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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 44 35
Rank change year-on-year -20 -9 -10
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 85 127 349
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 2.23% 5.06% 7.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.75% 19.75% 17.50%
Number of salaries quoted 71 33 119
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +6.54%
75th Percentile £73,750 £93,778 £72,433
90th Percentile £77,500 £98,695 £78,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £66,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +10.83% -7.69%

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 479 643 1,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.58% 25.63% 43.63%
Number of salaries quoted 293 235 748
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,420 £67,531
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,893
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 7 September 2026.

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 7 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
Glasgow -1 35 £67,500 +8.00% 36
South Lanarkshire +5 17 £60,000 -
Edinburgh -15 15 £45,000 -35.71% 34
Aberdeenshire - 12 £45,000 - 2
North Lanarkshire -5 2 - - 1
Lanarkshire 0 1 £100,000 - 24
Fife -11 1 £42,500 -5.56%
Aberdeen - 1 £37,500 - 2
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 4 (4.71%) WordPress
2 1 (1.18%) Ethereum
Applications
1 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.18%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 8 (9.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (38.82%) AWS
2 28 (32.94%) Azure
3 11 (12.94%) SaaS
4 9 (10.59%) Power Platform
5 8 (9.41%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (8.24%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (7.06%) Azure AI
7 6 (7.06%) GCP
7 6 (7.06%) Serverless
8 5 (5.88%) Azure Functions
9 4 (4.71%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (4.71%) Power Automate
10 3 (3.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (3.53%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (3.53%) GitHub
11 2 (2.35%) Snowflake
12 1 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (1.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.71%) Broadband
1 4 (4.71%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.59%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (7.06%) MongoDB
3 5 (5.88%) Power BI
4 2 (2.35%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.18%) MySQL
5 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.18%) Redis
5 1 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (12.94%) Git
2 6 (7.06%) JIRA
3 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.35%) Maven
4 1 (1.18%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.18%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.18%) Selenium
4 1 (1.18%) Subversion
4 1 (1.18%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.18%) Zephyr
General
1 23 (27.06%) Social Skills
2 15 (17.65%) Finance
3 9 (10.59%) Banking
4 4 (4.71%) Games
4 4 (4.71%) Local Government
4 4 (4.71%) Multimedia
4 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.35%) Marketing
6 1 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 40 (47.06%) Developer
2 20 (23.53%) Lead
3 19 (22.35%) Full-Stack Developer
4 17 (20.00%) Technical Leader
5 11 (12.94%) Software Engineer
6 9 (10.59%) .NET Developer
7 8 (9.41%) Senior
8 5 (5.88%) Administrator
8 5 (5.88%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 4 (4.71%) Analyst
9 4 (4.71%) Senior Developer
9 4 (4.71%) Service Analyst
9 4 (4.71%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (4.71%) Trainee
10 3 (3.53%) Trainee Administrator
10 3 (3.53%) Web Administrator
11 2 (2.35%) ServiceNow Administrator
11 2 (2.35%) Test Engineer
11 2 (2.35%) Web Developer
12 1 (1.18%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (50.59%) React
2 24 (28.24%) .NET
3 12 (14.12%) AWS CDK
4 11 (12.94%) ASP.NET
5 10 (11.76%) .NET Core
5 10 (11.76%) HTML
5 10 (11.76%) Next.js
6 9 (10.59%) ASP.NET Core
6 9 (10.59%) Blazor
6 9 (10.59%) CSS
6 9 (10.59%) Jakarta EE
6 9 (10.59%) JSP
7 8 (9.41%) Node.js
7 8 (9.41%) RESTful
8 6 (7.06%) ML.NET
9 5 (5.88%) .NET Framework
9 5 (5.88%) React Native
10 4 (4.71%) ASP.NET Web API
10 4 (4.71%) HTML5
11 3 (3.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (23.53%) Cloud Native
2 12 (14.12%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.06%) BBC
3 6 (7.06%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (7.06%) Social Media
4 5 (5.88%) Mobile App
4 5 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 4 (4.71%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (4.71%) Cyberattack
5 4 (4.71%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.18%) Bitcoin
6 1 (1.18%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.18%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.18%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (48.24%) Agile
1 41 (48.24%) Full-Stack Development
2 30 (35.29%) CI/CD
3 29 (34.12%) Software Engineering
4 26 (30.59%) DevOps
5 25 (29.41%) Mentoring
6 23 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (23.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (22.35%) Code Quality
9 18 (21.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (20.00%) Microservices
11 13 (15.29%) Test Automation
12 10 (11.76%) AI
12 10 (11.76%) CRM
12 10 (11.76%) Deployment Automation
12 10 (11.76%) Observability
13 9 (10.59%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (10.59%) ITIL
13 9 (10.59%) SDLC
13 9 (10.59%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 51 (60.00%) TypeScript
2 21 (24.71%) Java
3 18 (21.18%) C#
4 12 (14.12%) Python
4 12 (14.12%) SQL
5 3 (3.53%) R
6 1 (1.18%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.18%) PHP
6 1 (1.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (4.71%) AWS Certification
2 4 (4.71%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 4 (4.71%) AWS Certified Developer
2 4 (4.71%) Azure Certification
2 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.35%) Degree
4 1 (1.18%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.94%) QA
2 4 (4.71%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.71%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (3.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (25.88%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) Apple
2 6 (7.06%) Facebook
2 6 (7.06%) Google
2 6 (7.06%) Sony
2 6 (7.06%) Yahoo!
3 4 (4.71%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.18%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.18%) AppDynamics
4 1 (1.18%) Salesforce