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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -28 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 819 1,831 3,814
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.30% 12.61% 11.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.12% 31.99% 28.30%
Number of salaries quoted 689 1,122 3,535
10th Percentile £41,850 £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 £111,250
UK median annual salary £59,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.88% +10.33% -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 5,080 5,724 13,479
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.66% 39.43% 40.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,749 3,932 11,426
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £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 £79,600
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 27 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 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.34%) CMS
3 8 (0.98%) Confluence
3 8 (0.98%) SharePoint Server
4 4 (0.49%) WordPress
5 3 (0.37%) 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 (1.22%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.49%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.37%) 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 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 11 (1.34%) 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
1 344 (42.00%) AWS
2 306 (37.36%) Azure
3 101 (12.33%) Serverless
4 90 (10.99%) Azure DevOps
5 89 (10.87%) GCP
6 80 (9.77%) Power Platform
7 65 (7.94%) SaaS
8 63 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
9 59 (7.20%) GitHub
10 51 (6.23%) PowerApps
11 50 (6.11%) Power Automate
12 49 (5.98%) Azure Logic Apps
13 47 (5.74%) Amazon S3
14 41 (5.01%) Amazon ECS
15 38 (4.64%) Amazon SQS
15 38 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
16 35 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
17 30 (3.66%) Azure AI
18 27 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
19 22 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.64%) Broadband
2 6 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (0.73%) Firewall
3 5 (0.61%) Internet
4 3 (0.37%) Hyperconnected
4 3 (0.37%) Intranet
5 2 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.12%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (14.16%) MongoDB
2 84 (10.26%) PostgreSQL
3 81 (9.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 63 (7.69%) NoSQL
5 60 (7.33%) SQL Server
6 59 (7.20%) MySQL
7 53 (6.47%) Relational Database
8 44 (5.37%) Power BI
9 27 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
11 19 (2.32%) RDBMS
12 10 (1.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (0.98%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.98%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.85%) MariaDB
14 7 (0.85%) Redis
15 5 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.61%) Metadata
16 4 (0.49%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 116 (14.16%) Git
2 53 (6.47%) Cypress.io
3 25 (3.05%) JIRA
4 18 (2.20%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.08%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.83%) Jenkins
7 14 (1.71%) GitLab
8 11 (1.34%) JUnit
8 11 (1.34%) Maven
9 10 (1.22%) Axure RP
10 9 (1.10%) Balsamiq
10 9 (1.10%) Mockito
10 9 (1.10%) TeamCity
11 8 (0.98%) Selenium
11 8 (0.98%) webpack
12 7 (0.85%) Postman
12 7 (0.85%) Vite
13 5 (0.61%) Cucumber
14 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
15 3 (0.37%) Claude Code
General
1 200 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 136 (16.61%) Finance
3 92 (11.23%) Public Sector
4 82 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 59 (7.20%) Law
7 40 (4.88%) Front Office
8 32 (3.91%) Marketing
9 26 (3.17%) Retail
10 23 (2.81%) Legal
11 20 (2.44%) Banking
12 15 (1.83%) Games
12 15 (1.83%) Health Technology
13 12 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.22%) Local Government
15 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.61%) Back Office
16 5 (0.61%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.61%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.61%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 478 (58.36%) Developer
2 167 (20.39%) Senior
3 158 (19.29%) Software Engineer
4 148 (18.07%) Lead
5 141 (17.22%) Full-Stack Developer
6 96 (11.72%) Senior Developer
7 84 (10.26%) .NET Developer
8 81 (9.89%) Lead Developer
9 56 (6.84%) Lead Software Developer
10 54 (6.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 54 (6.59%) Lead Software Engineer
11 51 (6.23%) Software Developer
12 41 (5.01%) Developer/Software Engineer
12 41 (5.01%) Senior Software Engineer
13 38 (4.64%) React Developer
14 35 (4.27%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
15 33 (4.03%) Power Platform Developer
16 31 (3.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 28 (3.42%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 28 (3.42%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 376 (45.91%) React
2 228 (27.84%) Node.js
3 221 (26.98%) .NET
4 202 (24.66%) HTML
5 184 (22.47%) CSS
6 104 (12.70%) .NET Core
7 97 (11.84%) RESTful
8 87 (10.62%) ASP.NET
9 80 (9.77%) REST
10 72 (8.79%) ASP.NET Core
11 67 (8.18%) Vue
12 59 (7.20%) AngularJS
12 59 (7.20%) Blazor
13 58 (7.08%) JSON
14 50 (6.11%) Kafka
15 44 (5.37%) Redux
16 42 (5.13%) HTML5
17 40 (4.88%) GraphQL
18 39 (4.76%) Spring
19 38 (4.64%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 73 (8.91%) Cloud Native
2 63 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 42 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (4.88%) Fixed Income
5 27 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 24 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
8 23 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
9 20 (2.44%) Low-Code
10 17 (2.08%) Mobile App
11 15 (1.83%) e-Learning
12 14 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.59%) Sports Betting
14 12 (1.47%) Blog
15 11 (1.34%) Cyberattack
16 9 (1.10%) Culture of Ownership
16 9 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
16 9 (1.10%) NHS
16 9 (1.10%) Virtual Team
17 8 (0.98%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.72%) Linux
2 24 (2.93%) Unix
3 12 (1.47%) Android
4 5 (0.61%) 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
1 389 (47.50%) Agile
2 375 (45.79%) Full-Stack Development
3 254 (31.01%) CI/CD
4 230 (28.08%) Software Engineering
5 215 (26.25%) DevOps
6 198 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
7 192 (23.44%) Mentoring
8 184 (22.47%) Microservices
9 125 (15.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 123 (15.02%) AI
11 117 (14.29%) User Experience
12 102 (12.45%) Containerisation
13 101 (12.33%) Scrum
13 101 (12.33%) Test Automation
14 97 (11.84%) Technical Leadership
15 80 (9.77%) Machine Learning
16 76 (9.28%) Roadmaps
17 75 (9.16%) Infrastructure as Code
18 74 (9.04%) Front End Development
19 59 (7.20%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 281 (34.31%) TypeScript
2 236 (28.82%) C#
3 232 (28.33%) Python
4 216 (26.37%) SQL
5 212 (25.89%) Java
6 64 (7.81%) Go
7 50 (6.11%) PHP
8 29 (3.54%) Bash
9 28 (3.42%) Ruby
10 25 (3.05%) PowerShell
11 18 (2.20%) C++
12 17 (2.08%) Apex Code
13 14 (1.71%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.73%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.61%) Scala
16 4 (0.49%) Perl
16 4 (0.49%) R
16 4 (0.49%) Rust
17 3 (0.37%) Kotlin
18 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 97 (11.84%) Degree
2 77 (9.40%) Security Cleared
3 73 (8.91%) SC Cleared
4 45 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.54%) AWS Certification
6 19 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.71%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.49%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.49%) Master's Degree
12 3 (0.37%) Numerate Degree
12 3 (0.37%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.12%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.79%) Accessibility
2 65 (7.94%) QA
3 16 (1.95%) WCAG
4 15 (1.83%) SLA
5 12 (1.47%) GDPR
6 8 (0.98%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.85%) GRC
7 7 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.49%) HL7
8 4 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 133 (16.24%) Docker
2 5 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 92 (11.23%) Kubernetes
2 67 (8.18%) Terraform
3 26 (3.17%) Ansible
4 24 (2.93%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.69%) Argo
6 18 (2.20%) Kustomize
7 15 (1.83%) Grafana
8 12 (1.47%) Podman
9 3 (0.37%) Plesk
10 2 (0.24%) Kibana
11 1 (0.12%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.12%) Puppet
11 1 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 175 (21.37%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.20%) Google
3 32 (3.91%) Adobe
4 21 (2.56%) Oracle
5 20 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.20%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.59%) MuleSoft
8 10 (1.22%) HubSpot
9 9 (1.10%) Apple
10 7 (0.85%) Facebook
10 7 (0.85%) OpenAI
10 7 (0.85%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.85%) Sony
10 7 (0.85%) Yahoo!
11 6 (0.73%) Cisco
11 6 (0.73%) F5
11 6 (0.73%) Juniper
11 6 (0.73%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.24%) BT
12 2 (0.24%) IBM