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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 46 27
Rank change year-on-year +7 -19 +4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 84 45 158
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 2.92% 4.09% 6.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.86% 18.44% 21.18%
Number of salaries quoted 77 35 128
10th Percentile £31,900 £39,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £66,250 £64,375 £73,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £85,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -

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 423 244 746
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 14.71% 22.20% 29.08%
Number of salaries quoted 336 185 588
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.72% -3.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £90,750 £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 21 August 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 (2.38%) CMS
1 2 (2.38%) WordPress
2 1 (1.19%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.19%) Magento
1 1 (1.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 35 (41.67%) Azure
2 21 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (17.86%) AWS
4 14 (16.67%) Power Platform
5 9 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (9.52%) GCP
6 8 (9.52%) SaaS
7 6 (7.14%) Azure AI
7 6 (7.14%) GitHub
8 5 (5.95%) Google Play
9 3 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (3.57%) Slack
10 2 (2.38%) ChatGPT
10 2 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (2.38%) Google Gemini
10 2 (2.38%) Google Sheets
10 2 (2.38%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (2.38%) Serverless
11 1 (1.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.52%) VPN
1 8 (9.52%) WAN
2 3 (3.57%) Internet
3 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.19%) DNS
4 1 (1.19%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (8.33%) MongoDB
2 7 (8.33%) MySQL
3 5 (5.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.38%) GIS
6 1 (1.19%) DocumentDB
6 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.19%) Power BI
6 1 (1.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (22.62%) Git
2 3 (3.57%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.38%) JIRA
3 2 (2.38%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.19%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.19%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.19%) git-flow
4 1 (1.19%) GitLab
4 1 (1.19%) MSTest
4 1 (1.19%) NUnit
4 1 (1.19%) Postman
4 1 (1.19%) Storybook
4 1 (1.19%) Subversion
4 1 (1.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
3 8 (9.52%) Manufacturing
4 7 (8.33%) Finance
5 4 (4.76%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.57%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.57%) Legal
6 3 (3.57%) Multimedia
6 3 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.38%) Electronics
7 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.38%) Local Government
7 2 (2.38%) Military
7 2 (2.38%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.19%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (51.19%) Developer
2 19 (22.62%) Full-Stack Developer
3 15 (17.86%) Senior
4 13 (15.48%) Architect
4 13 (15.48%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (13.10%) Software Developer
6 10 (11.90%) Senior Developer
7 8 (9.52%) .NET Developer
7 8 (9.52%) Analyst
7 8 (9.52%) IT Analyst
7 8 (9.52%) IT Support
7 8 (9.52%) IT Support Analyst
7 8 (9.52%) Support Analyst
8 7 (8.33%) Lead
9 6 (7.14%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
9 6 (7.14%) JavaScript Developer
9 6 (7.14%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (7.14%) Senior JavaScript Developer
10 5 (5.95%) PHP Developer
11 4 (4.76%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (29.76%) React
2 24 (28.57%) HTML
3 23 (27.38%) CSS
4 17 (20.24%) .NET
5 11 (13.10%) RESTful
6 9 (10.71%) ASP.NET
7 8 (9.52%) Node.js
8 7 (8.33%) .NET Core
8 7 (8.33%) AngularJS
8 7 (8.33%) Vue
9 6 (7.14%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (5.95%) Blazor
10 5 (5.95%) ML.NET
10 5 (5.95%) Next.js
10 5 (5.95%) REST
11 4 (4.76%) Django
11 4 (4.76%) Laravel
11 4 (4.76%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (4.76%) Terraform
12 3 (3.57%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.52%) Client/Server
2 6 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.95%) iPhone
4 3 (3.57%) Blog
4 3 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.38%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.19%) PropTech
6 1 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (11.90%) Windows
2 7 (8.33%) Android
3 2 (2.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.19%) Linux
4 1 (1.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.48%) Full-Stack Development
2 33 (39.29%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (30.95%) AI
4 24 (28.57%) Agile
5 18 (21.43%) Machine Learning
6 16 (19.05%) DevOps
6 16 (19.05%) Software Engineering
7 13 (15.48%) LLM
8 11 (13.10%) CI/CD
8 11 (13.10%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 9 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (10.71%) ERP
9 9 (10.71%) Front End Development
9 9 (10.71%) Mentoring
9 9 (10.71%) User Experience
10 8 (9.52%) Code Quality
10 8 (9.52%) Customer Service
11 7 (8.33%) Clean Code
11 7 (8.33%) Scrum
11 7 (8.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 40 (47.62%) SQL
2 32 (38.10%) C#
3 29 (34.52%) Python
4 19 (22.62%) TypeScript
5 6 (7.14%) C++
5 6 (7.14%) PHP
6 5 (5.95%) Java
7 4 (4.76%) Bash
8 3 (3.57%) PowerShell
9 2 (2.38%) R
9 2 (2.38%) XAML
10 1 (1.19%) Perl
10 1 (1.19%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (11.90%) SC Cleared
1 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.14%) AWS Certification
2 6 (7.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 5 (5.95%) Degree
4 3 (3.57%) AWS Certified Developer
4 3 (3.57%) Azure Certification
4 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.33%) QA
2 5 (5.95%) Accessibility
3 4 (4.76%) WCAG
4 3 (3.57%) NCSC
5 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (11.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.52%) Google
3 2 (2.38%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.19%) Adobe
4 1 (1.19%) Sage
4 1 (1.19%) SAP