Jest Jobs in England

Jest
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Jest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Jest over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 677 639
Rank change year-on-year +209 -38 -351
Permanent jobs citing Jest 237 176 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.70% 0.96% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 104 156 186
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £51,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £66,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -17.19% +11.89%
75th Percentile £84,688 £92,500 £97,290
90th Percentile £140,677 £95,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -10.00% +7.14%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,766 18,375 23,829
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.87% 19.31% 28.91%
Number of salaries quoted 5,337 14,556 15,724
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,037 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.73% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £113,750 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £66,254 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +10.42% -11.11% +3.85%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Jest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Jest in England

Jest
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Jest in England.

Salary trend for Jest in England

Jest
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Jest in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Jest in England

Jest
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Jest within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +122 96 £55,750 -3.04% 17
North West +80 86 £58,750 +2.17% 9
London +133 64 £67,500 -15.63% 57
South East +73 32 £67,500 -20.59% 38
Midlands +90 28 £60,000 -7.69% 9
West Midlands +74 20 £60,000 -7.69% 8
South West +121 14 £104,013 +98.12% 8
East Midlands +60 8 £67,500 -6.90% 1
North East - 6 £50,000 - 4
Yorkshire +54 4 £77,500 +127.94% 4
East of England +36 4 £51,250 -6.82% 3
Jest
UK

Jest
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 10 (4.22%) IIS
2 7 (2.95%) CMS
3 5 (2.11%) Confluence
4 4 (1.69%) WordPress
5 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.42%) Moqups
1 1 (0.42%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (5.06%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 135 (56.96%) Azure
2 128 (54.01%) AWS
3 20 (8.44%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (6.33%) npm
5 14 (5.91%) GCP
5 14 (5.91%) GitHub
6 12 (5.06%) Cloudflare
7 11 (4.64%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (4.64%) Serverless
8 7 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.53%) Figma
9 6 (2.53%) SaaS
10 5 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.11%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.27%) Firebase
11 3 (1.27%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.27%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.27%) Yarn
12 2 (0.84%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.80%) HTTP
2 1 (0.42%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (47.26%) SQL Server
2 21 (8.86%) MySQL
3 12 (5.06%) NoSQL
4 10 (4.22%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.11%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.69%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.27%) Redis
9 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.84%) Big Data
9 2 (0.84%) Power BI
10 1 (0.42%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 105 (44.30%) Cucumber
2 103 (43.46%) JIRA
3 102 (43.04%) Selenium
3 102 (43.04%) Sonatype Nexus
4 93 (39.24%) Bitbucket
4 93 (39.24%) GitLab
5 92 (38.82%) SonarQube
6 91 (38.40%) Maven
7 82 (34.60%) Git
8 38 (16.03%) Cypress.io
9 33 (13.92%) webpack
10 23 (9.70%) Mocha
11 22 (9.28%) Jasmine
12 21 (8.86%) NUnit
13 17 (7.17%) Vite
14 10 (4.22%) TeamCity
15 9 (3.80%) JUnit
16 7 (2.95%) Babel
16 7 (2.95%) PHPUnit
16 7 (2.95%) rollup.js
General
1 142 (59.92%) Finance
2 131 (55.27%) Banking
3 126 (53.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (45.57%) Investment Banking
5 90 (37.97%) Corporate Banking
5 90 (37.97%) Retail
6 36 (15.19%) Social Skills
7 18 (7.59%) Law
8 16 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (5.06%) Games
10 8 (3.38%) Marketing
11 6 (2.53%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.42%) Electronics
12 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 132 (55.70%) Software Engineer
2 81 (34.18%) Developer
3 38 (16.03%) React Developer
4 37 (15.61%) Senior
5 32 (13.50%) Senior Developer
6 30 (12.66%) Lead
7 21 (8.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 19 (8.02%) Full-Stack Developer
9 18 (7.59%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 13 (5.49%) Senior React Developer
11 12 (5.06%) C# Developer
11 12 (5.06%) Lead Developer
12 11 (4.64%) .NET Developer
12 11 (4.64%) UI Engineer
13 10 (4.22%) Java Engineer
13 10 (4.22%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 9 (3.80%) Senior .NET Developer
15 8 (3.38%) Lead Software Engineer
15 8 (3.38%) Senior C# Developer
15 8 (3.38%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (91.98%) React
2 165 (69.62%) CSS
3 154 (64.98%) HTML
4 135 (56.96%) RESTful
5 122 (51.48%) CSS3
5 122 (51.48%) HTML5
6 120 (50.63%) Redux
7 109 (45.99%) REST
8 106 (44.73%) Sass
9 105 (44.30%) Kafka
10 102 (43.04%) Spring Boot
11 98 (41.35%) Spring
12 91 (38.40%) JPA
13 47 (19.83%) Node.js
14 40 (16.88%) AngularJS
15 36 (15.19%) .NET
16 30 (12.66%) Vue
17 23 (9.70%) GraphQL
18 21 (8.86%) Web Services
19 19 (8.02%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 104 (43.88%) Product Ownership
2 90 (37.97%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (8.86%) Mobile App
4 10 (4.22%) Cloud Native
4 10 (4.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 10 (4.22%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.95%) Algorithms
6 6 (2.53%) Distributed Applications
6 6 (2.53%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.11%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (1.69%) Derivative
8 4 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.69%) Equities
8 4 (1.69%) Online Games
8 4 (1.69%) Wiki
9 2 (0.84%) 3D Graphics
9 2 (0.84%) Cybercrime
9 2 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.42%) Fixed Income
10 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.53%) Android
1 6 (2.53%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.84%) Linux
2 2 (0.84%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (76.37%) Agile
2 171 (72.15%) CI/CD
3 143 (60.34%) Software Engineering
4 138 (58.23%) Full-Stack Development
5 136 (57.38%) DevOps
5 136 (57.38%) Front End Development
6 131 (55.27%) User Experience
7 117 (49.37%) Microservices
7 117 (49.37%) Responsive Web Design
8 114 (48.10%) Containerisation
9 112 (47.26%) Test Automation
10 111 (46.84%) Mentoring
10 111 (46.84%) SDLC
11 103 (43.46%) Performance Optimisation
12 102 (43.04%) Migration
13 90 (37.97%) Strategic Thinking
14 50 (21.10%) Problem-Solving
15 31 (13.08%) Unit Testing
16 26 (10.97%) Design Patterns
17 22 (9.28%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 192 (81.01%) JavaScript
2 185 (78.06%) TypeScript
3 113 (47.68%) SQL
4 108 (45.57%) Java
5 37 (15.61%) C#
6 11 (4.64%) Python
7 10 (4.22%) PHP
8 3 (1.27%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.42%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.42%) Swift
Qualifications
1 23 (9.70%) Degree
2 9 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.27%) ISTQB
4 3 (1.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (0.84%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.84%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.42%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.42%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (43.88%) QA
2 96 (40.51%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.27%) GDPR
3 3 (1.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 138 (58.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 116 (48.95%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.33%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Grafana
3 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.42%) Kibana
Vendors
1 90 (37.97%) Solace
2 16 (6.75%) Oracle
3 15 (6.33%) Microsoft
4 10 (4.22%) Rollbar
5 8 (3.38%) Okta
6 2 (0.84%) Adobe
6 2 (0.84%) Apple
7 1 (0.42%) Google
7 1 (0.42%) Veracode