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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 28 21
Rank change year-on-year -40 -7 -6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 468 738 1,414
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.55% 9.73% 8.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.90% 29.12% 28.92%
Number of salaries quoted 394 378 1,222
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,100 £32,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,625 £96,250 £78,625
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.37% +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 2,943 2,534 4,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.02% 33.41% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,109 1,497 4,172
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - +7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,961 £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 11 May 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 11 May 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
North West -47 222 £52,500 -9.48% 107
Yorkshire -17 200 £54,250 -7.50% 81
North East -30 46 £50,000 +2.56% 32
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 (5.98%) WordPress
2 15 (3.21%) CMS
3 9 (1.92%) OpenStack
3 9 (1.92%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.28%) Apache
5 5 (1.07%) JBoss
6 4 (0.85%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.85%) IIS
6 4 (0.85%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.64%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.64%) nginx
8 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.43%) CICS
8 2 (0.43%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Confluence
9 1 (0.21%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.21%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.85%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.71%) Shopify
3 4 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.64%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 227 (48.50%) AWS
2 214 (45.73%) Azure
3 106 (22.65%) GitHub
4 63 (13.46%) Serverless
5 29 (6.20%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (5.77%) Amazon ECS
7 26 (5.56%) GCP
8 23 (4.91%) SaaS
9 19 (4.06%) Power Automate
9 19 (4.06%) Power Platform
10 18 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (3.21%) PowerApps
12 14 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (2.56%) Amazon S3
15 10 (2.14%) Amazon SQS
16 6 (1.28%) Apigee
16 6 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (1.28%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 85 (18.16%) Internet
2 4 (0.85%) HTTP
3 3 (0.64%) AMQP
3 3 (0.64%) Firewall
4 2 (0.43%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.43%) Intranet
4 2 (0.43%) SSL
5 1 (0.21%) Broadband
5 1 (0.21%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.21%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (6.84%) MySQL
2 31 (6.62%) Relational Database
3 23 (4.91%) NoSQL
4 20 (4.27%) SQL Server
5 19 (4.06%) MongoDB
6 18 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (2.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.92%) Power BI
9 8 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (1.50%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.28%) Big Data
11 6 (1.28%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.07%) GIS
12 5 (1.07%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.85%) QGIS
14 3 (0.64%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 166 (35.47%) Git
2 32 (6.84%) Jenkins
3 24 (5.13%) JIRA
4 12 (2.56%) GitLab
5 7 (1.50%) Maven
5 7 (1.50%) PHPUnit
5 7 (1.50%) Selenium
6 6 (1.28%) JUnit
6 6 (1.28%) Postman
7 5 (1.07%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.85%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.85%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.85%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.85%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.64%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.43%) JMeter
10 2 (0.43%) Spock
10 2 (0.43%) Subversion
10 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 85 (18.16%) Multimedia
2 80 (17.09%) Social Skills
3 35 (7.48%) Finance
4 27 (5.77%) Public Sector
5 20 (4.27%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (3.85%) Retail
7 16 (3.42%) Marketing
8 11 (2.35%) Law
9 8 (1.71%) Games
10 6 (1.28%) Legal
11 5 (1.07%) Advertising
11 5 (1.07%) Agriculture
11 5 (1.07%) Automotive
11 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.85%) Back Office
12 4 (0.85%) Banking
12 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.64%) French Language
13 3 (0.64%) Italian Language
13 3 (0.64%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 249 (53.21%) Developer
2 96 (20.51%) Senior
3 85 (18.16%) Trainee
4 80 (17.09%) Full-Stack Developer
5 70 (14.96%) Software Engineer
6 66 (14.10%) Senior Developer
7 56 (11.97%) Software Developer
8 46 (9.83%) Lead
9 35 (7.48%) Trainee Developer
10 33 (7.05%) Trainee Software Developer
11 29 (6.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 27 (5.77%) Java Developer
13 23 (4.91%) Administrator
13 23 (4.91%) Trainee Administrator
13 23 (4.91%) Web Administrator
14 21 (4.49%) .NET Developer
14 21 (4.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 21 (4.49%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 18 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
16 17 (3.63%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 183 (39.10%) HTML
2 182 (38.89%) CSS
3 134 (28.63%) React
4 92 (19.66%) .NET
5 89 (19.02%) Node.js
6 60 (12.82%) AngularJS
7 51 (10.90%) REST
8 46 (9.83%) Vue
9 33 (7.05%) Spring Boot
10 32 (6.84%) Spring
11 31 (6.62%) .NET Core
11 31 (6.62%) RESTful
12 26 (5.56%) ASP.NET
13 22 (4.70%) HTML5
14 20 (4.27%) Laravel
15 19 (4.06%) CSS3
16 18 (3.85%) Kafka
16 18 (3.85%) Web Services
17 13 (2.78%) ASP.NET Core
17 13 (2.78%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.20%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (4.27%) Greenfield Project
4 13 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.56%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.50%) Legacy Code
7 7 (1.50%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.28%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.07%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.07%) NHS
9 5 (1.07%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.85%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.85%) Social Media
11 3 (0.64%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.64%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.64%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.64%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.50%) Linux
2 4 (0.85%) Android
2 4 (0.85%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.85%) Windows
3 3 (0.64%) CentOS
3 3 (0.64%) Debian
3 3 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.64%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (35.26%) Mentoring
2 157 (33.55%) Full-Stack Development
3 151 (32.26%) Agile
4 105 (22.44%) Software Engineering
5 101 (21.58%) CI/CD
6 81 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
7 79 (16.88%) Cybersecurity
8 73 (15.60%) Microservices
9 61 (13.03%) DevOps
10 56 (11.97%) Scrum
11 51 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (10.26%) Web Development
13 47 (10.04%) AI
13 47 (10.04%) Front End Development
14 44 (9.40%) TDD
15 40 (8.55%) Kanban
16 38 (8.12%) Containerisation
16 38 (8.12%) User Experience
17 34 (7.26%) Test Automation
18 31 (6.62%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 180 (38.46%) Python
2 113 (24.15%) TypeScript
3 104 (22.22%) C#
4 103 (22.01%) Java
5 80 (17.09%) SQL
6 53 (11.32%) R
7 37 (7.91%) PHP
8 6 (1.28%) C
9 5 (1.07%) Groovy
9 5 (1.07%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.85%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.64%) Bash
11 3 (0.64%) C++
11 3 (0.64%) Go
11 3 (0.64%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 101 (21.58%) AWS Certification
2 98 (20.94%) Microsoft Certification
3 97 (20.73%) Azure Certification
4 85 (18.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 31 (6.62%) Degree
6 19 (4.06%) Security Cleared
7 15 (3.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.92%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.92%) SC Cleared
11 6 (1.28%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.64%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.27%) Accessibility
2 14 (2.99%) QA
3 6 (1.28%) GDPR
4 4 (0.85%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.85%) SLA
5 3 (0.64%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.64%) WCAG
6 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) HL7
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 55 (11.75%) Docker
2 5 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (7.91%) Terraform
2 31 (6.62%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.71%) Ansible
4 4 (0.85%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.64%) Puppet
6 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.43%) cPanel
6 2 (0.43%) Nagios
6 2 (0.43%) Plesk
6 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 129 (27.56%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.56%) Oracle
3 10 (2.14%) Google
4 8 (1.71%) Atlassian
5 7 (1.50%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.28%) Adobe
6 6 (1.28%) Splunk
7 5 (1.07%) Pega
7 5 (1.07%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.64%) New Relic
8 3 (0.64%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.43%) Adyen
9 2 (0.43%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.43%) Apple
9 2 (0.43%) Facebook
9 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.43%) Sony
9 2 (0.43%) WSO2
9 2 (0.43%) Yahoo!
10 1 (0.21%) Intapp