JavaScript Job Trends in Manchester

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 19 13
Rank change year-on-year -33 -6 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 138 203 484
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.30% 9.88% 10.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.06% 27.21% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 98 175 386
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,063 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £91,500 £97,528 £80,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 688 746 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.44% 36.32% 36.49%
Number of salaries quoted 574 557 1,380
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £48,813 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +9.17% -3.82%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £93,778 £81,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Manchester

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 March 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Manchester

JavaScript
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 March 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
Bolton +20 4 £31,500 -30.00%
Stockport -10 1 - - 1
JavaScript
North West

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 7 (5.07%) Apache
2 6 (4.35%) WordPress
3 4 (2.90%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.17%) GeoServer
4 3 (2.17%) nginx
5 2 (1.45%) CICS
5 2 (1.45%) CMS
5 2 (1.45%) JBoss
5 2 (1.45%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.72%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.72%) Confluence
6 1 (0.72%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.72%) Magento
1 1 (0.72%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 77 (55.80%) AWS
2 72 (52.17%) Azure
3 24 (17.39%) GitHub
4 18 (13.04%) Serverless
5 14 (10.14%) GCP
6 9 (6.52%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (5.80%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (5.80%) SaaS
8 6 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.62%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (2.90%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (1.45%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.45%) Datadog
12 2 (1.45%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.22%) Internet
2 4 (2.90%) AMQP
2 4 (2.90%) HTTP
3 3 (2.17%) SSH
4 2 (1.45%) OpenVPN
4 2 (1.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.14%) NoSQL
2 13 (9.42%) MySQL
3 9 (6.52%) MongoDB
3 9 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.80%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.35%) SQL Server
6 5 (3.62%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.90%) Big Data
7 4 (2.90%) Cloudera CDH
7 4 (2.90%) Hadoop
7 4 (2.90%) Neo4j
8 3 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (2.17%) GIS
8 3 (2.17%) QGIS
8 3 (2.17%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.45%) DB2
9 2 (1.45%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (44.93%) Git
2 14 (10.14%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.52%) JIRA
4 3 (2.17%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.17%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.17%) IntelliJ
4 3 (2.17%) JUnit
5 2 (1.45%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.45%) GitLab
5 2 (1.45%) Postman
5 2 (1.45%) Selenium
5 2 (1.45%) Subversion
6 1 (0.72%) Protractor
6 1 (0.72%) REST Assured
General
1 25 (18.12%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.22%) Multimedia
3 17 (12.32%) Finance
4 14 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.90%) Advertising
5 4 (2.90%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.90%) Marketing
6 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.17%) Electronics
6 3 (2.17%) French Language
6 3 (2.17%) Games
6 3 (2.17%) Italian Language
6 3 (2.17%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.17%) Portuguese Language
6 3 (2.17%) Retail
6 3 (2.17%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.45%) Law
7 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 68 (49.28%) Developer
2 31 (22.46%) Software Engineer
3 21 (15.22%) Full-Stack Developer
3 21 (15.22%) Senior
3 21 (15.22%) Trainee
4 20 (14.49%) Lead
5 17 (12.32%) Senior Developer
5 17 (12.32%) Software Developer
6 14 (10.14%) Java Developer
7 12 (8.70%) Lead Software Engineer
8 11 (7.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 11 (7.97%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 9 (6.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 9 (6.52%) Trainee Developer
9 9 (6.52%) Trainee Software Developer
10 7 (5.07%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 5 (3.62%) Cloud Developer
11 5 (3.62%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 5 (3.62%) Lead Developer
11 5 (3.62%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (51.45%) CSS
1 71 (51.45%) HTML
2 51 (36.96%) React
3 45 (32.61%) Node.js
4 32 (23.19%) AngularJS
5 29 (21.01%) .NET
6 21 (15.22%) REST
7 20 (14.49%) RESTful
8 17 (12.32%) Spring
8 17 (12.32%) Spring Boot
9 12 (8.70%) CSS3
9 12 (8.70%) HTML5
10 10 (7.25%) Vue
11 7 (5.07%) gRPC
11 7 (5.07%) Web Services
12 6 (4.35%) ASP.NET
12 6 (4.35%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (4.35%) Kafka
13 5 (3.62%) MERN Stack
13 5 (3.62%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.25%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (6.52%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (5.80%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.62%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.17%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.17%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.17%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.45%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.45%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.45%) NHS
7 2 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.72%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.52%) Linux
2 4 (2.90%) CentOS
2 4 (2.90%) Debian
2 4 (2.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (2.90%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.17%) Android
3 3 (2.17%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.45%) Windows
5 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (51.45%) Agile
2 47 (34.06%) Full-Stack Development
3 45 (32.61%) CI/CD
3 45 (32.61%) Mentoring
4 42 (30.43%) Software Engineering
5 31 (22.46%) Scrum
6 28 (20.29%) Microservices
7 27 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (15.94%) TDD
9 20 (14.49%) DevOps
9 20 (14.49%) Kanban
9 20 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (13.77%) User Experience
11 16 (11.59%) AI
12 15 (10.87%) Collaborative Working
12 15 (10.87%) Front End Development
13 13 (9.42%) Clean Code
13 13 (9.42%) Containerisation
13 13 (9.42%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (9.42%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 55 (39.86%) Python
2 44 (31.88%) TypeScript
3 43 (31.16%) Java
4 22 (15.94%) SQL
5 17 (12.32%) C#
6 12 (8.70%) R
7 9 (6.52%) PHP
8 6 (4.35%) C
9 4 (2.90%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.45%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (15.22%) AWS Certification
1 21 (15.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 21 (15.22%) Azure Certification
1 21 (15.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (10.14%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.52%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.62%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.90%) Degree
6 3 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.62%) QA
3 2 (1.45%) HL7
4 1 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (10.87%) Docker
2 5 (3.62%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (10.87%) Terraform
2 13 (9.42%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.25%) Ansible
4 4 (2.90%) Puppet
5 3 (2.17%) cPanel
5 3 (2.17%) Plesk
6 2 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.45%) Nagios
6 2 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.35%) Atlassian
2 6 (4.35%) Google
2 6 (4.35%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.62%) Oracle
3 5 (3.62%) Pega
4 4 (2.90%) SaltStack
5 2 (1.45%) New Relic
5 2 (1.45%) Splunk
5 2 (1.45%) WSO2
6 1 (0.72%) Adobe
6 1 (0.72%) Adyen
6 1 (0.72%) iManage
6 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.72%) SAP