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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 36 21
Rank change year-on-year -22 -15 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 531 650 996
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.32% 6.81% 6.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.70% 24.56% 25.66%
Number of salaries quoted 460 284 675
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £86,250 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £61,834
% change year-on-year -11.54% +5.12% -4.87%

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 3,613 2,647 3,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.76% 27.75% 26.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,756 1,382 2,695
10th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,751 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -3.85%

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 30 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 30 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 -19 300 £54,250 -8.44% 112
Yorkshire -9 151 £57,500 - 58
North East -13 80 £52,000 +4.00% 32
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 32 (6.03%) SharePoint
2 28 (5.27%) WordPress
3 13 (2.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 13 (2.45%) CMS
4 8 (1.51%) IIS
5 6 (1.13%) SharePoint Server
6 3 (0.56%) Apache
6 3 (0.56%) Confluence
6 3 (0.56%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.38%) CICS
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.38%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.38%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.75%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.19%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 12 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (2.07%) Shopify
3 5 (0.94%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.38%) Magento
5 2 (0.38%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 206 (38.79%) Azure
2 197 (37.10%) AWS
3 70 (13.18%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (10.55%) Serverless
5 55 (10.36%) Power Platform
6 54 (10.17%) Power Automate
7 51 (9.60%) GitHub
8 41 (7.72%) PowerApps
9 36 (6.78%) SaaS
10 29 (5.46%) AWS Lambda
11 27 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (4.71%) Amazon ECS
12 25 (4.71%) GCP
13 24 (4.52%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (3.95%) Microsoft Copilot
15 20 (3.77%) Azure AI
16 14 (2.64%) Amazon EC2
16 14 (2.64%) Amazon S3
17 13 (2.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 12 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.33%) Internet
2 5 (0.94%) HTTP
3 3 (0.56%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.56%) MQTT
4 2 (0.38%) AMQP
4 2 (0.38%) Firewall
4 2 (0.38%) SSL
5 1 (0.19%) DNS
5 1 (0.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 51 (9.60%) MySQL
3 40 (7.53%) SQL Server
4 33 (6.21%) Azure SQL Database
5 32 (6.03%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (5.46%) Relational Database
7 26 (4.90%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.20%) Power BI
9 15 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
10 13 (2.45%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (2.45%) MariaDB
11 10 (1.88%) Redis
12 9 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 8 (1.51%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.32%) GIS
15 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.75%) Big Data
16 4 (0.75%) Neo4j
16 4 (0.75%) Spark SQL
17 3 (0.56%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 118 (22.22%) Git
2 31 (5.84%) GitLab
3 24 (4.52%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.20%) JIRA
4 17 (3.20%) Maven
5 14 (2.64%) JUnit
6 12 (2.26%) Cypress.io
6 12 (2.26%) Spock
7 8 (1.51%) Storybook
8 6 (1.13%) IntelliJ
8 6 (1.13%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.94%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.94%) Postman
10 4 (0.75%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.75%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.75%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.75%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.75%) Selenium
11 3 (0.56%) PHPUnit
12 2 (0.38%) Mockito
General
1 96 (18.08%) Social Skills
2 69 (12.99%) Public Sector
3 48 (9.04%) Finance
4 42 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (6.78%) Marketing
6 19 (3.58%) Multimedia
7 16 (3.01%) Retail
8 14 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.45%) Law
10 11 (2.07%) Publishing
11 10 (1.88%) Legal
12 8 (1.51%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.94%) Agriculture
13 5 (0.94%) Automotive
13 5 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.75%) Advertising
14 4 (0.75%) Back Office
14 4 (0.75%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 283 (53.30%) Developer
2 106 (19.96%) Senior
3 90 (16.95%) Software Engineer
4 66 (12.43%) Full-Stack Developer
5 64 (12.05%) Senior Developer
6 58 (10.92%) Lead
7 43 (8.10%) .NET Developer
8 39 (7.34%) Software Developer
9 38 (7.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 31 (5.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 24 (4.52%) Senior Software Engineer
12 23 (4.33%) Lead Software Engineer
13 19 (3.58%) Lead Developer
13 19 (3.58%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 19 (3.58%) Trainee
14 18 (3.39%) Java Developer
15 15 (2.82%) Administrator
15 15 (2.82%) Test Engineer
15 15 (2.82%) Trainee Administrator
15 15 (2.82%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (30.89%) HTML
2 151 (28.44%) CSS
3 148 (27.87%) React
4 129 (24.29%) Node.js
5 128 (24.11%) .NET
6 69 (12.99%) AngularJS
7 53 (9.98%) .NET Core
7 53 (9.98%) RESTful
8 52 (9.79%) ASP.NET
9 51 (9.60%) REST
10 49 (9.23%) Vue
11 38 (7.16%) Terraform
12 37 (6.97%) ASP.NET Core
13 32 (6.03%) Blazor
13 32 (6.03%) Spring
14 28 (5.27%) CSS3
15 27 (5.08%) HTML5
16 24 (4.52%) .NET Framework
16 24 (4.52%) HTML5 Canvas
17 21 (3.95%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (6.97%) Cloud Native
2 34 (6.40%) Distributed Systems
3 29 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (4.52%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
6 16 (3.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 15 (2.82%) Private Cloud
8 12 (2.26%) Product Ownership
9 11 (2.07%) Marketing Technology
10 10 (1.88%) Low-Code
11 9 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
11 9 (1.69%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
13 7 (1.32%) Mobile App
13 7 (1.32%) Social Media
14 6 (1.13%) AI Agents
14 6 (1.13%) BBC
14 6 (1.13%) Legacy Code
15 5 (0.94%) e-Learning
15 5 (0.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.75%) Android
1 4 (0.75%) Linux
2 3 (0.56%) VMS
2 3 (0.56%) Windows
3 2 (0.38%) CentOS
3 2 (0.38%) Debian
3 2 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (45.57%) Agile
2 218 (41.05%) Full-Stack Development
3 182 (34.27%) CI/CD
4 155 (29.19%) Software Engineering
5 140 (26.37%) Mentoring
6 137 (25.80%) DevOps
7 111 (20.90%) Problem-Solving
8 110 (20.72%) AI
9 102 (19.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 93 (17.51%) Microservices
11 86 (16.20%) Test Automation
12 69 (12.99%) TDD
13 63 (11.86%) Technical Leadership
14 62 (11.68%) Scrum
15 61 (11.49%) Front End Development
16 55 (10.36%) Coaching
17 54 (10.17%) Web Development
18 45 (8.47%) Kanban
19 42 (7.91%) Clean Code
20 39 (7.34%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 163 (30.70%) TypeScript
2 162 (30.51%) C#
3 149 (28.06%) SQL
4 127 (23.92%) Java
5 117 (22.03%) Python
6 45 (8.47%) PHP
7 21 (3.95%) R
8 16 (3.01%) C++
9 9 (1.69%) Go
10 8 (1.51%) Groovy
11 7 (1.32%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.94%) C
13 4 (0.75%) VB.NET
14 3 (0.56%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.56%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.38%) Dart
15 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.19%) Bash
16 1 (0.19%) Rust
Qualifications
1 49 (9.23%) Security Cleared
2 39 (7.34%) SC Cleared
3 32 (6.03%) Degree
4 24 (4.52%) AWS Certification
5 20 (3.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (3.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 19 (3.58%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.75%) MBA
10 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.38%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (9.79%) Accessibility
2 50 (9.42%) QA
3 21 (3.95%) WCAG
4 6 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.75%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.56%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) PMO
8 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 71 (13.37%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 41 (7.72%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.32%) Ansible
3 2 (0.38%) Puppet
4 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.19%) Argo
4 1 (0.19%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.19%) Nagios
4 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 110 (20.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.77%) Google
3 18 (3.39%) Adobe
4 16 (3.01%) Splunk
5 12 (2.26%) AppDynamics
5 12 (2.26%) HubSpot
6 8 (1.51%) Sage
7 7 (1.32%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.13%) Apple
8 6 (1.13%) Facebook
8 6 (1.13%) Sony
8 6 (1.13%) Yahoo!
9 5 (0.94%) Pega
9 5 (0.94%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.94%) SAP
10 4 (0.75%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.56%) Confluent
11 3 (0.56%) Dynatrace
11 3 (0.56%) Oracle
11 3 (0.56%) Red Hat