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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -26 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,157 1,594 2,579
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.92% 9.88% 10.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.89% 31.44% 28.64%
Number of salaries quoted 945 946 2,042
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £47,482
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £136,250 £147,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.55% +9.58% -7.69%

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 6,124 5,070 9,006
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.05% 31.43% 38.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,601 3,445 6,515
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.78% -0.77%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -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 September 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 61 (5.27%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.56%) CMS
3 15 (1.30%) WordPress
4 11 (0.95%) Confluence
5 8 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.61%) IIS
6 7 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.26%) DNN
8 3 (0.26%) EPiServer
8 3 (0.26%) Immediacy CMS
8 3 (0.26%) Kentico
8 3 (0.26%) Sitefinity
9 2 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.086%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.086%) Moodle
10 1 (0.086%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.61%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Blender
5 3 (0.26%) Maya
6 2 (0.17%) Elementor
7 1 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.086%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.086%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.61%) Infor M3
2 7 (0.61%) Lawson
2 7 (0.61%) Shopify
3 4 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.17%) Magento
5 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
6 1 (0.086%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 450 (38.89%) Azure
2 390 (33.71%) AWS
3 164 (14.17%) SaaS
4 132 (11.41%) Azure DevOps
5 117 (10.11%) Power Platform
6 103 (8.90%) Serverless
7 92 (7.95%) Power Automate
8 89 (7.69%) GCP
9 85 (7.35%) PowerApps
10 82 (7.09%) Azure AI
11 73 (6.31%) GitHub
12 70 (6.05%) AWS Lambda
13 60 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
14 48 (4.15%) Amazon EC2
15 42 (3.63%) Amazon ECS
16 41 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 39 (3.37%) Amazon S3
18 37 (3.20%) Dynamics 365
19 35 (3.03%) Amazon SQS
20 30 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.99%) Broadband
2 18 (1.56%) Internet
3 7 (0.61%) Hyperconnected
4 5 (0.43%) Firewall
4 5 (0.43%) Intranet
5 4 (0.35%) SSH
6 3 (0.26%) HTTP
6 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.17%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.17%) SSL
8 1 (0.086%) DNS
8 1 (0.086%) Network Security
8 1 (0.086%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.086%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 235 (20.31%) MongoDB
2 187 (16.16%) Azure SQL Database
3 102 (8.82%) SQL Server
4 97 (8.38%) PostgreSQL
5 82 (7.09%) Elasticsearch
6 81 (7.00%) MySQL
7 56 (4.84%) Power BI
7 56 (4.84%) Relational Database
8 39 (3.37%) NoSQL
9 25 (2.16%) Redis
10 18 (1.56%) Spark SQL
11 14 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (1.12%) DynamoDB
13 12 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 8 (0.69%) MariaDB
14 8 (0.69%) Metadata
15 7 (0.61%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
16 6 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 140 (12.10%) Git
2 48 (4.15%) Cypress.io
3 39 (3.37%) JIRA
4 28 (2.42%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.56%) JUnit
6 14 (1.21%) Maven
6 14 (1.21%) Mockito
7 12 (1.04%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.04%) GitLab
8 10 (0.86%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.78%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.78%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.69%) Postman
11 7 (0.61%) Axure RP
11 7 (0.61%) Balsamiq
11 7 (0.61%) Selenium
12 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.43%) Subversion
13 4 (0.35%) Appium
General
1 279 (24.11%) Social Skills
2 150 (12.96%) Finance
3 120 (10.37%) Public Sector
4 85 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (6.48%) Legal
6 72 (6.22%) Law
7 70 (6.05%) Marketing
8 61 (5.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (2.85%) Retail
10 27 (2.33%) Manufacturing
11 23 (1.99%) Banking
12 21 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.56%) Health Technology
14 17 (1.47%) Games
15 10 (0.86%) Local Government
16 9 (0.78%) Legal Technology
17 5 (0.43%) Social Housing
17 5 (0.43%) Tech for Good
18 4 (0.35%) Advertising
18 4 (0.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 666 (57.56%) Developer
2 236 (20.40%) Senior
3 207 (17.89%) .NET Developer
4 197 (17.03%) Full-Stack Developer
5 157 (13.57%) Software Engineer
6 153 (13.22%) Lead
7 109 (9.42%) Senior Developer
8 92 (7.95%) Software Developer
9 88 (7.61%) Lead Developer
10 65 (5.62%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
11 60 (5.19%) Lead Software Developer
12 55 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 51 (4.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 49 (4.24%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.24%) Testing Manager
15 41 (3.54%) Senior Software Engineer
16 30 (2.59%) Lead Software Engineer
17 28 (2.42%) Web Developer
18 26 (2.25%) Microsoft 365 Developer
19 24 (2.07%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 503 (43.47%) React
2 362 (31.29%) .NET
3 321 (27.74%) Node.js
4 230 (19.88%) HTML
5 220 (19.01%) .NET Core
6 214 (18.50%) ASP.NET
7 209 (18.06%) CSS
8 188 (16.25%) ASP.NET Core
9 168 (14.52%) Blazor
10 158 (13.66%) RESTful
11 91 (7.87%) ASP.NET Web API
12 82 (7.09%) ML.NET
12 82 (7.09%) REST
13 81 (7.00%) .NET Framework
14 79 (6.83%) Vue
15 67 (5.79%) JSON
16 66 (5.70%) AngularJS
17 48 (4.15%) Entity Framework
18 44 (3.80%) Jest
19 42 (3.63%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 84 (7.26%) Cloud Native
2 64 (5.53%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (5.45%) Virtual Team
4 52 (4.49%) Greenfield Project
5 47 (4.06%) Product Ownership
6 37 (3.20%) Mobile App
7 31 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
8 29 (2.51%) Onboarding
9 28 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
10 26 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.82%) Social Media
12 19 (1.64%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.47%) BBC
13 17 (1.47%) iPhone
14 14 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
14 14 (1.21%) NHS
15 13 (1.12%) Blog
15 13 (1.12%) Sports Betting
16 12 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (1.04%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 56 (4.84%) Linux
2 27 (2.33%) Android
3 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
3 10 (0.86%) Windows
4 6 (0.52%) Unix
5 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.26%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.086%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (49.44%) Full-Stack Development
2 559 (48.31%) Agile
3 332 (28.69%) CI/CD
4 320 (27.66%) Software Engineering
5 304 (26.27%) DevOps
6 270 (23.34%) AI
7 258 (22.30%) Mentoring
8 257 (22.21%) Microservices
9 254 (21.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 240 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
11 169 (14.61%) Test Automation
12 164 (14.17%) Scrum
13 137 (11.84%) Machine Learning
14 129 (11.15%) Technical Leadership
15 127 (10.98%) User Experience
16 109 (9.42%) Business Intelligence
17 102 (8.82%) SDLC
18 90 (7.78%) Containerisation
19 88 (7.61%) Coaching
19 88 (7.61%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 459 (39.67%) C#
2 422 (36.47%) TypeScript
3 385 (33.28%) SQL
4 252 (21.78%) Python
5 194 (16.77%) Java
6 77 (6.66%) PowerShell
7 62 (5.36%) PHP
8 56 (4.84%) C++
9 40 (3.46%) Ruby
10 25 (2.16%) Go
11 18 (1.56%) Bash
12 17 (1.47%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.69%) R
15 7 (0.61%) Apex Code
15 7 (0.61%) Rust
16 6 (0.52%) Scala
17 4 (0.35%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.35%) Perl
17 4 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (9.08%) Degree
2 104 (8.99%) Security Cleared
3 87 (7.52%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (0.86%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.69%) DBS Check
7 8 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.61%) AWS Certification
8 7 (0.61%) AWS Certified Developer
9 6 (0.52%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.43%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.35%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.17%) OCP
13 2 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.086%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 1 (0.086%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (10.03%) QA
2 98 (8.47%) Accessibility
3 36 (3.11%) Data Quality
4 27 (2.33%) WCAG
5 17 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.04%) GRC
7 11 (0.95%) GDPR
8 8 (0.69%) SLA
9 7 (0.61%) HL7
10 5 (0.43%) NIST
11 4 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.26%) NCSC
13 1 (0.086%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 136 (11.75%) Docker
2 3 (0.26%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 92 (7.95%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.04%) Podman
3 10 (0.86%) Ansible
3 10 (0.86%) Grafana
4 7 (0.61%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.26%) Plesk
7 1 (0.086%) Consul
7 1 (0.086%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 330 (28.52%) Microsoft
2 76 (6.57%) Google
3 33 (2.85%) Adobe
4 24 (2.07%) Oracle
5 19 (1.64%) ServiceNow
5 19 (1.64%) Sony
6 17 (1.47%) Apple
6 17 (1.47%) Facebook
6 17 (1.47%) Yahoo!
7 14 (1.21%) HubSpot
7 14 (1.21%) Salesforce
8 11 (0.95%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.78%) Databricks
10 7 (0.61%) Infor
11 5 (0.43%) Sage
12 4 (0.35%) Alteryx
12 4 (0.35%) Marketo
12 4 (0.35%) New Relic
12 4 (0.35%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.35%) Sitecore