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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 16 15
Rank change year-on-year -36 -1 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 157 289 461
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.46% 11.62% 8.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.88% 33.33% 26.57%
Number of salaries quoted 115 150 338
10th Percentile £37,250 £42,500 £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% -4.35%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £68,438
90th Percentile £99,000 £97,528 £80,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 1,055 867 1,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.53% 34.85% 32.52%
Number of salaries quoted 832 553 1,308
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +9.65% -5.00%
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% -0.08%

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 17 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 17 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 +16 2 £43,250 -8.95%
Oldham +3 1 £69,973 - 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 (9.55%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.91%) Apache
3 3 (1.91%) GeoServer
4 2 (1.27%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.27%) CICS
4 2 (1.27%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.27%) WordPress
5 1 (0.64%) CMS
5 1 (0.64%) Confluence
5 1 (0.64%) JBoss
5 1 (0.64%) nginx
5 1 (0.64%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.55%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.27%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 71 (45.22%) AWS
2 56 (35.67%) Azure
3 21 (13.38%) Power Automate
3 21 (13.38%) Power Platform
4 19 (12.10%) PowerApps
5 18 (11.46%) Serverless
6 15 (9.55%) GitHub
6 15 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (8.92%) Microsoft Copilot
8 12 (7.64%) GCP
9 11 (7.01%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (7.01%) SaaS
10 8 (5.10%) Copilot Studio
11 7 (4.46%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (4.46%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (4.46%) OneDrive
12 6 (3.82%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (3.18%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (3.18%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.27%) AMQP
1 2 (1.27%) Internet
2 1 (0.64%) Network Security
2 1 (0.64%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.01%) MongoDB
2 10 (6.37%) MySQL
2 10 (6.37%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (6.37%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.73%) NoSQL
3 9 (5.73%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.18%) Neo4j
4 5 (3.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (1.91%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (1.91%) GIS
5 3 (1.91%) Pinecone
5 3 (1.91%) QGIS
6 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.27%) Big Data
6 2 (1.27%) Cloudera CDH
6 2 (1.27%) Db2
6 2 (1.27%) Hazelcast
6 2 (1.27%) Power BI
6 2 (1.27%) Redis
Development Applications
1 28 (17.83%) Git
2 16 (10.19%) Jenkins
3 12 (7.64%) GitLab
4 10 (6.37%) Maven
5 9 (5.73%) JUnit
5 9 (5.73%) Spock
6 7 (4.46%) JIRA
7 5 (3.18%) Cypress.io
7 5 (3.18%) Storybook
8 4 (2.55%) Cucumber
8 4 (2.55%) IntelliJ
8 4 (2.55%) Robot Framework
9 3 (1.91%) Eclipse
10 2 (1.27%) Claude Code
10 2 (1.27%) Vite
11 1 (0.64%) gulp
11 1 (0.64%) Postman
11 1 (0.64%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.64%) Subversion
11 1 (0.64%) webpack
General
1 27 (17.20%) Finance
1 27 (17.20%) Social Skills
2 17 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.64%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.46%) Marketing
4 7 (4.46%) Retail
5 6 (3.82%) Law
6 5 (3.18%) Advertising
6 5 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.18%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.18%) Publishing
7 3 (1.91%) French Language
7 3 (1.91%) Italian Language
7 3 (1.91%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (1.91%) Spanish Language
8 2 (1.27%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.27%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.64%) Back Office
9 1 (0.64%) Banking
9 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 70 (44.59%) Developer
2 35 (22.29%) Software Engineer
3 28 (17.83%) Lead
3 28 (17.83%) Senior
4 25 (15.92%) Full-Stack Developer
5 20 (12.74%) Senior Developer
6 16 (10.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 15 (9.55%) Java Developer
8 14 (8.92%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 10 (6.37%) Lead Software Engineer
10 8 (5.10%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 7 (4.46%) Lead Developer
12 6 (3.82%) Graduate
12 6 (3.82%) JavaScript Developer
12 6 (3.82%) Technical Leader
13 5 (3.18%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 5 (3.18%) Junior
13 5 (3.18%) Principal Engineer
13 5 (3.18%) Principal Software Engineer
13 5 (3.18%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (33.12%) HTML
2 48 (30.57%) CSS
3 47 (29.94%) Node.js
4 41 (26.11%) AngularJS
5 40 (25.48%) React
6 33 (21.02%) .NET
7 22 (14.01%) Spring
8 20 (12.74%) Vue
9 18 (11.46%) REST
10 14 (8.92%) CSS3
11 13 (8.28%) RESTful
11 13 (8.28%) Spring Boot
12 11 (7.01%) HTML5
13 9 (5.73%) Web Services
14 8 (5.10%) Microsoft Graph
15 7 (4.46%) HTML5 Canvas
15 7 (4.46%) Next.js
15 7 (4.46%) SPFx
16 6 (3.82%) LangChain
16 6 (3.82%) MERN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.10%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.92%) Distributed Systems
2 14 (8.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (5.73%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.73%) Private Cloud
4 8 (5.10%) Marketing Technology
5 5 (3.18%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.91%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.91%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.91%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.27%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.27%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.27%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.64%) BBC
8 1 (0.64%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.64%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.64%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.64%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.55%) Windows
2 3 (1.91%) Android
2 3 (1.91%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.27%) CentOS
3 2 (1.27%) Debian
3 2 (1.27%) Linux
3 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.27%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (47.77%) Full-Stack Development
2 72 (45.86%) Agile
3 63 (40.13%) CI/CD
4 53 (33.76%) Software Engineering
5 49 (31.21%) DevOps
6 47 (29.94%) Microservices
7 45 (28.66%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (28.03%) AI
9 36 (22.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 34 (21.66%) Test Automation
11 33 (21.02%) Scrum
12 30 (19.11%) TDD
13 29 (18.47%) Mentoring
14 23 (14.65%) Kanban
15 22 (14.01%) Technical Leadership
16 19 (12.10%) Collaborative Working
17 17 (10.83%) Architectural Patterns
18 15 (9.55%) Translating Business Requirements
19 13 (8.28%) API Design
19 13 (8.28%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 64 (40.76%) Java
2 56 (35.67%) TypeScript
3 46 (29.30%) Python
4 33 (21.02%) SQL
5 27 (17.20%) C#
6 9 (5.73%) PHP
7 5 (3.18%) Groovy
8 3 (1.91%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.91%) C
8 3 (1.91%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.27%) Go
9 2 (1.27%) R
10 1 (0.64%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (9.55%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.64%) Degree
3 6 (3.82%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.18%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.91%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.91%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.91%) MBA
7 2 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.27%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.64%) Accessibility
1 12 (7.64%) QA
2 5 (3.18%) WCAG
3 4 (2.55%) SLA
4 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.64%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 24 (15.29%) Docker
2 3 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (8.92%) Kubernetes
1 14 (8.92%) Terraform
2 6 (3.82%) Ansible
3 2 (1.27%) Puppet
4 1 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.64%) Nagios
4 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (16.56%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.28%) Adobe
3 10 (6.37%) Splunk
4 9 (5.73%) AppDynamics
5 7 (4.46%) Google
6 5 (3.18%) OpenAI
6 5 (3.18%) Pega
7 4 (2.55%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.91%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.91%) Oracle
8 3 (1.91%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.27%) Adyen
9 2 (1.27%) SaltStack
9 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.27%) WSO2
10 1 (0.64%) Apple
10 1 (0.64%) Facebook
10 1 (0.64%) New Relic
10 1 (0.64%) Sony
10 1 (0.64%) Yahoo!