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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 19 42
Rank change year-on-year -67 +23 -24
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 58 209 593
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.75% 10.60% 9.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.43% 31.52% 16.18%
Number of salaries quoted 42 130 234
10th Percentile - £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £44,063 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £62,188 £90,188 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £98,474 £75,000
UK median annual salary £59,773 £66,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.44% +10.00% -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 615 663 3,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 18.61% 33.64% 57.90%
Number of salaries quoted 268 439 1,148
10th Percentile £28,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,375 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -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 10 May 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 10 May 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
Edinburgh -39 27 £30,500 -56.89% 20
South Lanarkshire +6 12 £60,000 - 1
Glasgow -33 7 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Aberdeen -20 4 £30,000 -40.00% 2
North Lanarkshire -8 2 - - 2
Aberdeenshire - 2 £45,000 - 2
Lanarkshire +1 1 - - 9
Fife -6 1 - - 1
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 3 (5.17%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 33 (56.90%) Azure
2 30 (51.72%) AWS
3 20 (34.48%) GitHub
4 7 (12.07%) Datadog
4 7 (12.07%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (5.17%) SaaS
6 2 (3.45%) Azure AI
6 2 (3.45%) GCP
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (1.72%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.72%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (31.03%) Internet
2 7 (12.07%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 13 (22.41%) Git
General
1 18 (31.03%) Multimedia
2 14 (24.14%) Finance
3 9 (15.52%) Social Skills
4 7 (12.07%) Banking
4 7 (12.07%) Games
5 4 (6.90%) Local Government
6 2 (3.45%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (37.93%) Developer
2 18 (31.03%) Trainee
3 14 (24.14%) Senior
4 10 (17.24%) Trainee Developer
5 9 (15.52%) Lead
6 7 (12.07%) Administrator
6 7 (12.07%) Development Engineer
6 7 (12.07%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (12.07%) Senior Development Engineer
6 7 (12.07%) Technical Leader
7 6 (10.34%) Software Developer
7 6 (10.34%) Software Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Trainee Software Developer
8 5 (8.62%) Trainee Web Developer
8 5 (8.62%) Web Developer
9 4 (6.90%) ServiceNow Administrator
10 3 (5.17%) .NET Developer
10 3 (5.17%) Trainee Administrator
10 3 (5.17%) Web Administrator
11 2 (3.45%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (39.66%) React
2 18 (31.03%) CSS
2 18 (31.03%) HTML
3 15 (25.86%) .NET
4 11 (18.97%) AWS CDK
5 7 (12.07%) ADO
5 7 (12.07%) Node.js
6 5 (8.62%) .NET Core
6 5 (8.62%) ASP.NET
6 5 (8.62%) Tailwind CSS
7 4 (6.90%) React Native
8 3 (5.17%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (5.17%) Blazor
8 3 (5.17%) Vue
9 2 (3.45%) .NET Framework
9 2 (3.45%) AngularJS
9 2 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (3.45%) Entity Framework
9 2 (3.45%) ML.NET
9 2 (3.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Cloud Native
2 11 (18.97%) Product Ownership
3 7 (12.07%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (12.07%) Cyberattack
3 7 (12.07%) Onboarding
4 5 (8.62%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.45%) BBC
5 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.45%) Social Media
6 1 (1.72%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.72%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 22 (37.93%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (34.48%) CI/CD
4 19 (32.76%) DevOps
4 19 (32.76%) Full-Stack Development
5 16 (27.59%) Agile
5 16 (27.59%) Observability
6 15 (25.86%) Microservices
7 14 (24.14%) Code Quality
8 13 (22.41%) Software Engineering
8 13 (22.41%) Test Automation
9 12 (20.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (20.69%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (13.79%) Coaching
10 8 (13.79%) Platform Engineering
10 8 (13.79%) Web Development
11 7 (12.07%) Asset Management
11 7 (12.07%) Brown Bag Session
11 7 (12.07%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 29 (50.00%) Python
2 16 (27.59%) TypeScript
3 8 (13.79%) R
4 6 (10.34%) Java
5 5 (8.62%) SQL
6 4 (6.90%) C#
7 1 (1.72%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.72%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 18 (31.03%) AWS Certification
1 18 (31.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 18 (31.03%) Azure Certification
1 18 (31.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.07%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (6.90%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) QA
System Software
1 7 (12.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 7 (12.07%) Grafana
2 7 (12.07%) Prometheus
2 7 (12.07%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.07%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.45%) Apple
3 2 (3.45%) Facebook
3 2 (3.45%) Google
3 2 (3.45%) Sony
3 2 (3.45%) Yahoo!
4 1 (1.72%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.72%) Xamarin