JavaScript Job Trends in Blackburn

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Blackburn requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 13 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn 7.60% - 4.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.00% - 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +29.73%
75th Percentile - - £65,000
90th Percentile £48,750 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £46,250 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -5.88% -15.00%

All Programming Languages
Blackburn

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 52 35 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 30.41% 46.67% 23.91%
Number of salaries quoted 24 23 22
10th Percentile - - £21,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £29,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,683 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.63% +8.99% -2.78%
75th Percentile - £51,240 £65,000
90th Percentile £48,750 £61,650 £76,250
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.63% -4.63% +5.26%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Blackburn.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Blackburn

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Blackburn

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackburn by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (76.92%) React
2 3 (23.08%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (23.08%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (38.46%) Front End Development
3 3 (23.08%) Deadline-Driven
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Project Management
4 1 (7.69%) CI/CD
4 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (7.69%) User Experience
4 1 (7.69%) UX Design
4 1 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) TypeScript
2 3 (23.08%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) C++
2 3 (23.08%) Python