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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 28 17
Rank change year-on-year -26 -11 -5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 394 733 713
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.11% 5.98% 9.48%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.01% 22.07% 24.45%
Number of salaries quoted 323 371 621
10th Percentile - £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £82,500 £82,548
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

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 1,712 3,321 2,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 17.88% 27.09% 38.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 1,795 2,330
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £43,266
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 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
Yorkshire -8 182 £47,500 -13.64% 111
North West -30 166 £56,250 +7.14% 259
North East -18 48 £47,500 -20.83% 44
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 21 (5.33%) CMS
2 8 (2.03%) WordPress
3 7 (1.78%) Headless CMS
4 5 (1.27%) Umbraco
5 4 (1.02%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.02%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.02%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.51%) Apache
6 2 (0.51%) Confluence
6 2 (0.51%) Drupal
6 2 (0.51%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.51%) IIS
6 2 (0.51%) nginx
6 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.25%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (1.02%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.76%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.51%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.25%) InVision
4 1 (0.25%) Sketch
4 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.27%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Magento
3 2 (0.51%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.51%) Shopify
4 1 (0.25%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 214 (54.31%) AWS
2 178 (45.18%) Azure
3 103 (26.14%) GitHub
4 51 (12.94%) Serverless
5 16 (4.06%) Amazon EKS
5 16 (4.06%) GCP
6 14 (3.55%) Amazon ECS
7 13 (3.30%) SaaS
8 11 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (2.54%) Amazon S3
9 10 (2.54%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.28%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.78%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
14 5 (1.27%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.27%) Figma
14 5 (1.27%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 78 (19.80%) Internet
2 8 (2.03%) WPA
3 4 (1.02%) AMQP
3 4 (1.02%) SSH
4 2 (0.51%) HTTP
4 2 (0.51%) Intranet
4 2 (0.51%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.25%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.36%) MySQL
2 26 (6.60%) SQL Server
3 24 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
4 22 (5.58%) NoSQL
5 18 (4.57%) MongoDB
6 17 (4.31%) Relational Database
7 11 (2.79%) Redis
8 10 (2.54%) DynamoDB
9 8 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (1.27%) Big Data
10 5 (1.27%) Hadoop
10 5 (1.27%) Power BI
11 4 (1.02%) Metadata
12 3 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.76%) Hazelcast
12 3 (0.76%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.76%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.51%) Cloudera CDH
13 2 (0.51%) GIS
13 2 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 139 (35.28%) Git
2 32 (8.12%) JIRA
3 17 (4.31%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.79%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.78%) webpack
6 6 (1.52%) Selenium
7 5 (1.27%) GitLab
7 5 (1.27%) Postman
7 5 (1.27%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.02%) JMeter
8 4 (1.02%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.76%) Appium
9 3 (0.76%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.76%) JUnit
9 3 (0.76%) Maven
10 2 (0.51%) Babel
10 2 (0.51%) Grunt
10 2 (0.51%) gulp
10 2 (0.51%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.51%) SpecFlow
General
1 114 (28.93%) Social Skills
2 76 (19.29%) Multimedia
3 21 (5.33%) Finance
4 18 (4.57%) Public Sector
5 17 (4.31%) Marketing
6 15 (3.81%) Law
6 15 (3.81%) Manufacturing
7 10 (2.54%) Games
7 10 (2.54%) Retail
8 9 (2.28%) Electronics
9 8 (2.03%) Legal
10 7 (1.78%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.76%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.51%) Banking
13 2 (0.51%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.25%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 235 (59.64%) Developer
2 76 (19.29%) Trainee
3 64 (16.24%) Software Developer
4 56 (14.21%) Senior
5 38 (9.64%) Trainee Developer
5 38 (9.64%) Trainee Software Developer
6 33 (8.38%) Full-Stack Developer
6 33 (8.38%) Lead
7 32 (8.12%) Software Engineer
8 31 (7.87%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 25 (6.35%) Senior Developer
10 20 (5.08%) JIRA Developer
11 18 (4.57%) .NET Developer
12 16 (4.06%) Architect
12 16 (4.06%) Lead Developer
13 15 (3.81%) Java Developer
14 12 (3.05%) PHP Developer
15 11 (2.79%) C# Developer
15 11 (2.79%) JavaScript Developer
15 11 (2.79%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (48.73%) HTML
2 190 (48.22%) CSS
3 121 (30.71%) React
4 82 (20.81%) .NET
5 67 (17.01%) Node.js
6 47 (11.93%) AngularJS
7 43 (10.91%) REST
8 33 (8.38%) Vue
9 25 (6.35%) CSS3
9 25 (6.35%) HTML5
10 24 (6.09%) RESTful
11 22 (5.58%) Spring Boot
12 21 (5.33%) ASP.NET
12 21 (5.33%) Spring
13 19 (4.82%) React Native
14 18 (4.57%) .NET Core
14 18 (4.57%) Next.js
15 17 (4.31%) .NET Framework
16 16 (4.06%) Web Services
17 14 (3.55%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.33%) Cloud Native
1 21 (5.33%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (4.57%) Mobile App
3 13 (3.30%) Data Structures
4 12 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.05%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.27%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.76%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (0.76%) NHS
8 3 (0.76%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.51%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (0.51%) Hackathon
9 2 (0.51%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.51%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (4.31%) Linux
2 13 (3.30%) Android
3 12 (3.05%) Apple iOS
3 12 (3.05%) Windows
4 4 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.51%) CentOS
5 2 (0.51%) Debian
5 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (43.40%) Mentoring
2 129 (32.74%) Agile
3 87 (22.08%) CI/CD
4 84 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (20.05%) Cybersecurity
6 75 (19.04%) Full-Stack Development
7 73 (18.53%) Software Engineering
8 65 (16.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (15.23%) DevOps
10 55 (13.96%) Microservices
11 51 (12.94%) Front End Development
12 46 (11.68%) User Experience
13 43 (10.91%) Computer Science
14 35 (8.88%) Clean Code
15 33 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
16 29 (7.36%) AI
16 29 (7.36%) TDD
16 29 (7.36%) Web Development
17 28 (7.11%) Code Quality
18 27 (6.85%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 145 (36.80%) Python
2 116 (29.44%) TypeScript
3 96 (24.37%) C#
4 73 (18.53%) SQL
5 69 (17.51%) Java
6 41 (10.41%) R
7 35 (8.88%) PHP
8 22 (5.58%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.03%) VB.NET
10 4 (1.02%) C
10 4 (1.02%) XAML
11 3 (0.76%) Scala
12 2 (0.51%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.25%) C++
13 1 (0.25%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.25%) Perl
13 1 (0.25%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 91 (23.10%) AWS Certification
2 90 (22.84%) Azure Certification
2 90 (22.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 76 (19.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 50 (12.69%) Degree
5 26 (6.60%) Security Cleared
6 20 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (5.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 19 (4.82%) SC Cleared
8 14 (3.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (3.55%) TOGAF Certification
9 7 (1.78%) DV Cleared
10 4 (1.02%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.76%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.35%) QA
2 18 (4.57%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.76%) GDPR
3 3 (0.76%) WCAG
4 2 (0.51%) HL7
System Software
1 56 (14.21%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) HDFS
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (10.15%) Terraform
2 28 (7.11%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.54%) Ansible
4 6 (1.52%) Grafana
5 3 (0.76%) cPanel
5 3 (0.76%) Plesk
6 2 (0.51%) Control-M
6 2 (0.51%) HP Fortify
6 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.51%) Puppet
7 1 (0.25%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 117 (29.70%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.58%) Atlassian
3 13 (3.30%) Google
4 10 (2.54%) Oracle
5 8 (2.03%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.78%) HubSpot
7 4 (1.02%) Adobe
7 4 (1.02%) Pega
7 4 (1.02%) WSO2
8 3 (0.76%) SAP
9 2 (0.51%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.51%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.51%) IBM
9 2 (0.51%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.51%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.51%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.25%) iManage
10 1 (0.25%) Samsung
10 1 (0.25%) Splunk
10 1 (0.25%) Veracode