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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 53 22
Rank change year-on-year -16 -31 +6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 249 141 461
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.34% 3.93% 7.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.98% 19.69% 25.70%
Number of salaries quoted 183 109 239
10th Percentile £30,250 £26,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £52,837
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -10.10% -3.93%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,000 £83,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 1,558 716 1,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.63% 19.96% 27.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,170 501 996
10th Percentile £36,239 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,219 £36,750 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,313
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 16 October 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 16 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
Bristol -13 77 £60,000 +20.00% 10
Gloucestershire -39 58 £85,000 +44.68% 13
Devon -2 43 £62,500 +51.52% 6
Somerset -8 43 £37,500 +38.89% 8
Dorset -10 15 £33,000 +20.00%
Wiltshire -15 9 £53,750 -6.52% 2
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 16 (6.43%) Apache
2 10 (4.02%) Confluence
3 5 (2.01%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.20%) JBoss
4 3 (1.20%) nginx
5 2 (0.80%) CMS
6 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.61%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.40%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 95 (38.15%) Azure
2 82 (32.93%) AWS
3 35 (14.06%) Power Platform
4 33 (13.25%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (10.44%) OpenShift
6 25 (10.04%) GCP
7 21 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (7.23%) SaaS
9 12 (4.82%) GitHub
10 11 (4.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (3.21%) Serverless
12 7 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (2.41%) Azure AI
14 5 (2.01%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (2.01%) Google Play
15 4 (1.61%) Datadog
15 4 (1.61%) Figma
15 4 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (1.61%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.01%) AMQP
2 4 (1.61%) VPN
2 4 (1.61%) WAN
3 3 (1.20%) SSL
4 2 (0.80%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.63%) MongoDB
2 18 (7.23%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.61%) MySQL
5 8 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (3.21%) Power BI
5 8 (3.21%) Relational Database
5 8 (3.21%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.81%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (2.41%) Big Data
8 5 (2.01%) Cloudera CDH
8 5 (2.01%) Hadoop
8 5 (2.01%) InfluxDB
9 4 (1.61%) ClickHouse
9 4 (1.61%) GIS
10 3 (1.20%) MariaDB
10 3 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.20%) ZAP BI
11 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 73 (29.32%) Git
2 31 (12.45%) Subversion
3 26 (10.44%) Eclipse
4 23 (9.24%) GitLab
4 23 (9.24%) Jenkins
5 22 (8.84%) JUnit
6 20 (8.03%) JIRA
7 14 (5.62%) Cypress.io
8 12 (4.82%) Selenium
9 9 (3.61%) SonarQube
10 7 (2.81%) MSI
10 7 (2.81%) TestRail
11 6 (2.41%) Cucumber
11 6 (2.41%) Robot Framework
12 5 (2.01%) Postman
13 3 (1.20%) Bitbucket
13 3 (1.20%) NUnit
13 3 (1.20%) Snyk
13 3 (1.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 3 (1.20%) TeamCity
General
1 61 (24.50%) Social Skills
2 33 (13.25%) Finance
3 29 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.43%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (4.42%) Aerospace
7 8 (3.21%) Military
7 8 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.81%) Retail
9 4 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.61%) Law
9 4 (1.61%) Legal
9 4 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.80%) Banking
11 2 (0.80%) Electronics
11 2 (0.80%) Environmental Health
11 2 (0.80%) Local Government
11 2 (0.80%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.40%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 114 (45.78%) Developer
2 52 (20.88%) Software Engineer
3 40 (16.06%) Senior
4 32 (12.85%) Full-Stack Developer
5 27 (10.84%) Architect
5 27 (10.84%) Java Developer
5 27 (10.84%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (10.04%) Junior
7 24 (9.64%) Software Developer
8 23 (9.24%) Junior Developer
8 23 (9.24%) Junior Java Developer
9 20 (8.03%) Senior Developer
10 18 (7.23%) Lead
11 15 (6.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 12 (4.82%) .NET Developer
12 12 (4.82%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 12 (4.82%) Test Engineer
13 10 (4.02%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 10 (4.02%) JavaScript Developer
14 9 (3.61%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (40.96%) React
2 57 (22.89%) RESTful
3 43 (17.27%) CSS
3 43 (17.27%) HTML
4 42 (16.87%) Node.js
5 41 (16.47%) .NET
6 33 (13.25%) Terraform
7 27 (10.84%) Web Services
8 26 (10.44%) Jakarta EE
8 26 (10.44%) Struts
9 23 (9.24%) .NET Core
9 23 (9.24%) Vue
10 21 (8.43%) REST
10 21 (8.43%) Spring
11 20 (8.03%) AngularJS
11 20 (8.03%) Spring Boot
12 18 (7.23%) .NET Framework
13 17 (6.83%) ASP.NET
14 16 (6.43%) Blazor
15 15 (6.02%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.84%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.43%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.41%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.01%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.01%) iPhone
7 4 (1.61%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.61%) PMI
7 4 (1.61%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.61%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.20%) Blog
8 3 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (1.20%) IoT
8 3 (1.20%) Social Media
9 2 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.80%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.46%) Linux
2 21 (8.43%) Windows
3 10 (4.02%) CentOS
4 9 (3.61%) Android
5 7 (2.81%) Unix
6 6 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.01%) Debian
7 5 (2.01%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.61%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (46.59%) Full-Stack Development
2 104 (41.77%) Agile
3 95 (38.15%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (34.14%) Software Engineering
5 84 (33.73%) CI/CD
6 63 (25.30%) DevOps
7 60 (24.10%) AI
8 55 (22.09%) Test Automation
9 39 (15.66%) Microservices
10 38 (15.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (14.46%) Computer Science
11 36 (14.46%) Containerisation
12 32 (12.85%) Infrastructure as Code
13 29 (11.65%) Code Quality
14 28 (11.24%) LLM
14 28 (11.24%) Machine Learning
15 27 (10.84%) Collaborative Culture
16 24 (9.64%) API Development
17 23 (9.24%) Collaborative Working
17 23 (9.24%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 131 (52.61%) Python
2 77 (30.92%) Java
3 73 (29.32%) C#
3 73 (29.32%) SQL
4 57 (22.89%) TypeScript
5 52 (20.88%) C++
6 26 (10.44%) Perl
7 19 (7.63%) Bash
8 18 (7.23%) PHP
9 11 (4.42%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.42%) Rust
10 8 (3.21%) Go
11 7 (2.81%) Bicep
12 4 (1.61%) C
12 4 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.20%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.80%) XAML
15 1 (0.40%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 68 (27.31%) Security Cleared
2 46 (18.47%) Degree
3 39 (15.66%) SC Cleared
4 33 (13.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (6.83%) DV Cleared
6 8 (3.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.61%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.20%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.20%) OCP
8 3 (1.20%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.40%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.84%) Accessibility
2 21 (8.43%) QA
3 12 (4.82%) WCAG
4 10 (4.02%) NCSC
5 8 (3.21%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.20%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 57 (22.89%) Docker
2 5 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 62 (24.90%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.63%) Ansible
3 14 (5.62%) Grafana
4 11 (4.42%) Kibana
4 11 (4.42%) logstash
5 6 (2.41%) Puppet
6 5 (2.01%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.20%) Nagios
7 3 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.80%) Plesk
9 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 64 (25.70%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.43%) Red Hat
3 14 (5.62%) Google
4 8 (3.21%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.21%) Splunk
5 5 (2.01%) SaltStack
5 5 (2.01%) VMware
6 4 (1.61%) Sage
6 4 (1.61%) SAP
7 3 (1.20%) New Relic
8 2 (0.80%) IBM
8 2 (0.80%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.80%) Oracle
9 1 (0.40%) Adobe
9 1 (0.40%) Cisco
9 1 (0.40%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud