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 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 26 17
Rank change year-on-year -26 -9 -7
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 411 717 671
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.11% 6.59% 9.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.31% 23.00% 24.27%
Number of salaries quoted 335 379 582
10th Percentile - £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,250 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -2.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,750 £84,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +0.78%

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 1,691 3,118 2,765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.89% 28.66% 38.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,330 1,712 2,227
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 8 December 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 8 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
Yorkshire -6 204 £46,186 -12.03% 190
North West -34 160 £52,500 - 235
North East -18 49 £47,500 -13.64% 51
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 19 (4.62%) CMS
2 14 (3.41%) WordPress
3 7 (1.70%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.46%) Headless CMS
5 5 (1.22%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.97%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.97%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.73%) Confluence
7 3 (0.73%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.49%) Apache
8 2 (0.49%) Drupal
8 2 (0.49%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.49%) nginx
9 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 3 (0.73%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.73%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.49%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.24%) InVision
3 1 (0.24%) Sketch
3 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.22%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.49%) Shopify
4 1 (0.24%) Magento
4 1 (0.24%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 231 (56.20%) AWS
2 199 (48.42%) Azure
3 126 (30.66%) GitHub
4 56 (13.63%) Serverless
5 20 (4.87%) Amazon EKS
6 18 (4.38%) Amazon ECS
7 14 (3.41%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.16%) GCP
9 12 (2.92%) SaaS
10 11 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.19%) Power Automate
12 7 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
13 6 (1.46%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.22%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.22%) Figma
14 5 (1.22%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 102 (24.82%) Internet
2 4 (0.97%) AMQP
2 4 (0.97%) HTTP
2 4 (0.97%) SSH
2 4 (0.97%) WPA
3 2 (0.49%) Intranet
3 2 (0.49%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.57%) MySQL
2 25 (6.08%) SQL Server
3 22 (5.35%) NoSQL
4 20 (4.87%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (4.87%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.16%) MongoDB
6 10 (2.43%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.70%) Redis
8 5 (1.22%) Big Data
8 5 (1.22%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.97%) Metadata
10 3 (0.73%) Power BI
10 3 (0.73%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.49%) Cloudera CDH
11 2 (0.49%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.49%) Tableau
12 1 (0.24%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 170 (41.36%) Git
2 37 (9.00%) JIRA
3 22 (5.35%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.95%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.70%) Selenium
6 6 (1.46%) JUnit
6 6 (1.46%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.22%) GitLab
7 5 (1.22%) JMeter
7 5 (1.22%) Postman
7 5 (1.22%) webpack
8 4 (0.97%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.73%) Appium
9 3 (0.73%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.73%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.73%) Maven
10 2 (0.49%) Grunt
10 2 (0.49%) gulp
10 2 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.49%) SpecFlow
General
1 115 (27.98%) Social Skills
2 101 (24.57%) Multimedia
3 17 (4.14%) Finance
4 16 (3.89%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.65%) Law
5 15 (3.65%) Marketing
6 11 (2.68%) Retail
7 9 (2.19%) Games
7 9 (2.19%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (1.70%) Electronics
9 7 (1.70%) Legal
10 4 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.49%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.49%) Banking
12 2 (0.49%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.24%) Automotive
13 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 235 (57.18%) Developer
2 101 (24.57%) Trainee
3 72 (17.52%) Software Developer
4 56 (13.63%) Senior
5 48 (11.68%) Trainee Developer
5 48 (11.68%) Trainee Software Developer
6 40 (9.73%) Full-Stack Developer
7 31 (7.54%) Lead
8 30 (7.30%) Software Engineer
9 24 (5.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 24 (5.84%) Senior Developer
10 22 (5.35%) JIRA Developer
11 20 (4.87%) Architect
12 19 (4.62%) Java Developer
13 18 (4.38%) .NET Developer
14 13 (3.16%) Lead Developer
15 12 (2.92%) Administrator
16 11 (2.68%) Applications Architect
16 11 (2.68%) PHP Developer
16 11 (2.68%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (51.34%) CSS
1 211 (51.34%) HTML
2 112 (27.25%) React
3 81 (19.71%) .NET
4 62 (15.09%) Node.js
5 49 (11.92%) AngularJS
6 44 (10.71%) REST
7 32 (7.79%) Vue
8 27 (6.57%) Spring Boot
9 26 (6.33%) Spring
10 23 (5.60%) ASP.NET
11 22 (5.35%) RESTful
12 20 (4.87%) HTML5
13 19 (4.62%) .NET Core
14 18 (4.38%) CSS3
15 17 (4.14%) .NET Framework
16 15 (3.65%) Laravel
16 15 (3.65%) Web Services
17 13 (3.16%) React Native
17 13 (3.16%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.08%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (4.62%) Cloud Native
3 17 (4.14%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.65%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.41%) Product Ownership
6 13 (3.16%) Data Structures
7 8 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.95%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (0.97%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.73%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (0.73%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.73%) Social Media
10 2 (0.49%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.49%) Distributed Architecture
10 2 (0.49%) Hackathon
10 2 (0.49%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.49%) NHS
10 2 (0.49%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.89%) Linux
2 10 (2.43%) Android
2 10 (2.43%) Apple iOS
3 8 (1.95%) Windows
4 4 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.49%) CentOS
5 2 (0.49%) Debian
5 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.49%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (46.47%) Mentoring
2 126 (30.66%) Agile
3 96 (23.36%) CI/CD
4 95 (23.11%) Cybersecurity
5 84 (20.44%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (20.19%) Full-Stack Development
7 73 (17.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 65 (15.82%) DevOps
8 65 (15.82%) Software Engineering
9 63 (15.33%) Microservices
10 47 (11.44%) Computer Science
11 45 (10.95%) User Experience
12 43 (10.46%) Front End Development
13 34 (8.27%) Web Development
14 33 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
15 31 (7.54%) Scrum
15 31 (7.54%) TDD
16 29 (7.06%) Code Quality
17 28 (6.81%) Clean Code
18 26 (6.33%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 170 (41.36%) Python
2 108 (26.28%) TypeScript
3 97 (23.60%) C#
4 73 (17.76%) Java
5 63 (15.33%) SQL
6 55 (13.38%) R
7 31 (7.54%) PHP
8 24 (5.84%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.22%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.97%) C
10 4 (0.97%) XAML
11 3 (0.73%) Scala
12 2 (0.49%) Go
12 2 (0.49%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.24%) Perl
13 1 (0.24%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 120 (29.20%) AWS Certification
2 119 (28.95%) Azure Certification
2 119 (28.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 101 (24.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 53 (12.90%) Degree
5 22 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (5.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 21 (5.11%) Security Cleared
7 18 (4.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 18 (4.38%) TOGAF Certification
8 16 (3.89%) SC Cleared
9 5 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.97%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.35%) QA
2 20 (4.87%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.73%) WCAG
4 2 (0.49%) HL7
5 1 (0.24%) GDPR
5 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (13.14%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) HDFS
2 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (9.73%) Terraform
2 29 (7.06%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.68%) Ansible
4 6 (1.46%) Grafana
5 3 (0.73%) cPanel
5 3 (0.73%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.73%) Plesk
6 2 (0.49%) Control-M
6 2 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.49%) Puppet
7 1 (0.24%) Argo
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 144 (35.04%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.84%) Atlassian
3 13 (3.16%) Oracle
4 12 (2.92%) Google
5 7 (1.70%) HubSpot
5 7 (1.70%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.46%) Adobe
7 4 (0.97%) Pega
7 4 (0.97%) WSO2
8 3 (0.73%) IBM
9 2 (0.49%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.49%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.49%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.49%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.49%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.24%) iManage
10 1 (0.24%) New Relic
10 1 (0.24%) Samsung
10 1 (0.24%) Splunk
10 1 (0.24%) Veracode