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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 19 16
Rank change year-on-year -24 -3 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,154 1,691 2,708
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.97% 10.23% 10.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.95% 31.77% 28.59%
Number of salaries quoted 940 1,029 2,235
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,100 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £102,500 £108,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £135,000 £143,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -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 6,090 5,322 9,472
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.24% 32.19% 38.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,591 3,672 7,150
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
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 26 August 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 59 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.56%) CMS
3 14 (1.21%) WordPress
4 11 (0.95%) Confluence
5 8 (0.69%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.35%) Apache
7 4 (0.35%) IIS
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 (0.087%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.087%) ExpressionEngine
10 1 (0.087%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.69%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.26%) Blender
5 3 (0.26%) Maya
6 2 (0.17%) Elementor
7 1 (0.087%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.087%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.087%) 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 (0.087%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 459 (39.77%) Azure
2 396 (34.32%) AWS
3 164 (14.21%) SaaS
4 134 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
5 115 (9.97%) Power Platform
6 96 (8.32%) GCP
7 94 (8.15%) Serverless
8 90 (7.80%) Power Automate
9 83 (7.19%) PowerApps
10 82 (7.11%) Azure AI
11 76 (6.59%) GitHub
12 62 (5.37%) AWS Lambda
13 58 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
14 43 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
15 42 (3.64%) Amazon ECS
16 40 (3.47%) Amazon S3
17 39 (3.38%) Amazon EC2
18 38 (3.29%) Dynamics 365
19 35 (3.03%) Amazon SQS
20 29 (2.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.99%) Broadband
2 18 (1.56%) Internet
3 7 (0.61%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.52%) Firewall
5 5 (0.43%) Intranet
6 4 (0.35%) SSH
7 3 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (0.26%) HTTP
7 3 (0.26%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.17%) SSL
9 1 (0.087%) DNS
9 1 (0.087%) Network Security
9 1 (0.087%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.087%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 236 (20.45%) MongoDB
2 188 (16.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 103 (8.93%) SQL Server
4 100 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
5 84 (7.28%) MySQL
6 82 (7.11%) Elasticsearch
7 55 (4.77%) Power BI
7 55 (4.77%) Relational Database
8 42 (3.64%) NoSQL
9 25 (2.17%) Redis
10 14 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
10 14 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 13 (1.13%) DynamoDB
12 8 (0.69%) MariaDB
12 8 (0.69%) Metadata
12 8 (0.69%) Spark SQL
12 8 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 7 (0.61%) Data Lake
13 7 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 141 (12.22%) Git
2 48 (4.16%) Cypress.io
3 44 (3.81%) JIRA
4 29 (2.51%) Jenkins
5 18 (1.56%) JUnit
6 14 (1.21%) GitLab
6 14 (1.21%) Maven
6 14 (1.21%) Mockito
7 12 (1.04%) CircleCI
8 10 (0.87%) Claude Code
8 10 (0.87%) Postman
9 9 (0.78%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.78%) Visual Studio
10 8 (0.69%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.69%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.52%) Selenium
12 5 (0.43%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.43%) Subversion
13 4 (0.35%) Appium
General
1 284 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 160 (13.86%) Finance
3 113 (9.79%) Public Sector
4 83 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (6.59%) Legal
6 75 (6.50%) Law
7 72 (6.24%) Marketing
8 64 (5.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (3.12%) Retail
10 23 (1.99%) Banking
10 23 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (1.73%) Manufacturing
12 19 (1.65%) Health Technology
13 16 (1.39%) Games
14 14 (1.21%) Front Office
15 11 (0.95%) Legal Technology
16 10 (0.87%) Local Government
17 5 (0.43%) Advertising
17 5 (0.43%) Back Office
17 5 (0.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 675 (58.49%) Developer
2 242 (20.97%) Senior
3 206 (17.85%) .NET Developer
4 202 (17.50%) Full-Stack Developer
5 168 (14.56%) Software Engineer
6 160 (13.86%) Lead
7 117 (10.14%) Senior Developer
8 96 (8.32%) Lead Developer
9 92 (7.97%) Software Developer
10 67 (5.81%) Lead Software Developer
11 66 (5.72%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
12 57 (4.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 51 (4.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 49 (4.25%) Senior Manager
14 49 (4.25%) Testing Manager
15 42 (3.64%) Senior Software Engineer
16 37 (3.21%) Lead Software Engineer
17 25 (2.17%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
17 25 (2.17%) Web Developer
18 23 (1.99%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 516 (44.71%) React
2 360 (31.20%) .NET
3 326 (28.25%) Node.js
4 229 (19.84%) HTML
5 219 (18.98%) .NET Core
6 216 (18.72%) ASP.NET
7 209 (18.11%) CSS
8 189 (16.38%) ASP.NET Core
9 165 (14.30%) Blazor
10 155 (13.43%) RESTful
11 91 (7.89%) ASP.NET Web API
12 83 (7.19%) REST
12 83 (7.19%) Vue
13 82 (7.11%) ML.NET
14 80 (6.93%) .NET Framework
15 70 (6.07%) AngularJS
16 66 (5.72%) JSON
17 46 (3.99%) Entity Framework
18 44 (3.81%) Jest
18 44 (3.81%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 86 (7.45%) Cloud Native
2 66 (5.72%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (5.46%) Virtual Team
4 50 (4.33%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (4.16%) Product Ownership
6 35 (3.03%) Mobile App
7 33 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
8 32 (2.77%) Onboarding
9 30 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 21 (1.82%) Social Media
12 18 (1.56%) AI Agents
13 17 (1.47%) BBC
13 17 (1.47%) iPhone
14 15 (1.30%) NHS
15 14 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.21%) Sports Betting
16 13 (1.13%) Blog
17 12 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
17 12 (1.04%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 57 (4.94%) Linux
2 26 (2.25%) Android
3 9 (0.78%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.61%) Unix
5 6 (0.52%) Windows
6 5 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (49.83%) Full-Stack Development
2 565 (48.96%) Agile
3 334 (28.94%) Software Engineering
4 323 (27.99%) CI/CD
5 305 (26.43%) DevOps
6 267 (23.14%) AI
7 260 (22.53%) Microservices
8 253 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 251 (21.75%) Mentoring
10 243 (21.06%) Problem-Solving
11 170 (14.73%) Test Automation
12 167 (14.47%) Scrum
13 140 (12.13%) Machine Learning
14 132 (11.44%) Technical Leadership
15 128 (11.09%) User Experience
16 100 (8.67%) SDLC
17 97 (8.41%) Business Intelligence
18 94 (8.15%) Containerisation
19 90 (7.80%) TDD
20 87 (7.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 453 (39.25%) C#
2 428 (37.09%) TypeScript
3 370 (32.06%) SQL
4 268 (23.22%) Python
5 192 (16.64%) Java
6 78 (6.76%) PowerShell
7 62 (5.37%) PHP
8 44 (3.81%) C++
9 40 (3.47%) Ruby
10 33 (2.86%) Go
11 20 (1.73%) Bash
12 17 (1.47%) PL/SQL
13 12 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.69%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.69%) R
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
1 108 (9.36%) Degree
2 102 (8.84%) Security Cleared
3 85 (7.37%) SC Cleared
4 50 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (0.87%) Master's Degree
6 10 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.69%) DBS Check
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 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.26%) ISTQB
12 2 (0.17%) OCP
12 2 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.087%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 1 (0.087%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (9.97%) QA
2 97 (8.41%) Accessibility
3 28 (2.43%) WCAG
4 22 (1.91%) Data Quality
5 15 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.04%) SLA
7 11 (0.95%) GDPR
8 10 (0.87%) GRC
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 (0.087%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 135 (11.70%) Docker
2 4 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 90 (7.80%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.04%) Podman
3 10 (0.87%) Ansible
3 10 (0.87%) Grafana
4 7 (0.61%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.26%) Plesk
7 1 (0.087%) Consul
7 1 (0.087%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 328 (28.42%) Microsoft
2 77 (6.67%) Google
3 35 (3.03%) Adobe
4 24 (2.08%) Oracle
5 19 (1.65%) Sony
6 18 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 17 (1.47%) Apple
7 17 (1.47%) Facebook
7 17 (1.47%) Yahoo!
8 14 (1.21%) HubSpot
8 14 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 11 (0.95%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.78%) Databricks
11 7 (0.61%) Infor
12 5 (0.43%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.43%) Sage
13 4 (0.35%) Alteryx
13 4 (0.35%) Marketo
13 4 (0.35%) New Relic
13 4 (0.35%) Sitecore