JavaScript Job Trends in the South West

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 27 19
Rank change year-on-year -28 -8 +6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 214 216 792
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.64% 7.00% 7.81%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.21% 25.41% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 181 149 660
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,219 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.37% -7.69%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,320 850 2,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.30% 27.56% 28.98%
Number of salaries quoted 903 571 2,321
10th Percentile £34,600 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,319 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,751 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in the South West

JavaScript
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the South West over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the South West

JavaScript
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the South West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bristol -12 71 £60,000 - 20
Devon -1 47 £50,000 -4.76% 10
Gloucestershire -37 40 £50,000 -14.89% 31
Somerset -44 29 £32,500 -43.48% 12
Dorset -12 12 £45,000 +20.00% 4
Wiltshire -30 6 £61,250 +4.26% 7
Cornwall - 4 £32,000 -
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (5.14%) Apache
2 5 (2.34%) Confluence
3 4 (1.87%) CMS
3 4 (1.87%) WordPress
4 3 (1.40%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.93%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.47%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.47%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.93%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (0.93%) InDesign
1 2 (0.93%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.47%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.47%) Elementor
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 76 (35.51%) Azure
2 67 (31.31%) AWS
3 23 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (10.28%) GCP
5 20 (9.35%) Power Platform
6 16 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (6.54%) SaaS
7 14 (6.54%) Serverless
8 13 (6.07%) GitHub
9 10 (4.67%) OpenShift
10 8 (3.74%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.34%) Figma
11 5 (2.34%) npm
12 4 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.87%) Azure AI
12 4 (1.87%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.87%) Cloud Functions
12 4 (1.87%) Google Play
13 3 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.40%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.74%) VPN
1 8 (3.74%) WAN
2 5 (2.34%) Internet
3 3 (1.40%) AMQP
3 3 (1.40%) Broadband
4 2 (0.93%) Network Security
4 2 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.47%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.81%) MongoDB
1 21 (9.81%) SQL Server
2 18 (8.41%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (7.01%) MySQL
4 10 (4.67%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (4.67%) NoSQL
4 10 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.27%) Big Data
6 6 (2.80%) InfluxDB
7 5 (2.34%) Power BI
8 4 (1.87%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.87%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.40%) Cloudera CDH
9 3 (1.40%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.40%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.93%) GIS
10 2 (0.93%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 55 (25.70%) Git
2 17 (7.94%) Subversion
3 16 (7.48%) GitLab
3 16 (7.48%) Jenkins
4 15 (7.01%) Cypress.io
4 15 (7.01%) Eclipse
5 9 (4.21%) Cucumber
5 9 (4.21%) JIRA
5 9 (4.21%) JUnit
6 8 (3.74%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.80%) Robot Framework
7 6 (2.80%) Selenium
7 6 (2.80%) TestRail
8 4 (1.87%) MSI
9 3 (1.40%) CircleCI
9 3 (1.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.93%) Postman
11 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.47%) git-flow
11 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 35 (16.36%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (4.67%) Finance
4 9 (4.21%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (3.74%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.80%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.80%) Automotive
6 6 (2.80%) Retail
7 5 (2.34%) Multimedia
8 4 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.40%) Marketing
9 3 (1.40%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.93%) Local Government
10 2 (0.93%) Military
10 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 114 (53.27%) Developer
2 42 (19.63%) Software Engineer
3 38 (17.76%) Senior
4 28 (13.08%) Full-Stack Developer
5 25 (11.68%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 20 (9.35%) JavaScript Developer
7 19 (8.88%) Senior Developer
8 18 (8.41%) Java Developer
9 16 (7.48%) .NET Developer
9 16 (7.48%) Junior
9 16 (7.48%) Junior Developer
9 16 (7.48%) Software Developer
10 15 (7.01%) Architect
10 15 (7.01%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
10 15 (7.01%) Junior Java Developer
10 15 (7.01%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (6.07%) Senior Software Engineer
12 11 (5.14%) Analyst
13 10 (4.67%) PHP Developer
13 10 (4.67%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (37.38%) React
2 52 (24.30%) CSS
3 51 (23.83%) HTML
4 41 (19.16%) RESTful
5 38 (17.76%) .NET
6 32 (14.95%) Node.js
7 29 (13.55%) Vue
8 27 (12.62%) AngularJS
9 23 (10.75%) ASP.NET
9 23 (10.75%) REST
10 19 (8.88%) .NET Core
11 17 (7.94%) Web Services
12 16 (7.48%) ASP.NET Core
13 15 (7.01%) Blazor
13 15 (7.01%) Elastic Stack
13 15 (7.01%) J2EE
13 15 (7.01%) Struts
14 14 (6.54%) Playwright
15 13 (6.07%) .NET Framework
15 13 (6.07%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.48%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.61%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (4.67%) Mobile App
4 9 (4.21%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.74%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.74%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.80%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.34%) Educational Technology
7 5 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.87%) iPhone
9 3 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.40%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.93%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.47%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.47%) IoT
11 1 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 23 (10.75%) Linux
2 18 (8.41%) Windows
3 9 (4.21%) CentOS
4 6 (2.80%) Unix
5 4 (1.87%) Android
6 3 (1.40%) Debian
6 3 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (42.52%) Full-Stack Development
2 77 (35.98%) Agile
3 69 (32.24%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (28.04%) Software Engineering
5 58 (27.10%) CI/CD
6 44 (20.56%) DevOps
7 32 (14.95%) Front End Development
8 29 (13.55%) AI
8 29 (13.55%) Containerisation
9 25 (11.68%) Microservices
10 24 (11.21%) Test Automation
11 23 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (10.28%) Web Development
13 21 (9.81%) Computer Science
13 21 (9.81%) Infrastructure as Code
13 21 (9.81%) Scrum
14 20 (9.35%) Collaborative Culture
15 18 (8.41%) Mentoring
15 18 (8.41%) User Experience
16 17 (7.94%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 99 (46.26%) Python
2 64 (29.91%) C#
3 63 (29.44%) TypeScript
4 55 (25.70%) SQL
5 54 (25.23%) Java
6 33 (15.42%) C++
7 25 (11.68%) PHP
8 17 (7.94%) Bash
9 15 (7.01%) Perl
10 9 (4.21%) Go
10 9 (4.21%) PowerShell
10 9 (4.21%) Rust
11 6 (2.80%) C
12 4 (1.87%) Bicep
12 4 (1.87%) R
12 4 (1.87%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.40%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.40%) VB
14 1 (0.47%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 33 (15.42%) Security Cleared
2 31 (14.49%) Degree
3 21 (9.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (6.07%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 11 (5.14%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.34%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.34%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.40%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.47%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.01%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.21%) QA
3 6 (2.80%) WCAG
4 5 (2.34%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.87%) NCSC
6 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 45 (21.03%) Docker
2 6 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 40 (18.69%) Kubernetes
2 24 (11.21%) Terraform
3 18 (8.41%) Ansible
4 15 (7.01%) Grafana
4 15 (7.01%) Kibana
5 14 (6.54%) logstash
6 6 (2.80%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.87%) Podman
8 3 (1.40%) Plesk
8 3 (1.40%) Puppet
9 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (22.90%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.67%) Google
3 9 (4.21%) Red Hat
4 8 (3.74%) Atlassian
5 6 (2.80%) Splunk
5 6 (2.80%) VMware
6 4 (1.87%) Adobe
7 3 (1.40%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.93%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle