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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 14 13
Rank change year-on-year -32 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 770 1,995 3,744
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.18% 13.65% 11.51%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.60% 32.92% 28.01%
Number of salaries quoted 643 1,312 3,470
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £116,250 £108,875
UK median annual salary £58,343 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.60% +10.00% -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 4,936 6,060 13,367
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.77% 41.46% 41.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,655 4,451 11,420
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 £78,750
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 11 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 44 (5.71%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.69%) CMS
3 6 (0.78%) Confluence
4 4 (0.52%) nginx
4 4 (0.52%) WordPress
5 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.39%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.26%) Apache
6 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (1.56%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.65%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.39%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) Notion
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.30%) Shopify
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.13%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.13%) Magento
3 1 (0.13%) Maximo
3 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 324 (42.08%) AWS
2 278 (36.10%) Azure
3 98 (12.73%) Serverless
4 89 (11.56%) GCP
5 79 (10.26%) Power Platform
6 78 (10.13%) Azure DevOps
7 62 (8.05%) SaaS
8 59 (7.66%) AWS Lambda
9 57 (7.40%) GitHub
10 53 (6.88%) PowerApps
11 51 (6.62%) Power Automate
12 45 (5.84%) Amazon S3
12 45 (5.84%) Azure Logic Apps
13 39 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
14 35 (4.55%) Amazon ECS
14 35 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
15 33 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
16 31 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
17 27 (3.51%) Azure AI
18 21 (2.73%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.94%) Broadband
2 7 (0.91%) Firewall
3 6 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (0.65%) Internet
4 5 (0.65%) Intranet
5 3 (0.39%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.26%) HTTP
7 1 (0.13%) AMQP
7 1 (0.13%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.13%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (12.34%) MongoDB
2 73 (9.48%) PostgreSQL
3 67 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 60 (7.79%) SQL Server
5 54 (7.01%) NoSQL
6 50 (6.49%) Relational Database
7 45 (5.84%) Power BI
8 43 (5.58%) MySQL
9 25 (3.25%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.60%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (2.60%) RDBMS
11 12 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.17%) BigQuery
13 8 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 6 (0.78%) MariaDB
14 6 (0.78%) Redis
15 5 (0.65%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.65%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.65%) Metadata
16 4 (0.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 103 (13.38%) Git
2 53 (6.88%) Cypress.io
3 23 (2.99%) JIRA
4 20 (2.60%) CircleCI
5 18 (2.34%) Jaeger
6 17 (2.21%) Jenkins
7 16 (2.08%) GitLab
8 12 (1.56%) Axure RP
9 11 (1.43%) Balsamiq
10 10 (1.30%) Selenium
11 9 (1.17%) TeamCity
11 9 (1.17%) webpack
12 8 (1.04%) Vite
13 7 (0.91%) Postman
14 6 (0.78%) Maven
15 5 (0.65%) JUnit
16 4 (0.52%) Babel
16 4 (0.52%) Cucumber
16 4 (0.52%) Mockito
17 3 (0.39%) Appium
General
1 191 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 125 (16.23%) Finance
3 80 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 77 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (8.83%) Law
6 64 (8.31%) Public Sector
7 40 (5.19%) Front Office
8 25 (3.25%) Retail
9 22 (2.86%) Legal
10 21 (2.73%) Marketing
11 19 (2.47%) Banking
12 16 (2.08%) Games
13 15 (1.95%) Health Technology
14 11 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.91%) Local Government
16 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.65%) Back Office
18 4 (0.52%) Advertising
18 4 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
18 4 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 464 (60.26%) Developer
2 156 (20.26%) Senior
3 137 (17.79%) Full-Stack Developer
4 129 (16.75%) Software Engineer
5 127 (16.49%) Lead
6 97 (12.60%) Senior Developer
7 76 (9.87%) .NET Developer
8 75 (9.74%) Lead Developer
9 55 (7.14%) Lead Software Developer
10 51 (6.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 48 (6.23%) Software Developer
12 42 (5.45%) Lead Software Engineer
13 41 (5.32%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 39 (5.06%) React Developer
15 34 (4.42%) Power Platform Developer
16 31 (4.03%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
17 28 (3.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 26 (3.38%) Java Developer
18 26 (3.38%) JavaScript Developer
18 26 (3.38%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (47.01%) React
2 211 (27.40%) Node.js
3 210 (27.27%) .NET
4 205 (26.62%) HTML
5 184 (23.90%) CSS
6 98 (12.73%) .NET Core
7 80 (10.39%) ASP.NET
8 75 (9.74%) RESTful
9 72 (9.35%) REST
10 65 (8.44%) ASP.NET Core
11 64 (8.31%) Vue
12 59 (7.66%) AngularJS
12 59 (7.66%) JSON
13 51 (6.62%) Blazor
14 47 (6.10%) Kafka
15 43 (5.58%) Redux
16 42 (5.45%) GraphQL
17 41 (5.32%) HTML5
18 34 (4.42%) HTML5 Canvas
18 34 (4.42%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.22%) Cloud Native
2 68 (8.83%) Product Ownership
3 40 (5.19%) Fixed Income
4 35 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (2.86%) Low-Code
5 22 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 20 (2.60%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
8 17 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
9 16 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.82%) e-Learning
11 13 (1.69%) Sports Betting
12 11 (1.43%) Cyberattack
13 10 (1.30%) NHS
14 8 (1.04%) Blog
14 8 (1.04%) Data Structures
14 8 (1.04%) Derivative
14 8 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
14 8 (1.04%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.62%) Linux
2 25 (3.25%) Unix
3 16 (2.08%) Android
4 9 (1.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.13%) CentOS
5 1 (0.13%) Debian
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (46.10%) Full-Stack Development
2 347 (45.06%) Agile
3 221 (28.70%) CI/CD
4 203 (26.36%) DevOps
5 196 (25.45%) Software Engineering
6 187 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
7 163 (21.17%) Microservices
8 162 (21.04%) Mentoring
9 116 (15.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 111 (14.42%) User Experience
11 107 (13.90%) AI
12 93 (12.08%) Containerisation
13 91 (11.82%) Test Automation
14 85 (11.04%) Scrum
15 76 (9.87%) Technical Leadership
16 70 (9.09%) Front End Development
16 70 (9.09%) Machine Learning
17 69 (8.96%) Infrastructure as Code
18 66 (8.57%) Roadmaps
19 63 (8.18%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 272 (35.32%) TypeScript
2 233 (30.26%) Python
3 223 (28.96%) C#
4 187 (24.29%) SQL
5 182 (23.64%) Java
6 66 (8.57%) Go
7 51 (6.62%) PHP
8 28 (3.64%) Bash
9 26 (3.38%) PowerShell
9 26 (3.38%) Ruby
10 17 (2.21%) Apex Code
11 8 (1.04%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.78%) C++
13 4 (0.52%) Rust
13 4 (0.52%) Scala
14 3 (0.39%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.39%) R
14 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.26%) Perl
15 2 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (13.25%) Degree
2 75 (9.74%) Security Cleared
3 70 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 50 (6.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (4.16%) AWS Certification
6 25 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 16 (2.08%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (1.56%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
10 5 (0.65%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
11 3 (0.39%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.26%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
13 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.70%) QA
2 63 (8.18%) Accessibility
3 17 (2.21%) WCAG
4 15 (1.95%) SLA
5 8 (1.04%) GDPR
6 7 (0.91%) GRC
7 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.65%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.65%) HL7
9 4 (0.52%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 135 (17.53%) Docker
2 5 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 92 (11.95%) Kubernetes
2 69 (8.96%) Terraform
3 27 (3.51%) Ansible
4 26 (3.38%) Argo
4 26 (3.38%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.47%) Grafana
6 18 (2.34%) Kustomize
7 12 (1.56%) Podman
8 5 (0.65%) Plesk
9 2 (0.26%) cPanel
9 2 (0.26%) Kibana
10 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.13%) Puppet
10 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 177 (22.99%) Microsoft
2 60 (7.79%) Google
3 34 (4.42%) Adobe
4 20 (2.60%) Salesforce
4 20 (2.60%) ServiceNow
5 14 (1.82%) MuleSoft
6 12 (1.56%) Oracle
7 10 (1.30%) Apple
8 9 (1.17%) Red Hat
9 6 (0.78%) Cisco
9 6 (0.78%) F5
9 6 (0.78%) Facebook
9 6 (0.78%) HubSpot
9 6 (0.78%) Juniper
9 6 (0.78%) Palo Alto
9 6 (0.78%) Sony
9 6 (0.78%) Yahoo!
10 4 (0.52%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.26%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.26%) SendGrid