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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 42 25
Rank change year-on-year -11 -17 +9
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 77 44 138
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 2.33% 3.81% 6.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.92% 18.97% 22.12%
Number of salaries quoted 66 38 77
10th Percentile £34,375 £28,250 £38,650
25th Percentile £40,313 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,750 £93,750
South West median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £52,837
% change year-on-year +26.32% -10.10% -3.93%

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 455 232 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 13.76% 20.07% 28.17%
Number of salaries quoted 366 181 411
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £51,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,375 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

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 9 October 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 1 (1.30%) CMS
1 1 (1.30%) Headless CMS
1 1 (1.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.30%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 31 (40.26%) Azure
2 20 (25.97%) AWS
3 19 (24.68%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (19.48%) Power Platform
5 9 (11.69%) SaaS
6 8 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (9.09%) GCP
8 6 (7.79%) Azure AI
9 5 (6.49%) GitHub
9 5 (6.49%) Google Play
10 3 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (3.90%) Slack
11 2 (2.60%) ChatGPT
11 2 (2.60%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (2.60%) Google Gemini
11 2 (2.60%) Google Sheets
11 2 (2.60%) Google Workspace
11 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (1.30%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 1 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) VPN
1 5 (6.49%) WAN
2 1 (1.30%) DNS
2 1 (1.30%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.09%) MongoDB
2 6 (7.79%) Relational Database
3 5 (6.49%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (5.19%) ClickHouse
4 4 (5.19%) MySQL
4 4 (5.19%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (2.60%) GIS
6 2 (2.60%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.30%) DocumentDB
7 1 (1.30%) Power BI
7 1 (1.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (16.88%) Git
2 3 (3.90%) Cypress.io
2 3 (3.90%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.60%) GitLab
3 2 (2.60%) TeamCity
4 1 (1.30%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.30%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.30%) git-flow
4 1 (1.30%) JIRA
4 1 (1.30%) Postman
4 1 (1.30%) Storybook
4 1 (1.30%) Subversion
4 1 (1.30%) Visual Studio
General
1 28 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.39%) Finance
3 7 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.49%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.49%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.90%) Aerospace
6 3 (3.90%) Legal
6 3 (3.90%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.60%) Electronics
7 2 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.60%) Local Government
7 2 (2.60%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (42.86%) Developer
2 19 (24.68%) Full-Stack Developer
3 15 (19.48%) Senior
4 14 (18.18%) Architect
4 14 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (12.99%) Software Developer
6 8 (10.39%) JavaScript Developer
6 8 (10.39%) Senior Developer
7 7 (9.09%) Software Engineer
8 6 (7.79%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
8 6 (7.79%) Lead
8 6 (7.79%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (7.79%) Senior JavaScript Developer
9 5 (6.49%) .NET Developer
9 5 (6.49%) Analyst
9 5 (6.49%) IT Analyst
9 5 (6.49%) IT Support
9 5 (6.49%) IT Support Analyst
9 5 (6.49%) PHP Developer
9 5 (6.49%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (29.87%) React
2 14 (18.18%) .NET
3 13 (16.88%) CSS
3 13 (16.88%) HTML
4 12 (15.58%) RESTful
5 10 (12.99%) Vue
6 9 (11.69%) Laravel
7 8 (10.39%) Node.js
8 6 (7.79%) ASP.NET
8 6 (7.79%) Symfony
9 5 (6.49%) .NET Core
9 5 (6.49%) AngularJS
9 5 (6.49%) ASP.NET Core
9 5 (6.49%) Blazor
9 5 (6.49%) ML.NET
9 5 (6.49%) Next.js
9 5 (6.49%) Terraform
10 2 (2.60%) Jest
10 2 (2.60%) Playwright
10 2 (2.60%) PrimeFaces
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.49%) Client/Server
2 5 (6.49%) iPhone
3 4 (5.19%) PMI
4 3 (3.90%) Blog
4 3 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.60%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.60%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.30%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.30%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 7 (9.09%) Android
1 7 (9.09%) Windows
2 3 (3.90%) Linux
3 2 (2.60%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.16%) Full-Stack Development
2 33 (42.86%) AI
3 29 (37.66%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (28.57%) Agile
4 22 (28.57%) Software Engineering
5 18 (23.38%) Machine Learning
6 16 (20.78%) DevOps
7 14 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 14 (18.18%) LLM
8 13 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (15.58%) Code Quality
10 11 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
11 9 (11.69%) ERP
11 9 (11.69%) User Experience
12 8 (10.39%) Analytics
12 8 (10.39%) Workflow
13 7 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
14 6 (7.79%) Infrastructure as Code
14 6 (7.79%) Mentoring
14 6 (7.79%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 37 (48.05%) SQL
2 27 (35.06%) C#
3 25 (32.47%) Python
4 16 (20.78%) TypeScript
5 9 (11.69%) PHP
6 6 (7.79%) C++
6 6 (7.79%) Java
7 4 (5.19%) Bash
7 4 (5.19%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.60%) XAML
9 1 (1.30%) Perl
9 1 (1.30%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.30%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (15.58%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.49%) Degree
4 4 (5.19%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.90%) AWS Certification
5 3 (3.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 3 (3.90%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) QA
2 4 (5.19%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.19%) WCAG
3 3 (3.90%) NCSC
4 2 (2.60%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (16.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (9.09%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (37.66%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.39%) Google
3 4 (5.19%) Sage
3 4 (5.19%) SAP
4 2 (2.60%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.30%) Adobe