Jest Job Trends in England

Jest
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Jest skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 660 434 630
Rank change year-on-year -226 +196 -40
Permanent jobs citing Jest 79 225 156
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.087% 0.52% 0.21%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.84% 2.88% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 42 85 138
10th Percentile £37,750 £47,500 £44,688
25th Percentile £50,313 £54,750 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,620 £65,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.66% -1.89% -12.45%
75th Percentile £79,688 £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £116,000 £131,906 £96,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% -10.00%

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 9,455 7,805 14,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.41% 17.97% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7,182 5,251 11,015
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +9.76% -8.89%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -11.11%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Jest job vacancy trend in England

Jest
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jest.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Jest

Jest
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Jest in England over the 6 months to 30 July 2026.

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 30 July 2026. 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 -95 30 £67,500 +21.08% 11
London -74 25 £80,000 +20.75% 24
Yorkshire -8 24 £72,500 -6.45% 4
South East -43 16 £55,000 -15.38% 3
South West -70 4 £40,000 -61.54% 7
North West -79 4 £56,250 -13.46% 5
North East -57 2 £65,000 +36.84% 2
West Midlands -43 1 £75,000 +25.00% 1
Midlands -58 1 £75,000 +25.00% 1
Jest
UK

Jest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (6.33%) Confluence
2 3 (3.80%) JBoss
3 1 (1.27%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 47 (59.49%) AWS
2 35 (44.30%) Serverless
3 30 (37.97%) Amazon ECS
3 30 (37.97%) AWS Lambda
4 27 (34.18%) Amazon S3
5 26 (32.91%) Amazon ECR
6 25 (31.65%) AWS CloudFormation
6 25 (31.65%) AWS Step Functions
7 24 (30.38%) Apigee
8 21 (26.58%) Amazon SQS
9 20 (25.32%) GitHub
10 12 (15.19%) Azure
11 8 (10.13%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (6.33%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (5.06%) GCP
13 4 (5.06%) GitHub Copilot
14 3 (3.80%) Anthropic Claude
14 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
14 3 (3.80%) Supabase
14 3 (3.80%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.06%) VoIP
2 2 (2.53%) Asterisk PBX
2 2 (2.53%) HTTP
2 2 (2.53%) LAN
2 2 (2.53%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.53%) WAN
3 1 (1.27%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (34.18%) DynamoDB
2 13 (16.46%) MongoDB
2 13 (16.46%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (11.39%) MySQL
4 6 (7.59%) Relational Database
5 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
6 3 (3.80%) Redis
6 3 (3.80%) Spatial Data
7 2 (2.53%) DocumentDB
7 2 (2.53%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 40 (50.63%) Cypress.io
2 31 (39.24%) GitLab
3 27 (34.18%) Jenkins
4 26 (32.91%) SonarQube
5 25 (31.65%) Maven
6 20 (25.32%) Git
7 9 (11.39%) JIRA
7 9 (11.39%) Selenium
8 8 (10.13%) Vite
8 8 (10.13%) webpack
9 7 (8.86%) Mocha
10 6 (7.59%) Jasmine
10 6 (7.59%) NUnit
11 5 (6.33%) Claude Code
12 4 (5.06%) Bitbucket
13 3 (3.80%) Cucumber
14 2 (2.53%) Karma Test Runner
14 2 (2.53%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (2.53%) YouTrack
15 1 (1.27%) CocoaPods
General
1 12 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (10.13%) Social Skills
3 4 (5.06%) Finance
3 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.53%) Law
6 1 (1.27%) Front Office
6 1 (1.27%) Games
6 1 (1.27%) iGaming
6 1 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 65 (82.28%) Developer
2 25 (31.65%) Full-Stack Developer
3 23 (29.11%) Java Developer
4 17 (21.52%) Senior
5 13 (16.46%) Lead
6 12 (15.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 12 (15.19%) Senior Developer
7 10 (12.66%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 8 (10.13%) Lead Developer
8 8 (10.13%) React Developer
9 6 (7.59%) AWS Developer
9 6 (7.59%) Software Engineer
10 5 (6.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 4 (5.06%) Angular Developer
11 4 (5.06%) JavaScript Developer
11 4 (5.06%) Python Developer
11 4 (5.06%) Senior Software Engineer
12 3 (3.80%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
12 3 (3.80%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 3 (3.80%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (50.63%) AngularJS
2 36 (45.57%) React
3 33 (41.77%) Node.js
4 26 (32.91%) Spring Boot
5 24 (30.38%) Gherkin
6 21 (26.58%) CSS
7 18 (22.78%) HTML
8 16 (20.25%) RESTful
9 13 (16.46%) Vue
10 12 (15.19%) Next.js
10 12 (15.19%) REST
11 11 (13.92%) Redux
12 10 (12.66%) .NET
12 10 (12.66%) HTML5
13 9 (11.39%) Sass
14 8 (10.13%) Express.js
14 8 (10.13%) NestJS
15 7 (8.86%) React Native
16 6 (7.59%) CSS3
16 6 (7.59%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Product Ownership
2 7 (8.86%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (7.59%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (7.59%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (6.33%) Cloud Native
4 5 (6.33%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.80%) AI Agents
5 3 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.27%) Blog
7 1 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.27%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Debian
1 4 (5.06%) Linux
2 3 (3.80%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.53%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (67.09%) CI/CD
2 49 (62.03%) Agile
3 41 (51.90%) DevOps
4 34 (43.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 24 (30.38%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (27.85%) SDLC
7 21 (26.58%) Clean Code
8 20 (25.32%) ITIL
8 20 (25.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 19 (24.05%) Secure Coding
10 17 (21.52%) Front End Development
11 16 (20.25%) Mentoring
12 12 (15.19%) Software Engineering
12 12 (15.19%) Test Automation
12 12 (15.19%) User Experience
13 11 (13.92%) Web Development
14 10 (12.66%) Code Quality
14 10 (12.66%) Prototyping
14 10 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
15 9 (11.39%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 59 (74.68%) TypeScript
2 34 (43.04%) JavaScript
3 28 (35.44%) Java
4 27 (34.18%) Bash
5 25 (31.65%) Groovy
6 16 (20.25%) Python
7 11 (13.92%) C#
7 11 (13.92%) SQL
8 9 (11.39%) PHP
9 3 (3.80%) Kotlin
10 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (30.38%) AWS Certification
2 19 (24.05%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
2 19 (24.05%) ITIL Certification
3 15 (18.99%) SC Cleared
3 15 (18.99%) Security Cleared
4 6 (7.59%) Degree
5 4 (5.06%) AWS Certified Developer
6 3 (3.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.53%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.27%) HNC
8 1 (1.27%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (17.72%) Accessibility
2 8 (10.13%) WCAG
3 5 (6.33%) QA
System Software
1 41 (51.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (30.38%) HP Fortify
2 12 (15.19%) Kubernetes
3 8 (10.13%) Terraform
4 1 (1.27%) Grafana
4 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (3.80%) Google
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.53%) Confluent
2 2 (2.53%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.27%) OpenAI