JavaScript Developer Job Trends in the North West

JavaScript Developer
England > North West

The median JavaScript Developer salary in the North West is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 229 209
Rank change year-on-year +9 -20 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 16 16 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.31% 0.21% 0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.22% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 8 14 11
10th Percentile £44,825 £39,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,063 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,000 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -27.13% +30.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,125 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,625 £84,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +27.00% -28.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 4,523 7,390 4,235
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.17% 95.29% 93.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,283 4,540 3,242
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured JavaScript Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Developer in the North West

JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Developer job vacancies in the North West

JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Developer in the North West

JavaScript Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. 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
Cheshire - 9 £51,500 - 1
Manchester +29 6 £67,500 +22.73% 6
Merseyside - 1 £55,000 -
JavaScript Developer
England

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, JavaScript Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (93.75%) TypeScript
3 13 (81.25%) AWS
3 13 (81.25%) Full-Stack Development
4 11 (68.75%) Node.js
4 11 (68.75%) Agile
5 9 (56.25%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (56.25%) MySQL
5 9 (56.25%) User Experience
5 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (50.00%) Svelte
6 8 (50.00%) Secure Coding
6 8 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 8 (50.00%) CI/CD
6 8 (50.00%) Middleware
7 7 (43.75%) Docker
7 7 (43.75%) Front End Development
8 6 (37.50%) React
8 6 (37.50%) HTML
9 5 (31.25%) Git
10 4 (25.00%) Telematics
10 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (25.00%) CSS
10 4 (25.00%) GitLab
10 4 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
10 4 (25.00%) Next.js
11 3 (18.75%) Vue
11 3 (18.75%) Google
11 3 (18.75%) DevOps
11 3 (18.75%) Mentoring

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) CMS
2 1 (6.25%) Headless CMS
2 1 (6.25%) Strapi
2 1 (6.25%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (6.25%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (6.25%) Adobe XD
1 1 (6.25%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 13 (81.25%) AWS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) GCP
3 2 (12.50%) GitHub
4 1 (6.25%) Cloudflare
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (6.25%) Google Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Serverless
4 1 (6.25%) Vercel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (56.25%) MySQL
1 9 (56.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
2 4 (25.00%) GitLab
3 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
3 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (6.25%) Games
1 1 (6.25%) Health Technology
1 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (68.75%) Node.js
2 8 (50.00%) Middleware
2 8 (50.00%) Svelte
3 6 (37.50%) HTML
3 6 (37.50%) React
4 4 (25.00%) CSS
4 4 (25.00%) Next.js
5 3 (18.75%) AngularJS
5 3 (18.75%) HTML5
5 3 (18.75%) REST
5 3 (18.75%) Vue
6 2 (12.50%) CSS3
6 2 (12.50%) Express.js
6 2 (12.50%) GraphQL
6 2 (12.50%) hapi
6 2 (12.50%) NestJS
6 2 (12.50%) Redux
6 2 (12.50%) RESTful
7 1 (6.25%) Sass
7 1 (6.25%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Animation
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Full-Stack Development
2 11 (68.75%) Agile
3 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (56.25%) User Experience
4 8 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 8 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 8 (50.00%) Secure Coding
5 7 (43.75%) Front End Development
6 4 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (25.00%) Telematics
7 3 (18.75%) DevOps
7 3 (18.75%) Mentoring
8 2 (12.50%) Clean Code
8 2 (12.50%) Code Quality
8 2 (12.50%) Containerisation
8 2 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (12.50%) TDD
8 2 (12.50%) Web Development
9 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (93.75%) TypeScript
3 2 (12.50%) PHP
4 1 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 7 (43.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) HubSpot