JavaScript Job Trends in Edinburgh

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 34 24
Rank change year-on-year -27 -10 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 9 47 77
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.85% 5.66% 6.11%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.84% 20.89% 17.54%
Number of salaries quoted 8 36 66
10th Percentile £29,525 £43,750 £44,375
25th Percentile £32,750 £51,563 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £80,000 £65,750
Median % change year-on-year -40.63% +21.67% +3.14%
75th Percentile £53,750 £98,474 £75,000
90th Percentile £59,000 £99,375 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £68,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +14.58% +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 154 225 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 14.56% 27.11% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 107 147 340
10th Percentile £38,557 £37,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £73,886
90th Percentile £82,000 £98,474 £90,000
Scotland median annual salary £54,069 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.97% +4.55% -4.35%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Edinburgh

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) AWS
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (22.22%) GCP
5 1 (11.11%) GitHub
5 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) WebDriver
2 1 (11.11%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (22.22%) Multimedia
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Games
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) .NET Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Trainee
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Trainee Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Trainee Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Trainee Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Web Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) React
2 5 (55.56%) .NET
3 4 (44.44%) .NET Core
3 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
4 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET Core
4 3 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (33.33%) Blazor
4 3 (33.33%) LINQ
5 2 (22.22%) CSS
5 2 (22.22%) HTML
6 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 1 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (11.11%) Entity Framework
6 1 (11.11%) Node.js
6 1 (11.11%) Playwright
6 1 (11.11%) Tailwind CSS
6 1 (11.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile
1 5 (55.56%) Microservices
2 4 (44.44%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (33.33%) Don't repeat yourself (DRY)
4 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Web Development
5 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (11.11%) DevOps
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) C#
2 3 (33.33%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
4 1 (11.11%) Java
4 1 (11.11%) Kotlin
4 1 (11.11%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) AWS Certification
1 2 (22.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (22.22%) Azure Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB
2 1 (11.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow