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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 28 21
Rank change year-on-year -38 -7 -6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 464 696 1,411
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.52% 9.38% 8.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.98% 28.68% 28.90%
Number of salaries quoted 389 378 1,218
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 £85,500 £96,250 £77,875
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 2,904 2,427 4,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.76% 32.70% 29.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,073 1,493 4,168
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 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.49% -3.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,987 £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 9 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 9 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 -51 217 £55,000 -5.17% 104
Yorkshire -23 201 £54,250 -7.50% 77
North East -31 46 £50,000 +2.56% 35
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 27 (5.82%) WordPress
2 14 (3.02%) CMS
3 9 (1.94%) OpenStack
4 8 (1.72%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.29%) Apache
6 5 (1.08%) JBoss
7 4 (0.86%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.86%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.65%) IIS
8 3 (0.65%) nginx
9 2 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.43%) CICS
9 2 (0.43%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.22%) Confluence
10 1 (0.22%) PegaRULES
10 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.22%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.86%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.72%) Shopify
3 4 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.65%) Magento
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 227 (48.92%) AWS
2 211 (45.47%) Azure
3 107 (23.06%) GitHub
4 64 (13.79%) Serverless
5 27 (5.82%) Amazon ECS
6 26 (5.60%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (5.60%) GCP
7 23 (4.96%) SaaS
8 19 (4.09%) Power Automate
8 19 (4.09%) Power Platform
9 18 (3.88%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (3.23%) PowerApps
11 14 (3.02%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (2.59%) Amazon S3
14 10 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
15 6 (1.29%) Apigee
15 6 (1.29%) Datadog
15 6 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 86 (18.53%) Internet
2 4 (0.86%) HTTP
3 3 (0.65%) AMQP
3 3 (0.65%) Firewall
4 2 (0.43%) Intranet
4 2 (0.43%) SSL
5 1 (0.22%) Broadband
5 1 (0.22%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.22%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.22%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.68%) MySQL
2 29 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 22 (4.74%) NoSQL
4 20 (4.31%) SQL Server
5 18 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (3.66%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.94%) Power BI
9 8 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (1.51%) DynamoDB
11 6 (1.29%) Big Data
11 6 (1.29%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.29%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (1.08%) GIS
12 5 (1.08%) MariaDB
13 4 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.86%) QGIS
14 3 (0.65%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 164 (35.34%) Git
2 31 (6.68%) Jenkins
3 26 (5.60%) JIRA
4 10 (2.16%) GitLab
5 7 (1.51%) Maven
5 7 (1.51%) PHPUnit
5 7 (1.51%) Selenium
6 6 (1.29%) JUnit
6 6 (1.29%) Postman
7 5 (1.08%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.86%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.86%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.86%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.86%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.65%) 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 86 (18.53%) Multimedia
2 82 (17.67%) Social Skills
3 34 (7.33%) Finance
4 27 (5.82%) Public Sector
5 19 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.45%) Retail
7 14 (3.02%) Marketing
8 11 (2.37%) Law
9 8 (1.72%) Games
10 6 (1.29%) Legal
11 5 (1.08%) Advertising
11 5 (1.08%) Agriculture
11 5 (1.08%) Automotive
11 5 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.86%) Back Office
12 4 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (0.65%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.65%) Banking
13 3 (0.65%) French Language
13 3 (0.65%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 249 (53.66%) Developer
2 95 (20.47%) Senior
3 86 (18.53%) Trainee
4 80 (17.24%) Full-Stack Developer
5 69 (14.87%) Software Engineer
6 66 (14.22%) Senior Developer
7 55 (11.85%) Software Developer
8 46 (9.91%) Lead
9 36 (7.76%) Trainee Developer
10 34 (7.33%) Trainee Software Developer
11 28 (6.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 27 (5.82%) Java Developer
13 23 (4.96%) Administrator
13 23 (4.96%) Trainee Administrator
13 23 (4.96%) Web Administrator
14 21 (4.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 21 (4.53%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (4.09%) .NET Developer
16 17 (3.66%) Lead Software Engineer
16 17 (3.66%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (39.22%) CSS
1 182 (39.22%) HTML
2 132 (28.45%) React
3 88 (18.97%) .NET
3 88 (18.97%) Node.js
4 59 (12.72%) AngularJS
5 50 (10.78%) REST
6 47 (10.13%) Vue
7 33 (7.11%) Spring Boot
8 32 (6.90%) Spring
9 30 (6.47%) RESTful
10 28 (6.03%) .NET Core
11 22 (4.74%) ASP.NET
12 20 (4.31%) HTML5
12 20 (4.31%) Laravel
13 18 (3.88%) Kafka
13 18 (3.88%) Web Services
14 17 (3.66%) CSS3
15 12 (2.59%) Flask
15 12 (2.59%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.03%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.82%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (4.31%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (2.59%) Product Ownership
4 12 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.94%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.51%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.51%) Legacy Code
6 7 (1.51%) Low-Code
7 5 (1.08%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.08%) NHS
7 5 (1.08%) Private Cloud
8 4 (0.86%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.65%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.65%) Life Science
9 3 (0.65%) PKI
9 3 (0.65%) Social Media
9 3 (0.65%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.29%) Linux
2 4 (0.86%) Android
2 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.86%) Windows
3 3 (0.65%) CentOS
3 3 (0.65%) Debian
3 3 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.65%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (35.56%) Mentoring
2 153 (32.97%) Full-Stack Development
3 149 (32.11%) Agile
4 104 (22.41%) Software Engineering
5 98 (21.12%) CI/CD
6 81 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (17.24%) Cybersecurity
8 71 (15.30%) Microservices
9 57 (12.28%) DevOps
10 56 (12.07%) Scrum
11 51 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (10.13%) Front End Development
13 45 (9.70%) Web Development
14 44 (9.48%) AI
14 44 (9.48%) TDD
15 40 (8.62%) Kanban
16 38 (8.19%) Containerisation
17 36 (7.76%) User Experience
18 33 (7.11%) Test Automation
19 31 (6.68%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 181 (39.01%) Python
2 112 (24.14%) TypeScript
3 101 (21.77%) Java
4 99 (21.34%) C#
5 76 (16.38%) SQL
6 53 (11.42%) R
7 36 (7.76%) PHP
8 7 (1.51%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.29%) C
10 5 (1.08%) Groovy
11 4 (0.86%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.65%) Bash
12 3 (0.65%) C++
12 3 (0.65%) Go
12 3 (0.65%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 102 (21.98%) AWS Certification
2 99 (21.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 98 (21.12%) Azure Certification
4 86 (18.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 32 (6.90%) Degree
6 19 (4.09%) Security Cleared
7 15 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 14 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.59%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.94%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.94%) SC Cleared
11 5 (1.08%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.09%) Accessibility
2 12 (2.59%) QA
3 6 (1.29%) GDPR
4 4 (0.86%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.86%) SLA
5 3 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.65%) WCAG
6 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.22%) HL7
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 53 (11.42%) Docker
2 5 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (7.97%) Terraform
2 31 (6.68%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.72%) Ansible
4 4 (0.86%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.65%) 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
1 128 (27.59%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.59%) Oracle
3 10 (2.16%) Atlassian
4 9 (1.94%) Google
5 7 (1.51%) HubSpot
6 6 (1.29%) Adobe
7 5 (1.08%) Pega
7 5 (1.08%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.08%) Splunk
8 3 (0.65%) New Relic
8 3 (0.65%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.43%) Adyen
9 2 (0.43%) AppDynamics
9 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.43%) WSO2
10 1 (0.22%) Facebook
10 1 (0.22%) Intapp
10 1 (0.22%) Netlify
10 1 (0.22%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.22%) Optimizely