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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 13 14
Rank change year-on-year -46 +1 -6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 131 275 497
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.46% 12.70% 10.01%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.76% 34.77% 29.90%
Number of salaries quoted 91 179 394
10th Percentile £28,250 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,125 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,528 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -

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 831 791 1,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 15.60% 36.54% 33.49%
Number of salaries quoted 658 560 1,391
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.04% -0.87%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £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 8 May 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 May 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 +19 3 £31,500 -30.00% 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 (5.34%) Apache
2 5 (3.82%) WordPress
3 4 (3.05%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.29%) GeoServer
4 3 (2.29%) nginx
5 2 (1.53%) CICS
5 2 (1.53%) CMS
5 2 (1.53%) JBoss
5 2 (1.53%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.76%) Confluence
6 1 (0.76%) PegaRULES
6 1 (0.76%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (3.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.05%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.53%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 66 (50.38%) AWS
2 59 (45.04%) Azure
3 17 (12.98%) GitHub
4 15 (11.45%) Serverless
5 13 (9.92%) GCP
6 8 (6.11%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (5.34%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (4.58%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (4.58%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.58%) Power Platform
8 6 (4.58%) SaaS
9 5 (3.82%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.82%) PowerApps
10 4 (3.05%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (3.05%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (3.05%) OpenShift
11 3 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.53%) Apigee
12 2 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.69%) Internet
2 4 (3.05%) AMQP
3 3 (2.29%) HTTP
4 2 (1.53%) OpenVPN
4 2 (1.53%) SSH
4 2 (1.53%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.16%) NoSQL
2 11 (8.40%) MySQL
3 9 (6.87%) MongoDB
4 8 (6.11%) SQL Server
5 7 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (4.58%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (3.05%) Big Data
8 4 (3.05%) Cloudera CDH
8 4 (3.05%) Hadoop
9 3 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (2.29%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (2.29%) GIS
9 3 (2.29%) Neo4j
9 3 (2.29%) QGIS
10 2 (1.53%) DB2
10 2 (1.53%) Hazelcast
10 2 (1.53%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 51 (38.93%) Git
2 13 (9.92%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.87%) JIRA
4 5 (3.82%) JUnit
5 3 (2.29%) Eclipse
5 3 (2.29%) IntelliJ
5 3 (2.29%) Maven
6 2 (1.53%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.53%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.53%) GitLab
6 2 (1.53%) Postman
6 2 (1.53%) Selenium
6 2 (1.53%) Spock
6 2 (1.53%) Subversion
7 1 (0.76%) gulp
7 1 (0.76%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 21 (16.03%) Finance
2 19 (14.50%) Social Skills
3 14 (10.69%) Multimedia
4 12 (9.16%) Public Sector
5 6 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.58%) Law
6 5 (3.82%) Retail
7 4 (3.05%) Advertising
7 4 (3.05%) Aerospace
7 4 (3.05%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.29%) French Language
8 3 (2.29%) Italian Language
8 3 (2.29%) Marketing
8 3 (2.29%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (2.29%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.53%) Electronics
9 2 (1.53%) Games
10 1 (0.76%) Back Office
10 1 (0.76%) Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (41.98%) Developer
2 37 (28.24%) Software Engineer
3 22 (16.79%) Full-Stack Developer
3 22 (16.79%) Senior
4 19 (14.50%) Lead
5 17 (12.98%) Senior Developer
6 14 (10.69%) Trainee
7 13 (9.92%) Java Developer
8 12 (9.16%) Lead Software Engineer
9 9 (6.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 9 (6.87%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 8 (6.11%) Software Developer
11 7 (5.34%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 5 (3.82%) Cloud Developer
12 5 (3.82%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
12 5 (3.82%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
12 5 (3.82%) JavaScript Developer
12 5 (3.82%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 5 (3.82%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 5 (3.82%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (45.80%) CSS
2 58 (44.27%) HTML
3 44 (33.59%) Node.js
4 43 (32.82%) React
5 29 (22.14%) AngularJS
6 26 (19.85%) .NET
7 20 (15.27%) REST
7 20 (15.27%) Spring
8 18 (13.74%) Spring Boot
9 14 (10.69%) CSS3
9 14 (10.69%) RESTful
10 11 (8.40%) HTML5
11 10 (7.63%) Vue
11 10 (7.63%) Web Services
12 7 (5.34%) gRPC
13 6 (4.58%) Kafka
14 5 (3.82%) EDI
14 5 (3.82%) Laravel
14 5 (3.82%) Next.js
14 5 (3.82%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.45%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.63%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (6.11%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (5.34%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.82%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.82%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.29%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.29%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.53%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.53%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.53%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.53%) NHS
7 2 (1.53%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.76%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.76%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.34%) Linux
2 4 (3.05%) CentOS
2 4 (3.05%) Debian
2 4 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (3.05%) Ubuntu
2 4 (3.05%) Windows
3 3 (2.29%) Android
3 3 (2.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (45.80%) Agile
2 50 (38.17%) Full-Stack Development
3 45 (34.35%) Software Engineering
4 39 (29.77%) CI/CD
5 35 (26.72%) Mentoring
6 31 (23.66%) Scrum
7 29 (22.14%) Microservices
8 22 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (16.03%) TDD
10 20 (15.27%) Kanban
11 19 (14.50%) Cybersecurity
12 18 (13.74%) DevOps
13 16 (12.21%) AI
14 15 (11.45%) User Experience
15 13 (9.92%) Collaborative Working
15 13 (9.92%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (9.92%) Test Automation
16 12 (9.16%) Containerisation
17 11 (8.40%) Clean Code
17 11 (8.40%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 48 (36.64%) Python
2 44 (33.59%) Java
3 39 (29.77%) TypeScript
4 21 (16.03%) SQL
5 13 (9.92%) C#
6 9 (6.87%) R
7 7 (5.34%) C
7 7 (5.34%) PHP
8 3 (2.29%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.53%) Groovy
10 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (10.69%) AWS Certification
1 14 (10.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 14 (10.69%) Azure Certification
1 14 (10.69%) Microsoft Certification
1 14 (10.69%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.63%) DV Cleared
3 6 (4.58%) Degree
4 5 (3.82%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.29%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.29%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.82%) QA
2 4 (3.05%) SLA
3 3 (2.29%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.76%) HL7
System Software
1 14 (10.69%) Docker
2 5 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 15 (11.45%) Terraform
2 11 (8.40%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.11%) Ansible
4 4 (3.05%) Puppet
5 2 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.53%) cPanel
5 2 (1.53%) Nagios
5 2 (1.53%) Plesk
5 2 (1.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.34%) Google
3 6 (4.58%) Red Hat
4 5 (3.82%) Atlassian
4 5 (3.82%) Pega
5 4 (3.05%) SaltStack
5 4 (3.05%) Splunk
6 3 (2.29%) Oracle
7 2 (1.53%) Adobe
7 2 (1.53%) Adyen
7 2 (1.53%) AppDynamics
7 2 (1.53%) New Relic
7 2 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.53%) WSO2