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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 36 21
Rank change year-on-year -25 -15 +3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 512 666 1,308
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.45% 7.08% 7.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.67% 24.85% 26.63%
Number of salaries quoted 446 299 1,064
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £32,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £74,996 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £96,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% +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 3,491 2,680 4,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.71% 28.50% 27.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2,647 1,426 3,878
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,933
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -22 273 £55,000 -4.35% 57
Yorkshire +2 177 £57,500 - 36
North East -15 62 £52,000 +4.00% 19
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 24 (4.69%) SharePoint
1 24 (4.69%) WordPress
2 12 (2.34%) CMS
3 10 (1.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 7 (1.37%) IIS
5 6 (1.17%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.78%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.78%) JBoss
7 3 (0.59%) Apache
7 3 (0.59%) Confluence
8 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.39%) CICS
8 2 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.20%) nginx
9 1 (0.20%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.78%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (2.34%) Shopify
2 4 (0.78%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.59%) Magento
4 2 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 200 (39.06%) AWS
1 200 (39.06%) Azure
2 65 (12.70%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (11.72%) Serverless
4 52 (10.16%) GitHub
5 40 (7.81%) Power Automate
6 39 (7.62%) Power Platform
7 34 (6.64%) SaaS
8 32 (6.25%) PowerApps
9 28 (5.47%) Amazon ECS
10 27 (5.27%) AWS Lambda
11 26 (5.08%) GCP
12 22 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (3.71%) Azure AI
13 19 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (3.32%) Microsoft Copilot
15 13 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (2.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 12 (2.34%) Amazon S3
16 12 (2.34%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.49%) Internet
2 4 (0.78%) Firewall
3 3 (0.59%) HTTP
3 3 (0.59%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.39%) AMQP
5 1 (0.20%) Broadband
5 1 (0.20%) Network Security
5 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (10.94%) MongoDB
2 55 (10.74%) MySQL
3 35 (6.84%) SQL Server
4 32 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
4 32 (6.25%) Relational Database
5 30 (5.86%) PostgreSQL
6 28 (5.47%) NoSQL
7 16 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (2.54%) MariaDB
9 12 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (2.15%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (2.15%) Power BI
11 10 (1.95%) DynamoDB
12 9 (1.76%) Redis
13 7 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 6 (1.17%) GIS
15 5 (0.98%) Big Data
15 5 (0.98%) Neo4j
16 4 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
16 4 (0.78%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 102 (19.92%) Git
2 29 (5.66%) Jenkins
3 26 (5.08%) GitLab
4 21 (4.10%) JIRA
5 14 (2.73%) Maven
6 11 (2.15%) Cypress.io
7 9 (1.76%) JUnit
7 9 (1.76%) Spock
8 7 (1.37%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.17%) PHPUnit
9 6 (1.17%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.98%) Postman
10 5 (0.98%) Storybook
11 4 (0.78%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.78%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.78%) IntelliJ
11 4 (0.78%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.78%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.78%) Selenium
12 3 (0.59%) SonarQube
General
1 82 (16.02%) Social Skills
2 56 (10.94%) Public Sector
3 48 (9.38%) Finance
4 35 (6.84%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.27%) Marketing
6 19 (3.71%) Multimedia
7 17 (3.32%) Retail
8 13 (2.54%) Law
9 9 (1.76%) Legal
10 8 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.17%) Publishing
13 5 (0.98%) Advertising
13 5 (0.98%) Agriculture
13 5 (0.98%) Automotive
13 5 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.98%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.78%) Back Office
14 4 (0.78%) Banking
14 4 (0.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 262 (51.17%) Developer
2 119 (23.24%) Senior
3 100 (19.53%) Software Engineer
4 73 (14.26%) Full-Stack Developer
5 69 (13.48%) Senior Developer
6 61 (11.91%) Lead
7 45 (8.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 44 (8.59%) .NET Developer
9 35 (6.84%) Software Developer
10 27 (5.27%) Senior Software Engineer
11 25 (4.88%) Lead Software Engineer
12 23 (4.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 21 (4.10%) Java Developer
14 19 (3.71%) Trainee
15 17 (3.32%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 15 (2.93%) Lead Developer
16 15 (2.93%) Senior Software Developer
16 15 (2.93%) Test Engineer
16 15 (2.93%) Trainee Administrator
16 15 (2.93%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (32.03%) React
2 136 (26.56%) HTML
3 131 (25.59%) .NET
4 129 (25.20%) Node.js
5 124 (24.22%) CSS
6 72 (14.06%) AngularJS
7 56 (10.94%) Vue
8 51 (9.96%) .NET Core
8 51 (9.96%) RESTful
9 47 (9.18%) ASP.NET
10 46 (8.98%) REST
11 36 (7.03%) ASP.NET Core
12 29 (5.66%) Blazor
13 28 (5.47%) Spring
14 25 (4.88%) HTML5
15 23 (4.49%) .NET Framework
16 22 (4.30%) CSS3
16 22 (4.30%) Spring Boot
17 21 (4.10%) Entity Framework
18 20 (3.91%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.20%) Cloud Native
2 29 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
3 26 (5.08%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (4.69%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (4.30%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.34%) Private Cloud
8 11 (2.15%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.15%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.76%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (1.56%) Legacy Code
10 8 (1.56%) Low-Code
11 7 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
11 7 (1.37%) Social Media
12 6 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.17%) BBC
12 6 (1.17%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.98%) e-Learning
13 5 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
13 5 (0.98%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.37%) Android
2 4 (0.78%) Windows
3 3 (0.59%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.59%) Linux
4 2 (0.39%) CentOS
4 2 (0.39%) Debian
4 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (43.36%) Full-Stack Development
2 217 (42.38%) Agile
3 155 (30.27%) CI/CD
3 155 (30.27%) Software Engineering
4 125 (24.41%) DevOps
4 125 (24.41%) Mentoring
5 107 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (20.31%) AI
7 96 (18.75%) Microservices
8 75 (14.65%) Test Automation
9 74 (14.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 64 (12.50%) Scrum
11 63 (12.30%) TDD
12 56 (10.94%) Front End Development
13 53 (10.35%) Technical Leadership
14 48 (9.38%) Kanban
14 48 (9.38%) Web Development
15 45 (8.79%) Coaching
16 41 (8.01%) Containerisation
17 35 (6.84%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 155 (30.27%) TypeScript
2 150 (29.30%) C#
3 134 (26.17%) SQL
4 122 (23.83%) Java
5 117 (22.85%) Python
6 50 (9.77%) PHP
7 21 (4.10%) R
8 9 (1.76%) C++
9 8 (1.56%) Groovy
10 6 (1.17%) Go
11 4 (0.78%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.59%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.59%) Bash
12 3 (0.59%) C
12 3 (0.59%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.59%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.39%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.39%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 33 (6.45%) Security Cleared
2 26 (5.08%) Degree
3 24 (4.69%) AWS Certification
4 22 (4.30%) SC Cleared
5 20 (3.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 19 (3.71%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.78%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.78%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.78%) MBA
10 3 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.42%) Accessibility
2 35 (6.84%) QA
3 8 (1.56%) WCAG
4 6 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.98%) GDPR
6 4 (0.78%) SLA
7 3 (0.59%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.59%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.39%) PMO
9 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 65 (12.70%) Docker
2 3 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 42 (8.20%) Terraform
2 34 (6.64%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.17%) Ansible
4 3 (0.59%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.39%) Puppet
6 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.20%) Nagios
6 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (19.14%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.32%) Google
3 15 (2.93%) Adobe
4 13 (2.54%) Splunk
5 12 (2.34%) HubSpot
6 9 (1.76%) AppDynamics
7 7 (1.37%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.17%) Apple
8 6 (1.17%) Facebook
8 6 (1.17%) Sony
8 6 (1.17%) Yahoo!
9 5 (0.98%) Pega
9 5 (0.98%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.78%) Oracle
11 3 (0.59%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.59%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.39%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.39%) SaltStack
12 2 (0.39%) WSO2