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

 6 months to
16 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 15 14
Rank change year-on-year -32 -1 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 742 1,989 2,666
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.85% 12.12% 12.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.79% 27.99% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 624 1,331 2,420
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 £79,063 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £117,625 £118,750 £96,279
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +7.44% -6.56%

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 4,171 7,105 10,058
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.27% 43.29% 46.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3,140 4,447 8,567
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +7.44% -6.92%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £103,750 £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 16 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 55 (7.41%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (4.18%) Apache
3 24 (3.23%) SharePoint
4 18 (2.43%) CMS
5 9 (1.21%) Confluence
6 8 (1.08%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.94%) WordPress
8 6 (0.81%) nginx
9 5 (0.67%) Anypoint
9 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.54%) IIS
10 4 (0.54%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.40%) Drupal
11 3 (0.40%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.40%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.40%) WebLogic
11 3 (0.40%) WebLogic Portal
12 2 (0.27%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 13 (1.75%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.08%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (0.81%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.40%) Simulink
6 1 (0.13%) InVision
6 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.13%) Notion
6 1 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 18 (2.43%) Shopify
2 14 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.08%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.67%) PlanetPress Connect
5 4 (0.54%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.40%) Maximo
6 3 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.40%) Primavera
7 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite
8 1 (0.13%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
8 1 (0.13%) Magento
8 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 320 (43.13%) AWS
2 283 (38.14%) Azure
3 104 (14.02%) Serverless
4 95 (12.80%) GCP
5 88 (11.86%) SaaS
6 55 (7.41%) GitHub
7 54 (7.28%) dbt
8 49 (6.60%) Power Platform
9 45 (6.06%) AWS Lambda
9 45 (6.06%) Power Automate
10 41 (5.53%) Dynamics 365
11 38 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
12 36 (4.85%) PowerApps
13 33 (4.45%) Amazon S3
14 32 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (3.77%) Snowflake
16 25 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
17 23 (3.10%) Figma
18 22 (2.96%) GitHub Actions
19 21 (2.83%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.83%) Broadband
2 5 (0.67%) HTTP
3 4 (0.54%) SSH
4 3 (0.40%) AMQP
5 2 (0.27%) Firewall
5 2 (0.27%) Internet
5 2 (0.27%) Intranet
5 2 (0.27%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.13%) DNS
6 1 (0.13%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (10.24%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (8.22%) MongoDB
3 60 (8.09%) MySQL
3 60 (8.09%) SQL Server
4 54 (7.28%) Relational Database
5 52 (7.01%) Amazon Athena
6 51 (6.87%) Apache Arrow
6 51 (6.87%) Apache Iceberg
6 51 (6.87%) Dremio
7 40 (5.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 40 (5.39%) NoSQL
8 35 (4.72%) Elasticsearch
9 29 (3.91%) Power BI
10 28 (3.77%) Apache Ignite
10 28 (3.77%) Data Lake
11 17 (2.29%) RDBMS
12 14 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (1.35%) Redis
13 10 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (1.21%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 108 (14.56%) Git
2 38 (5.12%) Cypress.io
3 29 (3.91%) JIRA
4 17 (2.29%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.29%) Selenium
5 16 (2.16%) webpack
6 14 (1.89%) Axure RP
7 13 (1.75%) CircleCI
7 13 (1.75%) GitLab
7 13 (1.75%) Jaeger
8 12 (1.62%) Balsamiq
9 10 (1.35%) TeamCity
9 10 (1.35%) Vite
10 9 (1.21%) JMeter
11 8 (1.08%) Postman
12 7 (0.94%) Babel
13 6 (0.81%) LoadRunner
13 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
14 5 (0.67%) Cucumber
15 4 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 203 (27.36%) Social Skills
2 159 (21.43%) Finance
3 85 (11.46%) Law
4 65 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 65 (8.76%) Public Sector
5 55 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (6.87%) Front Office
7 32 (4.31%) Banking
8 30 (4.04%) Marketing
9 28 (3.77%) Investment Banking
10 18 (2.43%) Retail
11 14 (1.89%) Legal
12 13 (1.75%) Games
13 11 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (0.81%) Advertising
15 5 (0.67%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.67%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.54%) Electronics
16 4 (0.54%) Tech for Good
17 3 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 440 (59.30%) Developer
2 157 (21.16%) Senior
3 105 (14.15%) Software Engineer
4 90 (12.13%) .NET Developer
5 86 (11.59%) Senior Developer
6 66 (8.89%) Full-Stack Developer
6 66 (8.89%) Software Developer
7 62 (8.36%) Lead
8 54 (7.28%) AWS Engineer
9 51 (6.87%) AWS Software Engineer
9 51 (6.87%) Python Engineer
9 51 (6.87%) Python Software Engineer
10 45 (6.06%) AWS Developer
10 45 (6.06%) Python Developer
11 36 (4.85%) Senior Software Engineer
12 35 (4.72%) Engineering Manager
13 34 (4.58%) Java Engineer
14 33 (4.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 31 (4.18%) .NET Software Developer
16 30 (4.04%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 260 (35.04%) React
2 227 (30.59%) HTML
3 206 (27.76%) CSS
4 199 (26.82%) .NET
5 141 (19.00%) Node.js
6 107 (14.42%) AngularJS
7 94 (12.67%) Vue
8 85 (11.46%) REST
9 71 (9.57%) .NET Core
10 64 (8.63%) ASP.NET
11 53 (7.14%) RESTful
12 51 (6.87%) NumPy
12 51 (6.87%) Pandas
12 51 (6.87%) SciPy
13 44 (5.93%) SOAP
14 43 (5.80%) HTML5
15 39 (5.26%) Web Services
16 36 (4.85%) .NET Framework
17 34 (4.58%) ASP.NET MVC
17 34 (4.58%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 66 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 53 (7.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 51 (6.87%) Equities
3 51 (6.87%) Fixed Income
4 46 (6.20%) Cloud Native
5 33 (4.45%) Enterprise Software
6 28 (3.77%) Derivative
6 28 (3.77%) Hedge funds
6 28 (3.77%) Pricing Data
7 26 (3.50%) Low-Code
8 25 (3.37%) Mobile App
9 16 (2.16%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.02%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (1.08%) Distributed Architecture
13 8 (1.08%) e-Learning
13 8 (1.08%) Sports Betting
14 7 (0.94%) Algorithms
14 7 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 63 (8.49%) Linux
2 28 (3.77%) Unix
3 21 (2.83%) Windows
4 16 (2.16%) Android
5 15 (2.02%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.62%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) CentOS
8 1 (0.13%) Debian
8 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (52.16%) Agile
2 210 (28.30%) Software Engineering
3 194 (26.15%) CI/CD
3 194 (26.15%) Full-Stack Development
4 166 (22.37%) Problem-Solving
5 160 (21.56%) DevOps
6 152 (20.49%) Mentoring
7 125 (16.85%) Microservices
8 97 (13.07%) AI
9 96 (12.94%) User Experience
10 90 (12.13%) Roadmaps
11 87 (11.73%) Front End Development
12 86 (11.59%) Asset Management
13 84 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (10.92%) Computer Science
15 74 (9.97%) Test Automation
16 72 (9.70%) Containerisation
17 67 (9.03%) Scrum
18 66 (8.89%) MVC
19 55 (7.41%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 267 (35.98%) TypeScript
2 252 (33.96%) Python
3 205 (27.63%) C#
4 154 (20.75%) SQL
5 153 (20.62%) Java
6 57 (7.68%) PHP
7 26 (3.50%) Go
8 21 (2.83%) Bash
9 19 (2.56%) PowerShell
10 16 (2.16%) Ruby
11 10 (1.35%) Apex Code
12 9 (1.21%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.94%) C
14 6 (0.81%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.67%) Perl
15 5 (0.67%) VBA
16 4 (0.54%) C++
16 4 (0.54%) R
16 4 (0.54%) VB.NET
17 3 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 114 (15.36%) Degree
2 80 (10.78%) Security Cleared
3 74 (9.97%) SC Cleared
4 65 (8.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (5.93%) AWS Certification
6 43 (5.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 25 (3.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.37%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
9 17 (2.29%) DBS Check
10 10 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.54%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.40%) IBM Certification
13 3 (0.40%) ISTQB
14 2 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.27%) Numerate Degree
14 2 (0.27%) PMI Certification
15 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.13%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (9.57%) QA
2 61 (8.22%) Accessibility
3 24 (3.23%) WCAG
4 17 (2.29%) GDPR
5 4 (0.54%) HL7
6 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.13%) SLA
System Software
1 122 (16.44%) Docker
2 5 (0.67%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.13%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 85 (11.46%) Kubernetes
2 74 (9.97%) Terraform
3 29 (3.91%) Ansible
3 29 (3.91%) Prometheus
4 26 (3.50%) Grafana
5 22 (2.96%) Argo
6 13 (1.75%) Kustomize
7 8 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.40%) cPanel
8 3 (0.40%) HP Fortify
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.40%) Plesk
9 2 (0.27%) Control-M
9 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
Vendors
1 159 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.26%) Google
3 37 (4.99%) ServiceNow
4 23 (3.10%) MuleSoft
5 22 (2.96%) Adobe
6 20 (2.70%) Oracle
7 16 (2.16%) Salesforce
8 13 (1.75%) IBM
8 13 (1.75%) Workday
9 8 (1.08%) IFS
9 8 (1.08%) SAP
10 6 (0.81%) Facebook
10 6 (0.81%) HubSpot
10 6 (0.81%) Infor
11 5 (0.67%) Dell
11 5 (0.67%) Jitterbit
11 5 (0.67%) SnapLogic
11 5 (0.67%) Software AG
11 5 (0.67%) Talend
11 5 (0.67%) YouTube
817 hybrid/remote JavaScript jobs