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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 31 20
Rank change year-on-year -33 -11 -5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 463 538 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.50% 7.48% 8.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.37% 23.64% 28.90%
Number of salaries quoted 382 383 1,208
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,063 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.73% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £96,000 £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 2,828 2,276 4,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.27% 31.65% 29.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,000 1,498 4,136
10th Percentile £33,225 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +7.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £74,258 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,954 £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 5 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 5 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 -31 214 £52,500 -8.70% 95
Yorkshire -20 205 £53,000 -7.83% 73
North East -21 44 £48,750 - 30
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 26 (5.62%) WordPress
2 14 (3.02%) CMS
3 9 (1.94%) OpenStack
4 8 (1.73%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.51%) Apache
6 5 (1.08%) JBoss
7 4 (0.86%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.86%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.86%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.65%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.65%) nginx
9 2 (0.43%) CICS
9 2 (0.43%) IIS
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 (1.73%) Shopify
3 4 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.65%) Magento
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 231 (49.89%) AWS
2 217 (46.87%) Azure
3 112 (24.19%) GitHub
4 67 (14.47%) Serverless
5 27 (5.83%) Amazon ECS
5 27 (5.83%) GCP
6 23 (4.97%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (4.97%) SaaS
7 19 (4.10%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (4.10%) Power Automate
7 19 (4.10%) Power Platform
8 15 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (3.24%) PowerApps
9 14 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (2.59%) Amazon S3
11 10 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
12 6 (1.30%) Apigee
12 6 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
12 6 (1.30%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 94 (20.30%) Internet
2 4 (0.86%) AMQP
2 4 (0.86%) HTTP
3 3 (0.65%) Firewall
4 2 (0.43%) Intranet
4 2 (0.43%) OpenVPN
4 2 (0.43%) SSH
4 2 (0.43%) SSL
5 1 (0.22%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.05%) MySQL
2 27 (5.83%) Relational Database
3 21 (4.54%) NoSQL
4 19 (4.10%) SQL Server
5 17 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (3.24%) MongoDB
7 11 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.94%) Power BI
9 8 (1.73%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.73%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.51%) Big Data
11 6 (1.30%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.08%) GIS
13 4 (0.86%) Cloudera CDH
13 4 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.86%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.86%) QGIS
14 3 (0.65%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 169 (36.50%) Git
2 29 (6.26%) Jenkins
3 28 (6.05%) JIRA
4 7 (1.51%) GitLab
4 7 (1.51%) PHPUnit
4 7 (1.51%) Selenium
5 6 (1.30%) Maven
5 6 (1.30%) Postman
6 5 (1.08%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.86%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.86%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.86%) JUnit
7 4 (0.86%) REST Assured
7 4 (0.86%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.65%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.43%) JMeter
9 2 (0.43%) Subversion
9 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
General
1 94 (20.30%) Multimedia
2 85 (18.36%) Social Skills
3 30 (6.48%) Finance
4 26 (5.62%) Public Sector
5 17 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (3.67%) Retail
6 11 (2.38%) Law
6 11 (2.38%) Marketing
7 8 (1.73%) Games
8 6 (1.30%) Legal
9 5 (1.08%) Advertising
9 5 (1.08%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.86%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.86%) Agriculture
10 4 (0.86%) Automotive
11 3 (0.65%) Back Office
11 3 (0.65%) French Language
11 3 (0.65%) Italian Language
11 3 (0.65%) Portuguese Language
11 3 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 246 (53.13%) Developer
2 94 (20.30%) Trainee
3 92 (19.87%) Senior
4 80 (17.28%) Full-Stack Developer
5 69 (14.90%) Software Engineer
6 62 (13.39%) Senior Developer
7 55 (11.88%) Software Developer
8 43 (9.29%) Lead
9 40 (8.64%) Trainee Developer
10 38 (8.21%) Trainee Software Developer
11 26 (5.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 24 (5.18%) Java Developer
13 23 (4.97%) Administrator
13 23 (4.97%) Trainee Administrator
13 23 (4.97%) Web Administrator
14 22 (4.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 21 (4.54%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 17 (3.67%) .NET Developer
17 16 (3.46%) Lead Software Engineer
17 16 (3.46%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 185 (39.96%) CSS
1 185 (39.96%) HTML
2 131 (28.29%) React
3 88 (19.01%) Node.js
4 84 (18.14%) .NET
5 55 (11.88%) AngularJS
6 51 (11.02%) REST
7 45 (9.72%) Vue
8 33 (7.13%) Spring Boot
9 30 (6.48%) Spring
10 29 (6.26%) RESTful
11 25 (5.40%) .NET Core
12 20 (4.32%) Laravel
13 18 (3.89%) ASP.NET
13 18 (3.89%) HTML5
13 18 (3.89%) Kafka
13 18 (3.89%) Web Services
14 15 (3.24%) CSS3
15 13 (2.81%) Next.js
16 11 (2.38%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.83%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.40%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.97%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (4.32%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.51%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.51%) Legacy Code
7 7 (1.51%) Low-Code
7 7 (1.51%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.08%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.08%) NHS
10 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.86%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.86%) Social Media
11 3 (0.65%) Data Centre
11 3 (0.65%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.73%) Linux
2 4 (0.86%) Android
2 4 (0.86%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.86%) CentOS
2 4 (0.86%) Debian
2 4 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (0.86%) Ubuntu
2 4 (0.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (37.15%) Mentoring
2 145 (31.32%) Full-Stack Development
3 141 (30.45%) Agile
4 103 (22.25%) Software Engineering
5 92 (19.87%) CI/CD
6 87 (18.79%) Cybersecurity
7 84 (18.14%) Problem-Solving
8 68 (14.69%) Microservices
9 54 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (11.45%) Scrum
11 52 (11.23%) DevOps
12 45 (9.72%) Front End Development
13 43 (9.29%) Web Development
14 38 (8.21%) AI
14 38 (8.21%) Kanban
14 38 (8.21%) TDD
15 37 (7.99%) Containerisation
15 37 (7.99%) User Experience
16 31 (6.70%) E-Commerce
17 30 (6.48%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 186 (40.17%) Python
2 111 (23.97%) TypeScript
3 98 (21.17%) Java
4 94 (20.30%) C#
5 69 (14.90%) SQL
6 56 (12.10%) R
7 32 (6.91%) PHP
8 9 (1.94%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.51%) C
10 4 (0.86%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.65%) Bash
11 3 (0.65%) C++
11 3 (0.65%) Go
11 3 (0.65%) Groovy
11 3 (0.65%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.43%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 112 (24.19%) AWS Certification
2 109 (23.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 108 (23.33%) Azure Certification
4 94 (20.30%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 35 (7.56%) Degree
6 21 (4.54%) Security Cleared
7 17 (3.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 14 (3.02%) TOGAF Certification
10 10 (2.16%) DV Cleared
10 10 (2.16%) SC Cleared
11 7 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.08%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.65%) AWS Certified Developer
13 3 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.32%) Accessibility
2 10 (2.16%) QA
3 6 (1.30%) 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 47 (10.15%) Docker
2 5 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (7.99%) Terraform
2 31 (6.70%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.94%) Ansible
4 4 (0.86%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.86%) Puppet
5 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.43%) cPanel
5 2 (0.43%) Nagios
5 2 (0.43%) Plesk
5 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 136 (29.37%) Microsoft
2 13 (2.81%) Oracle
3 12 (2.59%) Atlassian
4 11 (2.38%) Google
5 6 (1.30%) HubSpot
5 6 (1.30%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.08%) Pega
7 4 (0.86%) Adobe
7 4 (0.86%) SaltStack
8 3 (0.65%) New Relic
9 2 (0.43%) Adyen
9 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.43%) Splunk
9 2 (0.43%) WSO2
10 1 (0.22%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.22%) Intapp
10 1 (0.22%) Netlify
10 1 (0.22%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.22%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.22%) Screaming Frog