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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 16 17
Rank change year-on-year -39 +1 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 153 286 429
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.37% 11.46% 8.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.50% 32.99% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 115 148 306
10th Percentile £39,250 £43,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -3.51%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £68,438
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,528 £79,375
North West median annual salary £55,000 £59,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.17% +7.73% -

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 1,055 867 1,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.35% 34.75% 31.92%
Number of salaries quoted 836 554 1,211
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +6.52% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 22 July 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 22 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
Ashton-under-Lyne +1 13 £51,000 - 2
Bolton +14 2 £43,250 -8.95%
Oldham +3 2 £62,111 - 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 15 (9.80%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.96%) Apache
3 3 (1.96%) GeoServer
4 2 (1.31%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.31%) CICS
4 2 (1.31%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.31%) WordPress
5 1 (0.65%) Confluence
5 1 (0.65%) JBoss
5 1 (0.65%) nginx
5 1 (0.65%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.61%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.31%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 68 (44.44%) AWS
2 55 (35.95%) Azure
3 22 (14.38%) Power Automate
3 22 (14.38%) Power Platform
4 19 (12.42%) PowerApps
5 17 (11.11%) Serverless
6 15 (9.80%) GitHub
6 15 (9.80%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Copilot
8 13 (8.50%) GCP
9 12 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (7.19%) SaaS
11 8 (5.23%) Copilot Studio
11 8 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (4.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (4.58%) npm
12 7 (4.58%) OneDrive
13 6 (3.92%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (3.27%) Amazon ECS
15 4 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.31%) AMQP
1 2 (1.31%) Internet
2 1 (0.65%) Network Security
2 1 (0.65%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.19%) MongoDB
2 10 (6.54%) MySQL
2 10 (6.54%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (6.54%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.88%) NoSQL
3 9 (5.88%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (2.61%) Neo4j
6 3 (1.96%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (1.96%) GIS
6 3 (1.96%) Pinecone
6 3 (1.96%) QGIS
7 2 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.31%) Big Data
7 2 (1.31%) Cloudera CDH
7 2 (1.31%) Db2
7 2 (1.31%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.31%) Power BI
7 2 (1.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (18.30%) Git
2 16 (10.46%) Jenkins
3 12 (7.84%) GitLab
3 12 (7.84%) Maven
4 9 (5.88%) JUnit
4 9 (5.88%) Spock
5 7 (4.58%) JIRA
5 7 (4.58%) Storybook
6 5 (3.27%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.61%) Cucumber
7 4 (2.61%) IntelliJ
7 4 (2.61%) Robot Framework
8 3 (1.96%) Eclipse
9 2 (1.31%) Claude Code
9 2 (1.31%) Vite
10 1 (0.65%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.65%) gulp
10 1 (0.65%) Postman
10 1 (0.65%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.65%) webpack
General
1 27 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.69%) Finance
3 16 (10.46%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.58%) Marketing
5 7 (4.58%) Publishing
5 7 (4.58%) Retail
6 6 (3.92%) Law
7 5 (3.27%) Advertising
7 5 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.27%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.31%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.31%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.65%) Back Office
9 1 (0.65%) Banking
9 1 (0.65%) French Language
9 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.65%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.65%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 69 (45.10%) Developer
2 33 (21.57%) Software Engineer
3 28 (18.30%) Lead
3 28 (18.30%) Senior
4 23 (15.03%) Full-Stack Developer
5 20 (13.07%) Senior Developer
6 16 (10.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 15 (9.80%) Java Developer
8 14 (9.15%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 10 (6.54%) Lead Software Engineer
10 8 (5.23%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 7 (4.58%) Lead Developer
12 6 (3.92%) JavaScript Developer
12 6 (3.92%) Technical Leader
13 5 (3.27%) Architect
13 5 (3.27%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
13 5 (3.27%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
13 5 (3.27%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 5 (3.27%) JavaScript Engineer
13 5 (3.27%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (33.33%) HTML
2 47 (30.72%) CSS
2 47 (30.72%) Node.js
3 42 (27.45%) AngularJS
4 34 (22.22%) React
5 33 (21.57%) .NET
6 22 (14.38%) Spring
7 18 (11.76%) Vue
8 17 (11.11%) REST
9 14 (9.15%) CSS3
10 13 (8.50%) RESTful
10 13 (8.50%) Spring Boot
11 11 (7.19%) HTML5
12 9 (5.88%) Web Services
13 8 (5.23%) Microsoft Graph
14 7 (4.58%) GraphQL
14 7 (4.58%) HTML5 Canvas
14 7 (4.58%) Kafka
14 7 (4.58%) MDX
14 7 (4.58%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.46%) Cloud Native
2 14 (9.15%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (9.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (5.88%) Marketing Technology
3 9 (5.88%) Private Cloud
4 7 (4.58%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.96%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.31%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.31%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.65%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.65%) BBC
8 1 (0.65%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.65%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.65%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.61%) Windows
2 2 (1.31%) CentOS
2 2 (1.31%) Debian
2 2 (1.31%) Linux
2 2 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (1.31%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.65%) Android
3 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (48.37%) Full-Stack Development
2 71 (46.41%) Agile
3 64 (41.83%) CI/CD
4 52 (33.99%) Software Engineering
5 51 (33.33%) DevOps
6 46 (30.07%) AI
6 46 (30.07%) Microservices
7 43 (28.10%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (24.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 34 (22.22%) Test Automation
10 32 (20.92%) Scrum
11 30 (19.61%) TDD
12 28 (18.30%) Mentoring
13 23 (15.03%) Kanban
14 21 (13.73%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
16 17 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
17 15 (9.80%) Clean Code
17 15 (9.80%) Translating Business Requirements
18 13 (8.50%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 65 (42.48%) Java
2 55 (35.95%) TypeScript
3 44 (28.76%) Python
4 32 (20.92%) SQL
5 28 (18.30%) C#
6 7 (4.58%) PHP
7 5 (3.27%) Groovy
8 3 (1.96%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.96%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.31%) C
9 2 (1.31%) Go
9 2 (1.31%) R
10 1 (0.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (7.84%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.19%) Degree
3 5 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.27%) DV Cleared
3 5 (3.27%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.61%) Master's Degree
4 4 (2.61%) MBA
5 3 (1.96%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.31%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (1.31%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.65%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.15%) Accessibility
2 13 (8.50%) QA
3 7 (4.58%) WCAG
4 4 (2.61%) SLA
5 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 23 (15.03%) Docker
2 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.50%) Kubernetes
1 13 (8.50%) Terraform
2 6 (3.92%) Ansible
3 2 (1.31%) Puppet
4 1 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.65%) Nagios
4 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 27 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.46%) Adobe
3 10 (6.54%) Splunk
4 9 (5.88%) AppDynamics
5 7 (4.58%) Google
6 5 (3.27%) OpenAI
6 5 (3.27%) Pega
7 4 (2.61%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.96%) Oracle
8 3 (1.96%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.31%) Adyen
9 2 (1.31%) SaltStack
9 2 (1.31%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.31%) WSO2
10 1 (0.65%) Apple
10 1 (0.65%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.65%) Facebook
10 1 (0.65%) New Relic
10 1 (0.65%) Sony
10 1 (0.65%) Yahoo!