JavaScript Job Trends in Bristol

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
South West > Bristol

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

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	63	40	25
Rank change year-on-year	-23	-15	+4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript	77	51	122
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol	2.15%	3.76%	5.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category	16.35%	20.56%	21.40%
Number of salaries quoted	63	43	65
10^th Percentile	£33,250	£28,250	£39,250
25^th Percentile	£40,625	£38,750	£52,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£50,000	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-23.08%	+8.33%
75^th Percentile	£66,875	£60,625	£90,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£67,000	£97,500
South West median annual salary	£60,000	£45,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+31.87%	-17.27%	-

All Programming Languages
Bristol

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

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	471	248	570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol	13.15%	18.30%	27.76%
Number of salaries quoted	354	192	362
10^th Percentile	£40,000	£29,600	£26,250
25^th Percentile	£52,500	£42,500	£42,313
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+13.64%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£66,563	£77,500
90^th Percentile	£82,500	£83,625	£87,500
South West median annual salary	£62,500	£52,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+19.05%	-4.55%	-

JavaScript Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

JavaScript Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing JavaScript.

JavaScript Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Bristol over the 6 months to 6 November 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Bristol

JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, job vacancies citing JavaScript also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region citing JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	50.6%	39
2	AI	45.5%	35
3	Azure	42.9%	33
3	Full-Stack Development	42.9%	33
5	Microsoft	39.0%	30
6	C#	37.7%	29
6	Problem-Solving	37.7%	29
8	React	36.4%	28
9	Python	32.5%	25
9	Software Engineering	32.5%	25
11	Agile	31.2%	24
11	AWS	31.2%	24
13	TypeScript	26.0%	20
14	Machine Learning	24.7%	19
14	Microsoft 365	24.7%	19
16	DevOps	23.4%	18
17	CI/CD	20.8%	16
17	Power Platform	20.8%	16
19	.NET	19.5%	15
19	Docker	19.5%	15
19	Git	19.5%	15
22	Continuous Improvement	18.2%	14
22	LLM	18.2%	14
24	RESTful	16.9%	13
25	CSS	15.6%	12
25	HTML	15.6%	12
25	Node.js	15.6%	12
28	Code Quality	14.3%	11
28	Creative Problem-Solving	14.3%	11
28	Vue	14.3%	11

JavaScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	50.6%	39
2	C#	37.7%	29
3	Python	32.5%	25
4	TypeScript	26.0%	20
5	PHP	10.4%	8
6	C++	7.8%	6
6	Java	7.8%	6
8	Bash	5.2%	4
8	PowerShell	5.2%	4
10	XAML	2.6%	2
11	Perl	1.3%	1
11	T-SQL	1.3%	1
11	VB	1.3%	1