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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 37 22
Rank change year-on-year -24 -15 +6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 522 657 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.40% 6.85% 6.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.47% 24.28% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 456 290 785
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,125 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,688 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £74,985 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,125 £90,200 £75,000
England median annual salary £58,730 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.65% +8.33% -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 3,608 2,706 3,967
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.60% 28.21% 26.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,724 1,443 3,003
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,250 £72,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,850 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,375
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.00% -7.12%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -24 282 £55,000 -5.17% 109
Yorkshire +1 165 £57,500 -4.01% 57
North East -7 75 £52,000 +4.00% 20
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 29 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.17%) WordPress
3 13 (2.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.49%) CMS
4 9 (1.72%) IIS
5 6 (1.15%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.77%) JBoss
7 3 (0.57%) Apache
7 3 (0.57%) Confluence
7 3 (0.57%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.38%) CICS
8 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.19%) nginx
9 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.77%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.19%) Elementor
4 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 12 (2.30%) Shopify
2 4 (0.77%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.57%) Magento
4 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.19%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 203 (38.89%) Azure
2 199 (38.12%) AWS
3 69 (13.22%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (11.49%) Serverless
5 53 (10.15%) GitHub
6 50 (9.58%) Power Automate
6 50 (9.58%) Power Platform
7 39 (7.47%) PowerApps
8 34 (6.51%) SaaS
9 29 (5.56%) Amazon ECS
10 28 (5.36%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (5.17%) GCP
12 25 (4.79%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (4.02%) Microsoft Copilot
14 20 (3.83%) Azure AI
15 16 (3.07%) Amazon S3
16 13 (2.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 13 (2.49%) Azure Logic Apps
17 12 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.41%) Internet
2 5 (0.96%) HTTP
3 3 (0.57%) Firewall
3 3 (0.57%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.38%) AMQP
5 1 (0.19%) MQTT
5 1 (0.19%) Network Security
5 1 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (11.49%) MongoDB
2 52 (9.96%) MySQL
3 40 (7.66%) SQL Server
4 33 (6.32%) Azure SQL Database
5 32 (6.13%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (5.94%) Relational Database
7 27 (5.17%) NoSQL
8 14 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (2.68%) Power BI
9 13 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (2.49%) MariaDB
10 12 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 10 (1.92%) DynamoDB
11 10 (1.92%) Redis
12 7 (1.34%) GIS
12 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.96%) Big Data
14 4 (0.77%) Neo4j
15 3 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
15 3 (0.57%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 113 (21.65%) Git
2 30 (5.75%) GitLab
3 27 (5.17%) Jenkins
4 19 (3.64%) JIRA
5 18 (3.45%) Maven
6 11 (2.11%) Cypress.io
6 11 (2.11%) JUnit
6 11 (2.11%) Spock
7 8 (1.53%) Storybook
8 7 (1.34%) Cucumber
9 6 (1.15%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.96%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.96%) PHPUnit
10 5 (0.96%) Postman
11 4 (0.77%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.77%) REST Assured
11 4 (0.77%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.77%) Selenium
12 3 (0.57%) SonarQube
General
1 88 (16.86%) Social Skills
2 62 (11.88%) Public Sector
3 48 (9.20%) Finance
4 38 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (6.51%) Marketing
6 19 (3.64%) Multimedia
7 17 (3.26%) Retail
8 14 (2.68%) Law
9 13 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.11%) Publishing
11 10 (1.92%) Legal
12 9 (1.72%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.96%) Agriculture
13 5 (0.96%) Automotive
13 5 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (0.96%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.77%) Advertising
14 4 (0.77%) Back Office
14 4 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.77%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 278 (53.26%) Developer
2 116 (22.22%) Senior
3 94 (18.01%) Software Engineer
4 70 (13.41%) Full-Stack Developer
5 67 (12.84%) Senior Developer
6 59 (11.30%) Lead
7 44 (8.43%) .NET Developer
8 42 (8.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 39 (7.47%) Software Developer
10 26 (4.98%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 25 (4.79%) Senior Software Engineer
12 24 (4.60%) Lead Software Engineer
13 20 (3.83%) Java Developer
14 19 (3.64%) Microsoft 365 Developer
14 19 (3.64%) Trainee
15 17 (3.26%) Lead Developer
16 15 (2.87%) Administrator
16 15 (2.87%) Python Developer
16 15 (2.87%) Test Engineer
16 15 (2.87%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (29.50%) React
2 153 (29.31%) HTML
3 140 (26.82%) CSS
4 131 (25.10%) .NET
5 130 (24.90%) Node.js
6 73 (13.98%) AngularJS
7 54 (10.34%) .NET Core
8 52 (9.96%) RESTful
9 51 (9.77%) ASP.NET
10 50 (9.58%) Vue
11 49 (9.39%) REST
12 37 (7.09%) ASP.NET Core
13 31 (5.94%) Blazor
14 30 (5.75%) HTML5
15 29 (5.56%) Spring
16 27 (5.17%) CSS3
17 24 (4.60%) .NET Framework
18 21 (4.02%) Entity Framework
18 21 (4.02%) HTML5 Canvas
18 21 (4.02%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 41 (7.85%) Cloud Native
2 32 (6.13%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (5.17%) Greenfield Project
5 22 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (3.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.87%) Private Cloud
8 14 (2.68%) Product Ownership
9 11 (2.11%) Marketing Technology
10 10 (1.92%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.72%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (1.53%) Legacy Code
12 8 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (1.34%) Social Media
14 6 (1.15%) AI Agents
14 6 (1.15%) BBC
14 6 (1.15%) Mobile App
15 5 (0.96%) e-Learning
15 5 (0.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.77%) Android
1 4 (0.77%) Windows
2 3 (0.57%) Linux
3 2 (0.38%) CentOS
3 2 (0.38%) Debian
3 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
3 2 (0.38%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (43.87%) Agile
2 225 (43.10%) Full-Stack Development
3 173 (33.14%) CI/CD
4 156 (29.89%) Software Engineering
5 137 (26.25%) DevOps
6 129 (24.71%) Mentoring
7 111 (21.26%) Problem-Solving
8 109 (20.88%) AI
9 95 (18.20%) Microservices
10 85 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
11 82 (15.71%) Test Automation
12 62 (11.88%) Scrum
12 62 (11.88%) TDD
13 58 (11.11%) Front End Development
14 57 (10.92%) Technical Leadership
15 55 (10.54%) Web Development
16 47 (9.00%) Kanban
17 46 (8.81%) Coaching
18 43 (8.24%) Clean Code
19 40 (7.66%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 161 (30.84%) TypeScript
2 160 (30.65%) C#
3 135 (25.86%) SQL
4 121 (23.18%) Java
5 116 (22.22%) Python
6 48 (9.20%) PHP
7 21 (4.02%) R
8 10 (1.92%) C++
9 9 (1.72%) Groovy
10 7 (1.34%) Go
11 4 (0.77%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.57%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.57%) Bash
12 3 (0.57%) C
12 3 (0.57%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.57%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.57%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.38%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.19%) Dart
Qualifications
1 38 (7.28%) Security Cleared
2 30 (5.75%) Degree
2 30 (5.75%) SC Cleared
3 26 (4.98%) AWS Certification
4 20 (3.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (3.64%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 19 (3.64%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.96%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.77%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.77%) MBA
9 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.62%) QA
2 44 (8.43%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.49%) WCAG
4 6 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.77%) GDPR
5 4 (0.77%) SLA
6 3 (0.57%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.57%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.38%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 72 (13.79%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (7.66%) Terraform
2 37 (7.09%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.15%) Ansible
4 3 (0.57%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.38%) Puppet
6 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.19%) Nagios
6 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (21.07%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.64%) Google
3 18 (3.45%) Adobe
4 15 (2.87%) Splunk
5 12 (2.30%) HubSpot
6 11 (2.11%) AppDynamics
7 7 (1.34%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.15%) Apple
8 6 (1.15%) Facebook
8 6 (1.15%) Sony
8 6 (1.15%) Yahoo!
9 5 (0.96%) Pega
9 5 (0.96%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.77%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.57%) Confluent
11 3 (0.57%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.57%) Oracle
11 3 (0.57%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.38%) BiZZdesign
12 2 (0.38%) Sparx