JavaScript Jobs in Scotland

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 19 7
Rank change year-on-year -18 -12 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 657 527 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 9.77% 11.38% 14.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.45% 26.54% 33.12%
Number of salaries quoted 235 267 485
10th Percentile £34,000 £37,650 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,625 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +14.29%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

JavaScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,764 1,986 2,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 55.99% 42.88% 45.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,150 1,111 1,557
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript in Scotland

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript in Scotland.

Salary trend for JavaScript in Scotland

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Scotland over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Scotland

JavaScript
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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
Glasgow -25 425 £50,000 -4.76% 27
Edinburgh +1 155 £65,000 - 36
Aberdeen +4 40 £38,500 -9.41% 8
Dundee +4 21 £47,500 -1.55% 2
Fife -3 9 £40,000 -21.95%
Aberdeenshire - 2 £37,500 - 2
South Lanarkshire +2 1 £29,000 -
Lanarkshire -9 1 - - 4
JavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 60 (9.13%) ArcGIS
1 60 (9.13%) GeoServer
2 53 (8.07%) FileNet
3 15 (2.28%) Cloud Foundry
3 15 (2.28%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.22%) Confluence
5 7 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.91%) CMS
7 4 (0.61%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.61%) WordPress
8 2 (0.30%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.46%) InVision
1 3 (0.46%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.15%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.15%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 292 (44.44%) AWS
2 123 (18.72%) Azure
3 57 (8.68%) Amazon S3
4 30 (4.57%) GCP
4 30 (4.57%) SaaS
5 20 (3.04%) Serverless
6 17 (2.59%) Figma
7 13 (1.98%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.67%) GitHub
8 11 (1.67%) SurveyMonkey
9 10 (1.52%) Power Automate
10 9 (1.37%) BlazeMeter
10 9 (1.37%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.76%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (0.76%) ChatGPT
14 4 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (1.83%) Internet
2 8 (1.22%) HTTP
3 7 (1.07%) MQTT
4 3 (0.46%) Intranet
5 2 (0.30%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.15%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (16.89%) NoSQL
2 88 (13.39%) Elasticsearch
3 77 (11.72%) PostgreSQL
4 69 (10.50%) Relational Database
5 61 (9.28%) GIS
6 60 (9.13%) QGIS
7 55 (8.37%) SQL Server
8 54 (8.22%) Apache Cassandra
9 32 (4.87%) MySQL
10 24 (3.65%) MongoDB
11 20 (3.04%) Looker
12 8 (1.22%) Big Data
12 8 (1.22%) Power BI
13 7 (1.07%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.07%) RDBMS
13 7 (1.07%) Redis
14 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
15 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 1 (0.15%) MariaDB
16 1 (0.15%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 138 (21.00%) JUnit
2 91 (13.85%) Cypress.io
3 76 (11.57%) Jasmine
3 76 (11.57%) Karma Test Runner
4 73 (11.11%) Git
5 65 (9.89%) Selenium
6 64 (9.74%) WebDriver
7 61 (9.28%) Protractor
8 34 (5.18%) Maven
9 29 (4.41%) JIRA
10 26 (3.96%) Cucumber
11 23 (3.50%) Jenkins
12 15 (2.28%) Visual Studio Code
13 13 (1.98%) webpack
14 10 (1.52%) Gradle
15 9 (1.37%) JMeter
16 8 (1.22%) Visual Studio
17 7 (1.07%) Moq
18 6 (0.91%) JDeveloper
19 5 (0.76%) Eclipse
General
1 359 (54.64%) Finance
1 359 (54.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 321 (48.86%) Law
3 163 (24.81%) Marketing
4 162 (24.66%) Banking
5 114 (17.35%) Investment Banking
6 56 (8.52%) Social Skills
7 42 (6.39%) Legal
8 25 (3.81%) Financial Institution
8 25 (3.81%) Private Banking
9 22 (3.35%) Games
10 18 (2.74%) Front Office
11 16 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
12 15 (2.28%) Publishing
13 8 (1.22%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.22%) Multimedia
13 8 (1.22%) Public Sector
14 7 (1.07%) Electronics
14 7 (1.07%) Tech for Good
14 7 (1.07%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 391 (59.51%) Software Engineer
2 175 (26.64%) Developer
3 138 (21.00%) Lead
4 130 (19.79%) Senior
5 127 (19.33%) Lead Software Engineer
6 107 (16.29%) Java Engineer
7 105 (15.98%) Java Software Engineer
8 90 (13.70%) Full Stack Engineer
9 88 (13.39%) Full Stack Software Engineer
10 73 (11.11%) Senior Software Engineer
11 69 (10.50%) Python Engineer
11 69 (10.50%) Python Software Engineer
12 56 (8.52%) AWS Engineer
13 49 (7.46%) AWS Software Engineer
14 43 (6.54%) UI Engineer
15 37 (5.63%) Lead Java Engineer
16 32 (4.87%) Senior Developer
17 31 (4.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 22 (3.35%) JavaScript Developer
18 22 (3.35%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 436 (66.36%) React
2 369 (56.16%) CSS
3 306 (46.58%) HTML
4 254 (38.66%) AngularJS
5 208 (31.66%) Node.js
5 208 (31.66%) Spring
6 159 (24.20%) jQuery
7 148 (22.53%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 147 (22.37%) JSON
9 133 (20.24%) Hibernate
9 133 (20.24%) J2EE
10 132 (20.09%) JMS
11 131 (19.94%) .NET
12 90 (13.70%) .NET Core
13 81 (12.33%) Kafka
14 68 (10.35%) Spring Boot
15 63 (9.59%) Jest
16 62 (9.44%) ASP.NET
17 60 (9.13%) OpenLayers
17 60 (9.13%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 155 (23.59%) Cloud Native
2 140 (21.31%) Algorithms
3 88 (13.39%) Data Structures
4 37 (5.63%) Public Cloud
5 33 (5.02%) Greenfield Project
6 24 (3.65%) Product Ownership
7 20 (3.04%) Market Risk
8 16 (2.44%) Mobile App
9 15 (2.28%) Distributed Applications
9 15 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 15 (2.28%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.22%) Augmented Reality
10 8 (1.22%) Virtual Reality
11 7 (1.07%) Arduino
11 7 (1.07%) Credit Risk
11 7 (1.07%) IoT
11 7 (1.07%) Raspberry Pi
12 6 (0.91%) BBC
12 6 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.59%) Linux
2 10 (1.52%) Android
3 9 (1.37%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.30%) Windows
5 1 (0.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 459 (69.86%) Agile
2 423 (64.38%) Software Engineering
3 299 (45.51%) SDLC
4 292 (44.44%) CI/CD
5 261 (39.73%) Operational Stability
6 200 (30.44%) Artificial Intelligence
7 199 (30.29%) Community of Practice
8 198 (30.14%) Machine Learning
9 170 (25.88%) Full Stack Development
10 150 (22.83%) DevOps
11 143 (21.77%) Visualisation
12 137 (20.85%) Microservices
13 133 (20.24%) Web Development
14 128 (19.48%) TDD
15 127 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 89 (13.55%) Test Automation
17 85 (12.94%) Architectural Design
18 83 (12.63%) BDD
19 82 (12.48%) User Experience
20 81 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 251 (38.20%) Java
2 243 (36.99%) TypeScript
3 216 (32.88%) Python
4 185 (28.16%) SQL
5 130 (19.79%) C#
6 41 (6.24%) T-SQL
7 22 (3.35%) PHP
8 20 (3.04%) Groovy
9 12 (1.83%) Go
10 10 (1.52%) Bash
10 10 (1.52%) C++
11 8 (1.22%) C
12 7 (1.07%) Perl
12 7 (1.07%) Ruby
13 5 (0.76%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.46%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.46%) R
15 2 (0.30%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.15%) Scala
16 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (9.28%) SC Cleared
1 61 (9.28%) Security Cleared
2 41 (6.24%) Degree
3 18 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (0.76%) ISTQB
4 5 (0.76%) Master's Degree
5 4 (0.61%) ISEB
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.15%) OCP
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 52 (7.91%) QA
3 20 (3.04%) PMO
4 15 (2.28%) WAI
5 3 (0.46%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (5.18%) Docker
2 7 (1.07%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 93 (14.16%) Kubernetes
2 18 (2.74%) Terraform
3 6 (0.91%) Ansible
4 4 (0.61%) Istio
5 2 (0.30%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 65 (9.89%) Oracle
2 60 (9.13%) ESRI
3 44 (6.70%) Microsoft
4 20 (3.04%) Atlassian
5 17 (2.59%) Google
6 9 (1.37%) TOWER Software
7 7 (1.07%) NVIDIA
7 7 (1.07%) SAP
8 6 (0.91%) Apple
8 6 (0.91%) Facebook
8 6 (0.91%) Sony
8 6 (0.91%) Yahoo!
9 5 (0.76%) OpenAI
10 4 (0.61%) ForgeRock
11 2 (0.30%) Xamarin
12 1 (0.15%) Sage
12 1 (0.15%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.15%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.15%) Vermilion
12 1 (0.15%) VMware