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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 14
Rank change year-on-year -25 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,000 1,905 3,850
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.78% 11.76% 11.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.84% 32.32% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 852 1,218 3,431
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,425 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.67% +10.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £138,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.88% +10.34% -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 5,606 5,895 13,350
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.78% 36.38% 40.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,229 4,113 11,003
10th Percentile £39,818 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,118 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £105,000
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 5 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 53 (5.30%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.50%) CMS
3 8 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.70%) Confluence
4 7 (0.70%) WordPress
5 4 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.40%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.30%) Apache
6 3 (0.30%) DNN
6 3 (0.30%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.30%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.30%) Kentico
6 3 (0.30%) Sitefinity
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.20%) IIS
7 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.50%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.30%) Blender
3 3 (0.30%) Maya
4 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.20%) Elementor
4 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.90%) Shopify
3 3 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 437 (43.70%) Azure
2 389 (38.90%) AWS
3 144 (14.40%) Azure DevOps
4 99 (9.90%) Power Platform
5 97 (9.70%) GCP
6 96 (9.60%) SaaS
7 95 (9.50%) Serverless
8 78 (7.80%) Azure AI
9 71 (7.10%) PowerApps
10 70 (7.00%) Power Automate
11 62 (6.20%) GitHub
12 60 (6.00%) AWS Lambda
13 48 (4.80%) Azure Logic Apps
13 48 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
14 45 (4.50%) Amazon S3
15 41 (4.10%) Amazon ECS
16 33 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
17 32 (3.20%) Amazon SQS
18 31 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
19 29 (2.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.80%) Broadband
2 18 (1.80%) Internet
3 8 (0.80%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.60%) Firewall
5 5 (0.50%) Intranet
6 2 (0.20%) SSH
7 1 (0.10%) AMQP
7 1 (0.10%) HTTP
7 1 (0.10%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (22.00%) MongoDB
2 176 (17.60%) Azure SQL Database
3 85 (8.50%) PostgreSQL
4 78 (7.80%) SQL Server
5 75 (7.50%) Elasticsearch
6 69 (6.90%) MySQL
7 58 (5.80%) Relational Database
8 55 (5.50%) NoSQL
9 51 (5.10%) Power BI
10 17 (1.70%) Redis
11 16 (1.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 15 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (1.20%) RDBMS
14 10 (1.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (0.90%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.80%) Electronic Patient Records
16 8 (0.80%) MariaDB
17 7 (0.70%) Metadata
18 5 (0.50%) Big Data
18 5 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 118 (11.80%) Git
2 47 (4.70%) Cypress.io
3 34 (3.40%) JIRA
4 19 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.50%) CircleCI
6 12 (1.20%) GitLab
6 12 (1.20%) Jaeger
6 12 (1.20%) JUnit
7 11 (1.10%) Maven
8 10 (1.00%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.90%) Mockito
10 8 (0.80%) Postman
10 8 (0.80%) TeamCity
10 8 (0.80%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.70%) webpack
12 5 (0.50%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.50%) Balsamiq
12 5 (0.50%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.50%) Selenium
12 5 (0.50%) Vite
General
1 219 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 159 (15.90%) Finance
3 90 (9.00%) Public Sector
4 73 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 58 (5.80%) Law
7 51 (5.10%) Marketing
8 44 (4.40%) Front Office
9 40 (4.00%) Retail
10 37 (3.70%) Legal
11 23 (2.30%) Banking
12 20 (2.00%) Health Technology
13 18 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.50%) Games
15 13 (1.30%) Legal Technology
16 10 (1.00%) Local Government
17 8 (0.80%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.60%) Advertising
18 6 (0.60%) Telecoms
19 5 (0.50%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 624 (62.40%) Developer
2 194 (19.40%) Senior
3 190 (19.00%) .NET Developer
4 177 (17.70%) Software Engineer
5 168 (16.80%) Full-Stack Developer
6 163 (16.30%) Lead
7 106 (10.60%) Senior Developer
8 96 (9.60%) Lead Developer
9 67 (6.70%) Lead Software Developer
10 64 (6.40%) Software Developer
11 59 (5.90%) Lead Software Engineer
12 56 (5.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 49 (4.90%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 47 (4.70%) Senior Software Engineer
15 42 (4.20%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 41 (4.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 30 (3.00%) Power Platform Developer
18 28 (2.80%) React Developer
19 27 (2.70%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
20 24 (2.40%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 499 (49.90%) React
2 331 (33.10%) .NET
3 301 (30.10%) Node.js
4 209 (20.90%) HTML
5 200 (20.00%) .NET Core
6 195 (19.50%) ASP.NET
7 186 (18.60%) CSS
8 180 (18.00%) ASP.NET Core
9 152 (15.20%) Blazor
10 146 (14.60%) RESTful
11 89 (8.90%) Vue
12 81 (8.10%) ASP.NET Web API
12 81 (8.10%) REST
13 78 (7.80%) ML.NET
14 69 (6.90%) AngularJS
15 62 (6.20%) JSON
16 58 (5.80%) .NET Framework
17 46 (4.60%) Redux
18 44 (4.40%) Kafka
19 43 (4.30%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.30%) Self-Motivation
3 51 (5.10%) Product Ownership
4 46 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
5 41 (4.10%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
8 26 (2.60%) Mobile App
8 26 (2.60%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.00%) Social Media
9 20 (2.00%) Virtual Team
10 17 (1.70%) BBC
10 17 (1.70%) iPhone
11 16 (1.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 15 (1.50%) Cyberattack
13 14 (1.40%) Low-Code
13 14 (1.40%) Social Network
13 14 (1.40%) Sports Betting
14 13 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
14 13 (1.30%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 59 (5.90%) Linux
2 20 (2.00%) Android
2 20 (2.00%) Unix
3 3 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.30%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.20%) Windows
5 1 (0.10%) CentOS
5 1 (0.10%) Debian
5 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 520 (52.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 514 (51.40%) Agile
3 278 (27.80%) DevOps
4 276 (27.60%) Software Engineering
5 267 (26.70%) CI/CD
6 243 (24.30%) Microservices
7 219 (21.90%) AI
8 218 (21.80%) Problem-Solving
9 201 (20.10%) Mentoring
10 162 (16.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 135 (13.50%) Scrum
12 131 (13.10%) Machine Learning
13 115 (11.50%) Test Automation
14 113 (11.30%) User Experience
15 112 (11.20%) Technical Leadership
16 96 (9.60%) Containerisation
17 78 (7.80%) Front End Development
17 78 (7.80%) Multithreading
18 75 (7.50%) Infrastructure as Code
19 73 (7.30%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 362 (36.20%) C#
2 341 (34.10%) SQL
3 336 (33.60%) TypeScript
4 241 (24.10%) Python
5 199 (19.90%) Java
6 62 (6.20%) Go
7 56 (5.60%) PHP
8 39 (3.90%) PowerShell
9 30 (3.00%) Ruby
10 24 (2.40%) Bash
10 24 (2.40%) C++
11 15 (1.50%) Apex Code
12 13 (1.30%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.20%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.70%) R
15 6 (0.60%) Scala
16 4 (0.40%) Perl
16 4 (0.40%) Rust
17 3 (0.30%) Kotlin
17 3 (0.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (10.60%) Degree
2 69 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 64 (6.40%) SC Cleared
4 52 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
6 15 (1.50%) AWS Certification
7 13 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.20%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.50%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.50%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.30%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.20%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.10%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (7.20%) Accessibility
2 65 (6.50%) QA
3 15 (1.50%) SLA
4 12 (1.20%) GDPR
5 11 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.10%) WCAG
6 9 (0.90%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.70%) GRC
7 7 (0.70%) HL7
8 5 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 124 (12.40%) Docker
2 5 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 81 (8.10%) Kubernetes
2 53 (5.30%) Terraform
3 19 (1.90%) Ansible
4 15 (1.50%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.40%) Argo
6 12 (1.20%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.20%) Podman
7 8 (0.80%) Grafana
8 3 (0.30%) Plesk
9 2 (0.20%) Kibana
10 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.10%) Puppet
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 289 (28.90%) Microsoft
2 71 (7.10%) Google
3 26 (2.60%) Adobe
4 19 (1.90%) Apple
4 19 (1.90%) Oracle
5 18 (1.80%) Salesforce
5 18 (1.80%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.70%) Facebook
6 17 (1.70%) Sony
6 17 (1.70%) Yahoo!
7 12 (1.20%) HubSpot
8 11 (1.10%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.00%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.70%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.60%) Cisco
11 6 (0.60%) F5
11 6 (0.60%) Juniper
11 6 (0.60%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.50%) Databricks
13 4 (0.40%) Sitecore