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 30 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 19 13
Rank change year-on-year -34 -6 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 135 207 489
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.13% 10.12% 10.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.45% 27.64% 29.62%
Number of salaries quoted 96 180 391
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,063 £49,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +10.87% -
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 694 749 1,651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.06% 36.61% 36.06%
Number of salaries quoted 579 566 1,383
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £36,900
25th Percentile £48,875 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -3.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £94,000 £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 30 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 30 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 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 (5.19%) Apache
2 6 (4.44%) WordPress
3 4 (2.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.22%) GeoServer
4 3 (2.22%) nginx
5 2 (1.48%) CICS
5 2 (1.48%) CMS
5 2 (1.48%) JBoss
5 2 (1.48%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.74%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.74%) Confluence
6 1 (0.74%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.74%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.74%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 75 (55.56%) AWS
2 70 (51.85%) Azure
3 23 (17.04%) GitHub
4 17 (12.59%) Serverless
5 13 (9.63%) GCP
6 9 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (5.19%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (5.19%) SaaS
8 5 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.96%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.22%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.48%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.48%) Datadog
11 2 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.48%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.48%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.74%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 21 (15.56%) Internet
2 4 (2.96%) AMQP
2 4 (2.96%) HTTP
3 3 (2.22%) SSH
4 2 (1.48%) OpenVPN
4 2 (1.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.37%) NoSQL
2 13 (9.63%) MySQL
3 9 (6.67%) MongoDB
3 9 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.93%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.44%) SQL Server
6 5 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.96%) Big Data
7 4 (2.96%) Cloudera CDH
7 4 (2.96%) Hadoop
7 4 (2.96%) Neo4j
8 3 (2.22%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (2.22%) GIS
8 3 (2.22%) QGIS
8 3 (2.22%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.48%) DB2
9 2 (1.48%) Hazelcast
10 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 62 (45.93%) Git
2 14 (10.37%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.67%) JIRA
4 3 (2.22%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.22%) Eclipse
4 3 (2.22%) IntelliJ
4 3 (2.22%) JUnit
5 2 (1.48%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.48%) GitLab
5 2 (1.48%) Postman
5 2 (1.48%) Selenium
5 2 (1.48%) Subversion
6 1 (0.74%) Protractor
6 1 (0.74%) REST Assured
General
1 24 (17.78%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.56%) Multimedia
3 16 (11.85%) Finance
4 14 (10.37%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.96%) Advertising
5 4 (2.96%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.96%) Marketing
6 3 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.22%) Electronics
6 3 (2.22%) French Language
6 3 (2.22%) Italian Language
6 3 (2.22%) Portuguese Language
6 3 (2.22%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.48%) Games
7 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.48%) Retail
8 1 (0.74%) Automotive
8 1 (0.74%) Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (48.89%) Developer
2 31 (22.96%) Software Engineer
3 22 (16.30%) Senior
4 21 (15.56%) Full-Stack Developer
4 21 (15.56%) Trainee
5 19 (14.07%) Lead
6 18 (13.33%) Senior Developer
7 17 (12.59%) Software Developer
8 14 (10.37%) Java Developer
9 12 (8.89%) Lead Software Engineer
10 11 (8.15%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 10 (7.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 9 (6.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (6.67%) Trainee Developer
12 9 (6.67%) Trainee Software Developer
13 7 (5.19%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 5 (3.70%) Cloud Developer
14 5 (3.70%) Lead Developer
14 5 (3.70%) Node.js Developer
14 5 (3.70%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (50.37%) CSS
1 68 (50.37%) HTML
2 49 (36.30%) React
3 46 (34.07%) Node.js
4 31 (22.96%) AngularJS
5 29 (21.48%) .NET
6 21 (15.56%) REST
7 19 (14.07%) RESTful
8 17 (12.59%) Spring
8 17 (12.59%) Spring Boot
9 12 (8.89%) CSS3
9 12 (8.89%) HTML5
10 8 (5.93%) Vue
11 7 (5.19%) gRPC
11 7 (5.19%) Web Services
12 6 (4.44%) ASP.NET
12 6 (4.44%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (4.44%) Kafka
13 5 (3.70%) MERN Stack
13 5 (3.70%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.41%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (5.93%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.22%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.22%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.22%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (2.22%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.48%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.48%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.48%) NHS
7 2 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.67%) Linux
2 4 (2.96%) CentOS
2 4 (2.96%) Debian
2 4 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (2.96%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.22%) Android
3 3 (2.22%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.48%) Windows
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (51.11%) Agile
2 47 (34.81%) Full-Stack Development
3 44 (32.59%) CI/CD
3 44 (32.59%) Mentoring
4 42 (31.11%) Software Engineering
5 30 (22.22%) Scrum
6 28 (20.74%) Microservices
7 27 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
8 22 (16.30%) TDD
9 20 (14.81%) Kanban
10 19 (14.07%) DevOps
10 19 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (12.59%) User Experience
12 15 (11.11%) AI
12 15 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
13 14 (10.37%) Front End Development
14 13 (9.63%) Clean Code
14 13 (9.63%) Containerisation
15 12 (8.89%) Test Automation
16 11 (8.15%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 55 (40.74%) Python
2 43 (31.85%) Java
2 43 (31.85%) TypeScript
3 21 (15.56%) SQL
4 16 (11.85%) C#
5 12 (8.89%) R
6 9 (6.67%) PHP
7 6 (4.44%) C
8 3 (2.22%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (15.56%) AWS Certification
1 21 (15.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 21 (15.56%) Azure Certification
1 21 (15.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (10.37%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.70%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.96%) Degree
6 3 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.22%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.70%) Accessibility
1 5 (3.70%) QA
2 2 (1.48%) HL7
3 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (11.11%) Docker
2 5 (3.70%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (11.11%) Terraform
2 13 (9.63%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.41%) Ansible
4 4 (2.96%) Puppet
5 3 (2.22%) cPanel
5 3 (2.22%) Plesk
6 2 (1.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.48%) Nagios
6 2 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.44%) Atlassian
2 6 (4.44%) Google
2 6 (4.44%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.70%) Pega
4 4 (2.96%) Oracle
4 4 (2.96%) SaltStack
5 2 (1.48%) New Relic
5 2 (1.48%) Splunk
5 2 (1.48%) WSO2
6 1 (0.74%) Adobe
6 1 (0.74%) Adyen
6 1 (0.74%) SAP