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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -34 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 726 1,572 3,725
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.31% 12.25% 12.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.07% 26.83% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 601 1,355 3,408
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +10.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £75,208
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,500 £96,539
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 4,518 5,859 13,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.84% 45.67% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,292 4,513 11,454
10th Percentile £39,469 £40,000 £38,500
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
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 27 March 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 31 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.20%) CMS
3 7 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.83%) Apache
5 5 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 5 (0.69%) NServiceBus
5 5 (0.69%) WordPress
6 4 (0.55%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.55%) nginx
7 3 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.41%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.41%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.28%) Confluence
8 2 (0.28%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.28%) Mendix
8 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Drupal
9 1 (0.14%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 15 (2.07%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.10%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.55%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) InVision
4 1 (0.14%) Notion
4 1 (0.14%) Sketch
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.93%) Shopify
2 12 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.41%) Primavera
4 2 (0.28%) Maximo
4 2 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.14%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 308 (42.42%) AWS
2 259 (35.67%) Azure
3 111 (15.29%) Serverless
4 80 (11.02%) GCP
5 62 (8.54%) Power Platform
6 60 (8.26%) GitHub
7 58 (7.99%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (7.71%) AWS Lambda
8 56 (7.71%) SaaS
9 47 (6.47%) Power Automate
10 42 (5.79%) Amazon S3
11 41 (5.65%) PowerApps
12 38 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
13 35 (4.82%) Azure Logic Apps
14 34 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
15 28 (3.86%) Amazon ECS
16 26 (3.58%) Amazon SQS
17 25 (3.44%) Figma
18 23 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.96%) Broadband
2 8 (1.10%) Firewall
3 6 (0.83%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.55%) SSH
5 3 (0.41%) HTTP
6 2 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.28%) Internet
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.14%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (8.26%) Relational Database
3 57 (7.85%) MongoDB
4 54 (7.44%) SQL Server
5 51 (7.02%) NoSQL
6 50 (6.89%) MySQL
7 34 (4.68%) Power BI
8 29 (3.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 22 (3.03%) RDBMS
10 17 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
11 16 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (1.24%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (0.69%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.69%) Redis
15 4 (0.55%) Apache Ignite
15 4 (0.55%) Big Data
15 4 (0.55%) Dremio
15 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 113 (15.56%) Git
2 48 (6.61%) Cypress.io
3 25 (3.44%) JIRA
4 19 (2.62%) Jaeger
5 16 (2.20%) CircleCI
5 16 (2.20%) GitLab
6 15 (2.07%) Axure RP
6 15 (2.07%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.93%) Balsamiq
7 14 (1.93%) webpack
8 12 (1.65%) Selenium
9 11 (1.52%) TeamCity
10 10 (1.38%) Vite
11 7 (0.96%) Babel
12 6 (0.83%) JMeter
12 6 (0.83%) Postman
13 5 (0.69%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.55%) LoadRunner
15 3 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
15 3 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
General
1 194 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 116 (15.98%) Finance
3 92 (12.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (12.26%) Law
5 80 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
6 76 (10.47%) Public Sector
7 44 (6.06%) Front Office
8 22 (3.03%) Marketing
9 21 (2.89%) Legal
10 19 (2.62%) Games
10 19 (2.62%) Retail
11 13 (1.79%) Banking
12 8 (1.10%) Health Technology
12 8 (1.10%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.69%) Advertising
13 5 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.55%) Electronics
14 4 (0.55%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 436 (60.06%) Developer
2 148 (20.39%) Senior
3 119 (16.39%) Software Engineer
4 111 (15.29%) Full-Stack Developer
5 96 (13.22%) Senior Developer
6 95 (13.09%) Lead
7 53 (7.30%) Lead Developer
8 52 (7.16%) .NET Developer
9 48 (6.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 41 (5.65%) Developer/Software Engineer
10 41 (5.65%) React Developer
11 37 (5.10%) Lead Software Developer
12 36 (4.96%) Lead Software Engineer
13 32 (4.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 32 (4.41%) Power Platform Developer
14 29 (3.99%) Java Developer
14 29 (3.99%) Python Developer
14 29 (3.99%) Software Developer
15 25 (3.44%) JavaScript Developer
16 23 (3.17%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 308 (42.42%) React
2 212 (29.20%) HTML
3 194 (26.72%) CSS
4 175 (24.10%) Node.js
5 171 (23.55%) .NET
6 80 (11.02%) REST
7 74 (10.19%) Vue
8 71 (9.78%) AngularJS
9 66 (9.09%) .NET Core
10 51 (7.02%) RESTful
11 50 (6.89%) ASP.NET
12 45 (6.20%) Kafka
13 44 (6.06%) Redux
14 43 (5.92%) GraphQL
15 38 (5.23%) JSON
16 34 (4.68%) HTML5
16 34 (4.68%) SOAP
17 33 (4.55%) Web Services
18 30 (4.13%) Spring
19 29 (3.99%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 63 (8.68%) Cloud Native
3 44 (6.06%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.82%) Low-Code
5 25 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (3.31%) Mobile App
7 22 (3.03%) Onboarding
7 22 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.20%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.65%) Derivative
12 12 (1.65%) Equities
13 11 (1.52%) Sports Betting
14 9 (1.24%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.10%) Distributed Architecture
15 8 (1.10%) e-Learning
15 8 (1.10%) NHS
15 8 (1.10%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 59 (8.13%) Linux
2 37 (5.10%) Unix
3 13 (1.79%) Android
4 12 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.96%) Windows
6 4 (0.55%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (47.80%) Agile
2 271 (37.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 221 (30.44%) CI/CD
4 200 (27.55%) Software Engineering
5 191 (26.31%) Problem-Solving
6 186 (25.62%) DevOps
7 157 (21.63%) Mentoring
8 127 (17.49%) Microservices
9 98 (13.50%) User Experience
10 95 (13.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (13.09%) Test Automation
11 88 (12.12%) Containerisation
12 81 (11.16%) AI
13 76 (10.47%) Front End Development
14 74 (10.19%) Computer Science
15 61 (8.40%) Infrastructure as Code
15 61 (8.40%) Roadmaps
15 61 (8.40%) Scrum
16 60 (8.26%) Performance Optimisation
17 59 (8.13%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 248 (34.16%) Python
2 235 (32.37%) TypeScript
3 195 (26.86%) C#
4 178 (24.52%) Java
5 144 (19.83%) SQL
6 62 (8.54%) Go
7 50 (6.89%) PHP
8 29 (3.99%) Bash
9 21 (2.89%) Ruby
10 20 (2.75%) Apex Code
11 13 (1.79%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.24%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.41%) C
14 3 (0.41%) R
15 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.28%) RPG
15 2 (0.28%) SOQL
15 2 (0.28%) SOSL
15 2 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 116 (15.98%) Degree
2 94 (12.95%) Security Cleared
3 87 (11.98%) SC Cleared
4 59 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (5.51%) AWS Certification
6 36 (4.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (2.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 19 (2.62%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
9 12 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.52%) DBS Check
11 10 (1.38%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.69%) DV Cleared
14 4 (0.55%) AWS Certified Developer
15 3 (0.41%) Numerate Degree
15 3 (0.41%) PMI Certification
16 2 (0.28%) IBM Certification
17 1 (0.14%) ISTQB
17 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (9.64%) Accessibility
2 64 (8.82%) QA
3 22 (3.03%) WCAG
4 12 (1.65%) GDPR
5 9 (1.24%) SLA
6 6 (0.83%) GRC
7 4 (0.55%) HL7
7 4 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 139 (19.15%) Docker
2 6 (0.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 91 (12.53%) Kubernetes
2 76 (10.47%) Terraform
3 32 (4.41%) Ansible
4 31 (4.27%) Prometheus
5 27 (3.72%) Argo
6 25 (3.44%) Grafana
7 19 (2.62%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.83%) Podman
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 (0.28%) Control-M
10 2 (0.28%) Kibana
10 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 144 (19.83%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.89%) Google
3 25 (3.44%) ServiceNow
4 24 (3.31%) Adobe
5 23 (3.17%) MuleSoft
5 23 (3.17%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.93%) Oracle
7 12 (1.65%) IBM
8 9 (1.24%) Red Hat
9 8 (1.10%) IFS
9 8 (1.10%) SAP
10 6 (0.83%) Apple
10 6 (0.83%) Cisco
10 6 (0.83%) F5
10 6 (0.83%) Juniper
10 6 (0.83%) Palo Alto
10 6 (0.83%) Workday
11 5 (0.69%) Infor
11 5 (0.69%) Informatica
11 5 (0.69%) Talend