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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 32 21
Rank change year-on-year -36 -11 -6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 480 724 1,426
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.56% 9.42% 8.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.06% 27.34% 29.08%
Number of salaries quoted 406 365 1,232
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £96,250 £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 2,989 2,648 4,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.96% 34.46% 29.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,151 1,440 4,180
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,725 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,573 £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 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 15 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 -40 227 £55,000 -4.35% 139
Yorkshire -17 205 £55,000 -4.35% 108
North East -20 48 £50,000 -2.44% 38
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 28 (5.83%) WordPress
2 14 (2.92%) CMS
3 9 (1.88%) OpenStack
3 9 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.25%) Apache
5 5 (1.04%) JBoss
5 5 (1.04%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (0.83%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.83%) IIS
6 4 (0.83%) Umbraco
7 3 (0.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.63%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.63%) nginx
8 2 (0.42%) CICS
9 1 (0.21%) Confluence
9 1 (0.21%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.21%) PegaRULES
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.21%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.83%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.67%) Shopify
3 4 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.63%) Magento
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 226 (47.08%) AWS
2 213 (44.38%) Azure
3 98 (20.42%) GitHub
4 62 (12.92%) Serverless
5 34 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (5.83%) Amazon ECS
7 26 (5.42%) GCP
8 24 (5.00%) SaaS
9 20 (4.17%) Power Automate
9 20 (4.17%) Power Platform
10 19 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (3.33%) PowerApps
12 15 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (2.71%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.71%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (2.08%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 7 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
17 6 (1.25%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 76 (15.83%) Internet
2 4 (0.83%) HTTP
3 3 (0.63%) AMQP
3 3 (0.63%) Firewall
4 2 (0.42%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.42%) Intranet
4 2 (0.42%) SSL
5 1 (0.21%) Broadband
5 1 (0.21%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.21%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (8.13%) MySQL
2 32 (6.67%) Relational Database
3 28 (5.83%) NoSQL
4 25 (5.21%) MongoDB
5 24 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
6 20 (4.17%) SQL Server
7 12 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (2.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (1.88%) Power BI
9 8 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
9 8 (1.67%) DynamoDB
10 7 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (1.46%) MariaDB
10 7 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (1.25%) Big Data
11 6 (1.25%) RDBMS
12 5 (1.04%) GIS
13 4 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
13 4 (0.83%) QGIS
14 3 (0.63%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 161 (33.54%) Git
2 32 (6.67%) Jenkins
3 24 (5.00%) JIRA
4 14 (2.92%) GitLab
5 9 (1.88%) Maven
6 8 (1.67%) JUnit
7 7 (1.46%) PHPUnit
7 7 (1.46%) Selenium
8 6 (1.25%) Postman
9 5 (1.04%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.83%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.83%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.83%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.83%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.83%) Spock
11 3 (0.63%) IntelliJ
12 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.42%) JMeter
12 2 (0.42%) Subversion
12 2 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (16.25%) Social Skills
2 76 (15.83%) Multimedia
3 43 (8.96%) Public Sector
4 39 (8.13%) Finance
5 21 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.54%) Marketing
6 17 (3.54%) Retail
7 11 (2.29%) Law
8 8 (1.67%) Games
9 7 (1.46%) Legal
10 5 (1.04%) Advertising
10 5 (1.04%) Agriculture
10 5 (1.04%) Automotive
10 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.83%) Back Office
11 4 (0.83%) Banking
11 4 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.63%) French Language
12 3 (0.63%) Italian Language
12 3 (0.63%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 248 (51.67%) Developer
2 106 (22.08%) Senior
3 81 (16.88%) Software Engineer
4 80 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
5 76 (15.83%) Trainee
6 70 (14.58%) Senior Developer
7 53 (11.04%) Software Developer
8 50 (10.42%) Lead
9 31 (6.46%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 30 (6.25%) Trainee Developer
11 29 (6.04%) Java Developer
12 28 (5.83%) Trainee Software Developer
13 24 (5.00%) Senior Software Engineer
14 23 (4.79%) Administrator
14 23 (4.79%) Trainee Administrator
14 23 (4.79%) Web Administrator
15 22 (4.58%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 22 (4.58%) Lead Software Engineer
16 21 (4.38%) .NET Developer
16 21 (4.38%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (36.04%) HTML
2 172 (35.83%) CSS
3 134 (27.92%) React
4 97 (20.21%) Node.js
5 96 (20.00%) .NET
6 61 (12.71%) AngularJS
7 50 (10.42%) REST
8 46 (9.58%) Vue
9 37 (7.71%) RESTful
10 34 (7.08%) Spring
11 33 (6.88%) Spring Boot
12 30 (6.25%) .NET Core
13 26 (5.42%) ASP.NET
14 22 (4.58%) HTML5
15 20 (4.17%) Laravel
16 19 (3.96%) CSS3
17 18 (3.75%) Kafka
18 17 (3.54%) Web Services
19 13 (2.71%) ASP.NET Core
19 13 (2.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 27 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
4 17 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
6 13 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (2.50%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.67%) Onboarding
9 7 (1.46%) Legacy Code
9 7 (1.46%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.46%) Private Cloud
10 6 (1.25%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.04%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.04%) NHS
12 4 (0.83%) Algorithms
12 4 (0.83%) Social Media
13 3 (0.63%) Data Centre
13 3 (0.63%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.46%) Linux
2 4 (0.83%) Android
2 4 (0.83%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.83%) Windows
3 3 (0.63%) CentOS
3 3 (0.63%) Debian
3 3 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (35.21%) Mentoring
2 168 (35.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 164 (34.17%) Agile
4 123 (25.63%) Software Engineering
5 114 (23.75%) CI/CD
6 84 (17.50%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (16.25%) Microservices
8 71 (14.79%) Cybersecurity
9 69 (14.38%) DevOps
10 58 (12.08%) Scrum
11 53 (11.04%) AI
12 52 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (10.63%) TDD
14 48 (10.00%) Front End Development
14 48 (10.00%) Web Development
15 43 (8.96%) Kanban
16 42 (8.75%) Test Automation
17 38 (7.92%) User Experience
18 37 (7.71%) Containerisation
19 33 (6.88%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 169 (35.21%) Python
2 120 (25.00%) Java
3 115 (23.96%) TypeScript
4 108 (22.50%) C#
5 91 (18.96%) SQL
6 50 (10.42%) R
7 39 (8.13%) PHP
8 8 (1.67%) C++
9 7 (1.46%) Groovy
10 6 (1.25%) C
11 5 (1.04%) PowerShell
12 4 (0.83%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.63%) Bash
13 3 (0.63%) Go
13 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.42%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.42%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.21%) VB
Qualifications
1 90 (18.75%) AWS Certification
2 87 (18.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 86 (17.92%) Azure Certification
4 76 (15.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 29 (6.04%) Degree
6 18 (3.75%) Security Cleared
7 13 (2.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.08%) TOGAF Certification
10 9 (1.88%) DV Cleared
10 9 (1.88%) SC Cleared
11 6 (1.25%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.63%) AWS Certified Developer
12 3 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.42%) Accessibility
2 14 (2.92%) QA
3 6 (1.25%) GDPR
4 4 (0.83%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.83%) SLA
4 4 (0.83%) WCAG
5 3 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) HL7
7 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 56 (11.67%) Docker
2 4 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (8.13%) Terraform
2 30 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.67%) Ansible
4 4 (0.83%) HP Fortify
5 3 (0.63%) Puppet
6 2 (0.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.42%) cPanel
6 2 (0.42%) Nagios
6 2 (0.42%) Plesk
6 2 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 119 (24.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (2.50%) Oracle
3 10 (2.08%) Google
4 8 (1.67%) HubSpot
4 8 (1.67%) Splunk
5 7 (1.46%) Adobe
5 7 (1.46%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.04%) Pega
6 5 (1.04%) Red Hat
7 4 (0.83%) AppDynamics
8 3 (0.63%) New Relic
8 3 (0.63%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.42%) Adyen
9 2 (0.42%) Apple
9 2 (0.42%) Facebook
9 2 (0.42%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.42%) Sony
9 2 (0.42%) WSO2
9 2 (0.42%) Yahoo!
10 1 (0.21%) Intapp