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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 31 24
Rank change year-on-year -23 -7 +4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 253 206 512
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.90% 5.95% 6.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.41% 24.94% 24.13%
Number of salaries quoted 208 144 395
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,100 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,773 £66,100 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.57% +10.17% -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 1,453 826 2,122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.67% 23.87% 25.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 551 1,584
10th Percentile £32,725 £32,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,600 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £81,250
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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -3 84 £60,000 - 27
Devon +9 52 £52,500 - 13
Gloucestershire -45 48 £53,750 -8.51% 33
Somerset -28 39 £35,000 -33.33% 11
Dorset -9 18 £35,250 -6.00% 10
Wiltshire -36 6 £57,500 -4.17% 3
Cornwall - 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 14 (5.53%) Apache
2 8 (3.16%) Confluence
3 3 (1.19%) CMS
3 3 (1.19%) JBoss
3 3 (1.19%) nginx
4 2 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.79%) WordPress
5 1 (0.40%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.40%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.79%) InDesign
2 2 (0.79%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.40%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 89 (35.18%) Azure
2 68 (26.88%) AWS
3 32 (12.65%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (11.86%) Power Platform
5 22 (8.70%) GCP
6 21 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (5.93%) OpenShift
7 15 (5.93%) SaaS
8 12 (4.74%) GitHub
9 8 (3.16%) Serverless
10 5 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (1.98%) Azure AI
10 5 (1.98%) Figma
10 5 (1.98%) Google Play
10 5 (1.98%) npm
11 4 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.58%) Datadog
12 3 (1.19%) Cloud Functions
12 3 (1.19%) Cloud Run
13 2 (0.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.16%) VPN
1 8 (3.16%) WAN
2 4 (1.58%) Internet
2 4 (1.58%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.19%) Broadband
3 3 (1.19%) SSL
4 2 (0.79%) AMQP
4 2 (0.79%) Network Security
5 1 (0.40%) DNS
5 1 (0.40%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.09%) MongoDB
2 20 (7.91%) SQL Server
3 16 (6.32%) Elasticsearch
3 16 (6.32%) MySQL
4 12 (4.74%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (3.16%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.77%) Geospatial Data
8 6 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.37%) InfluxDB
8 6 (2.37%) Power BI
9 5 (1.98%) Big Data
10 4 (1.58%) MariaDB
11 3 (1.19%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.79%) Cloudera CDH
12 2 (0.79%) GIS
12 2 (0.79%) Hadoop
13 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 76 (30.04%) Git
2 26 (10.28%) Subversion
3 21 (8.30%) Eclipse
3 21 (8.30%) GitLab
4 19 (7.51%) Jenkins
5 16 (6.32%) JIRA
5 16 (6.32%) JUnit
6 15 (5.93%) Cypress.io
7 8 (3.16%) Selenium
7 8 (3.16%) SonarQube
8 7 (2.77%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.77%) MSI
8 7 (2.77%) Robot Framework
9 6 (2.37%) TestRail
10 4 (1.58%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.19%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.19%) Postman
11 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.79%) NUnit
12 2 (0.79%) TeamCity
General
1 51 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.67%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.09%) Finance
4 13 (5.14%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 10 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.56%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.16%) Manufacturing
9 7 (2.77%) Military
10 6 (2.37%) Retail
11 4 (1.58%) Automotive
11 4 (1.58%) Multimedia
12 3 (1.19%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.19%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.79%) Law
13 2 (0.79%) Local Government
13 2 (0.79%) Marketing
14 1 (0.40%) Banking
14 1 (0.40%) Legal
Job Titles
1 131 (51.78%) Developer
2 52 (20.55%) Software Engineer
3 38 (15.02%) Senior
4 36 (14.23%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (9.49%) Architect
5 24 (9.49%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (9.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 23 (9.09%) Java Developer
7 22 (8.70%) Junior
8 21 (8.30%) Junior Developer
9 20 (7.91%) JavaScript Developer
9 20 (7.91%) Junior Java Developer
9 20 (7.91%) Senior Developer
10 19 (7.51%) Software Developer
11 17 (6.72%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 16 (6.32%) .NET Developer
13 15 (5.93%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
14 14 (5.53%) Analyst
15 13 (5.14%) Lead
16 12 (4.74%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (36.76%) React
2 59 (23.32%) HTML
3 58 (22.92%) CSS
4 54 (21.34%) RESTful
5 46 (18.18%) .NET
6 32 (12.65%) Node.js
7 25 (9.88%) REST
8 24 (9.49%) .NET Core
8 24 (9.49%) ASP.NET
8 24 (9.49%) Vue
9 23 (9.09%) AngularJS
9 23 (9.09%) Web Services
10 21 (8.30%) Jakarta EE
10 21 (8.30%) Struts
11 18 (7.11%) .NET Framework
12 16 (6.32%) ASP.NET Core
12 16 (6.32%) Blazor
12 16 (6.32%) HTML5
13 15 (5.93%) CSS3
13 15 (5.93%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.14%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (3.95%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.56%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (3.16%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.98%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.98%) iPhone
7 4 (1.58%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.19%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.19%) Social Media
9 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.79%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.79%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.79%) IoT
9 2 (0.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 30 (11.86%) Linux
2 24 (9.49%) Windows
3 8 (3.16%) CentOS
4 7 (2.77%) Android
5 6 (2.37%) Unix
6 3 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.79%) Debian
7 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (45.45%) Full-Stack Development
2 90 (35.57%) Agile
2 90 (35.57%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (29.64%) Software Engineering
4 69 (27.27%) CI/CD
5 54 (21.34%) DevOps
6 42 (16.60%) AI
7 38 (15.02%) Test Automation
8 36 (14.23%) Containerisation
9 32 (12.65%) Microservices
10 31 (12.25%) Computer Science
11 29 (11.46%) Front End Development
12 27 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (9.88%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (9.88%) LLM
14 24 (9.49%) Collaborative Culture
15 23 (9.09%) API Development
15 23 (9.09%) Machine Learning
15 23 (9.09%) Web Development
16 22 (8.70%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 122 (48.22%) Python
2 82 (32.41%) C#
3 71 (28.06%) SQL
4 66 (26.09%) TypeScript
5 62 (24.51%) Java
6 48 (18.97%) C++
7 21 (8.30%) Perl
7 21 (8.30%) PHP
8 19 (7.51%) Bash
9 11 (4.35%) PowerShell
9 11 (4.35%) Rust
10 10 (3.95%) Go
11 7 (2.77%) Bicep
12 4 (1.58%) C
12 4 (1.58%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.19%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.19%) R
14 1 (0.40%) Ruby
14 1 (0.40%) VB
14 1 (0.40%) XAML
Qualifications
1 47 (18.58%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.00%) Degree
3 30 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (9.09%) SC Cleared
5 15 (5.93%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (1.98%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.58%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.19%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.40%) OCP
10 1 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.51%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.93%) QA
3 10 (3.95%) WCAG
4 8 (3.16%) NCSC
5 7 (2.77%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.40%) NIST
System Software
1 49 (19.37%) Docker
2 6 (2.37%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 47 (18.58%) Kubernetes
2 27 (10.67%) Terraform
3 17 (6.72%) Ansible
4 15 (5.93%) Grafana
5 14 (5.53%) Kibana
6 13 (5.14%) logstash
7 6 (2.37%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.58%) Podman
8 4 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.19%) Nagios
9 3 (1.19%) Plesk
9 3 (1.19%) Puppet
10 2 (0.79%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.40%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 66 (26.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.74%) Google
2 12 (4.74%) Red Hat
3 9 (3.56%) Atlassian
3 9 (3.56%) Splunk
4 6 (2.37%) VMware
5 3 (1.19%) Adobe
5 3 (1.19%) New Relic
6 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.79%) Oracle
6 2 (0.79%) SaltStack
7 1 (0.40%) IBM
7 1 (0.40%) OpenAI