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 citing JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	72	53	21
Rank change year-on-year	-19	-32	+2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript	255	141	459
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West	2.34%	3.85%	7.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category	16.09%	19.75%	26.02%
Number of salaries quoted	183	111	241
10^th Percentile	£30,250	£26,500	£32,500
25^th Percentile	£38,125	£33,500	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£47,500	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+26.32%	-13.64%	-
75^th Percentile	£72,500	£61,875	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£72,500	£80,000
England median annual salary	£60,000	£62,500	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-4.00%	-3.85%	-

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 citing coding skills in the South West.

	6 months to 23 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing coding skills	1,585	714	1,764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West	14.52%	19.51%	27.64%
Number of salaries quoted	1,181	508	984
10^th Percentile	£36,250	£30,000	£33,750
25^th Percentile	£46,250	£36,750	£42,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£52,000	£55,000
Median % change year-on-year	+15.38%	-5.45%	-
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£65,000	£71,250
90^th Percentile	£85,000	£80,000	£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 Salary Trend in the South West

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 23 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 23 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Bristol	-16	80	£60,000	+20.00%	19
Gloucestershire	-38	60	£85,000	+47.83%	40
Devon	-2	45	£62,500	+56.25%	11
Somerset	-6	43	£37,500	+38.89%	18
Dorset	-13	14	£33,000	+20.00%	4
Wiltshire	-13	9	£53,750	-10.42%	3
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JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 23 October 2026, job vacancies citing JavaScript also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region citing JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	51.4%	131
2	Full-Stack Development	46.3%	118
3	React	42.4%	108
4	Agile	42.0%	107
5	Azure	39.2%	100
6	Problem-Solving	37.3%	95
7	CI/CD	34.5%	88
8	Software Engineering	34.1%	87
9	AWS	33.7%	86
10	Java	30.6%	78
11	C#	29.8%	76
12	SQL	29.4%	75
13	Git	28.2%	72
14	Security Cleared	27.5%	70
15	Microsoft	26.7%	68
16	DevOps	25.5%	65
17	AI	24.3%	62
17	Kubernetes	24.3%	62
19	Docker	23.5%	60
19	TypeScript	23.5%	60
21	RESTful	22.4%	57
21	Test Automation	22.4%	57
23	C++	20.8%	53
24	Degree	18.0%	46
25	CSS	17.6%	45
25	HTML	17.6%	45
25	Node.js	17.6%	45
28	.NET	17.3%	44
29	Continuous Improvement	15.7%	40
29	Microservices	15.7%	40

JavaScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	51.4%	131
2	Java	30.6%	78
3	C#	29.8%	76
4	SQL	29.4%	75
5	TypeScript	23.5%	60
6	C++	20.8%	53
7	Perl	10.2%	26
8	Bash	7.5%	19
8	PHP	7.5%	19
10	Rust	4.7%	12
11	PowerShell	4.3%	11
12	Go	3.1%	8
13	Bicep	2.7%	7
14	C	2.0%	5
15	T-SQL	1.6%	4
16	PL/SQL	1.2%	3
17	XAML	0.8%	2
18	Objective-C	0.4%	1
18	VB	0.4%	1