Jest Job Trends in the North East

Jest
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Jest skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 85 58
Rank change year-on-year +10 -27 +30
Permanent jobs citing Jest 5 4 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.49% 0.41% 0.68%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.70% 1.81% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £44,500 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.54%
75th Percentile £59,500 - £59,375
90th Percentile £59,950 - £59,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.13% +10.71% -12.50%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North East

Jest falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 135 221 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 13.16% 22.46% 17.43%
Number of salaries quoted 120 116 95
10th Percentile £28,250 £42,119 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £45,938 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,465 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.48% +6.30% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,813 £75,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,754 £95,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

Jest
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Jest relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Jest job vacancy trend in the North East

Jest
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Jest.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Jest

Jest
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Jest within the North East region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear +10 5 £58,500 - 4
Jest
England

Jest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) React
2 3 (60.00%) CSS
2 3 (60.00%) HTML
3 2 (40.00%) React Native
3 2 (40.00%) RESTful
4 1 (20.00%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Development
3 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) TypeScript