JavaScript Jobs in Edinburgh

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring JavaScript skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited JavaScript over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -14
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 116 156 261
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.61% 10.26% 12.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.13% 25.96% 27.50%
Number of salaries quoted 95 119 143
10th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £51,375 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +18.18%
75th Percentile £93,778 £75,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,639 £91,934 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All Programming Languages
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 361 601 949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 39.24% 39.54% 44.60%
Number of salaries quoted 254 462 610
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £39,829
25th Percentile £47,610 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £64,750
Median % change year-on-year - -7.34% +17.73%
75th Percentile £82,688 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £91,934 £95,000
Scotland median annual salary £58,033 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.51% -8.33% +9.09%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in Edinburgh

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for JavaScript in Edinburgh

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Edinburgh

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (12.93%) Umbraco
2 4 (3.45%) CMS
3 3 (2.59%) Apache Solr
3 3 (2.59%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (1.72%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.86%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.86%) Solana
Applications
1 1 (0.86%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.86%) Notion
1 1 (0.86%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.59%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 44 (37.93%) GCP
2 43 (37.07%) Azure
3 37 (31.90%) AWS
4 7 (6.03%) GitHub
4 7 (6.03%) SaaS
5 6 (5.17%) Google Analytics
6 5 (4.31%) Adobe Analytics
6 5 (4.31%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.72%) Apigee
7 2 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (1.72%) npm
8 1 (0.86%) Datadog
8 1 (0.86%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.86%) Firebase
8 1 (0.86%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.86%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.86%) Stripe
8 1 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.76%) Internet
2 2 (1.72%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.72%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.86%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.48%) BigQuery
2 10 (8.62%) SQL Server
3 8 (6.90%) MySQL
3 8 (6.90%) NoSQL
4 6 (5.17%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (5.17%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.59%) Tableau
7 2 (1.72%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.86%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.86%) Power BI
8 1 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 21 (18.10%) Jenkins
2 17 (14.66%) Git
3 12 (10.34%) webpack
4 10 (8.62%) Maven
5 5 (4.31%) IBM UrbanCode
5 5 (4.31%) JUnit
5 5 (4.31%) Visual Studio
6 4 (3.45%) Postman
6 4 (3.45%) TeamCity
7 3 (2.59%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.59%) GitLab
7 3 (2.59%) MSBuild
7 3 (2.59%) Selenium
7 3 (2.59%) SonarQube
7 3 (2.59%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.59%) TestNG
8 2 (1.72%) Fiddler
8 2 (1.72%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.86%) Gradle
9 1 (0.86%) Mocha
General
1 54 (46.55%) Finance
2 41 (35.34%) Banking
3 14 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (12.07%) Social Skills
4 12 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.03%) Games
6 6 (5.17%) Legal
6 6 (5.17%) Tech for Good
7 4 (3.45%) Marketing
8 3 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.72%) Advertising
10 1 (0.86%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.86%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 38 (32.76%) Developer
1 38 (32.76%) Senior
2 29 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 28 (24.14%) Lead
4 22 (18.97%) Senior Software Engineer
5 12 (10.34%) Architect
6 11 (9.48%) Lead Architect
6 11 (9.48%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 11 (9.48%) Senior Developer
6 11 (9.48%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (6.90%) Android Engineer
8 6 (5.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 6 (5.17%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 6 (5.17%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (5.17%) PHP Developer
8 6 (5.17%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 6 (5.17%) Senior PHP Developer
9 5 (4.31%) .NET Developer
9 5 (4.31%) Java Developer
9 5 (4.31%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (47.41%) CSS
2 49 (42.24%) React
3 37 (31.90%) HTML
4 25 (21.55%) RESTful
5 18 (15.52%) .NET
6 15 (12.93%) jQuery
7 14 (12.07%) AngularJS
8 13 (11.21%) OAuth
8 13 (11.21%) OpenID
8 13 (11.21%) Redux
8 13 (11.21%) REST
8 13 (11.21%) SAML
9 11 (9.48%) Ajax
10 10 (8.62%) .NET Core
11 9 (7.76%) ASP.NET
11 9 (7.76%) Node.js
12 8 (6.90%) Android Jetpack
12 8 (6.90%) Jetpack Compose
12 8 (6.90%) Laravel
12 8 (6.90%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.28%) Mobile App
2 11 (9.48%) Public Cloud
3 10 (8.62%) Product Ownership
4 8 (6.90%) Algorithms
4 8 (6.90%) Online Banking
4 8 (6.90%) Virtual Team
5 7 (6.03%) Data Structures
6 5 (4.31%) Hackathon
6 5 (4.31%) Learning Management System
6 5 (4.31%) Mainframe
7 4 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.86%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.86%) Podcast
8 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.52%) Linux
2 11 (9.48%) Android
3 7 (6.03%) Unix
4 3 (2.59%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.72%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (37.93%) Software Engineering
2 36 (31.03%) DevOps
3 33 (28.45%) CI/CD
4 28 (24.14%) Agile
4 28 (24.14%) Microservices
5 25 (21.55%) Web Development
6 24 (20.69%) TDD
7 23 (19.83%) Full-Stack Development
7 23 (19.83%) MVC
8 22 (18.97%) Test Automation
9 20 (17.24%) Analytics
9 20 (17.24%) User Experience
10 18 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (15.52%) SDLC
11 17 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
11 17 (14.66%) Mentoring
12 16 (13.79%) Containerisation
12 16 (13.79%) Unit Testing
13 15 (12.93%) Customer Experience
13 15 (12.93%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 34 (29.31%) Java
2 28 (24.14%) TypeScript
3 21 (18.10%) C#
4 20 (17.24%) Python
5 17 (14.66%) SQL
6 15 (12.93%) Kotlin
7 6 (5.17%) Go
7 6 (5.17%) PHP
7 6 (5.17%) PowerShell
7 6 (5.17%) Shell Script
8 5 (4.31%) Bash
8 5 (4.31%) C++
8 5 (4.31%) JCL
9 4 (3.45%) C
10 2 (1.72%) Groovy
11 1 (0.86%) Cypher
11 1 (0.86%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.86%) Swift
Qualifications
1 12 (10.34%) Degree
2 6 (5.17%) Master's Degree
3 5 (4.31%) PhD
4 1 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.59%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.59%) QA
2 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
System Software
1 21 (18.10%) Docker
2 1 (0.86%) NDS
Systems Management
1 33 (28.45%) Kubernetes
2 11 (9.48%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (8.62%) Terraform
4 5 (4.31%) CA Endevor
5 2 (1.72%) Istio
6 1 (0.86%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.86%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.86%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 20 (17.24%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.21%) Google
3 6 (5.17%) Adobe
4 5 (4.31%) IBM
5 4 (3.45%) Tealium
6 3 (2.59%) Optimizely
6 3 (2.59%) Ping Identity
6 3 (2.59%) Sitecore
7 2 (1.72%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.72%) Twitter
8 1 (0.86%) Apple
8 1 (0.86%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.86%) Maxymiser
8 1 (0.86%) NetIQ
8 1 (0.86%) Okta
8 1 (0.86%) Oracle
8 1 (0.86%) Planview
8 1 (0.86%) Splunk
8 1 (0.86%) Yahoo!
8 1 (0.86%) YouTube