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 requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 41 25
Rank change year-on-year -6 -16 +7
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 81 44 148
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 2.69% 4.05% 5.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.49% 19.21% 20.39%
Number of salaries quoted 73 34 109
10th Percentile £31,300 £34,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,375 £86,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

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 requiring coding skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 438 229 726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 14.57% 21.09% 29.02%
Number of salaries quoted 355 175 545
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -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 job vacancy trend in Bristol

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing JavaScript.

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 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Bristol

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.47%) CMS
1 2 (2.47%) WordPress
2 1 (1.23%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (3.70%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.23%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 34 (41.98%) Azure
2 21 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (18.52%) AWS
4 14 (17.28%) Power Platform
5 10 (12.35%) SaaS
6 9 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (9.88%) GCP
8 6 (7.41%) Azure AI
8 6 (7.41%) GitHub
9 5 (6.17%) Google Play
10 3 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (3.70%) Slack
11 2 (2.47%) ChatGPT
11 2 (2.47%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (2.47%) Google Gemini
11 2 (2.47%) Google Sheets
11 2 (2.47%) Google Workspace
11 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (2.47%) Serverless
12 1 (1.23%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.88%) VPN
1 8 (9.88%) WAN
2 3 (3.70%) Internet
3 1 (1.23%) DNS
3 1 (1.23%) Firewall
3 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.64%) MongoDB
1 7 (8.64%) MySQL
2 6 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 5 (6.17%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.47%) GIS
6 1 (1.23%) DocumentDB
6 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.23%) Power BI
6 1 (1.23%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (23.46%) Git
2 3 (3.70%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.47%) JIRA
3 2 (2.47%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.23%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.23%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.23%) git-flow
4 1 (1.23%) GitLab
4 1 (1.23%) MSTest
4 1 (1.23%) NUnit
4 1 (1.23%) Postman
4 1 (1.23%) Storybook
4 1 (1.23%) Subversion
4 1 (1.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (34.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (9.88%) Documentation Skills
2 8 (9.88%) Manufacturing
3 7 (8.64%) Finance
4 4 (4.94%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.70%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.70%) Legal
5 3 (3.70%) Multimedia
5 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.47%) Electronics
6 2 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.47%) Local Government
6 2 (2.47%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.23%) Military
7 1 (1.23%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (48.15%) Developer
2 19 (23.46%) Full-Stack Developer
3 14 (17.28%) Senior
4 13 (16.05%) Architect
4 13 (16.05%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (12.35%) Senior Developer
6 8 (9.88%) Analyst
6 8 (9.88%) IT Analyst
6 8 (9.88%) IT Support
6 8 (9.88%) IT Support Analyst
6 8 (9.88%) Software Developer
6 8 (9.88%) Support Analyst
7 7 (8.64%) Lead
8 6 (7.41%) .NET Developer
8 6 (7.41%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
8 6 (7.41%) JavaScript Developer
8 6 (7.41%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (7.41%) Senior JavaScript Developer
9 5 (6.17%) PHP Developer
10 4 (4.94%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (30.86%) React
2 22 (27.16%) CSS
2 22 (27.16%) HTML
3 14 (17.28%) .NET
4 11 (13.58%) RESTful
5 8 (9.88%) ASP.NET
5 8 (9.88%) Node.js
6 7 (8.64%) Vue
7 6 (7.41%) .NET Core
7 6 (7.41%) AngularJS
7 6 (7.41%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (6.17%) Blazor
8 5 (6.17%) ML.NET
8 5 (6.17%) Next.js
9 4 (4.94%) Laravel
9 4 (4.94%) Tailwind CSS
9 4 (4.94%) Terraform
10 3 (3.70%) .NET Framework
10 3 (3.70%) GraphQL
10 3 (3.70%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.88%) Client/Server
2 6 (7.41%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.17%) iPhone
4 3 (3.70%) Blog
4 3 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.47%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.23%) PropTech
6 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.35%) Windows
2 7 (8.64%) Android
3 2 (2.47%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.23%) Linux
4 1 (1.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (39.51%) Full-Stack Development
3 25 (30.86%) AI
4 24 (29.63%) Agile
5 18 (22.22%) Machine Learning
6 15 (18.52%) DevOps
6 15 (18.52%) Software Engineering
7 13 (16.05%) LLM
8 11 (13.58%) CI/CD
8 11 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 11 (13.58%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 11 (13.58%) ERP
9 9 (11.11%) Front End Development
9 9 (11.11%) Mentoring
9 9 (11.11%) User Experience
10 8 (9.88%) Code Quality
10 8 (9.88%) Customer Service
11 7 (8.64%) Clean Code
11 7 (8.64%) Scrum
12 6 (7.41%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 40 (49.38%) SQL
2 29 (35.80%) C#
3 28 (34.57%) Python
4 17 (20.99%) TypeScript
5 6 (7.41%) C++
5 6 (7.41%) PHP
6 5 (6.17%) Java
7 4 (4.94%) Bash
7 4 (4.94%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.47%) R
8 2 (2.47%) XAML
9 1 (1.23%) Perl
9 1 (1.23%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.23%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (12.35%) SC Cleared
1 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.41%) AWS Certification
2 6 (7.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (6.17%) Degree
4 3 (3.70%) AWS Certified Developer
4 3 (3.70%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.41%) QA
2 5 (6.17%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.94%) WCAG
4 3 (3.70%) NCSC
5 1 (1.23%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (41.98%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.88%) Google
3 3 (3.70%) Sage
3 3 (3.70%) SAP
4 2 (2.47%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.23%) Adobe