 3 (0.38%) nginx
7 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.25%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (1.39%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.27%) Shopify
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.13%) Magento
3 1 (0.13%) Maximo
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 330 (41.83%) AWS
2 289 (36.63%) Azure
3 95 (12.04%) Serverless
4 87 (11.03%) GCP
5 82 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
6 77 (9.76%) Power Platform
7 59 (7.48%) SaaS
8 58 (7.35%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (7.22%) GitHub
10 52 (6.59%) PowerApps
11 50 (6.34%) Power Automate
12 46 (5.83%) Azure Logic Apps
13 44 (5.58%) Amazon S3
14 37 (4.69%) Amazon ECS
14 37 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
15 36 (4.56%) Amazon SQS
16 32 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
17 29 (3.68%) Dynamics 365
18 27 (3.42%) Azure AI
19 22 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.82%) Broadband
2 7 (0.89%) Firewall
3 6 (0.76%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.63%) Internet
4 5 (0.63%) Intranet
5 3 (0.38%) HTTP
5 3 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
6 1 (0.13%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (12.93%) MongoDB
2 78 (9.89%) PostgreSQL
3 73 (9.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 60 (7.60%) NoSQL
5 57 (7.22%) SQL Server
6 51 (6.46%) MySQL
7 48 (6.08%) Relational Database
8 43 (5.45%) Power BI
9 25 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.53%) RDBMS
11 18 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 7 (0.89%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.89%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.89%) Redis
15 6 (0.76%) MariaDB
16 5 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
16 5 (0.63%) Metadata
17 4 (0.51%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 114 (14.45%) Git
2 52 (6.59%) Cypress.io
3 23 (2.92%) JIRA
4 18 (2.28%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.15%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.90%) GitLab
6 15 (1.90%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.39%) Axure RP
8 10 (1.27%) Balsamiq
9 9 (1.14%) Selenium
9 9 (1.14%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.14%) webpack
10 8 (1.01%) Maven
10 8 (1.01%) Postman
11 7 (0.89%) JUnit
11 7 (0.89%) Vite
12 6 (0.76%) Mockito
13 5 (0.63%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.51%) Babel
15 3 (0.38%) Appium
General
1 188 (23.83%) Social Skills
2 130 (16.48%) Finance
3 88 (11.15%) Public Sector
4 79 (10.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 77 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (7.98%) Law
7 40 (5.07%) Front Office
8 25 (3.17%) Marketing
8 25 (3.17%) Retail
9 23 (2.92%) Legal
10 20 (2.53%) Banking
11 16 (2.03%) Games
12 15 (1.90%) Health Technology
13 11 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.01%) Local Government
15 6 (0.76%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.63%) Back Office
17 4 (0.51%) Advertising
17 4 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 466 (59.06%) Developer
2 162 (20.53%) Senior
3 144 (18.25%) Software Engineer
4 139 (17.62%) Lead
5 138 (17.49%) Full-Stack Developer
6 97 (12.29%) Senior Developer
7 78 (9.89%) Lead Developer
8 75 (9.51%) .NET Developer
9 56 (7.10%) Lead Software Developer
10 50 (6.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 50 (6.34%) Lead Software Engineer
11 47 (5.96%) Software Developer
12 41 (5.20%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 39 (4.94%) React Developer
14 35 (4.44%) Senior Software Engineer
15 33 (4.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 33 (4.18%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 33 (4.18%) Power Platform Developer
16 27 (3.42%) JavaScript Developer
17 26 (3.30%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 364 (46.13%) React
2 216 (27.38%) Node.js
3 212 (26.87%) .NET
4 202 (25.60%) HTML
5 182 (23.07%) CSS
6 98 (12.42%) .NET Core
7 87 (11.03%) RESTful
8 80 (10.14%) ASP.NET
9 75 (9.51%) REST
10 65 (8.24%) ASP.NET Core
10 65 (8.24%) Vue
11 58 (7.35%) AngularJS
11 58 (7.35%) JSON
12 51 (6.46%) Blazor
13 47 (5.96%) Kafka
14 43 (5.45%) Redux
15 41 (5.20%) GraphQL
15 41 (5.20%) HTML5
16 36 (4.56%) Jest
16 36 (4.56%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.75%) Cloud Native
2 62 (7.86%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.07%) Fixed Income
4 39 (4.94%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.92%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.79%) Greenfield Project
8 21 (2.66%) Low-Code
9 19 (2.41%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (2.28%) Mobile App
11 15 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.77%) e-Learning
12 14 (1.77%) Sports Betting
13 11 (1.39%) Cyberattack
14 10 (1.27%) NHS
15 9 (1.14%) Blog
16 8 (1.01%) Derivative
16 8 (1.01%) Equities
16 8 (1.01%) Legacy Applications
16 8 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.46%) Linux
2 25 (3.17%) Unix
3 13 (1.65%) Android
4 6 (0.76%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Debian
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (45.88%) Agile
2 360 (45.63%) Full-Stack Development
3 240 (30.42%) CI/CD
4 218 (27.63%) Software Engineering
5 206 (26.11%) DevOps
6 192 (24.33%) Problem-Solving
7 185 (23.45%) Mentoring
8 168 (21.29%) Microservices
9 118 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 112 (14.20%) AI
11 111 (14.07%) User Experience
12 95 (12.04%) Test Automation
13 93 (11.79%) Containerisation
14 89 (11.28%) Scrum
15 88 (11.15%) Technical Leadership
16 73 (9.25%) Front End Development
17 72 (9.13%) Infrastructure as Code
17 72 (9.13%) Machine Learning
18 68 (8.62%) Roadmaps
19 61 (7.73%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 273 (34.60%) TypeScript
2 229 (29.02%) Python
3 226 (28.64%) C#
4 203 (25.73%) Java
5 200 (25.35%) SQL
6 64 (8.11%) Go
7 50 (6.34%) PHP
8 28 (3.55%) Bash
9 26 (3.30%) PowerShell
10 25 (3.17%) Ruby
11 18 (2.28%) Apex Code
12 14 (1.77%) C++
13 10 (1.27%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.51%) R
14 4 (0.51%) Rust
14 4 (0.51%) Scala
14 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.38%) Perl
16 2 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 100 (12.67%) Degree
2 74 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 69 (8.75%) SC Cleared
4 47 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 31 (3.93%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.03%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.27%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
11 5 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (0.38%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
14 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.62%) Accessibility
2 62 (7.86%) QA
3 17 (2.15%) WCAG
4 15 (1.90%) SLA
5 9 (1.14%) GDPR
6 7 (0.89%) GRC
7 6 (0.76%) Data Quality
7 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.51%) HL7
8 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 126 (15.97%) Docker
2 5 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 88 (11.15%) Kubernetes
2 67 (8.49%) Terraform
3 27 (3.42%) Ansible
4 25 (3.17%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.79%) Argo
6 18 (2.28%) Grafana
6 18 (2.28%) Kustomize
7 12 (1.52%) Podman
8 5 (0.63%) Plesk
9 2 (0.25%) cPanel
9 2 (0.25%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 172 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.48%) Google
3 33 (4.18%) Adobe
4 21 (2.66%) Salesforce
5 18 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.90%) Oracle
7 14 (1.77%) MuleSoft
8 9 (1.14%) Apple
9 7 (0.89%) HubSpot
9 7 (0.89%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.76%) Cisco
10 6 (0.76%) F5
10 6 (0.76%) Facebook
10 6 (0.76%) Juniper
10 6 (0.76%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.76%) Sony
10 6 (0.76%) Yahoo!
11 4 (0.51%) OpenAI
12 2 (0.25%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.25%) SendGrid