Hybrid/Remote npm Job Trends

npm
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring npm skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 412 463
Rank change year-on-year +44 +51 +125
Permanent jobs citing npm 11 54 33
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.071% 0.27% 0.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.20% 0.62% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6 40 28
10th Percentile £53,750 £30,000 £39,700
25th Percentile - £31,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £32,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -44.68% -9.62%
75th Percentile £61,250 £40,000 £86,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £95,436
UK median annual salary £55,000 £32,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +69.23% -56.67% +15.38%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

npm falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,559 8,780 10,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.01% 44.33% 47.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,165 5,693 8,984
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

npm
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing npm and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

npm job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing npm.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing npm

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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 3 (27.27%) CMS
2 2 (18.18%) Drupal
2 2 (18.18%) EPiServer
2 2 (18.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Figma
2 3 (27.27%) GitHub
3 2 (18.18%) GCP
3 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 2 (18.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Broadband
2 2 (18.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) MySQL
2 3 (27.27%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (27.27%) NoSQL
3 2 (18.18%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (81.82%) Git
2 6 (54.55%) JIRA
3 5 (45.45%) Cypress.io
3 5 (45.45%) webpack
4 3 (27.27%) CircleCI
4 3 (27.27%) Mocha
5 2 (18.18%) Grunt
5 2 (18.18%) gulp
5 2 (18.18%) Protractor
General
1 3 (27.27%) Multimedia
2 2 (18.18%) Automotive
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (63.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (27.27%) React Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Digital Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Senior
5 2 (18.18%) Senior Developer
5 2 (18.18%) Software Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Senior Web Developer
6 1 (9.09%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) React
2 5 (45.45%) HTML
2 5 (45.45%) Node.js
2 5 (45.45%) Redux
3 4 (36.36%) CSS
4 3 (27.27%) D3.js
4 3 (27.27%) Sass
5 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
5 2 (18.18%) CSS3
5 2 (18.18%) HTML5
5 2 (18.18%) Jest
5 2 (18.18%) RESTful
6 1 (9.09%) Laravel
6 1 (9.09%) Svelte
6 1 (9.09%) Symfony
6 1 (9.09%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Social Media
2 2 (18.18%) Graphic Design
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Code
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Linux
1 3 (27.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Agile
1 5 (45.45%) TDD
1 5 (45.45%) User Experience
2 4 (36.36%) Front End Development
2 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (27.27%) AI
3 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 3 (27.27%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (27.27%) Open Source
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) SDLC
3 3 (27.27%) Storytelling
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (18.18%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
4 2 (18.18%) Micro Frontends
4 2 (18.18%) SEO
4 2 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
4 2 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (45.45%) TypeScript
3 4 (36.36%) PHP
4 3 (27.27%) Python
4 3 (27.27%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Google