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 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	41	12	7
Rank change year-on-year	-29	-5	+13
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript	28	16	52
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham	2.84%	11.85%	19.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category	12.67%	32.00%	46.02%
Number of salaries quoted	18	16	18
10^th Percentile	£72,625	£27,500	£32,025
25^th Percentile	-	£36,875	£33,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£85,000	£62,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+36.00%	+13.64%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£90,000	£83,750	£74,063
90^th Percentile	£90,750	£95,000	£83,250
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 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	221	50	113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham	22.44%	37.04%	42.80%
Number of salaries quoted	169	39	58
10^th Percentile	£56,500	£31,500	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£61,250	£48,125	£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	£75,938
90^th Percentile	£101,000	£90,000	£83,250
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 10 November 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Cheltenham

JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 10 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	85.7%	24
2	CI/CD	57.1%	16
2	Node.js	57.1%	16
4	Agile	46.4%	13
4	Docker	46.4%	13
4	Kubernetes	46.4%	13
4	Software Engineering	46.4%	13
8	Full-Stack Development	39.3%	11
8	Python	39.3%	11
8	React	39.3%	11
8	TypeScript	39.3%	11
12	C++	35.7%	10
12	Java	35.7%	10
12	Test Automation	35.7%	10
15	AWS	32.1%	9
15	DevOps	32.1%	9
15	DV Cleared	32.1%	9
18	Code Quality	28.6%	8
18	Microservices	28.6%	8
18	SC Cleared	28.6%	8
21	Cybersecurity	25.0%	7
21	OpenShift	25.0%	7
23	Linux	21.4%	6
23	Problem-Solving	21.4%	6
25	Continuous Improvement	17.9%	5
25	Continuous Integration	17.9%	5
25	Git	17.9%	5
25	QA	17.9%	5
25	Rust	17.9%	5
25	Spring	17.9%	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	39.3%	11
1	TypeScript	39.3%	11
3	C++	35.7%	10
3	Java	35.7%	10
5	Rust	17.9%	5
6	C	10.7%	3
7	C#	7.1%	2
8	Objective-C	3.6%	1