Which roles ask for JavaScript at tech companies · 233 roles · 90 days to Oct 7, 2026
Updated
233 roles counted that list JavaScript, one per company, title and level; 735 postings in the window.
In short
JavaScript: listed in 233 roles at tech companies whose requirements we read, in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026. It was required in 203 and preferred in 30. The largest group is software engineer roles: 160 of 233 (69%).
- Required
- 203 of 233 (87%)
- Of the roles that list JavaScript
- Preferred
- 30 of 233 (13%)
- Of the roles that list JavaScript
- Largest group
- 160 of 233 (69%)
- Software engineer
Roles that ask for JavaScript
Roles listing JavaScript, by title family. Where the role has a page, the count is also out of that role's roles whose requirements we read.
| Role | Roles | Of the role's roles we read |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 160 | 160 of 719 (22%) |
| Forward deployed engineer | 19 | 19 of 63 (30%) |
| QA engineer | 14 | 14 of 63 (22%) |
| Security engineer | 10 | 10 of 126 (8%) |
| AI engineer | 9 | 9 of 70 (13%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 8 | 8 of 70 (11%) |
| Mobile engineer | 6 | 6 of 38 |
| Data engineer | 2 | 2 of 99 (2%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 2 | 2 of 79 (3%) |
| Analytics engineer | 1 | 1 of 28 |
Companies that ask for it most
- Palantir9 roles
- OpenAI5 roles
- Databricks4 roles
- Hivex4 roles
- Cribl3 roles
- Dautom3 roles
- Ramp3 roles
- Vantor3 roles
- goPro Consultancy Group ltd.3 roles
- AF Group2 roles
Asked alongside
Out of the 233 JavaScript roles whose requirements we read: the other skills they ask for. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| TypeScript | 107 of 233 (46%) |
| Python | 88 of 233 (38%) |
| REST | 79 of 233 (34%) |
| CI/CD | 64 of 233 (27%) |
| React | 63 of 233 (27%) |
| Git | 58 of 233 (25%) |
| Java | 56 of 233 (24%) |
| CSS | 51 of 233 (22%) |
| AWS | 49 of 233 (21%) |
| HTML | 49 of 233 (21%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| CI/CD | 32 of 233 (14%) |
| Docker | 27 of 233 (12%) |
| AWS | 25 of 233 (11%) |
| Kubernetes | 25 of 233 (11%) |
| React | 20 of 233 (9%) |
| AI | 18 of 233 (8%) |
| Git | 18 of 233 (8%) |
| Azure | 16 of 233 (7%) |
| TypeScript | 16 of 233 (7%) |
| Agile | 15 of 233 (6%) |
Experience
Of the 101 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 100 of 101 (99%)
- 2+ years
- 97 of 101 (96%)
- 3+ years
- 87 of 101 (86%)
- 5+ years
- 61 of 101 (60%)
- 8+ years
- 12 of 101 (12%)
- 10+ years
- 4 of 101 (4%)
Degree
Of the 140 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 26 of 140 (19%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 28 of 140 (20%)
- Preferred
- 9 of 140 (6%)
- Not mentioned
- 77 of 140 (55%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 233 roles we could read for it. Pay these roles state, not what the skill pays.
- Median stated pay
- $138.6k a year
- Roles stating pay
- 91 of 233 (39%)
- Remote roles
- 176 of 233 (76%)
How we count: 233 roles from 176 employers in the 90 days to Oct 7, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology