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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 16 16
Rank change year-on-year -36 0 -5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 149 297 546
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.42% 13.04% 9.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.23% 34.38% 28.69%
Number of salaries quoted 109 158 421
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.04% -1.74%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,528 £80,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

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 1,047 864 1,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 17.01% 37.93% 32.03%
Number of salaries quoted 839 550 1,505
10th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £63,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +15.91% -8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £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 21 June 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 21 June 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 8 £47,500 - 3
Bolton +13 1 £31,500 -33.68%
Oldham +3 1 £69,973 - 2
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 10 (6.71%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (2.01%) Apache
3 3 (2.01%) GeoServer
4 2 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.34%) CICS
4 2 (1.34%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.34%) WordPress
5 1 (0.67%) CMS
5 1 (0.67%) Confluence
5 1 (0.67%) JBoss
5 1 (0.67%) nginx
5 1 (0.67%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.68%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.34%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 65 (43.62%) AWS
2 52 (34.90%) Azure
3 18 (12.08%) Serverless
4 17 (11.41%) GitHub
5 15 (10.07%) Power Automate
5 15 (10.07%) Power Platform
6 14 (9.40%) PowerApps
7 11 (7.38%) GCP
8 10 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
8 10 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Copilot
9 9 (6.04%) SaaS
10 7 (4.70%) Azure Logic Apps
11 6 (4.03%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (4.03%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (4.03%) Copilot Studio
11 6 (4.03%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.36%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (3.36%) OneDrive
13 4 (2.68%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.68%) Internet
2 2 (1.34%) AMQP
3 1 (0.67%) HTTP
3 1 (0.67%) Network Security
3 1 (0.67%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.05%) MongoDB
2 10 (6.71%) NoSQL
2 10 (6.71%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.37%) MySQL
4 7 (4.70%) Relational Database
4 7 (4.70%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.68%) Neo4j
7 3 (2.01%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (2.01%) GIS
7 3 (2.01%) Pinecone
7 3 (2.01%) QGIS
8 2 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.34%) Big Data
8 2 (1.34%) Cloudera CDH
8 2 (1.34%) Db2
8 2 (1.34%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.34%) Hazelcast
8 2 (1.34%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 33 (22.15%) Git
2 17 (11.41%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.04%) GitLab
4 8 (5.37%) JIRA
4 8 (5.37%) Maven
5 7 (4.70%) JUnit
6 6 (4.03%) Spock
7 5 (3.36%) Cypress.io
8 4 (2.68%) Storybook
9 3 (2.01%) Cucumber
9 3 (2.01%) Eclipse
9 3 (2.01%) IntelliJ
9 3 (2.01%) Robot Framework
10 2 (1.34%) Claude Code
10 2 (1.34%) Postman
10 2 (1.34%) Selenium
10 2 (1.34%) Vite
11 1 (0.67%) gulp
11 1 (0.67%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.67%) webpack
General
1 26 (17.45%) Finance
1 26 (17.45%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.05%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.70%) Marketing
4 7 (4.70%) Retail
5 6 (4.03%) Law
6 5 (3.36%) Advertising
6 5 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.36%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.68%) Multimedia
7 4 (2.68%) Publishing
8 3 (2.01%) French Language
8 3 (2.01%) Italian Language
8 3 (2.01%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (2.01%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.34%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.67%) Games
10 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.67%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 65 (43.62%) Developer
2 35 (23.49%) Software Engineer
3 26 (17.45%) Lead
4 24 (16.11%) Full-Stack Developer
5 22 (14.77%) Senior
6 16 (10.74%) Senior Developer
7 15 (10.07%) Java Developer
8 12 (8.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 10 (6.71%) Lead Software Engineer
10 9 (6.04%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 8 (5.37%) Full-Stack Java Developer
12 7 (4.70%) Lead Developer
13 6 (4.03%) Graduate
13 6 (4.03%) JavaScript Developer
13 6 (4.03%) Software Developer
14 5 (3.36%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
14 5 (3.36%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 5 (3.36%) Principal Engineer
14 5 (3.36%) Principal Software Engineer
14 5 (3.36%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (34.90%) HTML
2 50 (33.56%) CSS
3 48 (32.21%) Node.js
4 43 (28.86%) React
5 37 (24.83%) AngularJS
6 30 (20.13%) .NET
7 21 (14.09%) REST
8 20 (13.42%) Spring
9 17 (11.41%) Vue
10 14 (9.40%) CSS3
10 14 (9.40%) RESTful
10 14 (9.40%) Spring Boot
11 11 (7.38%) HTML5
12 7 (4.70%) Next.js
12 7 (4.70%) Web Services
13 6 (4.03%) Kafka
13 6 (4.03%) LangChain
14 5 (3.36%) GraphQL
14 5 (3.36%) MERN Stack
14 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.08%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.05%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (6.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (6.04%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.70%) Marketing Technology
5 6 (4.03%) Private Cloud
6 5 (3.36%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.68%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.01%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.01%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.01%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.34%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.34%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.67%) BBC
10 1 (0.67%) Culture of Ownership
10 1 (0.67%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.67%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.67%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.68%) Windows
2 3 (2.01%) Android
2 3 (2.01%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.34%) CentOS
3 2 (1.34%) Debian
3 2 (1.34%) Linux
3 2 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (46.31%) Agile
2 68 (45.64%) Full-Stack Development
3 58 (38.93%) CI/CD
4 49 (32.89%) Software Engineering
5 43 (28.86%) Microservices
6 41 (27.52%) DevOps
7 38 (25.50%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (23.49%) AI
9 32 (21.48%) Scrum
10 31 (20.81%) Test Automation
11 28 (18.79%) Mentoring
12 27 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 27 (18.12%) TDD
13 20 (13.42%) Kanban
14 17 (11.41%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (9.40%) Collaborative Working
16 12 (8.05%) Architectural Patterns
16 12 (8.05%) Front End Development
16 12 (8.05%) User Experience
16 12 (8.05%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 59 (39.60%) Java
2 52 (34.90%) TypeScript
3 46 (30.87%) Python
4 32 (21.48%) SQL
5 22 (14.77%) C#
6 7 (4.70%) PHP
7 4 (2.68%) Groovy
8 3 (2.01%) Apex Code
8 3 (2.01%) C
8 3 (2.01%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.34%) Go
9 2 (1.34%) R
10 1 (0.67%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 14 (9.40%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.38%) Degree
3 6 (4.03%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.36%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.68%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 4 (2.68%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.01%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.34%) MBA
8 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.05%) QA
2 9 (6.04%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.68%) SLA
3 4 (2.68%) WCAG
4 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 20 (13.42%) Docker
2 3 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (12.08%) Terraform
2 13 (8.72%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.03%) Ansible
4 2 (1.34%) Puppet
5 1 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.67%) Nagios
5 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.38%) Adobe
3 7 (4.70%) Splunk
4 6 (4.03%) AppDynamics
4 6 (4.03%) Google
5 5 (3.36%) OpenAI
5 5 (3.36%) Pega
6 4 (2.68%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.01%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.01%) Oracle
7 3 (2.01%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.34%) Adyen
8 2 (1.34%) SaltStack
8 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.34%) WSO2
9 1 (0.67%) Apple
9 1 (0.67%) Facebook
9 1 (0.67%) New Relic
9 1 (0.67%) Sony
9 1 (0.67%) Yahoo!