JavaScript Job Trends in the North of England

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 27 21
Rank change year-on-year -30 -6 -7
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 515 441 1,299
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.42% 6.99% 8.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.74% 23.92% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 412 373 1,132
10th Percentile - £35,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.15% +10.34% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,369 1,844 4,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.74% 29.25% 30.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,747 1,463 4,006
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,320 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,445 £74,015 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,387 £80,000
England median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -7.69%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in the North of England

JavaScript
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the North of England

JavaScript
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 March 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
Yorkshire +4 262 £50,000 -9.09% 63
North West -38 199 £51,250 -10.87% 111
North East -8 54 £47,500 - 26
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 28 (5.44%) WordPress
2 14 (2.72%) CMS
3 12 (2.33%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.36%) Apache
5 6 (1.17%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.17%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.97%) JBoss
7 4 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.78%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.58%) nginx
8 3 (0.58%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.39%) CICS
9 2 (0.39%) Confluence
9 2 (0.39%) IIS
10 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.58%) Shopify
3 2 (0.39%) Magento
3 2 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 290 (56.31%) AWS
2 261 (50.68%) Azure
3 157 (30.49%) GitHub
4 81 (15.73%) Serverless
5 29 (5.63%) Amazon ECS
6 26 (5.05%) GCP
6 26 (5.05%) SaaS
7 22 (4.27%) Amazon EKS
8 19 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (3.30%) Amazon S3
9 17 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.14%) Power Platform
12 10 (1.94%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.36%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.17%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (0.97%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 131 (25.44%) Internet
2 4 (0.78%) AMQP
2 4 (0.78%) HTTP
3 3 (0.58%) SSH
4 2 (0.39%) Firewall
4 2 (0.39%) Intranet
4 2 (0.39%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.39%) SSL
5 1 (0.19%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.02%) Relational Database
2 27 (5.24%) MySQL
3 23 (4.47%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.88%) NoSQL
5 16 (3.11%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.91%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.75%) DynamoDB
8 7 (1.36%) Big Data
8 7 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.17%) Power BI
9 6 (1.17%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.78%) Cloudera CDH
11 4 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.78%) GIS
11 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.78%) Neo4j
11 4 (0.78%) QGIS
11 4 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 212 (41.17%) Git
2 45 (8.74%) JIRA
3 35 (6.80%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.75%) Selenium
5 8 (1.55%) GitLab
6 7 (1.36%) Cypress.io
6 7 (1.36%) PHPUnit
7 6 (1.17%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.97%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.97%) JMeter
8 5 (0.97%) Postman
9 4 (0.78%) JUnit
9 4 (0.78%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.58%) IntelliJ
10 3 (0.58%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.58%) Maven
11 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.39%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 131 (25.44%) Multimedia
2 122 (23.69%) Social Skills
3 34 (6.60%) Public Sector
4 25 (4.85%) Finance
5 19 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (2.52%) Marketing
6 13 (2.52%) Retail
7 10 (1.94%) Games
8 6 (1.17%) Electronics
8 6 (1.17%) Law
9 5 (0.97%) Advertising
9 5 (0.97%) Legal
10 4 (0.78%) Aerospace
11 3 (0.58%) Automotive
11 3 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.58%) French Language
11 3 (0.58%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.58%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.58%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 283 (54.95%) Developer
2 131 (25.44%) Trainee
3 94 (18.25%) Senior
4 78 (15.15%) Full-Stack Developer
5 73 (14.17%) Software Developer
6 65 (12.62%) Software Engineer
7 62 (12.04%) Senior Developer
8 57 (11.07%) Trainee Developer
9 55 (10.68%) Trainee Software Developer
10 42 (8.16%) Lead
11 29 (5.63%) Java Developer
12 26 (5.05%) Administrator
12 26 (5.05%) Trainee Administrator
12 26 (5.05%) Web Administrator
13 25 (4.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 23 (4.47%) JIRA Developer
15 22 (4.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 21 (4.08%) .NET Developer
17 19 (3.69%) Architect
17 19 (3.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (45.83%) CSS
2 234 (45.44%) HTML
3 143 (27.77%) React
4 93 (18.06%) Node.js
5 91 (17.67%) .NET
6 60 (11.65%) REST
7 59 (11.46%) AngularJS
8 47 (9.13%) Vue
9 34 (6.60%) Spring Boot
10 31 (6.02%) Spring
11 29 (5.63%) RESTful
12 24 (4.66%) .NET Core
13 22 (4.27%) Web Services
14 21 (4.08%) ASP.NET
15 19 (3.69%) HTML5
16 18 (3.50%) Flask
16 18 (3.50%) Laravel
17 17 (3.30%) Next.js
18 16 (3.11%) Kafka
19 14 (2.72%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.24%) Cloud Native
1 27 (5.24%) Enterprise Software
2 23 (4.47%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (2.91%) Data Structures
5 12 (2.33%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.55%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.17%) Legacy Code
8 6 (1.17%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.17%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.97%) Algorithms
9 5 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (0.97%) NHS
9 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.97%) Social Media
10 4 (0.78%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.58%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (1.94%) Android
1 10 (1.94%) Apple iOS
1 10 (1.94%) Linux
2 4 (0.78%) CentOS
2 4 (0.78%) Debian
2 4 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (0.78%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.39%) Windows
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (43.88%) Mentoring
2 169 (32.82%) Agile
3 135 (26.21%) Full-Stack Development
4 118 (22.91%) Cybersecurity
5 116 (22.52%) CI/CD
6 103 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 96 (18.64%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (14.37%) Microservices
10 62 (12.04%) DevOps
11 56 (10.87%) Scrum
12 49 (9.51%) Computer Science
13 48 (9.32%) Front End Development
14 45 (8.74%) Web Development
15 44 (8.54%) TDD
16 42 (8.16%) Kanban
17 41 (7.96%) AI
18 40 (7.77%) Infrastructure as Code
18 40 (7.77%) User Experience
19 36 (6.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 227 (44.08%) Python
2 120 (23.30%) TypeScript
3 103 (20.00%) Java
4 93 (18.06%) C#
5 76 (14.76%) R
6 69 (13.40%) SQL
7 26 (5.05%) PHP
7 26 (5.05%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.17%) C
9 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.58%) Bash
10 3 (0.58%) Go
10 3 (0.58%) Groovy
10 3 (0.58%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.58%) XAML
11 1 (0.19%) C++
11 1 (0.19%) Perl
11 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.19%) VB
11 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 152 (29.51%) AWS Certification
2 150 (29.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 149 (28.93%) Azure Certification
4 131 (25.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 51 (9.90%) Degree
6 23 (4.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 21 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 20 (3.88%) Security Cleared
9 19 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (3.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 11 (2.14%) SC Cleared
12 9 (1.75%) DV Cleared
13 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
14 3 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.47%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.14%) QA
3 6 (1.17%) GDPR
4 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.39%) HL7
6 2 (0.39%) WCAG
7 1 (0.19%) SLA
System Software
1 60 (11.65%) Docker
2 5 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 55 (10.68%) Terraform
2 32 (6.21%) Kubernetes
3 14 (2.72%) Ansible
4 6 (1.17%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.78%) Puppet
6 3 (0.58%) cPanel
6 3 (0.58%) Plesk
7 2 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.39%) Control-M
7 2 (0.39%) Nagios
7 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.19%) Grafana
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 169 (32.82%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.63%) Atlassian
3 17 (3.30%) Oracle
4 10 (1.94%) Google
5 8 (1.55%) Pega
6 6 (1.17%) Red Hat
7 5 (0.97%) WSO2
8 4 (0.78%) Adobe
8 4 (0.78%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.58%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.58%) IBM
9 3 (0.58%) New Relic
9 3 (0.58%) Splunk
10 2 (0.39%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.39%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.39%) Screaming Frog
11 1 (0.19%) Adyen
11 1 (0.19%) Intapp
11 1 (0.19%) Samsung
11 1 (0.19%) SAP