TypeScript / JS: market

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The Junior market is large in frontend overall — the largest IT entry segment. The Junior → Middle jump — TypeScript strict + one framework deeply + state management + testing. Senior owns SPA architecture + design system + perf optimisation. Career flow: Junior → Middle → Senior → Frontend Lead / Staff Frontend Engineer / Fullstack.

Top 5 common technologies: react, typescript, javascript, angular, git. TypeScript — must (95%+ of modern jobs — strict mode + generics + utility types + discriminated unions). JavaScript ES6+ — mandatory (understanding Promise, async/await, modules, prototypes). One framework: React (60-70% of jobs), Vue 3 (15-20%), Angular (10-15%), rare Svelte. Build: Vite (modern dominator) or Webpack (legacy). Styling: Tailwind CSS, CSS Modules, styled-components, Emotion. Testing: Jest/Vitest + Playwright/Cypress. Knowledge of Web Vitals + accessibility (WCAG) — Senior must. HTML5 + CSS3 + Flexbox + Grid — mandatory base.

TypeScript right away — that's the lock in 2026. JS-only jobs remain only in legacy projects (decade-old codebases). 95%+ of modern frontend teams require TypeScript. Learning vanilla JS separately is a waste of time. However, understanding the JavaScript runtime (event loop, prototypes, closures) is mandatory for understanding TypeScript output + debugging in production (where compiled JS, not TS, runs). Strategy: learn TS from the start, but in parallel study the JS fundamentals TS is built on. Books: "You Don't Know JS" Simpson (for JS fundamentals), "TypeScript Deep Dive" (free for TS mastery).

React — the default pick for a beginner in 2026 thanks to the largest job-market size (60-70% of all CIS frontend jobs). Huge ecosystem, React Native bonus for mobile, maximum portability of skill between companies. Vue 3 — the second pick, cleaner DX + Composition API, batteries-included (Vue Router + Pinia in the official ecosystem). Fewer jobs, but Senior Vue ≈ React Senior. Angular — the third pick for those planning a career at banks/enterprise. The most opinionated framework, premium pay +10-15% over React Senior for rare skill. Learning a second framework — after reaching Senior level in the first (for diversification). Details — on /research/frontend/react / /research/frontend/vue / /research/frontend/angular.

Yes, 42% of Frontend jobs are full-remote or hybrid. Frontend is one of the most remote-friendly IT segments. Russian product companies — hybrid or remote after probation. Startups and international SaaS — full-remote. Relocant hubs: Dubai, Cyprus, Lisbon, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Bali, Serbia (Belgrade), Georgia. English — must for international remote with a premium +25-40%.

General Frontend (this page) — a broad niche for jobs without an explicit framework binding. Includes React/Vue/Angular developers in one pool. Good for juniors who haven't picked a framework yet, or polyglot Seniors who know 2+ stacks. React/Vue/Angular specialisations — specific stacks, for which we have separate pages with precise pay + Q5/Q6 framework-specific. If you know your stack, check: /research/frontend/react (224 jobs), /research/frontend/vue (74), /research/frontend/angular (97). Fullstack Engineer — frontend + backend in one role. On this page — only frontend-focused jobs.

Roadmap: 1) HTML5 + CSS3 + Flexbox + Grid — Stepik/MDN/freeCodeCamp. 2) JavaScript ES6+ — async/await, modules, destructuring, prototypes. Books: "You Don't Know JS" Simpson. 3) TypeScript — types, generics, narrowing. TypeScript Deep Dive (free). 4) Pick ONE framework — React recommended for market size. Vue or Angular — if confident in a niche (startup segment vs banking). 5) Master hooks/Composition/Components, state management, routing, testing. 6) Pet project: SPA or Next/Nuxt app with auth + API + state management + tests, deployed. 7) After Junior — diversification via a second framework. Courses: Karpov.Courses, Yandex.Practicum, Skillfactory, Hexlet. Time to Junior — 6-12 months full-time. Detailed roadmaps by specific stack — on /research/frontend/react / /research/frontend/vue / /research/frontend/angular.

941 active open Frontend positions in the Zorky CRM sample — the general niche. Geography: Russia / Poland / remote. This is the largest entry segment in IT, covers react/vue/angular/svelte and polyglot jobs. The real market is broader than the sample. Time to close a Senior Frontend role — 2-4 weeks on average (faster than backend thanks to larger developer supply).

A Senior Frontend owns the full cycle + one framework at mastery. TypeScript: strict mode mastery, generics, conditional types, mapped types, discriminated unions, type-safe API clients. One framework mastery: React (see /research/frontend/react Senior skills), Vue 3 (Composition API + Pinia), or Angular (RxJS + NgRx + Signals). HTML5 + CSS3: Flexbox + Grid + animations + responsive design + accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA, ARIA). Performance: Web Vitals (LCP/FID/CLS), code-splitting + lazy loading, virtualisation, bundle analysis, Lighthouse 90+. Build tools: Vite (modern) or Webpack (legacy + custom configs). State management: deep knowledge of one (Redux Toolkit / Pinia / NgRx) + understanding of the server-state vs client-state split via React Query / TanStack Query / Vue Query. Testing: 70%+ coverage, unit + integration + e2e. Architecture: design system + UI kit, monorepo (Turborepo/Nx). Soft: code review, mentoring, communication with designer/backend/PM. English for Senior+ must — for EU relocation and international remote.