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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 51 22
Rank change year-on-year -12 -29 +8
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 259 143 497
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.47% 4.03% 7.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.36% 19.72% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 189 107 262
10th Percentile £30,250 £26,500 £32,550
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £52,837
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -5.37% -3.93%
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,500 £80,000
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 1,583 725 1,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.13% 20.42% 26.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 498 1,102
10th Percentile £35,535 £29,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £83,750
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 2 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 2 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 -9 80 £60,000 +14.29% 35
Gloucestershire -36 60 £85,000 +47.83% 66
Devon +5 47 £62,500 +47.06% 21
Somerset -12 42 £37,500 +29.31% 19
Dorset -8 17 £33,000 +20.00% 23
Wiltshire -24 7 £57,500 - 3
Cornwall - 2 - - 3
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 17 (6.56%) Apache
2 10 (3.86%) Confluence
3 4 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.16%) JBoss
4 3 (1.16%) nginx
5 2 (0.77%) CMS
6 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.39%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 91 (35.14%) Azure
2 85 (32.82%) AWS
3 34 (13.13%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (13.13%) Power Platform
4 26 (10.04%) GCP
4 26 (10.04%) OpenShift
5 19 (7.34%) SaaS
6 18 (6.95%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (4.63%) GitHub
8 10 (3.86%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (2.70%) Serverless
10 6 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (2.32%) Azure AI
11 5 (1.93%) Google Play
12 4 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
12 4 (1.54%) Datadog
12 4 (1.54%) Figma
13 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.16%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.16%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.32%) VPN
1 6 (2.32%) WAN
2 4 (1.54%) AMQP
3 3 (1.16%) SSL
3 3 (1.16%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.77%) Broadband
5 1 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.39%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.72%) Elasticsearch
1 20 (7.72%) MongoDB
2 12 (4.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (4.25%) MySQL
4 9 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.47%) Relational Database
5 8 (3.09%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
6 7 (2.70%) Power BI
7 6 (2.32%) Big Data
7 6 (2.32%) InfluxDB
8 4 (1.54%) ClickHouse
8 4 (1.54%) Cloudera CDH
8 4 (1.54%) GIS
8 4 (1.54%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.54%) MariaDB
8 4 (1.54%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.16%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 74 (28.57%) Git
2 31 (11.97%) Subversion
3 26 (10.04%) Eclipse
3 26 (10.04%) GitLab
4 25 (9.65%) Jenkins
5 22 (8.49%) JUnit
6 20 (7.72%) JIRA
7 17 (6.56%) Cypress.io
8 13 (5.02%) Selenium
9 11 (4.25%) SonarQube
10 8 (3.09%) Cucumber
10 8 (3.09%) TestRail
11 7 (2.70%) MSI
11 7 (2.70%) Robot Framework
12 5 (1.93%) Postman
13 3 (1.16%) Bitbucket
13 3 (1.16%) JMeter
13 3 (1.16%) NUnit
13 3 (1.16%) Snyk
13 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 61 (23.55%) Social Skills
2 31 (11.97%) Finance
3 29 (11.20%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.95%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.86%) Aerospace
7 9 (3.47%) Military
8 8 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.70%) Retail
10 6 (2.32%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (2.32%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.54%) Law
12 3 (1.16%) Legal
12 3 (1.16%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.77%) Banking
13 2 (0.77%) Electronics
13 2 (0.77%) Environmental Health
13 2 (0.77%) Local Government
13 2 (0.77%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.39%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 119 (45.95%) Developer
2 54 (20.85%) Software Engineer
3 41 (15.83%) Senior
4 38 (14.67%) Full-Stack Developer
5 27 (10.42%) Architect
5 27 (10.42%) Java Developer
5 27 (10.42%) Solutions Architect
6 25 (9.65%) Junior
7 24 (9.27%) Software Developer
8 23 (8.88%) Junior Developer
8 23 (8.88%) Junior Java Developer
9 20 (7.72%) Senior Developer
10 18 (6.95%) Lead
11 15 (5.79%) JavaScript Developer
12 14 (5.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 14 (5.41%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 13 (5.02%) Test Engineer
14 12 (4.63%) .NET Developer
15 11 (4.25%) Analyst
15 11 (4.25%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (40.15%) React
2 59 (22.78%) RESTful
3 45 (17.37%) CSS
3 45 (17.37%) HTML
4 40 (15.44%) .NET
4 40 (15.44%) Node.js
5 35 (13.51%) Terraform
6 27 (10.42%) Web Services
7 26 (10.04%) Jakarta EE
7 26 (10.04%) Struts
8 25 (9.65%) Vue
9 24 (9.27%) .NET Core
10 20 (7.72%) Spring
11 19 (7.34%) Spring Boot
12 18 (6.95%) .NET Framework
12 18 (6.95%) AngularJS
12 18 (6.95%) Elastic Stack
12 18 (6.95%) REST
13 17 (6.56%) ASP.NET
14 15 (5.79%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.65%) Cloud Native
2 16 (6.18%) Onboarding
3 9 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.32%) Client/Server
6 6 (2.32%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.93%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.93%) iPhone
8 4 (1.54%) PMI
8 4 (1.54%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.54%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.16%) Blog
9 3 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.16%) Social Media
10 2 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.77%) IoT
10 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (13.90%) Linux
2 24 (9.27%) Windows
3 10 (3.86%) CentOS
4 9 (3.47%) Android
5 7 (2.70%) Unix
6 5 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (1.54%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.54%) Debian
7 4 (1.54%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (47.49%) Full-Stack Development
2 103 (39.77%) Agile
3 98 (37.84%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (33.20%) CI/CD
4 86 (33.20%) Software Engineering
5 60 (23.17%) DevOps
6 57 (22.01%) AI
7 55 (21.24%) Test Automation
8 39 (15.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (14.67%) Microservices
10 37 (14.29%) Computer Science
10 37 (14.29%) Containerisation
11 32 (12.36%) Infrastructure as Code
12 30 (11.58%) Code Quality
13 29 (11.20%) Collaborative Culture
14 28 (10.81%) LLM
14 28 (10.81%) Machine Learning
15 23 (8.88%) API Development
15 23 (8.88%) Requirements Analysis
16 22 (8.49%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 136 (52.51%) Python
2 78 (30.12%) Java
3 77 (29.73%) SQL
4 72 (27.80%) C#
5 57 (22.01%) TypeScript
6 54 (20.85%) C++
7 26 (10.04%) Perl
8 22 (8.49%) Bash
9 19 (7.34%) PHP
10 13 (5.02%) PowerShell
10 13 (5.02%) Rust
11 9 (3.47%) Go
12 7 (2.70%) Bicep
13 4 (1.54%) C
13 4 (1.54%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.16%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.77%) XAML
16 1 (0.39%) Objective-C
16 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 69 (26.64%) Security Cleared
2 47 (18.15%) Degree
3 38 (14.67%) SC Cleared
4 34 (13.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (6.56%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.47%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.54%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.16%) OCP
8 3 (1.16%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.49%) Accessibility
2 21 (8.11%) QA
3 11 (4.25%) WCAG
4 10 (3.86%) NCSC
5 8 (3.09%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.16%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 59 (22.78%) Docker
2 6 (2.32%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 60 (23.17%) Kubernetes
2 21 (8.11%) Ansible
3 17 (6.56%) Grafana
4 14 (5.41%) Kibana
4 14 (5.41%) logstash
5 6 (2.32%) vCenter Server
6 5 (1.93%) Puppet
7 3 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.16%) Nagios
7 3 (1.16%) Plesk
7 3 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.77%) Podman
9 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 64 (24.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.18%) Red Hat
3 15 (5.79%) Google
4 9 (3.47%) Atlassian
4 9 (3.47%) Splunk
5 6 (2.32%) VMware
6 4 (1.54%) Sage
6 4 (1.54%) SaltStack
6 4 (1.54%) SAP
7 3 (1.16%) New Relic
8 2 (0.77%) IBM
8 2 (0.77%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.77%) Oracle
9 1 (0.39%) Adobe
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco
9 1 (0.39%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.39%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.39%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud