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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 17 14
Rank change year-on-year -35 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 138 211 488
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.96% 10.54% 10.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.33% 28.90% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 97 184 388
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 753 730 1,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.17% 36.48% 35.58%
Number of salaries quoted 621 568 1,382
10th Percentile £39,000 £38,750 £36,825
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% -3.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -

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 8 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 8 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 +23 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 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
4 3 (2.17%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.45%) CICS
5 2 (1.45%) CMS
5 2 (1.45%) JBoss
6 1 (0.72%) Confluence
6 1 (0.72%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.72%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.45%) Magento
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 75 (54.35%) AWS
2 68 (49.28%) Azure
3 21 (15.22%) GitHub
4 19 (13.77%) Serverless
5 14 (10.14%) GCP
6 10 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (5.80%) SaaS
8 7 (5.07%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (4.35%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.90%) OpenShift
12 3 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (2.17%) Power Automate
12 3 (2.17%) Power Platform
13 2 (1.45%) Apigee
13 2 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (1.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.77%) 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 10 (7.25%) MongoDB
3 10 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (6.52%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.35%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.90%) Big Data
6 4 (2.90%) Cloudera CDH
6 4 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.90%) Hadoop
6 4 (2.90%) Neo4j
7 3 (2.17%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (2.17%) GIS
7 3 (2.17%) QGIS
7 3 (2.17%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.45%) DB2
8 2 (1.45%) Hazelcast
8 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 60 (43.48%) Git
2 15 (10.87%) 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 23 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.77%) Multimedia
3 17 (12.32%) Finance
4 15 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 5 (3.62%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.90%) Advertising
6 4 (2.90%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.90%) Marketing
7 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.17%) Electronics
7 3 (2.17%) French Language
7 3 (2.17%) Italian Language
7 3 (2.17%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (2.17%) Spanish Language
8 2 (1.45%) Games
8 2 (1.45%) Law
8 2 (1.45%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.45%) Retail
9 1 (0.72%) Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (47.83%) Developer
2 34 (24.64%) Software Engineer
3 24 (17.39%) Full-Stack Developer
3 24 (17.39%) Senior
4 20 (14.49%) Lead
5 19 (13.77%) Senior Developer
5 19 (13.77%) Trainee
6 14 (10.14%) Java Developer
6 14 (10.14%) Software Developer
7 13 (9.42%) Lead Software Engineer
8 11 (7.97%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 10 (7.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 9 (6.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) Trainee Developer
11 8 (5.80%) Trainee Software Developer
12 7 (5.07%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 6 (4.35%) Node.js Developer
13 6 (4.35%) PHP Developer
14 5 (3.62%) Cloud Developer
14 5 (3.62%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (47.10%) CSS
1 65 (47.10%) HTML
2 48 (34.78%) Node.js
2 48 (34.78%) React
3 32 (23.19%) AngularJS
4 28 (20.29%) .NET
5 22 (15.94%) REST
6 19 (13.77%) Spring
6 19 (13.77%) Spring Boot
7 17 (12.32%) RESTful
8 11 (7.97%) CSS3
8 11 (7.97%) HTML5
9 8 (5.80%) Vue
9 8 (5.80%) Web Services
10 7 (5.07%) gRPC
11 6 (4.35%) Kafka
11 6 (4.35%) Laravel
12 5 (3.62%) MERN Stack
12 5 (3.62%) Next.js
12 5 (3.62%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.77%) Cloud Native
2 11 (7.97%) 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 8 (5.80%) 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 1 (0.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (49.28%) Agile
2 50 (36.23%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (31.88%) Mentoring
3 44 (31.88%) Software Engineering
4 42 (30.43%) CI/CD
5 31 (22.46%) Scrum
6 30 (21.74%) Microservices
7 25 (18.12%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (16.67%) TDD
9 21 (15.22%) Kanban
10 20 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (13.77%) DevOps
12 16 (11.59%) User Experience
13 15 (10.87%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (10.14%) AI
14 14 (10.14%) Front End Development
15 13 (9.42%) Clean Code
16 12 (8.70%) Containerisation
16 12 (8.70%) Technical Leadership
16 12 (8.70%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 53 (38.41%) Python
2 45 (32.61%) Java
3 41 (29.71%) TypeScript
4 23 (16.67%) SQL
5 15 (10.87%) C#
6 11 (7.97%) R
7 9 (6.52%) PHP
8 6 (4.35%) C
9 3 (2.17%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.45%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (13.77%) AWS Certification
1 19 (13.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 19 (13.77%) Azure Certification
1 19 (13.77%) 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%) QA
2 5 (3.62%) Accessibility
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 16 (11.59%) Terraform
2 14 (10.14%) 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 21 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.07%) Google
3 6 (4.35%) Atlassian
3 6 (4.35%) Pega
3 6 (4.35%) Red Hat
4 4 (2.90%) Oracle
4 4 (2.90%) SaltStack
5 3 (2.17%) WSO2
6 2 (1.45%) Adyen
6 2 (1.45%) New Relic
6 2 (1.45%) Splunk
7 1 (0.72%) Adobe
7 1 (0.72%) SAP