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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -38 +8 +2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 32 34 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 3.09% 11.18% 6.34%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.24% 43.04% 37.91%
Number of salaries quoted 32 31 50
10th Percentile - £26,500 £39,075
25th Percentile £28,750 £34,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £63,875
South West median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

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 79 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 20.27% 25.99% 16.72%
Number of salaries quoted 160 69 127
10th Percentile £28,750 £34,100 £35,475
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +1.94% -1.90%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,000 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 - 17 £29,500 - 1
Bridgwater - 6 £45,000 -
Taunton -23 5 £70,000 +141.38% 2
Bath -37 3 £42,784 -25.59% 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 5 (15.63%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) Azure
2 6 (18.75%) AWS
2 6 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (18.75%) GCP
3 5 (15.63%) npm
4 2 (6.25%) GitHub
5 1 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.13%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (3.13%) MySQL
2 1 (3.13%) Power BI
2 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (90.63%) Git
2 17 (53.13%) Eclipse
2 17 (53.13%) Subversion
3 11 (34.38%) JUnit
4 5 (15.63%) JIRA
4 5 (15.63%) MSI
5 1 (3.13%) Cypress.io
5 1 (3.13%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (18.75%) Retail
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 31 (96.88%) Developer
2 18 (56.25%) Junior
2 18 (56.25%) Junior Developer
3 17 (53.13%) Java Developer
3 17 (53.13%) Junior Java Developer
4 6 (18.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 6 (18.75%) Senior
4 6 (18.75%) Senior Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Integration Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Lead
5 2 (6.25%) Lead Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Integration Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.13%) Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) QA Automation Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) QA Engineer
6 1 (3.13%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 1 (3.13%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (68.75%) React
1 22 (68.75%) RESTful
2 17 (53.13%) J2EE
2 17 (53.13%) Struts
2 17 (53.13%) Web Services
3 10 (31.25%) REST
4 7 (21.88%) CSS
4 7 (21.88%) HTML
5 5 (15.63%) .NET
5 5 (15.63%) .NET Core
5 5 (15.63%) .NET Framework
5 5 (15.63%) ATL
5 5 (15.63%) COM
5 5 (15.63%) CSS3
5 5 (15.63%) GeoJSON
5 5 (15.63%) HTML5
5 5 (15.63%) MFC
5 5 (15.63%) Node.js
5 5 (15.63%) WPF
6 1 (3.13%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) Cloud Native
1 5 (15.63%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.38%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Linux
1 6 (18.75%) Unix
2 5 (15.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (71.88%) Full-Stack Development
2 22 (68.75%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (56.25%) Computer Science
4 12 (37.50%) Requirements Analysis
5 11 (34.38%) Technical Architecture
6 7 (21.88%) Agile
6 7 (21.88%) Regression Testing
6 7 (21.88%) SDLC
6 7 (21.88%) Software Engineering
7 6 (18.75%) CI/CD
7 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (18.75%) DevOps
7 6 (18.75%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (15.63%) Containerisation
8 5 (15.63%) Design Patterns
8 5 (15.63%) DevSecOps
8 5 (15.63%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
8 5 (15.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (15.63%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (15.63%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (78.13%) Python
2 19 (59.38%) Java
3 17 (53.13%) C++
3 17 (53.13%) Perl
4 11 (34.38%) TypeScript
5 8 (25.00%) C#
6 5 (15.63%) Bicep
7 3 (9.38%) PHP
8 2 (6.25%) Go
8 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (59.38%) Degree
2 18 (56.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.63%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) ISTQB
4 1 (3.13%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) Accessibility
2 5 (15.63%) NCSC
2 5 (15.63%) WCAG
3 2 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 11 (34.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (34.38%) Kubernetes
2 5 (15.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) MuleSoft
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle