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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 33 20
Rank change year-on-year -30 -13 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 485 676 1,556
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.44% 8.30% 7.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.68% 25.70% 28.67%
Number of salaries quoted 419 305 1,298
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.37% +10.33% -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 3,304 2,630 5,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.61% 32.28% 27.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,494 1,380 4,427
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,593 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -29 253 £57,500 -4.17% 84
Yorkshire -6 186 £57,500 -6.12% 50
North East -23 46 £52,000 +4.00% 17
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 22 (4.54%) WordPress
2 14 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.86%) CMS
4 8 (1.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (1.24%) SharePoint Server
6 5 (1.03%) Apache
6 5 (1.03%) IIS
6 5 (1.03%) JBoss
7 4 (0.82%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.82%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.62%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.41%) CICS
9 2 (0.41%) nginx
9 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.21%) Confluence
10 1 (0.21%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.21%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.86%) Shopify
3 4 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.62%) Magento
5 2 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 203 (41.86%) AWS
2 196 (40.41%) Azure
3 71 (14.64%) GitHub
4 65 (13.40%) Serverless
5 49 (10.10%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (5.77%) Power Automate
6 28 (5.77%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.57%) Amazon ECS
8 26 (5.36%) SaaS
9 25 (5.15%) AWS Lambda
10 24 (4.95%) GCP
11 22 (4.54%) PowerApps
12 17 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
14 12 (2.47%) Amazon S3
14 12 (2.47%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (2.27%) Azure AI
15 11 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (2.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 43 (8.87%) Internet
2 4 (0.82%) Firewall
2 4 (0.82%) HTTP
3 3 (0.62%) AMQP
3 3 (0.62%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.41%) SSL
5 1 (0.21%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (9.48%) MySQL
2 36 (7.42%) MongoDB
3 30 (6.19%) Relational Database
4 26 (5.36%) NoSQL
5 25 (5.15%) SQL Server
6 24 (4.95%) PostgreSQL
7 21 (4.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 12 (2.47%) MariaDB
8 12 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
10 9 (1.86%) DynamoDB
10 9 (1.86%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (1.86%) Power BI
11 7 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.24%) Big Data
12 6 (1.24%) GIS
13 4 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.82%) Neo4j
13 4 (0.82%) QGIS
13 4 (0.82%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 121 (24.95%) Git
2 31 (6.39%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.33%) GitLab
4 20 (4.12%) JIRA
5 11 (2.27%) Maven
6 9 (1.86%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.44%) JUnit
8 6 (1.24%) PHPUnit
8 6 (1.24%) Postman
8 6 (1.24%) Spock
9 5 (1.03%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.03%) Selenium
10 4 (0.82%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.82%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.62%) Claude Code
11 3 (0.62%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.62%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.62%) Storybook
12 2 (0.41%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.41%) Robot Framework
General
1 77 (15.88%) Social Skills
2 44 (9.07%) Finance
3 43 (8.87%) Public Sector
4 42 (8.66%) Multimedia
5 29 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (5.15%) Marketing
7 15 (3.09%) Retail
8 11 (2.27%) Law
9 8 (1.65%) Legal
10 6 (1.24%) Games
10 6 (1.24%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.03%) Advertising
11 5 (1.03%) Agriculture
11 5 (1.03%) Automotive
11 5 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.82%) Back Office
12 4 (0.82%) Banking
12 4 (0.82%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.62%) French Language
Job Titles
1 251 (51.75%) Developer
2 110 (22.68%) Senior
3 90 (18.56%) Software Engineer
4 73 (15.05%) Senior Developer
5 72 (14.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 58 (11.96%) Lead
7 50 (10.31%) Software Developer
8 42 (8.66%) Trainee
9 39 (8.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 31 (6.39%) .NET Developer
11 23 (4.74%) Java Developer
11 23 (4.74%) Senior Software Engineer
12 22 (4.54%) Lead Software Engineer
12 22 (4.54%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 21 (4.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 18 (3.71%) Lead Developer
15 17 (3.51%) Trainee Developer
16 16 (3.30%) JavaScript Developer
17 15 (3.09%) Senior Software Developer
17 15 (3.09%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (29.90%) React
2 140 (28.87%) HTML
3 134 (27.63%) CSS
4 108 (22.27%) .NET
5 104 (21.44%) Node.js
6 64 (13.20%) AngularJS
7 52 (10.72%) REST
8 49 (10.10%) Vue
9 43 (8.87%) RESTful
10 39 (8.04%) .NET Core
11 28 (5.77%) ASP.NET
11 28 (5.77%) Spring
12 25 (5.15%) Spring Boot
13 23 (4.74%) HTML5
14 21 (4.33%) CSS3
15 18 (3.71%) ASP.NET Core
16 17 (3.51%) Blazor
16 17 (3.51%) Laravel
17 16 (3.30%) .NET Framework
18 14 (2.89%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (7.22%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.15%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.12%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
4 17 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 11 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (2.27%) Onboarding
7 9 (1.86%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.65%) Legacy Code
8 8 (1.65%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.44%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (1.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.03%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.03%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.03%) e-Learning
11 5 (1.03%) Social Media
12 4 (0.82%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.03%) Android
2 4 (0.82%) Linux
2 4 (0.82%) Windows
3 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.62%) CentOS
3 3 (0.62%) Debian
3 3 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.62%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (38.76%) Full-Stack Development
2 179 (36.91%) Agile
3 137 (28.25%) Software Engineering
4 135 (27.84%) Mentoring
5 129 (26.60%) CI/CD
6 92 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
7 90 (18.56%) DevOps
8 84 (17.32%) Microservices
9 75 (15.46%) AI
10 59 (12.16%) Scrum
11 58 (11.96%) Test Automation
12 56 (11.55%) TDD
13 55 (11.34%) Front End Development
14 54 (11.13%) Continuous Improvement
15 47 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
16 45 (9.28%) Kanban
17 43 (8.87%) Web Development
18 39 (8.04%) Coaching
18 39 (8.04%) Containerisation
18 39 (8.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 144 (29.69%) Python
2 130 (26.80%) TypeScript
3 127 (26.19%) C#
4 122 (25.15%) Java
5 116 (23.92%) SQL
6 44 (9.07%) PHP
7 31 (6.39%) R
8 9 (1.86%) C++
9 7 (1.44%) Groovy
10 4 (0.82%) C
10 4 (0.82%) Go
10 4 (0.82%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.62%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.62%) Bash
11 3 (0.62%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.62%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (10.93%) AWS Certification
2 49 (10.10%) Microsoft Certification
3 48 (9.90%) Azure Certification
4 42 (8.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 29 (5.98%) Degree
6 22 (4.54%) Security Cleared
7 12 (2.47%) SC Cleared
8 11 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (1.86%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.65%) DV Cleared
11 6 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
14 1 (0.21%) Master's Degree
14 1 (0.21%) MBA
14 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.36%) Accessibility
2 25 (5.15%) QA
3 5 (1.03%) GDPR
4 4 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.82%) SLA
4 4 (0.82%) WCAG
5 3 (0.62%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.62%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.41%) PMO
7 1 (0.21%) HL7
7 1 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 57 (11.75%) Docker
2 4 (0.82%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (9.28%) Terraform
2 32 (6.60%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.44%) Ansible
4 3 (0.62%) HP Fortify
4 3 (0.62%) Puppet
5 2 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.41%) Nagios
5 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 100 (20.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.68%) Google
3 12 (2.47%) HubSpot
4 11 (2.27%) Splunk
5 10 (2.06%) Adobe
6 7 (1.44%) Oracle
7 6 (1.24%) AppDynamics
8 5 (1.03%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.03%) Pega
8 5 (1.03%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.03%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.82%) Apple
9 4 (0.82%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.82%) Facebook
9 4 (0.82%) Sony
9 4 (0.82%) Yahoo!
10 3 (0.62%) SaltStack
10 3 (0.62%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.41%) New Relic
11 2 (0.41%) WSO2