JavaScript Job Trends in the Midlands

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 53 21
Rank change year-on-year -41 -32 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 196 237 799
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.60% 4.87% 7.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.83% 18.93% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 176 186 639
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,125 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% +8.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,125 £75,000 £76,900
England median annual salary £59,773 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.72% +10.34% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,657 1,252 3,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.50% 25.74% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,152 986 2,600
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in the Midlands

JavaScript
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the Midlands

JavaScript
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
West Midlands -36 113 £47,500 -9.52% 49
East Midlands -65 83 £55,000 -4.35% 52
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (5.10%) CMS
2 8 (4.08%) WordPress
3 5 (2.55%) nginx
4 4 (2.04%) IIS
5 3 (1.53%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.02%) NServiceBus
6 2 (1.02%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.51%) Apache
7 1 (0.51%) Confluence
7 1 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (4.08%) Photoshop
2 5 (2.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.02%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.51%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.51%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (6.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (2.55%) Shopify
3 2 (1.02%) Maximo
4 1 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.51%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 86 (43.88%) AWS
2 75 (38.27%) Azure
3 39 (19.90%) GitHub
4 25 (12.76%) Serverless
5 23 (11.73%) Amazon S3
5 23 (11.73%) AWS Lambda
6 20 (10.20%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (6.63%) SaaS
8 12 (6.12%) Power Automate
9 10 (5.10%) Power Platform
10 9 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (4.08%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.04%) BrowserStack
13 3 (1.53%) Azure Logic Apps
14 2 (1.02%) Azure Functions
15 1 (0.51%) Azure Data Factory
15 1 (0.51%) Azure Key Vault
15 1 (0.51%) Figma
15 1 (0.51%) Microsoft 365
15 1 (0.51%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 33 (16.84%) Internet
2 3 (1.53%) Ethernet
2 3 (1.53%) Intranet
3 2 (1.02%) HTTP
4 1 (0.51%) Broadband
4 1 (0.51%) FTP
4 1 (0.51%) Hyperconnected
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.24%) MySQL
2 12 (6.12%) Amazon Redshift
3 10 (5.10%) SQL Server
4 8 (4.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.57%) Power BI
6 5 (2.55%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.02%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.02%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.51%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.51%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 52 (26.53%) Git
2 5 (2.55%) Cucumber
2 5 (2.55%) Gatling
2 5 (2.55%) Selenium
2 5 (2.55%) Vite
3 4 (2.04%) Postman
3 4 (2.04%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (2.04%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.53%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.53%) GitLab
4 3 (1.53%) JIRA
4 3 (1.53%) Storybook
5 2 (1.02%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.02%) JMeter
5 2 (1.02%) JUnit
5 2 (1.02%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.02%) Maven
5 2 (1.02%) Mockito
5 2 (1.02%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 32 (16.33%) Multimedia
2 26 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (12.24%) Social Skills
4 15 (7.65%) Finance
5 11 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.10%) Law
7 6 (3.06%) Marketing
8 5 (2.55%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.55%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.53%) Advertising
9 3 (1.53%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.53%) Automotive
10 2 (1.02%) Games
10 2 (1.02%) Legal
11 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 119 (60.71%) Developer
2 34 (17.35%) Software Developer
3 33 (16.84%) Full-Stack Developer
4 32 (16.33%) Senior
4 32 (16.33%) Trainee
5 25 (12.76%) Lead
6 22 (11.22%) Senior Developer
7 16 (8.16%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 14 (7.14%) Python Developer
8 14 (7.14%) React Developer
9 13 (6.63%) Trainee Developer
9 13 (6.63%) Trainee Software Developer
10 12 (6.12%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 11 (5.61%) Software Engineer
12 10 (5.10%) AWS Developer
12 10 (5.10%) Junior
12 10 (5.10%) Node.js Developer
13 9 (4.59%) Head of Engineering
13 9 (4.59%) Lead Developer
13 9 (4.59%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (51.53%) HTML
2 91 (46.43%) CSS
3 62 (31.63%) React
4 48 (24.49%) .NET
5 35 (17.86%) Node.js
6 22 (11.22%) .NET Core
7 19 (9.69%) Laravel
8 17 (8.67%) AngularJS
9 13 (6.63%) Vue
10 12 (6.12%) REST
11 11 (5.61%) ASP.NET
12 9 (4.59%) Playwright
12 9 (4.59%) RESTful
13 8 (4.08%) .NET Framework
13 8 (4.08%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (4.08%) HTML5
14 7 (3.57%) jQuery
14 7 (3.57%) Tailwind CSS
15 6 (3.06%) JSON
16 5 (2.55%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.12%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.04%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.53%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.53%) Robotics
5 3 (1.53%) Social Media
6 2 (1.02%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.02%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.02%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.51%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.51%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.51%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.51%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.10%) Linux
2 4 (2.04%) Windows
2 4 (2.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.51%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.51%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (38.27%) Full-Stack Development
2 47 (23.98%) Agile
3 38 (19.39%) CI/CD
3 38 (19.39%) Mentoring
4 36 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (15.31%) Software Engineering
6 29 (14.80%) DevOps
7 24 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (11.73%) MVC
9 22 (11.22%) Web Development
10 20 (10.20%) API Development
10 20 (10.20%) User Experience
11 18 (9.18%) Roadmaps
12 17 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (8.16%) E-Commerce
13 16 (8.16%) Test Automation
14 15 (7.65%) AI
14 15 (7.65%) CRM
15 14 (7.14%) Computer Science
16 12 (6.12%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 80 (40.82%) Python
2 68 (34.69%) SQL
3 47 (23.98%) C#
4 31 (15.82%) PHP
5 21 (10.71%) TypeScript
6 19 (9.69%) Java
6 19 (9.69%) R
7 8 (4.08%) Bash
8 5 (2.55%) Go
9 4 (2.04%) C
10 3 (1.53%) VBA
11 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.02%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.51%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.51%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.51%) JCL
12 1 (0.51%) VB
12 1 (0.51%) VB6
Qualifications
1 34 (17.35%) AWS Certification
2 33 (16.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 32 (16.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 32 (16.33%) Azure Certification
4 17 (8.67%) Degree
5 14 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.06%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.55%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.02%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.02%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.12%) QA
2 10 (5.10%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.53%) IEC 61131
5 2 (1.02%) WCAG
6 1 (0.51%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (7.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.53%) Terraform
3 2 (1.02%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) Argo
4 1 (0.51%) Grafana
4 1 (0.51%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.51%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 60 (30.61%) Microsoft
2 4 (2.04%) Adobe
3 3 (1.53%) Allen-Bradley
3 3 (1.53%) Guidewire
3 3 (1.53%) Siemens
3 3 (1.53%) Zoho
4 2 (1.02%) IBM
4 2 (1.02%) Oracle
4 2 (1.02%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.51%) AppDynamics
5 1 (0.51%) Google
5 1 (0.51%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.51%) SAP
5 1 (0.51%) Splunk
5 1 (0.51%) Veracode