JavaScript Job Trends in Scotland

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 21 31
Rank change year-on-year -56 +10 -15
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 79 234 201
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.91% 7.16% 8.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.48% 21.89% 20.96%
Number of salaries quoted 34 116 179
10th Percentile - £31,250 £39,150
25th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £55,313 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £78,535 £85,632
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +4.00%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 688 1,069 959
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.35% 32.73% 40.23%
Number of salaries quoted 257 563 762
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +0.17%
75th Percentile £78,790 £70,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £88,000 £79,632 £80,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Scotland

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Scotland over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 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
Glasgow -21 37 £36,750 -31.94% 23
Edinburgh -34 37 £30,500 -53.08% 28
Aberdeen +3 3 £30,000 -50.00% 9
Scottish Borders - 1 £39,594 -
JavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (2.53%) WordPress
2 1 (1.27%) FileNet
Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (10.13%) Workday HCM
2 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (55.70%) Azure
2 33 (41.77%) AWS
3 28 (35.44%) GitHub
4 11 (13.92%) SaaS
5 9 (11.39%) Boomi
6 8 (10.13%) Azure Logic Apps
6 8 (10.13%) Datadog
6 8 (10.13%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (8.86%) npm
7 7 (8.86%) Yarn
8 6 (7.59%) Amazon S3
8 6 (7.59%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (7.59%) Serverless
9 5 (6.33%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (5.06%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (5.06%) Amazon EMR
10 4 (5.06%) Amazon MSK
10 4 (5.06%) GCP
10 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (2.53%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 22 (27.85%) Internet
2 2 (2.53%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (6.33%) NoSQL
2 4 (5.06%) Amazon Athena
2 4 (5.06%) Electronic Patient Records
3 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.53%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.27%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.27%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 26 (32.91%) Git
2 9 (11.39%) Cypress.io
2 9 (11.39%) JIRA
3 8 (10.13%) webpack
4 7 (8.86%) Vite
5 6 (7.59%) Jenkins
5 6 (7.59%) Maven
6 2 (2.53%) JUnit
6 2 (2.53%) Selenium
7 1 (1.27%) Ant
7 1 (1.27%) IntelliJ
7 1 (1.27%) Jasmine
7 1 (1.27%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (1.27%) Protractor
7 1 (1.27%) WebDriver
General
1 41 (51.90%) Finance
2 25 (31.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 25 (31.65%) Law
3 21 (26.58%) Multimedia
3 21 (26.58%) Social Skills
4 13 (16.46%) Banking
4 13 (16.46%) Marketing
5 5 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Investment Banking
6 4 (5.06%) Tech for Good
7 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.27%) Police
8 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (39.24%) Software Engineer
2 21 (26.58%) Trainee
3 17 (21.52%) Developer
4 14 (17.72%) Software Developer
5 12 (15.19%) Senior
6 11 (13.92%) Java Engineer
7 10 (12.66%) Java Software Engineer
7 10 (12.66%) Trainee Developer
8 9 (11.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 9 (11.39%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
8 9 (11.39%) Lead
8 9 (11.39%) Trainee Software Developer
9 8 (10.13%) Development Engineer
9 8 (10.13%) Lead Software Engineer
10 5 (6.33%) Java Developer
11 4 (5.06%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 4 (5.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 4 (5.06%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
11 4 (5.06%) Java Software Developer
11 4 (5.06%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (50.63%) HTML
2 36 (45.57%) CSS
3 28 (35.44%) React
4 15 (18.99%) Spring
5 14 (17.72%) Web Services
6 11 (13.92%) .NET
6 11 (13.92%) REST
6 11 (13.92%) Spring Boot
7 10 (12.66%) AngularJS
8 9 (11.39%) Kafka
8 9 (11.39%) SOAP
9 8 (10.13%) ADO
9 8 (10.13%) SAML
10 7 (8.86%) Jest
11 5 (6.33%) jQuery
12 3 (3.80%) JSON
13 2 (2.53%) .NET Framework
13 2 (2.53%) J2EE
13 2 (2.53%) JMS
13 2 (2.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.52%) Algorithms
2 16 (20.25%) Product Ownership
3 8 (10.13%) Onboarding
4 6 (7.59%) Cloud Native
5 4 (5.06%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.27%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.27%) Low-Code
7 1 (1.27%) NHS
7 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (50.63%) Agile
2 34 (43.04%) CI/CD
3 32 (40.51%) Mentoring
4 31 (39.24%) Software Engineering
5 27 (34.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (26.58%) Community of Practice
7 20 (25.32%) Operational Stability
8 19 (24.05%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (24.05%) DevOps
9 18 (22.78%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (22.78%) SDLC
10 17 (21.52%) Visualisation
11 16 (20.25%) Asset Management
11 16 (20.25%) Coaching
12 15 (18.99%) Code Quality
13 11 (13.92%) Full-Stack Development
14 10 (12.66%) Containerisation
14 10 (12.66%) Roadmaps
14 10 (12.66%) TDD
15 9 (11.39%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 43 (54.43%) Python
2 27 (34.18%) Java
3 18 (22.78%) TypeScript
4 11 (13.92%) R
5 9 (11.39%) SQL
6 8 (10.13%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.80%) C#
8 1 (1.27%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 22 (27.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (26.58%) AWS Certification
2 21 (26.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 21 (26.58%) Azure Certification
3 4 (5.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (5.06%) Degree
4 2 (2.53%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) QA
2 8 (10.13%) GDPR
3 3 (3.80%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (15.19%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (13.92%) Kubernetes
2 9 (11.39%) Grafana
3 8 (10.13%) Prometheus
3 8 (10.13%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (10.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (35.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.39%) MuleSoft
3 8 (10.13%) ServiceNow
3 8 (10.13%) Workday
4 5 (6.33%) Oracle
5 1 (1.27%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.27%) IBM
5 1 (1.27%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.27%) Remedy
5 1 (1.27%) Splunk