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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 15 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -7 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 8,248 | 11,894 | 28,424 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.32% | 11.93% | 17.78% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 24.87% | 27.59% | 32.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,491 | 7,204 | 12,999 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £48,750 | £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 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.85% | +13.68% |
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 | 33,170 | 43,111 | 86,425 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.44% | 43.24% | 54.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,895 | 27,518 | 43,441 |
| 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 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +3.77% | +6.00% |
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 15 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 15 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 | 7,104 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 1,743 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 5,991 | £55,000 | - | 1,215 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 4,009 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 1,307 |
| London | -7 | 1,979 | £82,500 | +10.00% | 620 |
| North of England | -4 | 1,525 | £55,000 | - | 336 |
| South East | -3 | 1,425 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 215 |
| North West | -5 | 908 | £55,000 | - | 199 |
| South West | +3 | 837 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 181 |
| Midlands | -5 | 832 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 242 |
| Scotland | -19 | 652 | £55,000 | - | 73 |
| East of England | +8 | 482 | £52,500 | -8.70% | 117 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 473 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 106 |
| West Midlands | -10 | 448 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 140 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 377 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 101 |
| Wales | +6 | 164 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 42 |
| North East | +4 | 144 | £55,000 | - | 33 |
| Northern Ireland | -11 | 75 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 26 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | £36,000 | - | 2 |
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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