JavaScript Job Trends in Cheltenham

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham citing JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	41	11	8
Rank change year-on-year	-30	-3	+12
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript	27	16	53
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham	2.78%	11.76%	19.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category	12.56%	30.77%	45.69%
Number of salaries quoted	17	16	19
10^th Percentile	£71,000	£27,500	£32,600
25^th Percentile	-	£36,875	£33,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£85,000	£62,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+36.00%	+4.17%	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£90,000	£83,750	£73,125
90^th Percentile	£91,000	£95,000	£83,000
Gloucestershire median annual salary	£85,000	£57,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+47.83%	+4.55%	-4.35%

All Programming Languages
Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham.

	6 months to 7 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	215	52	116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham	22.16%	38.24%	43.61%
Number of salaries quoted	167	40	60
10^th Percentile	£57,100	£32,000	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£61,250	£48,438	£43,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£75,313
90^th Percentile	£102,000	£89,375	£82,750
Gloucestershire median annual salary	£75,000	£58,750	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+27.66%	-2.08%	+4.35%

JavaScript Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

JavaScript Salary Trend in Cheltenham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing JavaScript.

JavaScript Salary Histogram in Cheltenham

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Cheltenham over the 6 months to 7 November 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Cheltenham

JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 7 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 Cheltenham region citing JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	85.2%	23
2	CI/CD	59.3%	16
3	Node.js	55.6%	15
4	Agile	48.1%	13
4	Docker	48.1%	13
4	Kubernetes	48.1%	13
4	Software Engineering	48.1%	13
8	Python	40.7%	11
8	TypeScript	40.7%	11
10	C++	37.0%	10
10	Full-Stack Development	37.0%	10
10	Java	37.0%	10
10	React	37.0%	10
10	Test Automation	37.0%	10
15	DevOps	33.3%	9
16	AWS	29.6%	8
16	Code Quality	29.6%	8
16	DV Cleared	29.6%	8
16	Microservices	29.6%	8
16	SC Cleared	29.6%	8
21	Cybersecurity	25.9%	7
21	OpenShift	25.9%	7
23	Linux	22.2%	6
23	Problem-Solving	22.2%	6
25	Continuous Improvement	18.5%	5
25	Continuous Integration	18.5%	5
25	Git	18.5%	5
25	QA	18.5%	5
25	Rust	18.5%	5
25	Spring	18.5%	5

JavaScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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	Python	40.7%	11
1	TypeScript	40.7%	11
3	C++	37.0%	10
3	Java	37.0%	10
5	Rust	18.5%	5
6	C	11.1%	3
7	C#	7.4%	2
8	Objective-C	3.7%	1