JavaScript Job Trends in Cheltenham

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheltenham 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	46	10	5
Rank change year-on-year	-36	-5	+18
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript	23	14	63
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheltenham	2.48%	11.38%	22.66%
As % of the Programming Languages category	12.04%	29.17%	47.37%
Number of salaries quoted	13	14	28
10^th Percentile	£79,000	£27,500	£28,000
25^th Percentile	-	£33,438	£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	£71,563
90^th Percentile	£91,000	£95,000	£83,250
Gloucestershire median annual salary	£85,000	£58,750	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+44.68%	+6.82%	-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 requiring coding skills in Cheltenham.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	191	48	133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheltenham	20.63%	39.02%	47.84%
Number of salaries quoted	151	36	72
10^th Percentile	£56,500	£34,750	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£61,250	£50,625	£42,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£60,000	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-	+4.35%
75^th Percentile	£85,625	£80,000	£73,125
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£91,875	£82,400
Gloucestershire median annual salary	£75,000	£57,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+31.58%	-5.00%	+3.45%

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 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Cheltenham

JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham region with a requirement for JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	82.6%	19
2	CI/CD	65.2%	15
3	Agile	56.5%	13
3	Docker	56.5%	13
3	Kubernetes	56.5%	13
3	Software Engineering	56.5%	13
7	Node.js	52.2%	12
8	Python	47.8%	11
9	C++	43.5%	10
9	Java	43.5%	10
9	Test Automation	43.5%	10
9	TypeScript	43.5%	10
13	DevOps	39.1%	9
14	Microservices	34.8%	8
15	Code Quality	30.4%	7
15	Cybersecurity	30.4%	7
15	OpenShift	30.4%	7
15	SC Cleared	30.4%	7
19	Full-Stack Development	26.1%	6
19	Linux	26.1%	6
19	React	26.1%	6
22	AWS	21.7%	5
22	Continuous Integration	21.7%	5
22	DV Cleared	21.7%	5
22	Git	21.7%	5
22	Problem-Solving	21.7%	5
22	QA	21.7%	5
22	Rust	21.7%	5
22	Spring	21.7%	5
22	Spring Boot	21.7%	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	47.8%	11
2	C++	43.5%	10
2	Java	43.5%	10
2	TypeScript	43.5%	10
5	Rust	21.7%	5
6	C	13.0%	3
7	C#	4.3%	1
7	Objective-C	4.3%	1