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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 39 24
Rank change year-on-year -26 -15 -8
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 524 603 932
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.19% 6.42% 6.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.40% 24.00% 24.77%
Number of salaries quoted 445 245 547
10th Percentile £38,772 £28,950 £33,400
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 £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £74,331
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 3,638 2,513 3,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 15.20% 26.76% 26.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,780 1,257 2,295
10th Percentile £38,725 £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 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -23 296 £55,000 -8.33% 146
Yorkshire -17 141 £55,000 -8.18% 63
North East -13 87 £52,000 +4.00% 45
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 41 (7.82%) SharePoint
2 13 (2.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 13 (2.48%) CMS
2 13 (2.48%) WordPress
3 8 (1.53%) IIS
4 7 (1.34%) SharePoint Server
5 4 (0.76%) Apache
6 3 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.57%) Confluence
6 3 (0.57%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.57%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.38%) JBoss
7 2 (0.38%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.19%) Kentico
8 1 (0.19%) nginx
8 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.19%) WildFly
Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.19%) Elementor
3 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.10%) Shopify
2 9 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (1.72%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.38%) Magento
4 2 (0.38%) Sage 200
4 2 (0.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 177 (33.78%) AWS
2 175 (33.40%) Azure
3 65 (12.40%) Azure DevOps
3 65 (12.40%) Serverless
4 61 (11.64%) Power Platform
5 60 (11.45%) Power Automate
6 47 (8.97%) PowerApps
7 45 (8.59%) AWS Lambda
8 36 (6.87%) Microsoft 365
9 34 (6.49%) GitHub
10 33 (6.30%) SaaS
11 28 (5.34%) Amazon EC2
12 27 (5.15%) Microsoft Copilot
13 25 (4.77%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (4.39%) Amazon S3
15 22 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
16 21 (4.01%) GCP
17 19 (3.63%) Azure AI
18 15 (2.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 14 (2.67%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.95%) HTTP
2 4 (0.76%) Internet
3 3 (0.57%) AMQP
3 3 (0.57%) HTTPS
3 3 (0.57%) MQTT
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 56 (10.69%) MongoDB
2 48 (9.16%) MySQL
3 41 (7.82%) SQL Server
4 32 (6.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 31 (5.92%) PostgreSQL
6 23 (4.39%) Relational Database
7 21 (4.01%) NoSQL
7 21 (4.01%) Power BI
8 15 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
9 14 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
9 14 (2.67%) MariaDB
10 12 (2.29%) Spark SQL
11 11 (2.10%) Redis
12 8 (1.53%) DynamoDB
13 7 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.95%) DocumentDB
14 5 (0.95%) GIS
15 4 (0.76%) Neo4j
16 3 (0.57%) Big Data
16 3 (0.57%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 93 (17.75%) Git
2 39 (7.44%) GitLab
3 22 (4.20%) Jenkins
4 20 (3.82%) Cypress.io
5 19 (3.63%) Maven
6 16 (3.05%) JIRA
6 16 (3.05%) JUnit
7 13 (2.48%) Spock
8 10 (1.91%) Postman
9 8 (1.53%) Storybook
10 7 (1.34%) Selenium
10 7 (1.34%) Visual Studio
11 6 (1.15%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.95%) Claude Code
12 5 (0.95%) JMeter
13 4 (0.76%) IntelliJ
13 4 (0.76%) Robot Framework
14 3 (0.57%) Mockito
15 2 (0.38%) ERwin
15 2 (0.38%) Mocha
General
1 103 (19.66%) Social Skills
2 76 (14.50%) Public Sector
3 49 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (8.21%) Finance
5 37 (7.06%) Marketing
6 18 (3.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.86%) Retail
8 14 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 12 (2.29%) Legal
9 12 (2.29%) Publishing
10 11 (2.10%) Law
11 5 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (0.76%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.76%) Agriculture
12 4 (0.76%) Automotive
12 4 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.76%) Tech for Good
13 3 (0.57%) Back Office
13 3 (0.57%) Banking
13 3 (0.57%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 280 (53.44%) Developer
2 107 (20.42%) Senior
3 78 (14.89%) Software Engineer
4 63 (12.02%) Senior Developer
5 53 (10.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 51 (9.73%) .NET Developer
7 48 (9.16%) Lead
8 45 (8.59%) Software Developer
9 36 (6.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 32 (6.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 26 (4.96%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 21 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
13 19 (3.63%) Senior Software Developer
13 19 (3.63%) Test Engineer
14 18 (3.44%) Lead Software Engineer
15 17 (3.24%) Analyst
16 16 (3.05%) Lead Developer
17 13 (2.48%) Data Engineer
17 13 (2.48%) Power Platform Developer
18 12 (2.29%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 157 (29.96%) HTML
2 144 (27.48%) React
3 142 (27.10%) CSS
4 136 (25.95%) .NET
5 116 (22.14%) Node.js
6 70 (13.36%) AngularJS
7 58 (11.07%) .NET Core
8 57 (10.88%) REST
9 53 (10.11%) RESTful
10 49 (9.35%) ASP.NET
11 43 (8.21%) Vue
12 36 (6.87%) ASP.NET Core
12 36 (6.87%) Terraform
13 32 (6.11%) Spring
14 31 (5.92%) Blazor
15 25 (4.77%) .NET Framework
16 23 (4.39%) CSS3
16 23 (4.39%) HTML5 Canvas
17 22 (4.20%) HTML5
18 21 (4.01%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 34 (6.49%) Distributed Systems
3 28 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (4.39%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (3.82%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (2.67%) Private Cloud
9 11 (2.10%) Marketing Technology
9 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (1.53%) Hybrid Cloud
11 8 (1.53%) Low-Code
11 8 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
12 7 (1.34%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.34%) Social Media
13 6 (1.15%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.15%) BBC
13 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.95%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.15%) Linux
2 5 (0.95%) Android
2 5 (0.95%) Windows
3 4 (0.76%) VMS
4 3 (0.57%) CentOS
4 3 (0.57%) Debian
4 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.57%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (45.99%) Agile
2 203 (38.74%) Full-Stack Development
3 195 (37.21%) CI/CD
4 148 (28.24%) Mentoring
5 145 (27.67%) Software Engineering
6 135 (25.76%) DevOps
7 120 (22.90%) Problem-Solving
8 117 (22.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 113 (21.56%) AI
10 107 (20.42%) Test Automation
11 89 (16.98%) Microservices
12 68 (12.98%) Coaching
12 68 (12.98%) TDD
13 65 (12.40%) Technical Leadership
14 62 (11.83%) Front End Development
15 56 (10.69%) Scrum
16 47 (8.97%) Software Testing
17 42 (8.02%) Business Intelligence
17 42 (8.02%) Kanban
17 42 (8.02%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 176 (33.59%) C#
2 167 (31.87%) TypeScript
3 158 (30.15%) SQL
4 120 (22.90%) Java
5 95 (18.13%) Python
6 42 (8.02%) PHP
7 23 (4.39%) C++
8 11 (2.10%) PowerShell
9 9 (1.72%) Go
9 9 (1.72%) Groovy
10 6 (1.15%) R
11 5 (0.95%) C
11 5 (0.95%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.76%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.57%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.38%) Dart
15 1 (0.19%) Bash
15 1 (0.19%) Rust
15 1 (0.19%) VB
Qualifications
1 62 (11.83%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.54%) SC Cleared
3 34 (6.49%) Degree
4 9 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (1.72%) DV Cleared
5 5 (0.95%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.76%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.76%) MBA
7 3 (0.57%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (11.83%) Accessibility
1 62 (11.83%) QA
2 29 (5.53%) WCAG
3 13 (2.48%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.57%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.57%) SLA
6 2 (0.38%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 72 (13.74%) Docker
2 1 (0.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.34%) Ansible
3 3 (0.57%) Puppet
4 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.19%) Argo
5 1 (0.19%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.19%) Nagios
Vendors
1 95 (18.13%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.82%) Google
3 18 (3.44%) Adobe
4 17 (3.24%) Splunk
5 13 (2.48%) AppDynamics
6 12 (2.29%) Sage
7 11 (2.10%) HubSpot
8 9 (1.72%) SAP
9 8 (1.53%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.15%) Apple
10 6 (1.15%) Facebook
10 6 (1.15%) Sony
10 6 (1.15%) Yahoo!
11 5 (0.95%) Confluent
11 5 (0.95%) Dynatrace
12 4 (0.76%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.76%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.76%) ServiceNow
13 3 (0.57%) IBM
13 3 (0.57%) SaltStack