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 27 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 215 195
Rank change year-on-year +1 -20 +103
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 9 18 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.19% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.27% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 11
10th Percentile £44,825 £41,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,063 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £50,000 £61,750
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -19.03% +12.27%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,625 £87,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £63,500 £45,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +41.11% -35.71% +3.32%

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 4,313 6,606 3,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 95.26% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,413 3,703 3,020
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'JavaScript Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

JavaScript Developer job vacancy trend 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 27 October 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 27 October 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
Manchester +12 6 £67,500 +8.00% 1
Cheshire - 2 £51,500 -
Merseyside -3 1 £55,000 -8.33%
JavaScript Developer
England

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 27 October 2025, JavaScript Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (88.89%) TypeScript
3 6 (66.67%) AWS
3 6 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (66.67%) HTML
3 6 (66.67%) React
4 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
5 4 (44.44%) Agile
5 4 (44.44%) CSS
5 4 (44.44%) Docker
5 4 (44.44%) Front End Development
5 4 (44.44%) Next.js
5 4 (44.44%) Node.js
6 3 (33.33%) AngularJS
6 3 (33.33%) Azure
6 3 (33.33%) DevOps
6 3 (33.33%) Google
6 3 (33.33%) HTML5
6 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 3 (33.33%) REST
6 3 (33.33%) Vue
7 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
7 2 (22.22%) CMS
7 2 (22.22%) Code Quality
7 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
7 2 (22.22%) CSS3
7 2 (22.22%) Express.js
7 2 (22.22%) GCP
7 2 (22.22%) Git
7 2 (22.22%) GitHub

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (22.22%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Headless CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Strapi
2 1 (11.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe XD
1 1 (11.11%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (22.22%) GCP
3 2 (22.22%) GitHub
4 1 (11.11%) Cloudflare
4 1 (11.11%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (11.11%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Serverless
4 1 (11.11%) Vercel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) Cypress.io
2 1 (11.11%) GitLab
2 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (11.11%) Games
1 1 (11.11%) Health Technology
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) HTML
1 6 (66.67%) React
2 4 (44.44%) CSS
2 4 (44.44%) Next.js
2 4 (44.44%) Node.js
3 3 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 3 (33.33%) HTML5
3 3 (33.33%) REST
3 3 (33.33%) Vue
4 2 (22.22%) CSS3
4 2 (22.22%) Express.js
4 2 (22.22%) GraphQL
4 2 (22.22%) hapi
4 2 (22.22%) NestJS
4 2 (22.22%) Redux
4 2 (22.22%) RESTful
5 1 (11.11%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (11.11%) LESS
5 1 (11.11%) Sass
5 1 (11.11%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Animation
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (55.56%) CI/CD
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Front End Development
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
5 2 (22.22%) Code Quality
5 2 (22.22%) Containerisation
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) TDD
5 2 (22.22%) User Experience
5 2 (22.22%) Web Development
6 1 (11.11%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (88.89%) TypeScript
3 2 (22.22%) PHP
4 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) HubSpot