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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 28 21
Rank change year-on-year -30 -7 -6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 515 445 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.33% 6.97% 8.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.99% 24.15% 27.85%
Number of salaries quoted 417 376 1,144
10th Percentile - £36,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,813 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,749 £78,750 £69,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.16% +10.35% -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 2,454 1,843 4,722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.86% 28.87% 30.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,796 1,479 4,021
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,529 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,228 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £74,015 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +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 1 April 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 1 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
Yorkshire -2 255 £50,000 -9.09% 63
North West -41 206 £50,000 -13.04% 111
North East -6 54 £47,500 -2.56% 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 13 (2.52%) 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
1 4 (0.78%) Shopify
2 2 (0.39%) Magento
3 1 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 290 (56.31%) AWS
2 260 (50.49%) Azure
3 156 (30.29%) GitHub
4 80 (15.53%) Serverless
5 30 (5.83%) Amazon ECS
6 26 (5.05%) GCP
7 25 (4.85%) SaaS
8 23 (4.47%) Amazon EKS
9 19 (3.69%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (3.11%) Amazon S3
10 16 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
11 11 (2.14%) 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%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (0.97%) Apigee
15 5 (0.97%) GitHub Actions
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 33 (6.41%) Relational Database
2 28 (5.44%) MySQL
3 24 (4.66%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.88%) NoSQL
5 16 (3.11%) MongoDB
5 16 (3.11%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.75%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.36%) Big Data
7 7 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.17%) Power BI
8 6 (1.17%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (0.78%) Cloudera CDH
10 4 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.78%) GIS
10 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.78%) Neo4j
10 4 (0.78%) QGIS
11 3 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 213 (41.36%) Git
2 39 (7.57%) JIRA
3 36 (6.99%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.55%) GitLab
4 8 (1.55%) Selenium
5 7 (1.36%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.36%) PHPUnit
6 5 (0.97%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.97%) Postman
6 5 (0.97%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.78%) JMeter
7 4 (0.78%) JUnit
7 4 (0.78%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.58%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.58%) Maven
9 2 (0.39%) Appium
9 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.39%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.39%) Subversion
General
1 131 (25.44%) Multimedia
2 115 (22.33%) Social Skills
3 35 (6.80%) Public Sector
4 24 (4.66%) Finance
5 19 (3.69%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (2.72%) Retail
7 13 (2.52%) Marketing
8 10 (1.94%) Games
9 6 (1.17%) Electronics
9 6 (1.17%) Law
10 5 (0.97%) Advertising
10 5 (0.97%) Legal
11 4 (0.78%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.58%) Automotive
12 3 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.58%) French Language
12 3 (0.58%) Italian Language
12 3 (0.58%) Portuguese Language
12 3 (0.58%) Spanish Language
13 2 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 282 (54.76%) Developer
2 131 (25.44%) Trainee
3 95 (18.45%) Senior
4 80 (15.53%) Full-Stack Developer
5 72 (13.98%) Software Developer
6 67 (13.01%) Software Engineer
7 63 (12.23%) Senior Developer
8 57 (11.07%) Trainee Developer
9 55 (10.68%) Trainee Software Developer
10 41 (7.96%) Lead
11 29 (5.63%) Java Developer
12 26 (5.05%) Administrator
12 26 (5.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 26 (5.05%) Trainee Administrator
12 26 (5.05%) Web Administrator
13 22 (4.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 21 (4.08%) .NET Developer
15 19 (3.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (3.50%) Architect
17 17 (3.30%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (45.83%) CSS
1 236 (45.83%) HTML
2 144 (27.96%) React
3 95 (18.45%) Node.js
4 91 (17.67%) .NET
5 61 (11.84%) REST
6 60 (11.65%) AngularJS
7 47 (9.13%) Vue
8 36 (6.99%) Spring Boot
9 33 (6.41%) Spring
10 28 (5.44%) RESTful
11 24 (4.66%) .NET Core
12 23 (4.47%) Web Services
13 20 (3.88%) ASP.NET
14 19 (3.69%) HTML5
14 19 (3.69%) Laravel
15 18 (3.50%) Flask
16 17 (3.30%) Next.js
17 15 (2.91%) Kafka
18 14 (2.72%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.24%) Cloud Native
2 26 (5.05%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (4.66%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
5 15 (2.91%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 9 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.55%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.36%) Legacy Code
10 6 (1.17%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.17%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.17%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.97%) Algorithms
11 5 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.97%) NHS
11 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.97%) Social Media
12 4 (0.78%) Private Cloud
13 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
1 224 (43.50%) Mentoring
2 168 (32.62%) Agile
3 138 (26.80%) Full-Stack Development
4 118 (22.91%) Cybersecurity
5 114 (22.14%) CI/CD
6 105 (20.39%) Software Engineering
7 93 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (14.56%) Microservices
9 69 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (11.84%) DevOps
11 57 (11.07%) Scrum
12 50 (9.71%) Front End Development
13 45 (8.74%) TDD
13 45 (8.74%) Web Development
14 44 (8.54%) Kanban
15 42 (8.16%) Computer Science
16 39 (7.57%) Infrastructure as Code
16 39 (7.57%) User Experience
17 38 (7.38%) AI
18 36 (6.99%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 226 (43.88%) Python
2 119 (23.11%) TypeScript
3 105 (20.39%) Java
4 93 (18.06%) C#
5 76 (14.76%) R
6 72 (13.98%) SQL
7 27 (5.24%) PHP
8 20 (3.88%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.17%) C
10 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.58%) Bash
11 3 (0.58%) Go
11 3 (0.58%) Groovy
11 3 (0.58%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.58%) XAML
12 2 (0.39%) C++
13 1 (0.19%) Perl
13 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.19%) VB
13 1 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 151 (29.32%) AWS Certification
2 149 (28.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 148 (28.74%) Azure Certification
4 131 (25.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 45 (8.74%) Degree
6 20 (3.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 20 (3.88%) Security Cleared
7 18 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (3.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 17 (3.30%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (2.14%) SC Cleared
10 9 (1.75%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.58%) AWS Certified Developer
12 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 61 (11.84%) Docker
2 5 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (10.87%) Terraform
2 33 (6.41%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.91%) Ansible
4 5 (0.97%) 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%) Nagios
7 2 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.19%) Control-M
8 1 (0.19%) Grafana
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 168 (32.62%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.47%) Atlassian
3 16 (3.11%) Oracle
4 10 (1.94%) Google
5 9 (1.75%) Pega
6 6 (1.17%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.17%) WSO2
7 4 (0.78%) Adobe
7 4 (0.78%) SaltStack
8 3 (0.58%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.58%) New Relic
8 3 (0.58%) Splunk
9 2 (0.39%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.39%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.39%) IBM
9 2 (0.39%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.19%) Adyen
10 1 (0.19%) Intapp
10 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.19%) Samsung