JavaScript Job Trends in Somerset

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 30 39
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 -20
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 43 21 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 3.75% 5.00% 2.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.48% 21.43% 14.66%
Number of salaries quoted 40 19 7
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £27,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -28.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile £55,625 £35,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,500 £36,900 £73,250
South West median annual salary £60,000 £45,500 £52,837
% change year-on-year +31.87% -13.89% -3.93%

All Programming Languages
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 210 98 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 18.31% 23.33% 16.50%
Number of salaries quoted 175 82 70
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -25.00% +15.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,625 £63,438
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £85,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Somerset

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Somerset over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Somerset

JavaScript
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Weston-super-Mare - 25 £30,500 -
Taunton -12 11 £70,000 +233.33% 1
Bath -16 4 £53,750 -43.42% 12
Bridgwater - 1 £42,500 -
Yeovil - 1 - - 1
JavaScript
South West

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 7 (16.28%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (34.88%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (13.95%) AWS
3 6 (13.95%) GCP
4 3 (6.98%) SaaS
5 2 (4.65%) GitHub
5 2 (4.65%) npm
6 1 (2.33%) Figma
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.33%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.28%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (2.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.33%) MariaDB
2 1 (2.33%) MySQL
2 1 (2.33%) Power BI
2 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.33%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 34 (79.07%) Git
2 25 (58.14%) Eclipse
2 25 (58.14%) Subversion
3 19 (44.19%) JUnit
4 7 (16.28%) JIRA
4 7 (16.28%) MSI
5 3 (6.98%) JMeter
5 3 (6.98%) Selenium
6 1 (2.33%) Storybook
General
1 9 (20.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.95%) Retail
3 4 (9.30%) Finance
4 3 (6.98%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.33%) Games
5 1 (2.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 39 (90.70%) Developer
2 25 (58.14%) Java Developer
3 23 (53.49%) Junior
3 23 (53.49%) Junior Developer
3 23 (53.49%) Junior Java Developer
4 11 (25.58%) Senior
5 8 (18.60%) Senior Developer
6 5 (11.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (6.98%) QA Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) QA Test Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 3 (6.98%) Senior QA Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Test Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Lead
8 2 (4.65%) Lead Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Software Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Developer
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (74.42%) RESTful
2 29 (67.44%) React
3 25 (58.14%) Jakarta EE
3 25 (58.14%) Struts
3 25 (58.14%) Web Services
4 12 (27.91%) CSS
4 12 (27.91%) HTML
5 8 (18.60%) .NET
5 8 (18.60%) REST
6 7 (16.28%) .NET Core
6 7 (16.28%) .NET Framework
6 7 (16.28%) ATL
6 7 (16.28%) COM
6 7 (16.28%) CSS3
6 7 (16.28%) GeoJSON
6 7 (16.28%) HTML5
6 7 (16.28%) MFC
6 7 (16.28%) Terraform
6 7 (16.28%) WPF
7 3 (6.98%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Cloud Native
1 7 (16.28%) Onboarding
2 5 (11.63%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.93%) Linux
2 8 (18.60%) Windows
3 6 (13.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (81.40%) Full-Stack Development
2 27 (62.79%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (60.47%) Computer Science
4 19 (44.19%) Requirements Analysis
4 19 (44.19%) Technical Architecture
5 13 (30.23%) Agile
6 10 (23.26%) Test Automation
7 9 (20.93%) DevOps
8 8 (18.60%) CI/CD
8 8 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (18.60%) Deployment Automation
8 8 (18.60%) Design Patterns
8 8 (18.60%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 8 (18.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 7 (16.28%) Containerisation
9 7 (16.28%) DevSecOps
9 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (16.28%) Knowledge Transfer
9 7 (16.28%) SOLID
9 7 (16.28%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (88.37%) Python
2 27 (62.79%) Java
3 26 (60.47%) C++
4 25 (58.14%) Perl
5 9 (20.93%) C#
5 9 (20.93%) TypeScript
6 7 (16.28%) Bicep
7 5 (11.63%) PHP
8 2 (4.65%) SQL
9 1 (2.33%) C
Qualifications
1 26 (60.47%) Computer Science Degree
1 26 (60.47%) Degree
2 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
2 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (30.23%) Accessibility
2 8 (18.60%) WCAG
3 7 (16.28%) NCSC
4 5 (11.63%) QA
System Software
1 13 (30.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (30.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle