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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 16 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -8 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 8,420 | 11,208 | 29,865 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.15% | 11.54% | 17.93% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 24.99% | 26.86% | 33.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,577 | 7,045 | 12,933 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,171 |
| 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 | £77,000 | £82,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,000 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +15.79% |
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 | 33,687 | 41,724 | 90,340 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 32.62% | 42.94% | 54.23% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,114 | 26,852 | 43,374 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £48,750 | £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 | £98,750 | £107,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,635 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.48% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
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 29 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 29 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 | -3 | 7,262 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 1,918 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 6,089 | £55,000 | - | 1,303 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 4,087 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 1,392 |
| London | -4 | 2,041 | £85,000 | +13.33% | 685 |
| North of England | -4 | 1,560 | £55,000 | - | 369 |
| South East | -4 | 1,429 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 247 |
| North West | -4 | 932 | £55,000 | - | 224 |
| Midlands | -4 | 877 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 286 |
| South West | +4 | 844 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 152 |
| Scotland | -17 | 646 | £55,000 | - | 72 |
| East of England | +9 | 482 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 137 |
| Yorkshire | +1 | 478 | £53,750 | -2.27% | 109 |
| West Midlands | -9 | 468 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 171 |
| East Midlands | -1 | 402 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 115 |
| Wales | +6 | 176 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 41 |
| North East | +2 | 150 | £55,000 | - | 39 |
| Northern Ireland | -8 | 74 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 26 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | £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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