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

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 26 18
Rank change year-on-year -26 -8 -7
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 481 520 1,126
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.65% 6.88% 8.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.16% 23.52% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 386 319 1,009
10th Percentile - £36,250 £34,479
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 £67,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £96,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,253 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.44% +10.42% -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 2,077 2,211 4,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.78% 29.23% 32.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,580 1,334 3,540
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,507 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 February 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 February 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 +2 245 £50,000 -4.76% 88
North West -34 181 £52,500 -8.70% 117
North East -11 55 £47,500 +2.70% 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 18 (3.74%) CMS
2 13 (2.70%) WordPress
3 11 (2.29%) OpenStack
4 7 (1.46%) Apache
5 6 (1.25%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.25%) Headless CMS
6 5 (1.04%) SharePoint
7 4 (0.83%) JBoss
7 4 (0.83%) nginx
8 2 (0.42%) Confluence
8 2 (0.42%) IIS
8 2 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.21%) GeoServer
Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.62%) Shopify
3 2 (0.42%) Magento
3 2 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 290 (60.29%) AWS
2 245 (50.94%) Azure
3 153 (31.81%) GitHub
4 78 (16.22%) Serverless
5 27 (5.61%) Amazon ECS
6 26 (5.41%) GCP
7 23 (4.78%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (3.74%) Amazon S3
9 17 (3.53%) SaaS
10 16 (3.33%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (2.49%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (1.66%) Power Automate
13 7 (1.46%) Power Platform
14 6 (1.25%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (1.25%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
16 4 (0.83%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 131 (27.23%) Internet
2 5 (1.04%) HTTP
3 4 (0.83%) AMQP
3 4 (0.83%) SSH
4 2 (0.42%) Firewall
4 2 (0.42%) Intranet
4 2 (0.42%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.42%) SSL
5 1 (0.21%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.61%) Relational Database
2 22 (4.57%) MySQL
3 20 (4.16%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (3.53%) NoSQL
5 13 (2.70%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.08%) DynamoDB
6 10 (2.08%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.46%) Big Data
7 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.25%) Hadoop
8 6 (1.25%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.04%) Redis
10 4 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.83%) Cloudera CDH
10 4 (0.83%) Neo4j
10 4 (0.83%) Power BI
11 3 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.42%) FileMaker
12 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 203 (42.20%) Git
2 38 (7.90%) JIRA
3 28 (5.82%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.66%) Selenium
5 7 (1.46%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.46%) GitLab
6 6 (1.25%) JUnit
6 6 (1.25%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.04%) JMeter
7 5 (1.04%) Postman
8 4 (0.83%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.83%) Maven
8 4 (0.83%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.62%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.62%) PHPUnit
10 2 (0.42%) Appium
10 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.42%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.42%) Subversion
11 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 130 (27.03%) Multimedia
2 126 (26.20%) Social Skills
3 23 (4.78%) Finance
3 23 (4.78%) Public Sector
4 18 (3.74%) Marketing
5 16 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (2.70%) Games
7 12 (2.49%) Retail
8 7 (1.46%) Electronics
9 6 (1.25%) Legal
10 4 (0.83%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.83%) Law
10 4 (0.83%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.62%) Banking
11 3 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.62%) French Language
11 3 (0.62%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.62%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.62%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 270 (56.13%) Developer
2 130 (27.03%) Trainee
3 81 (16.84%) Software Developer
4 80 (16.63%) Senior
5 64 (13.31%) Full-Stack Developer
6 63 (13.10%) Trainee Developer
6 63 (13.10%) Trainee Software Developer
7 51 (10.60%) Senior Developer
8 48 (9.98%) Software Engineer
9 33 (6.86%) Lead
10 28 (5.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 26 (5.41%) Architect
12 23 (4.78%) JIRA Developer
13 21 (4.37%) .NET Developer
13 21 (4.37%) Java Developer
14 20 (4.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 17 (3.53%) Senior Front-End Developer
16 15 (3.12%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
16 15 (3.12%) JavaScript Developer
17 14 (2.91%) Applications Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 240 (49.90%) CSS
2 235 (48.86%) HTML
3 138 (28.69%) React
4 85 (17.67%) .NET
5 78 (16.22%) Node.js
6 60 (12.47%) REST
7 57 (11.85%) AngularJS
8 37 (7.69%) Vue
9 30 (6.24%) Spring Boot
10 28 (5.82%) Spring
11 22 (4.57%) .NET Core
11 22 (4.57%) RESTful
12 21 (4.37%) Web Services
13 20 (4.16%) HTML5
14 19 (3.95%) ASP.NET
15 17 (3.53%) Next.js
16 16 (3.33%) Kafka
17 15 (3.12%) Laravel
18 14 (2.91%) CSS3
18 14 (2.91%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.86%) Enterprise Software
2 25 (5.20%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.37%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.12%) Data Structures
5 14 (2.91%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.70%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.25%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.04%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.04%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.83%) Legacy Code
11 4 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.83%) Social Media
12 3 (0.62%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.62%) Distributed Computing
12 3 (0.62%) Low-Code
12 3 (0.62%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.29%) Android
1 11 (2.29%) Apple iOS
1 11 (2.29%) Linux
2 4 (0.83%) CentOS
2 4 (0.83%) Debian
2 4 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (0.83%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.42%) Windows
4 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (48.44%) Mentoring
2 134 (27.86%) Agile
3 132 (27.44%) Cybersecurity
4 109 (22.66%) Full-Stack Development
5 104 (21.62%) CI/CD
6 91 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
7 84 (17.46%) Software Engineering
8 76 (15.80%) Microservices
9 71 (14.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (12.47%) DevOps
11 56 (11.64%) Computer Science
12 45 (9.36%) User Experience
13 44 (9.15%) Front End Development
14 42 (8.73%) Scrum
15 38 (7.90%) Infrastructure as Code
16 37 (7.69%) TDD
17 33 (6.86%) AI
17 33 (6.86%) Architectural Patterns
18 32 (6.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 31 (6.44%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 221 (45.95%) Python
2 125 (25.99%) TypeScript
3 96 (19.96%) C#
4 89 (18.50%) Java
5 69 (14.35%) R
6 56 (11.64%) SQL
7 27 (5.61%) PowerShell
8 26 (5.41%) PHP
9 6 (1.25%) C
10 4 (0.83%) XAML
11 3 (0.62%) Go
12 2 (0.42%) Bash
12 2 (0.42%) Groovy
12 2 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.21%) Perl
13 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 156 (32.43%) AWS Certification
2 154 (32.02%) Azure Certification
2 154 (32.02%) Microsoft Certification
3 130 (27.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 57 (11.85%) Degree
5 27 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (5.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (4.99%) TOGAF Certification
8 23 (4.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 19 (3.95%) Security Cleared
10 10 (2.08%) SC Cleared
11 9 (1.87%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.46%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Developer
15 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.53%) Accessibility
2 10 (2.08%) QA
3 6 (1.25%) GDPR
4 4 (0.83%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.62%) HL7
6 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.42%) WCAG
7 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 59 (12.27%) Docker
2 5 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (10.60%) Terraform
2 35 (7.28%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.70%) Ansible
4 5 (1.04%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.83%) Puppet
6 3 (0.62%) cPanel
6 3 (0.62%) Grafana
6 3 (0.62%) Plesk
7 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.42%) Control-M
7 2 (0.42%) Nagios
7 2 (0.42%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 171 (35.55%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.03%) Atlassian
3 16 (3.33%) Oracle
4 12 (2.49%) Google
5 6 (1.25%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.25%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.04%) Adobe
6 5 (1.04%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.83%) Pega
7 4 (0.83%) SaltStack
7 4 (0.83%) WSO2
8 3 (0.62%) IBM
8 3 (0.62%) New Relic
8 3 (0.62%) Splunk
9 2 (0.42%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.42%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.42%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.21%) Adyen
10 1 (0.21%) Intapp
10 1 (0.21%) Samsung