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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 18 13
Rank change year-on-year -25 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 981 1,880 3,972
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.74% 11.90% 11.88%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.71% 32.28% 29.29%
Number of salaries quoted 843 1,193 3,550
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,340 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.56% +10.57% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £132,500 £122,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.14% +10.33% -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 5,538 5,824 13,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.78% 36.87% 40.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,183 4,050 11,201
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £104,000
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 30 June 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 53 (5.40%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.63%) CMS
3 8 (0.82%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.71%) Confluence
4 7 (0.71%) WordPress
5 4 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (0.41%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.31%) Apache
6 3 (0.31%) DNN
6 3 (0.31%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.31%) Immediacy CMS
6 3 (0.31%) Kentico
6 3 (0.31%) Sitefinity
7 2 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.20%) IIS
7 2 (0.20%) nginx
7 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.61%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.31%) Blender
4 3 (0.31%) Maya
4 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.20%) Elementor
6 1 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (1.02%) Shopify
3 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.10%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.10%) Magento
5 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 431 (43.93%) Azure
2 385 (39.25%) AWS
3 141 (14.37%) Azure DevOps
4 99 (10.09%) Power Platform
5 98 (9.99%) Serverless
6 96 (9.79%) GCP
7 83 (8.46%) SaaS
8 76 (7.75%) Azure AI
9 71 (7.24%) PowerApps
10 70 (7.14%) Power Automate
11 61 (6.22%) AWS Lambda
11 61 (6.22%) GitHub
12 48 (4.89%) Azure Logic Apps
12 48 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
13 46 (4.69%) Amazon S3
14 41 (4.18%) Amazon ECS
15 34 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
15 34 (3.47%) Amazon SQS
16 31 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
17 29 (2.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.87%) Broadband
2 17 (1.73%) Internet
3 8 (0.82%) Hyperconnected
4 6 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (0.61%) Firewall
5 5 (0.51%) Intranet
6 2 (0.20%) SSH
7 1 (0.10%) AMQP
7 1 (0.10%) HTTP
7 1 (0.10%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 215 (21.92%) MongoDB
2 172 (17.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 85 (8.66%) PostgreSQL
4 74 (7.54%) SQL Server
5 71 (7.24%) Elasticsearch
6 69 (7.03%) MySQL
7 57 (5.81%) Relational Database
8 55 (5.61%) NoSQL
9 51 (5.20%) Power BI
10 16 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 15 (1.53%) Redis
12 12 (1.22%) RDBMS
13 10 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 9 (0.92%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.82%) Electronic Patient Records
15 8 (0.82%) MariaDB
16 7 (0.71%) Metadata
17 5 (0.51%) Big Data
17 5 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 117 (11.93%) Git
2 48 (4.89%) Cypress.io
3 34 (3.47%) JIRA
4 19 (1.94%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.53%) CircleCI
6 12 (1.22%) GitLab
6 12 (1.22%) Jaeger
6 12 (1.22%) JUnit
7 11 (1.12%) Maven
8 9 (0.92%) Claude Code
8 9 (0.92%) Mockito
9 8 (0.82%) Postman
9 8 (0.82%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.71%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.71%) webpack
11 6 (0.61%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.61%) Balsamiq
11 6 (0.61%) Vite
12 5 (0.51%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.51%) Selenium
General
1 211 (21.51%) Social Skills
2 159 (16.21%) Finance
3 91 (9.28%) Public Sector
4 75 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 49 (4.99%) Law
6 49 (4.99%) Marketing
7 44 (4.49%) Front Office
8 40 (4.08%) Retail
9 27 (2.75%) Legal
10 23 (2.34%) Banking
11 20 (2.04%) Health Technology
12 18 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.63%) Games
14 13 (1.33%) Legal Technology
15 10 (1.02%) Local Government
16 8 (0.82%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.61%) Advertising
17 6 (0.61%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.51%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 613 (62.49%) Developer
2 183 (18.65%) .NET Developer
3 182 (18.55%) Senior
4 174 (17.74%) Software Engineer
5 161 (16.41%) Lead
6 160 (16.31%) Full-Stack Developer
7 105 (10.70%) Senior Developer
8 95 (9.68%) Lead Developer
9 66 (6.73%) Lead Software Developer
10 64 (6.52%) Software Developer
11 58 (5.91%) Lead Software Engineer
12 55 (5.61%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 47 (4.79%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
14 46 (4.69%) Senior Software Engineer
15 42 (4.28%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 40 (4.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 32 (3.26%) React Developer
18 30 (3.06%) Power Platform Developer
19 26 (2.65%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
20 24 (2.45%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 491 (50.05%) React
2 324 (33.03%) .NET
3 294 (29.97%) Node.js
4 213 (21.71%) HTML
5 196 (19.98%) .NET Core
6 188 (19.16%) CSS
7 187 (19.06%) ASP.NET
8 175 (17.84%) ASP.NET Core
9 148 (15.09%) Blazor
10 144 (14.68%) RESTful
11 86 (8.77%) Vue
12 81 (8.26%) REST
13 78 (7.95%) ASP.NET Web API
14 76 (7.75%) ML.NET
15 67 (6.83%) AngularJS
16 60 (6.12%) JSON
17 54 (5.50%) .NET Framework
18 46 (4.69%) Redux
19 45 (4.59%) Kafka
20 43 (4.38%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.46%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.40%) Product Ownership
3 50 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (4.38%) Greenfield Project
5 41 (4.18%) Fixed Income
6 32 (3.26%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
8 27 (2.75%) Mobile App
9 26 (2.65%) Onboarding
10 19 (1.94%) Social Media
11 17 (1.73%) iPhone
12 16 (1.63%) BBC
12 16 (1.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 15 (1.53%) Cyberattack
14 14 (1.43%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.43%) Social Network
14 14 (1.43%) Sports Betting
15 13 (1.33%) NHS
16 12 (1.22%) e-Learning
16 12 (1.22%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 59 (6.01%) Linux
2 20 (2.04%) Android
2 20 (2.04%) Unix
3 3 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.20%) Windows
5 1 (0.10%) CentOS
5 1 (0.10%) Debian
5 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 506 (51.58%) Full-Stack Development
2 504 (51.38%) Agile
3 264 (26.91%) DevOps
4 263 (26.81%) CI/CD
5 261 (26.61%) Software Engineering
6 239 (24.36%) Microservices
7 219 (22.32%) Problem-Solving
8 213 (21.71%) AI
9 193 (19.67%) Mentoring
10 151 (15.39%) Continuous Improvement
11 130 (13.25%) Scrum
12 128 (13.05%) Machine Learning
13 114 (11.62%) User Experience
14 110 (11.21%) Technical Leadership
15 105 (10.70%) Test Automation
16 95 (9.68%) Containerisation
17 78 (7.95%) Front End Development
18 76 (7.75%) Multithreading
19 74 (7.54%) Infrastructure as Code
20 72 (7.34%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 346 (35.27%) C#
2 336 (34.25%) SQL
3 320 (32.62%) TypeScript
4 229 (23.34%) Python
5 200 (20.39%) Java
6 62 (6.32%) Go
7 56 (5.71%) PHP
8 31 (3.16%) Ruby
9 29 (2.96%) PowerShell
10 25 (2.55%) Bash
11 24 (2.45%) C++
12 15 (1.53%) Apex Code
13 14 (1.43%) PL/SQL
14 12 (1.22%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.71%) R
16 6 (0.61%) Scala
17 4 (0.41%) Perl
17 4 (0.41%) Rust
18 3 (0.31%) Kotlin
18 3 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (11.01%) Degree
2 69 (7.03%) Security Cleared
3 64 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 52 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (1.73%) AWS Certification
5 17 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
6 15 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.22%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.41%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.41%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.31%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
11 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.10%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (7.44%) Accessibility
2 57 (5.81%) QA
3 15 (1.53%) SLA
4 12 (1.22%) GDPR
5 11 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.12%) WCAG
6 8 (0.82%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.71%) GRC
7 7 (0.71%) HL7
8 5 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 123 (12.54%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 80 (8.15%) Kubernetes
2 53 (5.40%) Terraform
3 19 (1.94%) Ansible
4 15 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.43%) Argo
6 12 (1.22%) Kustomize
6 12 (1.22%) Podman
7 8 (0.82%) Grafana
8 3 (0.31%) Plesk
9 2 (0.20%) Kibana
10 1 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.10%) Puppet
10 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 285 (29.05%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.93%) Google
3 27 (2.75%) Adobe
4 20 (2.04%) Oracle
5 19 (1.94%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.83%) Apple
6 18 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 16 (1.63%) Facebook
7 16 (1.63%) Sony
7 16 (1.63%) Yahoo!
8 12 (1.22%) HubSpot
9 11 (1.12%) MuleSoft
10 10 (1.02%) OpenAI
11 7 (0.71%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.61%) Cisco
12 6 (0.61%) F5
12 6 (0.61%) Juniper
12 6 (0.61%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.41%) Databricks
13 4 (0.41%) Sitecore