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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -31 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 796 1,933 3,790
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.24% 12.90% 11.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.95% 32.06% 28.29%
Number of salaries quoted 666 1,215 3,513
10th Percentile £41,625 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,296 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.50% +10.49% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.23% +8.33% -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 4,991 6,030 13,396
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.59% 40.23% 41.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,674 4,205 11,368
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,694
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 21 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 40 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.51%) CMS
3 8 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
4 7 (0.88%) Confluence
5 3 (0.38%) nginx
5 3 (0.38%) WordPress
6 2 (0.25%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.25%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) SAS
7 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 11 (1.38%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.50%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.13%) Blender
5 1 (0.13%) InVision
5 1 (0.13%) Maya
5 1 (0.13%) Sketch
5 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (1.26%) Shopify
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (0.25%) 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
1 337 (42.34%) AWS
2 296 (37.19%) Azure
3 100 (12.56%) Serverless
4 86 (10.80%) GCP
5 84 (10.55%) Azure DevOps
6 76 (9.55%) Power Platform
7 62 (7.79%) AWS Lambda
8 59 (7.41%) SaaS
9 58 (7.29%) GitHub
10 50 (6.28%) PowerApps
11 48 (6.03%) Power Automate
12 47 (5.90%) Amazon S3
13 46 (5.78%) Azure Logic Apps
14 39 (4.90%) Amazon ECS
15 38 (4.77%) Amazon SQS
16 37 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
17 34 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
18 27 (3.39%) Azure AI
18 27 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
19 22 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.77%) Broadband
2 6 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (0.75%) Firewall
3 5 (0.63%) Internet
4 3 (0.38%) HTTP
4 3 (0.38%) Hyperconnected
4 3 (0.38%) Intranet
5 1 (0.13%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (13.32%) MongoDB
2 83 (10.43%) PostgreSQL
3 74 (9.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 63 (7.91%) NoSQL
5 58 (7.29%) SQL Server
6 56 (7.04%) MySQL
7 50 (6.28%) Relational Database
8 42 (5.28%) Power BI
9 25 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (2.51%) RDBMS
11 10 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (1.01%) DynamoDB
14 7 (0.88%) BigQuery
14 7 (0.88%) MariaDB
14 7 (0.88%) Redis
15 5 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.63%) Metadata
16 4 (0.50%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 112 (14.07%) Git
2 54 (6.78%) Cypress.io
3 24 (3.02%) JIRA
4 18 (2.26%) Jaeger
5 17 (2.14%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.88%) GitLab
6 15 (1.88%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.38%) Axure RP
8 10 (1.26%) Balsamiq
8 10 (1.26%) Maven
9 9 (1.13%) JUnit
9 9 (1.13%) TeamCity
10 8 (1.01%) Mockito
10 8 (1.01%) Postman
10 8 (1.01%) Selenium
10 8 (1.01%) webpack
11 7 (0.88%) Vite
12 5 (0.63%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.38%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 190 (23.87%) Social Skills
2 133 (16.71%) Finance
3 93 (11.68%) Public Sector
4 79 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 61 (7.66%) Law
6 40 (5.03%) Front Office
7 25 (3.14%) Marketing
7 25 (3.14%) Retail
8 21 (2.64%) Legal
9 20 (2.51%) Banking
10 16 (2.01%) Games
11 15 (1.88%) Health Technology
12 11 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (1.26%) Local Government
14 6 (0.75%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.63%) Back Office
15 5 (0.63%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.50%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 465 (58.42%) Developer
2 162 (20.35%) Senior
3 152 (19.10%) Software Engineer
4 144 (18.09%) Lead
5 140 (17.59%) Full-Stack Developer
6 93 (11.68%) Senior Developer
7 80 (10.05%) Lead Developer
8 76 (9.55%) .NET Developer
9 56 (7.04%) Lead Software Developer
10 53 (6.66%) Lead Software Engineer
11 51 (6.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 48 (6.03%) Software Developer
13 41 (5.15%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 39 (4.90%) React Developer
14 39 (4.90%) Senior Software Engineer
15 34 (4.27%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
16 33 (4.15%) Power Platform Developer
17 30 (3.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 27 (3.39%) Java Developer
18 27 (3.39%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 365 (45.85%) React
2 223 (28.02%) Node.js
3 212 (26.63%) .NET
4 199 (25.00%) HTML
5 179 (22.49%) CSS
6 97 (12.19%) .NET Core
7 92 (11.56%) RESTful
8 79 (9.92%) ASP.NET
9 76 (9.55%) REST
10 66 (8.29%) Vue
11 65 (8.17%) ASP.NET Core
12 60 (7.54%) AngularJS
13 58 (7.29%) JSON
14 51 (6.41%) Blazor
15 48 (6.03%) Kafka
16 43 (5.40%) Redux
17 41 (5.15%) GraphQL
17 41 (5.15%) HTML5
18 38 (4.77%) Jest
19 36 (4.52%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 71 (8.92%) Cloud Native
2 64 (8.04%) Product Ownership
3 41 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (5.03%) Fixed Income
5 26 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
6 24 (3.02%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (2.64%) Low-Code
8 18 (2.26%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.88%) e-Learning
9 15 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.63%) Sports Betting
11 11 (1.38%) Blog
11 11 (1.38%) Cyberattack
12 9 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (1.01%) Culture of Ownership
13 8 (1.01%) Equities
13 8 (1.01%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.66%) Linux
2 24 (3.02%) Unix
3 13 (1.63%) Android
4 6 (0.75%) 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
1 369 (46.36%) Agile
2 363 (45.60%) Full-Stack Development
3 246 (30.90%) CI/CD
4 227 (28.52%) Software Engineering
5 206 (25.88%) DevOps
6 191 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
7 187 (23.49%) Mentoring
8 176 (22.11%) Microservices
9 120 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 115 (14.45%) AI
11 112 (14.07%) User Experience
12 100 (12.56%) Containerisation
13 97 (12.19%) Test Automation
14 92 (11.56%) Scrum
14 92 (11.56%) Technical Leadership
15 73 (9.17%) Front End Development
15 73 (9.17%) Infrastructure as Code
15 73 (9.17%) Machine Learning
16 71 (8.92%) Roadmaps
17 60 (7.54%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 274 (34.42%) TypeScript
2 233 (29.27%) Python
3 228 (28.64%) C#
4 210 (26.38%) Java
5 205 (25.75%) SQL
6 63 (7.91%) Go
7 48 (6.03%) PHP
8 29 (3.64%) Bash
9 27 (3.39%) Ruby
10 25 (3.14%) PowerShell
11 17 (2.14%) Apex Code
11 17 (2.14%) C++
12 12 (1.51%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.50%) Perl
13 4 (0.50%) Rust
13 4 (0.50%) Scala
13 4 (0.50%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.38%) R
15 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 98 (12.31%) Degree
2 76 (9.55%) Security Cleared
3 72 (9.05%) SC Cleared
4 46 (5.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (4.02%) AWS Certification
6 22 (2.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.76%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.50%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.50%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
13 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.13%) IBM Certification
14 1 (0.13%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.67%) Accessibility
2 62 (7.79%) QA
3 17 (2.14%) WCAG
4 15 (1.88%) SLA
5 9 (1.13%) GDPR
6 7 (0.88%) GRC
6 7 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.75%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.50%) HL7
8 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 129 (16.21%) Docker
2 5 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 89 (11.18%) Kubernetes
2 66 (8.29%) Terraform
3 26 (3.27%) Ansible
4 25 (3.14%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.76%) Argo
6 18 (2.26%) Kustomize
7 17 (2.14%) Grafana
8 12 (1.51%) Podman
9 3 (0.38%) Plesk
10 2 (0.25%) Kibana
11 1 (0.13%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.13%) Puppet
11 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 171 (21.48%) Microsoft
2 59 (7.41%) Google
3 33 (4.15%) Adobe
4 20 (2.51%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.39%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.26%) Oracle
7 13 (1.63%) MuleSoft
8 9 (1.13%) Apple
9 8 (1.01%) HubSpot
10 7 (0.88%) Red Hat
11 6 (0.75%) Cisco
11 6 (0.75%) F5
11 6 (0.75%) Facebook
11 6 (0.75%) Juniper
11 6 (0.75%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.75%) Sony
11 6 (0.75%) Yahoo!
12 5 (0.63%) OpenAI
13 2 (0.25%) Dynatrace
13 2 (0.25%) SendGrid