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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 24 19
Rank change year-on-year -36 -5 +5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 208 217 803
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.60% 7.27% 7.90%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.05% 25.59% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 175 149 670
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 £66,215 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.39% +10.36% -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 1,296 848 2,963
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.19% 28.42% 29.15%
Number of salaries quoted 877 570 2,343
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,694 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,525 £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 29 June 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 29 June 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 -16 70 £60,000 - 16
Devon -5 45 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Gloucestershire -41 40 £50,000 -13.04% 25
Somerset -39 27 £32,500 -43.48% 12
Dorset -12 11 £45,000 +20.00% 5
Wiltshire -37 6 £61,250 +4.26% 4
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 (5.29%) Apache
2 4 (1.92%) CMS
2 4 (1.92%) Confluence
2 4 (1.92%) WordPress
3 3 (1.44%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.96%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.48%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.48%) Joomla!
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (0.96%) InDesign
1 2 (0.96%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.48%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.48%) Elementor
2 1 (0.48%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 71 (34.13%) Azure
2 66 (31.73%) AWS
3 21 (10.10%) GCP
3 21 (10.10%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (8.65%) Power Platform
5 15 (7.21%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (6.73%) Serverless
7 13 (6.25%) GitHub
7 13 (6.25%) SaaS
8 10 (4.81%) OpenShift
9 8 (3.85%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (2.40%) Figma
10 5 (2.40%) npm
11 4 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.92%) Azure AI
11 4 (1.92%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.92%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (1.92%) Google Play
12 3 (1.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.44%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.85%) VPN
1 8 (3.85%) WAN
2 5 (2.40%) Internet
3 3 (1.44%) AMQP
3 3 (1.44%) Broadband
4 2 (0.96%) Network Security
4 2 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.48%) DNS
5 1 (0.48%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.10%) MongoDB
1 21 (10.10%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.17%) Elasticsearch
3 15 (7.21%) MySQL
4 10 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (4.81%) NoSQL
4 10 (4.81%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (3.37%) Big Data
6 6 (2.88%) InfluxDB
7 5 (2.40%) Power BI
8 4 (1.92%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.44%) Cloudera CDH
9 3 (1.44%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (1.44%) Hadoop
9 3 (1.44%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.96%) GIS
10 2 (0.96%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (25.96%) Git
2 17 (8.17%) Jenkins
3 16 (7.69%) GitLab
3 16 (7.69%) Subversion
4 15 (7.21%) Cypress.io
5 14 (6.73%) Eclipse
6 9 (4.33%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.85%) JUnit
7 8 (3.85%) SonarQube
8 7 (3.37%) JIRA
9 6 (2.88%) Robot Framework
9 6 (2.88%) Selenium
9 6 (2.88%) TestRail
10 3 (1.44%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.44%) MSI
10 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.96%) Postman
12 1 (0.48%) git-flow
12 1 (0.48%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
General
1 35 (16.83%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (5.29%) Finance
4 9 (4.33%) Manufacturing
4 9 (4.33%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.88%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.88%) Automotive
6 6 (2.88%) Retail
7 5 (2.40%) Multimedia
8 4 (1.92%) Marketing
9 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.44%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.96%) Local Government
10 2 (0.96%) Military
10 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Electronics
11 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 114 (54.81%) Developer
2 39 (18.75%) Software Engineer
3 37 (17.79%) Senior
4 28 (13.46%) Full-Stack Developer
5 25 (12.02%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 20 (9.62%) JavaScript Developer
7 18 (8.65%) Senior Developer
8 17 (8.17%) Java Developer
8 17 (8.17%) Software Developer
9 16 (7.69%) .NET Developer
10 15 (7.21%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
10 15 (7.21%) Junior
10 15 (7.21%) Junior Developer
11 14 (6.73%) Junior Java Developer
12 13 (6.25%) Architect
12 13 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
12 13 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (5.29%) PHP Developer
14 10 (4.81%) Analyst
14 10 (4.81%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (37.98%) React
2 51 (24.52%) CSS
2 51 (24.52%) HTML
3 40 (19.23%) RESTful
4 37 (17.79%) .NET
5 32 (15.38%) Node.js
6 28 (13.46%) Vue
7 27 (12.98%) AngularJS
8 23 (11.06%) ASP.NET
9 22 (10.58%) REST
10 18 (8.65%) .NET Core
11 16 (7.69%) ASP.NET Core
11 16 (7.69%) Web Services
12 15 (7.21%) Blazor
13 14 (6.73%) Elastic Stack
13 14 (6.73%) J2EE
13 14 (6.73%) Playwright
13 14 (6.73%) Struts
14 12 (5.77%) .NET Framework
14 12 (5.77%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.21%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.77%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (4.81%) Mobile App
4 9 (4.33%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.85%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.88%) Educational Technology
7 5 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.92%) iPhone
8 4 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.92%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.44%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.96%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.96%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.96%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.48%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.48%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.48%) IoT
11 1 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.58%) Linux
2 17 (8.17%) Windows
3 9 (4.33%) CentOS
4 6 (2.88%) Unix
5 4 (1.92%) Android
6 3 (1.44%) Debian
6 3 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (42.31%) Full-Stack Development
2 75 (36.06%) Agile
3 65 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (27.40%) Software Engineering
5 55 (26.44%) CI/CD
6 41 (19.71%) DevOps
7 31 (14.90%) Front End Development
8 28 (13.46%) Containerisation
9 26 (12.50%) AI
10 22 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (10.58%) Microservices
10 22 (10.58%) Test Automation
10 22 (10.58%) Web Development
11 20 (9.62%) Collaborative Culture
11 20 (9.62%) Computer Science
11 20 (9.62%) Scrum
12 19 (9.13%) Infrastructure as Code
13 18 (8.65%) Mentoring
13 18 (8.65%) User Experience
14 15 (7.21%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 93 (44.71%) Python
2 61 (29.33%) C#
2 61 (29.33%) TypeScript
3 53 (25.48%) SQL
4 51 (24.52%) Java
5 32 (15.38%) C++
6 26 (12.50%) PHP
7 17 (8.17%) Bash
8 14 (6.73%) Perl
9 9 (4.33%) Go
9 9 (4.33%) PowerShell
9 9 (4.33%) Rust
10 6 (2.88%) C
11 4 (1.92%) R
11 4 (1.92%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.44%) Bicep
12 3 (1.44%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.44%) VB
13 1 (0.48%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 31 (14.90%) Security Cleared
2 30 (14.42%) Degree
3 20 (9.62%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (5.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 11 (5.29%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.81%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.40%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.40%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.44%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.73%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.33%) QA
3 5 (2.40%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.40%) WCAG
4 3 (1.44%) NCSC
5 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 42 (20.19%) Docker
2 6 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (17.79%) Kubernetes
2 23 (11.06%) Terraform
3 18 (8.65%) Ansible
4 15 (7.21%) Grafana
4 15 (7.21%) Kibana
5 14 (6.73%) logstash
6 6 (2.88%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.92%) Podman
8 3 (1.44%) Plesk
8 3 (1.44%) Puppet
9 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (21.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.81%) Google
3 9 (4.33%) Red Hat
4 8 (3.85%) Atlassian
5 6 (2.88%) Splunk
5 6 (2.88%) VMware
6 4 (1.92%) Adobe
7 3 (1.44%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.96%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle
9 1 (0.48%) SAP