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

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	57	44	27
Rank change year-on-year	-13	-17	+4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript	77	44	129
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol	2.29%	3.81%	6.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category	17.19%	18.97%	21.68%
Number of salaries quoted	66	39	69
10^th Percentile	£34,375	£28,250	£38,500
25^th Percentile	£41,563	£41,875	£46,250
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	£67,500	£64,375	£85,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£67,500	£94,500
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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	448	232	595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol	13.32%	20.10%	27.76%
Number of salaries quoted	361	181	387
10^th Percentile	£40,000	£35,000	£27,100
25^th Percentile	£52,000	£42,500	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£67,500	£77,500
90^th Percentile	£83,750	£87,500	£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 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 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Bristol

JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 16 October 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 with a requirement for JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SQL	48.1%	37
2	AI	44.2%	34
2	Full-Stack Development	44.2%	34
4	Azure	41.6%	32
5	Microsoft	37.7%	29
5	Problem-Solving	37.7%	29
7	C#	36.4%	28
8	Python	32.5%	25
9	React	31.2%	24
10	Agile	29.9%	23
10	Software Engineering	29.9%	23
12	AWS	27.3%	21
13	Microsoft 365	24.7%	19
14	Machine Learning	23.4%	18
15	DevOps	22.1%	17
15	TypeScript	22.1%	17
17	Power Platform	20.8%	16
18	.NET	18.2%	14
18	CI/CD	18.2%	14
18	Continuous Improvement	18.2%	14
18	Git	18.2%	14
18	LLM	18.2%	14
23	CSS	16.9%	13
23	Docker	16.9%	13
23	HTML	16.9%	13
26	Code Quality	15.6%	12
26	RESTful	15.6%	12
26	Security Cleared	15.6%	12
29	Creative Problem-Solving	14.3%	11
29	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	48.1%	37
2	C#	36.4%	28
3	Python	32.5%	25
4	TypeScript	22.1%	17
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