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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 15 16
Rank change year-on-year -38 +1 -5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 142 298 534
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 2.38% 13.14% 9.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.34% 34.53% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 104 160 414
10th Percentile £32,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,938 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +14.04% -0.87%
75th Percentile £83,438 £79,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,528 £80,000
North West median annual salary £57,593 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.01% +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 990 863 1,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.62% 38.05% 31.83%
Number of salaries quoted 795 550 1,456
10th Percentile £40,000 £34,900 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -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% -0.04%

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 10 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 10 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 4 £51,000 - 4
Bolton +12 1 £31,500 -33.68% 2
Oldham +2 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 8 (5.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 6 (4.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.52%) Apache
4 3 (2.11%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.11%) GeoServer
5 2 (1.41%) CICS
5 2 (1.41%) JBoss
5 2 (1.41%) nginx
5 2 (1.41%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.41%) WordPress
6 1 (0.70%) CMS
6 1 (0.70%) Confluence
6 1 (0.70%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.82%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.41%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 65 (45.77%) AWS
2 52 (36.62%) Azure
3 17 (11.97%) GitHub
3 17 (11.97%) Serverless
4 11 (7.75%) Power Automate
4 11 (7.75%) Power Platform
5 10 (7.04%) GCP
5 10 (7.04%) PowerApps
6 9 (6.34%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (5.63%) SaaS
8 7 (4.93%) Amazon EKS
8 7 (4.93%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (4.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 7 (4.93%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (3.52%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (3.52%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (2.11%) Datadog
12 3 (2.11%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.93%) Internet
2 3 (2.11%) AMQP
3 2 (1.41%) SSL
4 1 (0.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.34%) MySQL
2 8 (5.63%) MongoDB
2 8 (5.63%) NoSQL
2 8 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (5.63%) Relational Database
3 7 (4.93%) SQL Server
4 5 (3.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.11%) Big Data
5 3 (2.11%) Cloudera CDH
5 3 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (2.11%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (2.11%) GIS
5 3 (2.11%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.11%) Neo4j
5 3 (2.11%) QGIS
6 2 (1.41%) Db2
6 2 (1.41%) Hazelcast
6 2 (1.41%) Power BI
6 2 (1.41%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 33 (23.24%) Git
2 15 (10.56%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.63%) JIRA
4 7 (4.93%) Maven
5 5 (3.52%) GitLab
5 5 (3.52%) JUnit
6 4 (2.82%) Spock
7 3 (2.11%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.11%) Eclipse
7 3 (2.11%) IntelliJ
7 3 (2.11%) Storybook
8 2 (1.41%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.41%) Postman
8 2 (1.41%) Selenium
8 2 (1.41%) Subversion
9 1 (0.70%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.70%) gulp
9 1 (0.70%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.70%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.70%) webpack
General
1 26 (18.31%) Social Skills
2 24 (16.90%) Finance
3 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.93%) Marketing
5 7 (4.93%) Multimedia
5 7 (4.93%) Retail
6 6 (4.23%) Law
7 5 (3.52%) Advertising
7 5 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.52%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.11%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.11%) French Language
8 3 (2.11%) Italian Language
8 3 (2.11%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (2.11%) Publishing
8 3 (2.11%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.41%) Games
10 1 (0.70%) Back Office
10 1 (0.70%) Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (43.66%) Developer
2 35 (24.65%) Software Engineer
3 28 (19.72%) Lead
4 24 (16.90%) Full-Stack Developer
5 19 (13.38%) Senior
6 15 (10.56%) Java Developer
6 15 (10.56%) Senior Developer
7 11 (7.75%) Lead Software Engineer
8 9 (6.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 8 (5.63%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 8 (5.63%) Lead Developer
10 7 (4.93%) Software Developer
10 7 (4.93%) Trainee
11 6 (4.23%) Graduate
11 6 (4.23%) JavaScript Developer
12 5 (3.52%) Analyst
12 5 (3.52%) Engineering Manager
12 5 (3.52%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
12 5 (3.52%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 5 (3.52%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (38.03%) CSS
2 53 (37.32%) HTML
3 49 (34.51%) Node.js
4 39 (27.46%) React
5 33 (23.24%) AngularJS
6 30 (21.13%) .NET
7 21 (14.79%) REST
8 19 (13.38%) Spring
9 15 (10.56%) CSS3
9 15 (10.56%) Spring Boot
10 13 (9.15%) Vue
11 12 (8.45%) HTML5
11 12 (8.45%) RESTful
12 8 (5.63%) Web Services
13 5 (3.52%) EDI
13 5 (3.52%) Kafka
13 5 (3.52%) Next.js
14 4 (2.82%) GraphQL
14 4 (2.82%) gRPC
14 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.27%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.34%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (6.34%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.23%) Marketing Technology
4 5 (3.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 5 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.82%) Private Cloud
5 4 (2.82%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.11%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.11%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.41%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.70%) Culture of Ownership
8 1 (0.70%) Data Fabric
8 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.70%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.82%) Windows
2 3 (2.11%) Android
2 3 (2.11%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.11%) CentOS
2 3 (2.11%) Debian
2 3 (2.11%) Linux
2 3 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (2.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (45.77%) Agile
2 63 (44.37%) Full-Stack Development
3 50 (35.21%) CI/CD
4 45 (31.69%) Software Engineering
5 36 (25.35%) Microservices
6 33 (23.24%) Mentoring
6 33 (23.24%) Scrum
7 31 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (21.13%) DevOps
9 27 (19.01%) TDD
10 26 (18.31%) Test Automation
11 25 (17.61%) AI
12 21 (14.79%) Kanban
13 20 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (12.68%) Technical Leadership
15 13 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
15 13 (9.15%) User Experience
16 12 (8.45%) Clean Code
16 12 (8.45%) Collaborative Working
17 11 (7.75%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 56 (39.44%) Java
2 48 (33.80%) Python
3 44 (30.99%) TypeScript
4 29 (20.42%) SQL
5 20 (14.08%) C#
6 7 (4.93%) PHP
7 4 (2.82%) C
7 4 (2.82%) Groovy
7 4 (2.82%) R
8 3 (2.11%) Apex Code
8 3 (2.11%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.70%) Go
9 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (8.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.34%) Degree
3 8 (5.63%) DV Cleared
4 7 (4.93%) AWS Certification
4 7 (4.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 7 (4.93%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.82%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.11%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.70%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.75%) QA
2 5 (3.52%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.82%) SLA
4 3 (2.11%) WCAG
5 1 (0.70%) HL7
5 1 (0.70%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 13 (9.15%) Docker
2 4 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (11.97%) Terraform
2 9 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.93%) Ansible
4 3 (2.11%) Puppet
5 2 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.41%) Nagios
5 2 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) Adobe
3 6 (4.23%) Google
3 6 (4.23%) Splunk
4 5 (3.52%) Pega
4 5 (3.52%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.82%) AppDynamics
5 4 (2.82%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.82%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.11%) Oracle
6 3 (2.11%) SaltStack
7 2 (1.41%) Adyen
7 2 (1.41%) New Relic
7 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.41%) WSO2
8 1 (0.70%) OpenAI