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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 33 20
Rank change year-on-year -28 -13 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 496 673 1,495
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.42% 7.64% 7.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.45% 25.37% 27.90%
Number of salaries quoted 433 303 1,242
10th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £92,000 £97,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,215 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.36% -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 3,433 2,653 5,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.76% 30.11% 27.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,606 1,400 4,330
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,564 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £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 30 June 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 June 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 -25 260 £56,250 -6.25% 73
Yorkshire +3 180 £57,500 -8.00% 48
North East -12 56 £52,000 +1.46% 16
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 23 (4.64%) WordPress
2 20 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 9 (1.81%) CMS
4 6 (1.21%) IIS
4 6 (1.21%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.81%) Apache
5 4 (0.81%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.81%) JBoss
6 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.60%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.40%) CICS
7 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.20%) Confluence
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) PegaRULES
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.20%) WildFly
Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.20%) Elementor
3 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (2.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.02%) Shopify
3 4 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.60%) Magento
5 2 (0.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 198 (39.92%) Azure
2 190 (38.31%) AWS
3 62 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 62 (12.50%) Serverless
4 56 (11.29%) GitHub
5 35 (7.06%) Power Automate
5 35 (7.06%) Power Platform
6 28 (5.65%) PowerApps
6 28 (5.65%) SaaS
7 27 (5.44%) Amazon ECS
8 26 (5.24%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (5.04%) GCP
10 19 (3.83%) Azure AI
10 19 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (3.02%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (2.62%) Amazon S3
14 12 (2.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 12 (2.42%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (5.44%) Internet
2 4 (0.81%) Firewall
3 3 (0.60%) AMQP
3 3 (0.60%) HTTP
3 3 (0.60%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.20%) Broadband
4 1 (0.20%) Network Security
4 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.28%) MongoDB
1 51 (10.28%) MySQL
2 31 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 31 (6.25%) Relational Database
3 29 (5.85%) SQL Server
4 27 (5.44%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (5.24%) NoSQL
6 14 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
7 13 (2.62%) MariaDB
8 12 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (2.02%) DynamoDB
10 10 (2.02%) Power BI
11 7 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (1.21%) Big Data
12 6 (1.21%) GIS
13 5 (1.01%) Neo4j
13 5 (1.01%) Redis
14 4 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
14 4 (0.81%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 103 (20.77%) Git
2 31 (6.25%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.23%) GitLab
4 19 (3.83%) JIRA
5 12 (2.42%) Maven
6 11 (2.22%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.41%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.21%) JUnit
8 6 (1.21%) PHPUnit
8 6 (1.21%) Postman
8 6 (1.21%) Spock
9 5 (1.01%) Selenium
10 4 (0.81%) Claude Code
10 4 (0.81%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.81%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.81%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.81%) Storybook
11 3 (0.60%) IntelliJ
11 3 (0.60%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 78 (15.73%) Social Skills
2 50 (10.08%) Public Sector
3 46 (9.27%) Finance
4 32 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (4.84%) Marketing
5 24 (4.84%) Multimedia
6 16 (3.23%) Retail
7 11 (2.22%) Law
8 8 (1.61%) Legal
9 6 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.01%) Advertising
10 5 (1.01%) Agriculture
10 5 (1.01%) Automotive
10 5 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (1.01%) Games
10 5 (1.01%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.81%) Back Office
11 4 (0.81%) Banking
11 4 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 256 (51.61%) Developer
2 111 (22.38%) Senior
3 98 (19.76%) Software Engineer
4 73 (14.72%) Full-Stack Developer
5 68 (13.71%) Senior Developer
6 61 (12.30%) Lead
7 42 (8.47%) .NET Developer
8 40 (8.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 40 (8.06%) Software Developer
9 26 (5.24%) Senior Software Engineer
10 25 (5.04%) Lead Software Engineer
11 24 (4.84%) Trainee
12 22 (4.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 22 (4.44%) Java Developer
13 19 (3.83%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
14 17 (3.43%) Lead Developer
15 15 (3.02%) Administrator
15 15 (3.02%) Senior Software Developer
15 15 (3.02%) Test Engineer
15 15 (3.02%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (32.06%) React
2 131 (26.41%) HTML
3 125 (25.20%) .NET
4 120 (24.19%) CSS
4 120 (24.19%) Node.js
5 70 (14.11%) AngularJS
6 55 (11.09%) Vue
7 52 (10.48%) RESTful
8 51 (10.28%) .NET Core
9 50 (10.08%) REST
10 42 (8.47%) ASP.NET
11 32 (6.45%) ASP.NET Core
12 27 (5.44%) Blazor
12 27 (5.44%) Spring
13 24 (4.84%) Spring Boot
14 23 (4.64%) HTML5
15 20 (4.03%) .NET Framework
15 20 (4.03%) CSS3
16 19 (3.83%) ML.NET
17 18 (3.63%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 40 (8.06%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
3 23 (4.64%) Greenfield Project
4 22 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.42%) Product Ownership
7 11 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 11 (2.22%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.81%) Low-Code
8 9 (1.81%) Private Cloud
9 8 (1.61%) Legacy Code
10 7 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
10 7 (1.41%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.41%) Social Media
11 6 (1.21%) BBC
11 6 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.21%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.21%) Social Network
12 5 (1.01%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.01%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.41%) Android
2 4 (0.81%) Linux
2 4 (0.81%) Windows
3 3 (0.60%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.60%) CentOS
3 3 (0.60%) Debian
3 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.60%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (41.73%) Full-Stack Development
2 203 (40.93%) Agile
3 147 (29.64%) Software Engineering
4 140 (28.23%) CI/CD
5 119 (23.99%) Mentoring
6 112 (22.58%) DevOps
7 104 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
8 91 (18.35%) AI
9 90 (18.15%) Microservices
10 67 (13.51%) Continuous Improvement
11 66 (13.31%) Test Automation
12 60 (12.10%) TDD
13 59 (11.90%) Scrum
14 56 (11.29%) Front End Development
15 46 (9.27%) Kanban
16 45 (9.07%) Technical Leadership
17 43 (8.67%) Web Development
18 41 (8.27%) Coaching
19 40 (8.06%) Containerisation
20 35 (7.06%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 143 (28.83%) C#
2 138 (27.82%) TypeScript
3 129 (26.01%) SQL
4 122 (24.60%) Java
4 122 (24.60%) Python
5 47 (9.48%) PHP
6 23 (4.64%) R
7 9 (1.81%) C++
8 7 (1.41%) Groovy
9 6 (1.21%) Go
10 4 (0.81%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.60%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.60%) Bash
11 3 (0.60%) C
11 3 (0.60%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.60%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.60%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.20%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 29 (5.85%) Security Cleared
3 27 (5.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (5.24%) Azure Certification
4 26 (5.24%) Degree
5 24 (4.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 18 (3.63%) SC Cleared
7 8 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (1.41%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.81%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.60%) AWS Certified Developer
11 3 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.40%) MBA
12 2 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.65%) Accessibility
2 31 (6.25%) QA
3 6 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.01%) GDPR
4 5 (1.01%) WCAG
5 4 (0.81%) SLA
6 3 (0.60%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.40%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 59 (11.90%) Docker
2 3 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (9.27%) Terraform
2 34 (6.85%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.41%) Ansible
4 3 (0.60%) HP Fortify
4 3 (0.60%) Puppet
5 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.20%) Nagios
5 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (19.76%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.43%) Google
3 12 (2.42%) Adobe
3 12 (2.42%) HubSpot
4 10 (2.02%) Splunk
5 7 (1.41%) OpenAI
5 7 (1.41%) Oracle
6 6 (1.21%) AppDynamics
6 6 (1.21%) Apple
6 6 (1.21%) Facebook
6 6 (1.21%) Sony
6 6 (1.21%) Yahoo!
7 5 (1.01%) Pega
7 5 (1.01%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.81%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.60%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.60%) SaltStack
9 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.40%) BiZZdesign
10 2 (0.40%) WSO2