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

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	44	12	7
Rank change year-on-year	-32	-5	+13
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript	24	13	60
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham	2.56%	10.92%	21.74%
As % of the Programming Languages category	12.12%	27.66%	46.88%
Number of salaries quoted	14	13	25
10^th Percentile	£66,125	-	£28,000
25^th Percentile	-	£27,500	£33,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£85,000	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+41.67%	-	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	-	£80,000	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£90,250	£92,000	£80,000
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 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	198	47	128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham	21.15%	39.50%	46.38%
Number of salaries quoted	157	37	68
10^th Percentile	£54,750	£30,500	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£60,000	£48,750	£44,688
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£86,250	£77,500	£71,563
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£87,500	£81,800
Gloucestershire median annual salary	£75,000	£57,500	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+30.43%	-4.17%	+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 24 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Cheltenham

JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 24 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 Cheltenham region citing JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	83.3%	20
2	CI/CD	66.7%	16
3	Agile	54.2%	13
3	Docker	54.2%	13
3	Kubernetes	54.2%	13
3	Software Engineering	54.2%	13
7	Node.js	50.0%	12
8	Python	45.8%	11
8	TypeScript	45.8%	11
10	C++	41.7%	10
10	Java	41.7%	10
10	Test Automation	41.7%	10
13	DevOps	37.5%	9
14	Code Quality	33.3%	8
14	Microservices	33.3%	8
14	SC Cleared	33.3%	8
17	Cybersecurity	29.2%	7
17	Full-Stack Development	29.2%	7
17	OpenShift	29.2%	7
17	React	29.2%	7
21	Linux	25.0%	6
21	Problem-Solving	25.0%	6
23	AWS	20.8%	5
23	Continuous Improvement	20.8%	5
23	Continuous Integration	20.8%	5
23	DV Cleared	20.8%	5
23	Git	20.8%	5
23	QA	20.8%	5
23	Rust	20.8%	5
23	Spring	20.8%	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	45.8%	11
1	TypeScript	45.8%	11
3	C++	41.7%	10
3	Java	41.7%	10
5	Rust	20.8%	5
6	C	12.5%	3
7	C#	8.3%	2
8	Objective-C	4.2%	1