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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 17 19
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -13
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 104 151 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 11.72% 10.12% 12.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 31.23% 25.72% 28.41%
Number of salaries quoted 86 113 138
10th Percentile £43,750 £48,750 £39,949
25th Percentile £50,813 £51,250 £49,063
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 £99,375 £91,934 £91,397
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 333 587 887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 37.54% 39.34% 43.44%
Number of salaries quoted 226 458 565
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £39,781
25th Percentile £47,610 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +14.55%
75th Percentile £80,938 £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 15 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 14 (13.46%) Umbraco
2 3 (2.88%) CMS
3 2 (1.92%) Apache Solr
3 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.92%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.96%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.96%) Solana
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.96%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.96%) Notion
1 1 (0.96%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 38 (36.54%) GCP
2 34 (32.69%) Azure
3 30 (28.85%) AWS
4 6 (5.77%) Google Analytics
5 5 (4.81%) Adobe Analytics
5 5 (4.81%) GitHub
5 5 (4.81%) SaaS
6 4 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (1.92%) Apigee
7 2 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (1.92%) npm
7 2 (1.92%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.96%) Datadog
8 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.96%) Firebase
8 1 (0.96%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.96%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.96%) Stripe
8 1 (0.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.65%) Internet
2 2 (1.92%) Bluetooth
2 2 (1.92%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.96%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.58%) BigQuery
2 9 (8.65%) SQL Server
3 8 (7.69%) MySQL
3 8 (7.69%) NoSQL
4 6 (5.77%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.88%) Tableau
7 2 (1.92%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.96%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.96%) Power BI
8 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (18.27%) Jenkins
2 17 (16.35%) Git
3 10 (9.62%) Maven
4 9 (8.65%) webpack
5 5 (4.81%) JUnit
6 4 (3.85%) Postman
6 4 (3.85%) TeamCity
6 4 (3.85%) Visual Studio
7 3 (2.88%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.88%) GitLab
7 3 (2.88%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (2.88%) Selenium
7 3 (2.88%) SonarQube
7 3 (2.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.88%) TestNG
8 2 (1.92%) Fiddler
8 2 (1.92%) MSBuild
8 2 (1.92%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.96%) Gradle
9 1 (0.96%) Mocha
General
1 46 (44.23%) Finance
2 34 (32.69%) Banking
3 15 (14.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 10 (9.62%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.73%) Games
7 6 (5.77%) Tech for Good
8 4 (3.85%) Legal
9 3 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.88%) Marketing
10 2 (1.92%) Advertising
11 1 (0.96%) Electronics
11 1 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 36 (34.62%) Developer
2 30 (28.85%) Senior
3 28 (26.92%) Lead
4 22 (21.15%) Software Engineer
5 16 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
6 12 (11.54%) Architect
7 11 (10.58%) Lead Architect
7 11 (10.58%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 11 (10.58%) Senior Developer
7 11 (10.58%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (7.69%) Android Engineer
9 6 (5.77%) PHP Developer
9 6 (5.77%) Senior PHP Developer
10 5 (4.81%) .NET Developer
10 5 (4.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (4.81%) Full-Stack Developer
10 5 (4.81%) Java Developer
10 5 (4.81%) React Developer
11 4 (3.85%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 4 (3.85%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (43.27%) CSS
2 43 (41.35%) React
3 29 (27.88%) HTML
4 23 (22.12%) RESTful
5 15 (14.42%) .NET
6 14 (13.46%) jQuery
7 13 (12.50%) OAuth
7 13 (12.50%) OpenID
7 13 (12.50%) SAML
8 12 (11.54%) AngularJS
8 12 (11.54%) REST
9 11 (10.58%) Ajax
10 10 (9.62%) Redux
11 8 (7.69%) .NET Core
11 8 (7.69%) Android Jetpack
11 8 (7.69%) ASP.NET
11 8 (7.69%) Jetpack Compose
12 7 (6.73%) Laravel
13 6 (5.77%) Spring Boot
13 6 (5.77%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 25 (24.04%) Mobile App
2 10 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 10 (9.62%) Public Cloud
3 8 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 8 (7.69%) Online Banking
3 8 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 6 (5.77%) Data Structures
5 4 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.88%) Hackathon
6 3 (2.88%) Learning Management System
6 3 (2.88%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.92%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.96%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.96%) Podcast
8 1 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.38%) Linux
2 11 (10.58%) Android
3 5 (4.81%) Unix
4 3 (2.88%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.92%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (31.73%) CI/CD
1 33 (31.73%) Software Engineering
2 32 (30.77%) DevOps
3 24 (23.08%) Web Development
4 23 (22.12%) Microservices
4 23 (22.12%) Test Automation
5 22 (21.15%) Agile
5 22 (21.15%) MVC
6 20 (19.23%) Analytics
6 20 (19.23%) Full-Stack Development
6 20 (19.23%) TDD
7 19 (18.27%) User Experience
8 15 (14.42%) Cybersecurity
8 15 (14.42%) Unit Testing
9 14 (13.46%) Containerisation
9 14 (13.46%) Data Analytics
9 14 (13.46%) Mentoring
9 14 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (12.50%) Pair Programming
11 12 (11.54%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 29 (27.88%) Java
2 24 (23.08%) TypeScript
3 19 (18.27%) Python
4 16 (15.38%) C#
5 15 (14.42%) SQL
6 13 (12.50%) Kotlin
7 6 (5.77%) PHP
8 5 (4.81%) C++
9 4 (3.85%) C
9 4 (3.85%) Go
9 4 (3.85%) PowerShell
9 4 (3.85%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.88%) Bash
10 3 (2.88%) JCL
11 2 (1.92%) Groovy
12 1 (0.96%) Cypher
12 1 (0.96%) Objective-C
12 1 (0.96%) Swift
Qualifications
1 9 (8.65%) Degree
2 4 (3.85%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.88%) PhD
4 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.92%) QA
3 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
System Software
1 21 (20.19%) Docker
2 1 (0.96%) NDS
Systems Management
1 31 (29.81%) Kubernetes
2 11 (10.58%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (9.62%) Terraform
4 3 (2.88%) CA Endevor
5 2 (1.92%) Istio
6 1 (0.96%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.96%) Opsgenie
6 1 (0.96%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 17 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.58%) Google
3 6 (5.77%) Adobe
4 4 (3.85%) IBM
4 4 (3.85%) Tealium
5 3 (2.88%) Ping Identity
6 2 (1.92%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.92%) Optimizely
6 2 (1.92%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.92%) Twitter
7 1 (0.96%) Apple
7 1 (0.96%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.96%) Maxymiser
7 1 (0.96%) NetIQ
7 1 (0.96%) Okta
7 1 (0.96%) Oracle
7 1 (0.96%) Planview
7 1 (0.96%) Splunk
7 1 (0.96%) Yahoo!
7 1 (0.96%) YouTube