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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 15 14
Rank change year-on-year -30 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 739 1,984 2,657
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.92% 12.12% 12.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.03% 28.07% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 623 1,326 2,414
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £118,000 £118,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +7.44% -6.92%

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 4,099 7,069 10,046
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.26% 43.19% 46.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,088 4,426 8,565
10th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

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 13 January 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 56 (7.58%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (4.19%) Apache
3 23 (3.11%) SharePoint
4 17 (2.30%) CMS
5 9 (1.22%) Confluence
6 8 (1.08%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.95%) WordPress
8 5 (0.68%) Anypoint
8 5 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.68%) nginx
9 4 (0.54%) IIS
9 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.41%) Drupal
10 3 (0.41%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
11 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 13 (1.76%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 7 (0.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (0.68%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.41%) Simulink
7 1 (0.14%) InVision
7 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.14%) Notion
7 1 (0.14%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (2.30%) Shopify
2 14 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.08%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.68%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.41%) Maximo
6 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.41%) Primavera
7 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.14%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.14%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 314 (42.49%) AWS
2 286 (38.70%) Azure
3 101 (13.67%) Serverless
4 93 (12.58%) GCP
5 87 (11.77%) SaaS
6 55 (7.44%) dbt
7 53 (7.17%) GitHub
8 48 (6.50%) Power Platform
9 44 (5.95%) Power Automate
10 43 (5.82%) AWS Lambda
11 40 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
12 38 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
13 35 (4.74%) PowerApps
14 31 (4.19%) Amazon S3
14 31 (4.19%) Microsoft 365
15 29 (3.92%) Snowflake
16 25 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
17 23 (3.11%) Figma
18 22 (2.98%) GitHub Actions
19 20 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.84%) Broadband
2 5 (0.68%) HTTP
3 4 (0.54%) SSH
4 2 (0.27%) AMQP
4 2 (0.27%) Firewall
4 2 (0.27%) Internet
4 2 (0.27%) Intranet
4 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.14%) DNS
5 1 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (10.28%) PostgreSQL
2 66 (8.93%) MongoDB
3 62 (8.39%) SQL Server
4 60 (8.12%) MySQL
5 54 (7.31%) Relational Database
6 53 (7.17%) Amazon Athena
7 52 (7.04%) Apache Arrow
7 52 (7.04%) Apache Iceberg
7 52 (7.04%) Dremio
8 46 (6.22%) Azure SQL Database
9 39 (5.28%) NoSQL
10 38 (5.14%) Elasticsearch
11 29 (3.92%) Apache Ignite
11 29 (3.92%) Data Lake
12 28 (3.79%) Power BI
13 17 (2.30%) RDBMS
14 14 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
15 11 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 9 (1.22%) DynamoDB
16 9 (1.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 106 (14.34%) Git
2 37 (5.01%) Cypress.io
3 29 (3.92%) JIRA
4 17 (2.30%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.30%) Selenium
5 16 (2.17%) webpack
6 14 (1.89%) Axure RP
7 13 (1.76%) CircleCI
7 13 (1.76%) GitLab
7 13 (1.76%) Jaeger
8 12 (1.62%) Balsamiq
9 9 (1.22%) JMeter
9 9 (1.22%) TeamCity
9 9 (1.22%) Vite
10 8 (1.08%) Postman
11 7 (0.95%) Babel
12 6 (0.81%) LoadRunner
12 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
13 5 (0.68%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 200 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 162 (21.92%) Finance
3 84 (11.37%) Law
4 62 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 62 (8.39%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
6 52 (7.04%) Front Office
7 32 (4.33%) Banking
8 30 (4.06%) Marketing
9 29 (3.92%) Investment Banking
10 17 (2.30%) Retail
11 14 (1.89%) Legal
12 13 (1.76%) Games
13 11 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (0.95%) Advertising
15 6 (0.81%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.54%) Electronics
16 4 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.41%) Aerospace
17 3 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 440 (59.54%) Developer
2 156 (21.11%) Senior
3 104 (14.07%) Software Engineer
4 96 (12.99%) .NET Developer
5 83 (11.23%) Senior Developer
6 67 (9.07%) Software Developer
7 64 (8.66%) Full-Stack Developer
8 60 (8.12%) Lead
9 55 (7.44%) AWS Engineer
10 52 (7.04%) AWS Software Engineer
10 52 (7.04%) Python Engineer
10 52 (7.04%) Python Software Engineer
11 45 (6.09%) AWS Developer
11 45 (6.09%) Python Developer
12 37 (5.01%) Senior Software Engineer
13 34 (4.60%) Engineering Manager
13 34 (4.60%) Java Engineer
14 33 (4.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 31 (4.19%) .NET Software Developer
16 30 (4.06%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 259 (35.05%) React
2 231 (31.26%) HTML
3 209 (28.28%) CSS
4 206 (27.88%) .NET
5 142 (19.22%) Node.js
6 112 (15.16%) AngularJS
7 98 (13.26%) Vue
8 82 (11.10%) REST
9 77 (10.42%) .NET Core
10 72 (9.74%) ASP.NET
11 56 (7.58%) RESTful
12 52 (7.04%) NumPy
12 52 (7.04%) Pandas
12 52 (7.04%) SciPy
13 46 (6.22%) HTML5
14 41 (5.55%) SOAP
15 40 (5.41%) .NET Framework
15 40 (5.41%) ASP.NET MVC
16 38 (5.14%) Entity Framework
17 37 (5.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (8.53%) Product Ownership
2 54 (7.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 52 (7.04%) Equities
3 52 (7.04%) Fixed Income
4 44 (5.95%) Cloud Native
5 35 (4.74%) Enterprise Software
6 29 (3.92%) Derivative
6 29 (3.92%) Hedge funds
6 29 (3.92%) Pricing Data
7 26 (3.52%) Low-Code
8 25 (3.38%) Mobile App
9 15 (2.03%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.03%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
11 8 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.95%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.95%) Private Cloud
12 7 (0.95%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 61 (8.25%) Linux
2 28 (3.79%) Unix
3 21 (2.84%) Windows
4 16 (2.17%) Android
5 15 (2.03%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.62%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (52.10%) Agile
2 206 (27.88%) Software Engineering
3 193 (26.12%) Full-Stack Development
4 188 (25.44%) CI/CD
5 165 (22.33%) Problem-Solving
6 155 (20.97%) DevOps
7 152 (20.57%) Mentoring
8 127 (17.19%) Microservices
9 96 (12.99%) AI
10 93 (12.58%) User Experience
11 89 (12.04%) Roadmaps
12 88 (11.91%) Asset Management
12 88 (11.91%) Front End Development
13 80 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 79 (10.69%) Computer Science
15 74 (10.01%) MVC
16 72 (9.74%) Test Automation
17 70 (9.47%) Containerisation
18 68 (9.20%) Scrum
19 58 (7.85%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 269 (36.40%) TypeScript
2 247 (33.42%) Python
3 212 (28.69%) C#
4 159 (21.52%) SQL
5 147 (19.89%) Java
6 56 (7.58%) PHP
7 25 (3.38%) Go
8 20 (2.71%) Bash
9 19 (2.57%) PowerShell
10 15 (2.03%) Ruby
11 9 (1.22%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.95%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.95%) C
13 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.68%) Perl
14 5 (0.68%) VBA
15 4 (0.54%) C++
15 4 (0.54%) R
15 4 (0.54%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 112 (15.16%) Degree
2 77 (10.42%) Security Cleared
3 71 (9.61%) SC Cleared
4 63 (8.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.95%) AWS Certification
6 42 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.38%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 15 (2.03%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.08%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.41%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.41%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (9.47%) QA
2 61 (8.25%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.25%) WCAG
4 17 (2.30%) GDPR
5 4 (0.54%) HL7
6 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.14%) SLA
System Software
1 118 (15.97%) Docker
2 5 (0.68%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 80 (10.83%) Kubernetes
2 70 (9.47%) Terraform
3 29 (3.92%) Prometheus
4 28 (3.79%) Ansible
5 25 (3.38%) Grafana
6 22 (2.98%) Argo
7 13 (1.76%) Kustomize
8 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.41%) cPanel
9 3 (0.41%) HP Fortify
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.41%) Plesk
10 2 (0.27%) Control-M
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.14%) Istio
11 1 (0.14%) Kibana
Vendors
1 164 (22.19%) Microsoft
2 38 (5.14%) Google
2 38 (5.14%) ServiceNow
3 23 (3.11%) Adobe
4 22 (2.98%) MuleSoft
5 20 (2.71%) Oracle
6 13 (1.76%) IBM
6 13 (1.76%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.76%) Workday
7 8 (1.08%) IFS
7 8 (1.08%) SAP
8 7 (0.95%) Facebook
9 6 (0.81%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.81%) Infor
9 6 (0.81%) YouTube
10 5 (0.68%) Dell
10 5 (0.68%) Epicor
10 5 (0.68%) Informatica
10 5 (0.68%) Software AG
10 5 (0.68%) TIBCO