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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -34 -4 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 137 214 492
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.89% 10.73% 10.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.00% 29.60% 29.48%
Number of salaries quoted 96 185 386
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £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 £90,000 £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 761 723 1,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.08% 36.24% 35.37%
Number of salaries quoted 626 567 1,387
10th Percentile £38,250 £38,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +13.04% -0.27%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £80,000
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 11 April 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 11 April 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 +21 3 £31,500 -30.00%
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 8 (5.84%) Apache
2 6 (4.38%) WordPress
3 5 (3.65%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.19%) GeoServer
4 3 (2.19%) nginx
5 2 (1.46%) CICS
5 2 (1.46%) CMS
5 2 (1.46%) JBoss
5 2 (1.46%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.73%) Confluence
6 1 (0.73%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.73%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.46%) Magento
2 1 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 73 (53.28%) AWS
2 68 (49.64%) Azure
3 21 (15.33%) GitHub
4 18 (13.14%) Serverless
5 15 (10.95%) GCP
6 9 (6.57%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (5.84%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (5.84%) SaaS
8 6 (4.38%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.65%) OpenShift
10 4 (2.92%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (2.19%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (2.19%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (2.19%) Power Automate
11 3 (2.19%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.46%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.46%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.87%) Internet
2 5 (3.65%) AMQP
3 4 (2.92%) HTTP
4 3 (2.19%) SSH
5 2 (1.46%) OpenVPN
5 2 (1.46%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.22%) NoSQL
2 13 (9.49%) MySQL
3 9 (6.57%) MongoDB
4 7 (5.11%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (5.11%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.38%) SQL Server
6 5 (3.65%) Big Data
6 5 (3.65%) Cloudera CDH
6 5 (3.65%) Hadoop
7 4 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.92%) Neo4j
8 3 (2.19%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (2.19%) GIS
8 3 (2.19%) QGIS
8 3 (2.19%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.46%) DB2
9 2 (1.46%) Hazelcast
9 2 (1.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.73%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 59 (43.07%) Git
2 12 (8.76%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.57%) JIRA
4 3 (2.19%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.19%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.19%) IntelliJ
4 3 (2.19%) JUnit
5 2 (1.46%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.46%) Postman
5 2 (1.46%) Selenium
5 2 (1.46%) Subversion
6 1 (0.73%) GitLab
6 1 (0.73%) gulp
6 1 (0.73%) Protractor
6 1 (0.73%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.73%) webpack
General
1 24 (17.52%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.87%) Multimedia
3 16 (11.68%) Finance
4 13 (9.49%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.65%) Aerospace
5 5 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.92%) Advertising
7 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.19%) French Language
7 3 (2.19%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.19%) Marketing
7 3 (2.19%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (2.19%) Spanish Language
8 2 (1.46%) Electronics
8 2 (1.46%) Games
8 2 (1.46%) Law
8 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Retail
9 1 (0.73%) Banking
9 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (46.72%) Developer
2 35 (25.55%) Software Engineer
3 24 (17.52%) Senior
4 22 (16.06%) Full-Stack Developer
5 20 (14.60%) Lead
6 19 (13.87%) Senior Developer
6 19 (13.87%) Trainee
7 14 (10.22%) Software Developer
8 13 (9.49%) Lead Software Engineer
9 12 (8.76%) Java Developer
10 11 (8.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 9 (6.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (6.57%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 8 (5.84%) Trainee Developer
12 8 (5.84%) Trainee Software Developer
13 7 (5.11%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 6 (4.38%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
14 6 (4.38%) Node.js Developer
14 6 (4.38%) PHP Developer
15 5 (3.65%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (48.18%) CSS
1 66 (48.18%) HTML
2 50 (36.50%) React
3 46 (33.58%) Node.js
4 32 (23.36%) AngularJS
5 28 (20.44%) .NET
6 21 (15.33%) REST
7 17 (12.41%) RESTful
7 17 (12.41%) Spring
7 17 (12.41%) Spring Boot
8 11 (8.03%) CSS3
8 11 (8.03%) HTML5
9 8 (5.84%) gRPC
9 8 (5.84%) Vue
10 7 (5.11%) Web Services
11 6 (4.38%) Kafka
11 6 (4.38%) Laravel
11 6 (4.38%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (3.65%) Material-UI
12 5 (3.65%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.87%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.30%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (6.57%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.19%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.19%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.19%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.46%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.46%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.46%) NHS
7 2 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.73%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.57%) Linux
2 5 (3.65%) CentOS
2 5 (3.65%) Debian
2 5 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (3.65%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.19%) Android
3 3 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (48.18%) Agile
2 47 (34.31%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (32.12%) Mentoring
3 44 (32.12%) Software Engineering
4 40 (29.20%) CI/CD
5 29 (21.17%) Microservices
5 29 (21.17%) Scrum
6 25 (18.25%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (15.33%) TDD
8 19 (13.87%) Kanban
9 17 (12.41%) DevOps
10 16 (11.68%) Collaborative Working
10 16 (11.68%) User Experience
11 15 (10.95%) Front End Development
12 14 (10.22%) AI
12 14 (10.22%) Clean Code
13 12 (8.76%) Open Source
13 12 (8.76%) Technical Leadership
13 12 (8.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 53 (38.69%) Python
2 43 (31.39%) Java
3 40 (29.20%) TypeScript
4 23 (16.79%) SQL
5 14 (10.22%) C#
6 11 (8.03%) R
7 9 (6.57%) PHP
8 6 (4.38%) C
9 3 (2.19%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.46%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (13.87%) AWS Certification
1 19 (13.87%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 19 (13.87%) Azure Certification
1 19 (13.87%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (10.22%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.30%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.65%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.92%) Degree
6 3 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.38%) Accessibility
1 6 (4.38%) QA
2 2 (1.46%) HL7
3 1 (0.73%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (10.22%) Docker
2 5 (3.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (11.68%) Terraform
2 14 (10.22%) Kubernetes
3 9 (6.57%) Ansible
4 5 (3.65%) Puppet
5 3 (2.19%) cPanel
5 3 (2.19%) Plesk
6 2 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.46%) Nagios
6 2 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.84%) Google
3 7 (5.11%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.65%) Atlassian
4 5 (3.65%) Pega
4 5 (3.65%) SaltStack
5 3 (2.19%) Oracle
6 2 (1.46%) Adyen
6 2 (1.46%) New Relic
6 2 (1.46%) Splunk
6 2 (1.46%) WSO2
7 1 (0.73%) Adobe