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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 833 1,829 3,823
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.35% 12.54% 11.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.24% 31.81% 28.35%
Number of salaries quoted 700 1,121 3,546
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 £82,500 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,150 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.08% +10.25% -4.53%

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 5,130 5,750 13,486
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.77% 39.43% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 3,783 3,954 11,433
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £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 £79,500
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 28 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 40 (4.80%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.32%) CMS
3 8 (0.96%) Confluence
3 8 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.48%) WordPress
5 3 (0.36%) nginx
6 2 (0.24%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.24%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Apache
7 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) Drupal
7 1 (0.12%) Moodle
7 1 (0.12%) SAS
7 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.48%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.24%) Blender
4 2 (0.24%) Maya
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.12%) InVision
5 1 (0.12%) Sketch
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.32%) Shopify
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.12%) Magento
3 1 (0.12%) Maximo
3 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 349 (41.90%) AWS
2 316 (37.94%) Azure
3 101 (12.12%) Serverless
4 93 (11.16%) Azure DevOps
5 91 (10.92%) GCP
6 81 (9.72%) Power Platform
7 66 (7.92%) SaaS
8 63 (7.56%) AWS Lambda
9 59 (7.08%) GitHub
10 52 (6.24%) PowerApps
11 51 (6.12%) Power Automate
12 49 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
13 47 (5.64%) Amazon S3
14 41 (4.92%) Amazon ECS
15 38 (4.56%) Amazon SQS
15 38 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
16 35 (4.20%) Amazon EC2
17 33 (3.96%) Azure AI
18 28 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
19 22 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.56%) Broadband
2 6 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (0.72%) Firewall
3 5 (0.60%) Internet
4 3 (0.36%) Hyperconnected
4 3 (0.36%) Intranet
5 2 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.12%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (14.53%) MongoDB
2 87 (10.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 84 (10.08%) PostgreSQL
4 64 (7.68%) NoSQL
5 60 (7.20%) MySQL
5 60 (7.20%) SQL Server
6 54 (6.48%) Relational Database
7 45 (5.40%) Power BI
8 31 (3.72%) Elasticsearch
9 20 (2.40%) Amazon RDS
10 19 (2.28%) RDBMS
11 10 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 10 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (0.96%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.96%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.84%) MariaDB
13 7 (0.84%) Redis
14 5 (0.60%) Electronic Patient Records
14 5 (0.60%) Metadata
15 4 (0.48%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 121 (14.53%) Git
2 52 (6.24%) Cypress.io
3 26 (3.12%) JIRA
4 18 (2.16%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.04%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.80%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.68%) GitLab
8 12 (1.44%) JUnit
9 11 (1.32%) Maven
10 10 (1.20%) Axure RP
11 9 (1.08%) Balsamiq
11 9 (1.08%) Mockito
11 9 (1.08%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.96%) webpack
13 7 (0.84%) Postman
13 7 (0.84%) Selenium
13 7 (0.84%) Vite
14 6 (0.72%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
16 3 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 204 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 142 (17.05%) Finance
3 92 (11.04%) Public Sector
4 83 (9.96%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (7.08%) Law
7 40 (4.80%) Front Office
8 33 (3.96%) Marketing
9 25 (3.00%) Retail
10 24 (2.88%) Legal
11 20 (2.40%) Banking
12 16 (1.92%) Health Technology
13 15 (1.80%) Games
14 13 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (1.20%) Local Government
16 7 (0.84%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.72%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.60%) Back Office
18 5 (0.60%) Social Housing
18 5 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 492 (59.06%) Developer
2 169 (20.29%) Senior
3 157 (18.85%) Software Engineer
4 149 (17.89%) Lead
5 142 (17.05%) Full-Stack Developer
6 98 (11.76%) Senior Developer
7 91 (10.92%) .NET Developer
8 83 (9.96%) Lead Developer
9 56 (6.72%) Lead Software Developer
10 54 (6.48%) Lead Software Engineer
11 53 (6.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 52 (6.24%) Software Developer
13 41 (4.92%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 40 (4.80%) Senior Software Engineer
15 38 (4.56%) React Developer
16 36 (4.32%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 33 (3.96%) Power Platform Developer
18 32 (3.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
19 28 (3.36%) Java Developer
20 27 (3.24%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 387 (46.46%) React
2 233 (27.97%) Node.js
3 228 (27.37%) .NET
4 204 (24.49%) HTML
5 185 (22.21%) CSS
6 110 (13.21%) .NET Core
7 100 (12.00%) RESTful
8 92 (11.04%) ASP.NET
9 82 (9.84%) REST
10 78 (9.36%) ASP.NET Core
11 69 (8.28%) Vue
12 64 (7.68%) Blazor
13 59 (7.08%) AngularJS
14 58 (6.96%) JSON
15 49 (5.88%) Kafka
16 44 (5.28%) Redux
17 42 (5.04%) HTML5
18 40 (4.80%) GraphQL
19 39 (4.68%) Spring
20 38 (4.56%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 74 (8.88%) Cloud Native
2 64 (7.68%) Product Ownership
3 43 (5.16%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.80%) Fixed Income
5 27 (3.24%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (3.12%) Onboarding
7 24 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
8 20 (2.40%) Low-Code
9 18 (2.16%) Mobile App
10 15 (1.80%) e-Learning
11 14 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.56%) Sports Betting
13 12 (1.44%) Blog
14 11 (1.32%) Cyberattack
15 9 (1.08%) Culture of Ownership
15 9 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (1.08%) NHS
15 9 (1.08%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.96%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.96%) Linux
2 24 (2.88%) Unix
3 13 (1.56%) Android
4 5 (0.60%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.24%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (47.90%) Agile
2 384 (46.10%) Full-Stack Development
3 253 (30.37%) CI/CD
4 233 (27.97%) Software Engineering
5 217 (26.05%) DevOps
6 202 (24.25%) Problem-Solving
7 192 (23.05%) Mentoring
8 187 (22.45%) Microservices
9 126 (15.13%) AI
9 126 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 116 (13.93%) User Experience
11 104 (12.48%) Scrum
12 102 (12.24%) Containerisation
13 99 (11.88%) Test Automation
14 97 (11.64%) Technical Leadership
15 83 (9.96%) Machine Learning
16 77 (9.24%) Front End Development
16 77 (9.24%) Roadmaps
17 75 (9.00%) Infrastructure as Code
18 60 (7.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 286 (34.33%) TypeScript
2 242 (29.05%) C#
3 233 (27.97%) Python
4 227 (27.25%) SQL
5 213 (25.57%) Java
6 66 (7.92%) Go
7 51 (6.12%) PHP
8 29 (3.48%) Bash
8 29 (3.48%) Ruby
9 25 (3.00%) PowerShell
10 18 (2.16%) C++
11 17 (2.04%) Apex Code
12 14 (1.68%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.84%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.60%) R
14 5 (0.60%) Scala
15 4 (0.48%) Perl
15 4 (0.48%) Rust
16 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 99 (11.88%) Degree
2 77 (9.24%) Security Cleared
3 73 (8.76%) SC Cleared
4 46 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.48%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.68%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (0.96%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.48%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.48%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.12%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (8.52%) Accessibility
2 65 (7.80%) QA
3 16 (1.92%) WCAG
4 15 (1.80%) SLA
5 11 (1.32%) GDPR
6 8 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.84%) GRC
7 7 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.48%) HL7
9 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 135 (16.21%) Docker
2 5 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 94 (11.28%) Kubernetes
2 67 (8.04%) Terraform
3 26 (3.12%) Ansible
4 24 (2.88%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.64%) Argo
6 18 (2.16%) Kustomize
7 15 (1.80%) Grafana
8 12 (1.44%) Podman
9 3 (0.36%) Plesk
10 2 (0.24%) Kibana
11 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
11 1 (0.12%) Puppet
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 183 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.20%) Google
3 31 (3.72%) Adobe
4 22 (2.64%) Oracle
5 20 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.16%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.56%) MuleSoft
8 11 (1.32%) HubSpot
9 9 (1.08%) Apple
10 7 (0.84%) Facebook
10 7 (0.84%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.84%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.84%) Sony
10 7 (0.84%) Yahoo!
11 6 (0.72%) Cisco
11 6 (0.72%) F5
11 6 (0.72%) Juniper
11 6 (0.72%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.24%) BT
12 2 (0.24%) Dynatrace