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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 33 23
Rank change year-on-year -23 -10 +5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 254 205 503
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.91% 5.90% 6.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.36% 25.09% 24.23%
Number of salaries quoted 204 142 381
10th Percentile £30,250 £27,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,773 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.04% +8.33% -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 1,463 817 2,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.75% 23.51% 25.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,030 540 1,525
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,375 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £60,375
% change year-on-year +1.56% +6.00% -7.12%

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 4 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 4 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 0 86 £60,000 +4.35% 30
Devon +5 50 £55,000 +4.76% 15
Gloucestershire -42 47 £70,000 +19.15% 36
Somerset -29 39 £35,000 -24.32% 14
Dorset -9 18 £35,250 -6.00% 10
Wiltshire -32 8 £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 (5.51%) Apache
2 8 (3.15%) Confluence
3 3 (1.18%) JBoss
3 3 (1.18%) nginx
4 2 (0.79%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.79%) CMS
4 2 (0.79%) WordPress
5 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.39%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.36%) 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 (0.39%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.39%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 93 (36.61%) Azure
2 71 (27.95%) AWS
3 32 (12.60%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (11.81%) Power Platform
5 24 (9.45%) GCP
6 23 (9.06%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (6.69%) OpenShift
8 15 (5.91%) GitHub
9 14 (5.51%) SaaS
10 8 (3.15%) Serverless
11 7 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.36%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.97%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.97%) Figma
13 5 (1.97%) Google Play
13 5 (1.97%) npm
14 4 (1.57%) Datadog
15 3 (1.18%) Cloud Functions
15 3 (1.18%) Cloud Run
15 3 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.15%) VPN
1 8 (3.15%) WAN
2 4 (1.57%) Internet
2 4 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.18%) Broadband
3 3 (1.18%) SSL
4 2 (0.79%) AMQP
4 2 (0.79%) Network Security
5 1 (0.39%) DNS
5 1 (0.39%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.27%) MongoDB
1 21 (8.27%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.30%) Elasticsearch
3 14 (5.51%) MySQL
4 12 (4.72%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.76%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (2.36%) InfluxDB
7 6 (2.36%) NoSQL
7 6 (2.36%) Power BI
8 4 (1.57%) Big Data
8 4 (1.57%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.18%) ZAP BI
10 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.79%) Cloudera CDH
10 2 (0.79%) GIS
10 2 (0.79%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 78 (30.71%) Git
2 26 (10.24%) Subversion
3 23 (9.06%) GitLab
4 22 (8.66%) Jenkins
5 21 (8.27%) Eclipse
6 19 (7.48%) Cypress.io
7 18 (7.09%) JUnit
8 17 (6.69%) JIRA
9 10 (3.94%) Selenium
9 10 (3.94%) SonarQube
10 7 (2.76%) Cucumber
10 7 (2.76%) MSI
10 7 (2.76%) Robot Framework
10 7 (2.76%) TestRail
11 5 (1.97%) Postman
12 4 (1.57%) Bitbucket
12 4 (1.57%) NUnit
13 3 (1.18%) CircleCI
13 3 (1.18%) Snyk
13 3 (1.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 56 (22.05%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.84%) Finance
4 14 (5.51%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.33%) Aerospace
5 11 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (3.54%) Military
6 9 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (3.15%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.36%) Retail
9 4 (1.57%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.18%) Automotive
10 3 (1.18%) Law
10 3 (1.18%) Tech for Good
10 3 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.79%) Electronics
11 2 (0.79%) Legal
11 2 (0.79%) Local Government
11 2 (0.79%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 130 (51.18%) Developer
2 50 (19.69%) Software Engineer
3 39 (15.35%) Senior
4 36 (14.17%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (9.45%) Architect
5 24 (9.45%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (9.06%) Java Developer
6 23 (9.06%) Junior
7 22 (8.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 21 (8.27%) Junior Developer
8 21 (8.27%) Senior Developer
8 21 (8.27%) Software Developer
9 20 (7.87%) Junior Java Developer
10 18 (7.09%) JavaScript Developer
11 16 (6.30%) .NET Developer
11 16 (6.30%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 15 (5.91%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
13 14 (5.51%) Analyst
13 14 (5.51%) Lead
14 11 (4.33%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (37.80%) React
2 60 (23.62%) HTML
3 59 (23.23%) CSS
4 55 (21.65%) RESTful
5 49 (19.29%) .NET
6 34 (13.39%) Node.js
7 26 (10.24%) .NET Core
7 26 (10.24%) REST
8 24 (9.45%) AngularJS
8 24 (9.45%) ASP.NET
9 23 (9.06%) Web Services
10 22 (8.66%) Vue
11 21 (8.27%) Jakarta EE
11 21 (8.27%) Struts
12 19 (7.48%) .NET Framework
13 17 (6.69%) Elastic Stack
13 17 (6.69%) HTML5
14 16 (6.30%) ASP.NET Core
14 16 (6.30%) CSS3
14 16 (6.30%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.51%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (3.94%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.94%) Product Ownership
4 9 (3.54%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.15%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.97%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.97%) iPhone
7 4 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.18%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.18%) Social Media
9 2 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.79%) Blog
9 2 (0.79%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.79%) IoT
9 2 (0.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 29 (11.42%) Linux
2 25 (9.84%) Windows
3 8 (3.15%) Android
3 8 (3.15%) CentOS
4 6 (2.36%) Unix
5 3 (1.18%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.79%) Debian
6 2 (0.79%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (45.28%) Full-Stack Development
2 94 (37.01%) Agile
3 90 (35.43%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (31.10%) Software Engineering
5 73 (28.74%) CI/CD
6 56 (22.05%) DevOps
7 43 (16.93%) AI
8 41 (16.14%) Test Automation
9 37 (14.57%) Containerisation
10 32 (12.60%) Computer Science
10 32 (12.60%) Microservices
11 31 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (11.02%) Front End Development
12 28 (11.02%) Infrastructure as Code
13 27 (10.63%) Collaborative Culture
14 25 (9.84%) LLM
15 24 (9.45%) Machine Learning
16 22 (8.66%) API Development
16 22 (8.66%) Scrum
16 22 (8.66%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 126 (49.61%) Python
2 83 (32.68%) C#
3 72 (28.35%) SQL
4 68 (26.77%) TypeScript
5 64 (25.20%) Java
6 48 (18.90%) C++
7 21 (8.27%) Perl
8 19 (7.48%) Bash
8 19 (7.48%) PHP
9 11 (4.33%) Go
9 11 (4.33%) Rust
10 10 (3.94%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.76%) Bicep
12 4 (1.57%) C
12 4 (1.57%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.18%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.18%) R
14 2 (0.79%) XAML
15 1 (0.39%) Ruby
15 1 (0.39%) VB
Qualifications
1 50 (19.69%) Security Cleared
2 46 (18.11%) Degree
3 30 (11.81%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (9.84%) SC Cleared
5 14 (5.51%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (2.36%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.57%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.18%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.18%) OCP
10 3 (1.18%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.87%) Accessibility
2 18 (7.09%) QA
3 10 (3.94%) WCAG
4 9 (3.54%) NCSC
5 7 (2.76%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.18%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 50 (19.69%) Docker
2 6 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (19.29%) Kubernetes
2 30 (11.81%) Terraform
3 17 (6.69%) Ansible
3 17 (6.69%) Grafana
4 14 (5.51%) Kibana
5 13 (5.12%) logstash
6 6 (2.36%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.57%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.18%) Nagios
8 3 (1.18%) Plesk
8 3 (1.18%) Podman
8 3 (1.18%) Puppet
8 3 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 67 (26.38%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.51%) Red Hat
3 13 (5.12%) Google
4 9 (3.54%) Atlassian
4 9 (3.54%) Splunk
5 6 (2.36%) VMware
6 3 (1.18%) Adobe
6 3 (1.18%) New Relic
6 3 (1.18%) Oracle
7 2 (0.79%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.79%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.79%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.39%) IBM