JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 15 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -7 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 8,236 | 11,983 | 28,423 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.32% | 11.94% | 17.78% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 24.87% | 27.63% | 32.91% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,486 | 7,258 | 13,094 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £48,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +4.17% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £82,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,000 | £98,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £53,112 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +3.55% | +11.81% |
All Programming Languages
UK
JavaScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,118 | 43,362 | 86,372 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.44% | 43.21% | 54.03% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,897 | 27,723 | 43,724 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,250 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £107,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £52,779 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +4.21% | +5.56% |
JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
JavaScript
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript.
JavaScript
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.
JavaScript
Top 18 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | -2 | 7,091 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 1,819 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 5,983 | £55,000 | - | 1,236 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 4,003 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 1,315 |
| London | -7 | 1,974 | £82,500 | +10.00% | 662 |
| North of England | -4 | 1,523 | £55,000 | - | 339 |
| South East | -3 | 1,429 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 225 |
| North West | -5 | 908 | £55,000 | - | 205 |
| South West | +2 | 832 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 183 |
| Midlands | -6 | 827 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 258 |
| Scotland | -18 | 653 | £55,000 | - | 65 |
| East of England | +8 | 481 | £52,500 | -8.70% | 119 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 471 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 104 |
| West Midlands | -11 | 444 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 150 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 376 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 107 |
| Wales | +7 | 164 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 43 |
| North East | +3 | 144 | £55,000 | - | 34 |
| Northern Ireland | -12 | 75 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 25 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | £36,000 | - | 1 |
JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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