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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 31 22
Rank change year-on-year -28 -9 +4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 229 216 633
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.71% 6.38% 7.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.31% 25.62% 25.88%
Number of salaries quoted 196 154 516
10th Percentile £30,250 £29,950 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.37% +10.34% -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 1,404 843 2,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.62% 24.92% 27.38%
Number of salaries quoted 997 567 1,889
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £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 23 July 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 July 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 74 £60,000 - 29
Devon +10 51 £50,000 -4.76% 14
Gloucestershire -45 41 £51,250 -12.77% 23
Somerset -35 35 £31,500 -40.00% 15
Dorset -6 17 £35,250 -6.00% 4
Cornwall - 4 £32,000 -
Wiltshire -39 3 £57,500 -4.17% 2
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 12 (5.24%) Apache
2 7 (3.06%) Confluence
3 4 (1.75%) CMS
4 3 (1.31%) WordPress
5 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.87%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.44%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.44%) JBoss
6 1 (0.44%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.44%) nginx
6 1 (0.44%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.87%) InDesign
2 2 (0.87%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.44%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.44%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 77 (33.62%) Azure
2 63 (27.51%) AWS
3 26 (11.35%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (10.04%) Power Platform
5 20 (8.73%) GCP
6 19 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (6.11%) SaaS
8 13 (5.68%) OpenShift
9 10 (4.37%) GitHub
10 9 (3.93%) Serverless
11 6 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.18%) Azure AI
12 5 (2.18%) Figma
12 5 (2.18%) Google Play
12 5 (2.18%) npm
13 3 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.31%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (1.31%) Cloud Functions
13 3 (1.31%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.49%) VPN
1 8 (3.49%) WAN
2 4 (1.75%) Internet
3 3 (1.31%) Broadband
3 3 (1.31%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.87%) AMQP
4 2 (0.87%) Network Security
5 1 (0.44%) DNS
5 1 (0.44%) Firewall
5 1 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (10.04%) MongoDB
2 20 (8.73%) SQL Server
3 16 (6.99%) Elasticsearch
3 16 (6.99%) MySQL
4 12 (5.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.93%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.62%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (2.62%) InfluxDB
7 5 (2.18%) Big Data
7 5 (2.18%) Power BI
8 4 (1.75%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.31%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.87%) Cloudera CDH
10 2 (0.87%) GIS
10 2 (0.87%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.44%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 66 (28.82%) Git
2 21 (9.17%) Subversion
3 19 (8.30%) GitLab
4 18 (7.86%) Eclipse
5 17 (7.42%) Jenkins
6 14 (6.11%) Cypress.io
6 14 (6.11%) JIRA
7 12 (5.24%) JUnit
8 7 (3.06%) Cucumber
8 7 (3.06%) Robot Framework
8 7 (3.06%) Selenium
8 7 (3.06%) SonarQube
9 6 (2.62%) MSI
9 6 (2.62%) TestRail
10 3 (1.31%) CircleCI
10 3 (1.31%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 2 (0.87%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.87%) Postman
12 1 (0.44%) MSTest
12 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
General
1 41 (17.90%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (5.68%) Finance
4 11 (4.80%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.93%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.49%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.49%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.62%) Retail
9 5 (2.18%) Automotive
10 4 (1.75%) Military
10 4 (1.75%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.31%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.87%) Local Government
12 2 (0.87%) Marketing
12 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 121 (52.84%) Developer
2 48 (20.96%) Software Engineer
3 37 (16.16%) Senior
4 32 (13.97%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (10.48%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 21 (9.17%) Java Developer
7 20 (8.73%) JavaScript Developer
8 19 (8.30%) Junior
8 19 (8.30%) Junior Developer
8 19 (8.30%) Senior Developer
9 18 (7.86%) Architect
9 18 (7.86%) Junior Java Developer
9 18 (7.86%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (6.99%) .NET Developer
10 16 (6.99%) Software Developer
11 15 (6.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 15 (6.55%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
12 14 (6.11%) Analyst
13 13 (5.68%) Senior Software Engineer
14 10 (4.37%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (35.81%) React
2 57 (24.89%) HTML
3 55 (24.02%) CSS
4 47 (20.52%) RESTful
5 42 (18.34%) .NET
6 29 (12.66%) Node.js
7 25 (10.92%) ASP.NET
7 25 (10.92%) REST
8 24 (10.48%) Vue
9 23 (10.04%) AngularJS
10 22 (9.61%) .NET Core
11 20 (8.73%) Web Services
12 18 (7.86%) Jakarta EE
12 18 (7.86%) Struts
13 16 (6.99%) .NET Framework
13 16 (6.99%) ASP.NET Core
13 16 (6.99%) Blazor
14 14 (6.11%) Elastic Stack
14 14 (6.11%) Playwright
14 14 (6.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.30%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.80%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (4.80%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.37%) Mobile App
4 9 (3.93%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.49%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.18%) iPhone
8 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.31%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.31%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.87%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.87%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.87%) IoT
10 2 (0.87%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.44%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.79%) Linux
2 22 (9.61%) Windows
3 8 (3.49%) CentOS
4 6 (2.62%) Unix
5 5 (2.18%) Android
6 3 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.87%) Debian
7 2 (0.87%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (45.85%) Full-Stack Development
2 79 (34.50%) Agile
3 78 (34.06%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (28.38%) Software Engineering
5 63 (27.51%) CI/CD
6 48 (20.96%) DevOps
7 34 (14.85%) AI
8 33 (14.41%) Containerisation
9 31 (13.54%) Front End Development
9 31 (13.54%) Microservices
10 30 (13.10%) Test Automation
11 27 (11.79%) Computer Science
12 25 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (10.48%) Web Development
14 22 (9.61%) Infrastructure as Code
15 21 (9.17%) Collaborative Culture
15 21 (9.17%) Scrum
16 20 (8.73%) LLM
17 19 (8.30%) API Development
17 19 (8.30%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 103 (44.98%) Python
2 71 (31.00%) C#
3 63 (27.51%) SQL
4 60 (26.20%) TypeScript
5 54 (23.58%) Java
6 39 (17.03%) C++
7 22 (9.61%) PHP
8 18 (7.86%) Perl
9 17 (7.42%) Bash
10 10 (4.37%) PowerShell
11 9 (3.93%) Go
11 9 (3.93%) Rust
12 6 (2.62%) Bicep
13 4 (1.75%) C
13 4 (1.75%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.31%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.31%) R
15 1 (0.44%) Ruby
15 1 (0.44%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (16.59%) Degree
2 36 (15.72%) Security Cleared
3 27 (11.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (7.42%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.68%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.37%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.75%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.75%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.31%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.44%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.42%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.80%) QA
3 9 (3.93%) WCAG
4 6 (2.62%) NCSC
5 5 (2.18%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 48 (20.96%) Docker
2 6 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (19.21%) Kubernetes
2 24 (10.48%) Terraform
3 17 (7.42%) Ansible
4 14 (6.11%) Grafana
4 14 (6.11%) Kibana
5 13 (5.68%) logstash
6 6 (2.62%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.75%) Podman
8 3 (1.31%) Plesk
8 3 (1.31%) Puppet
9 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.44%) Nagios
10 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (24.89%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.80%) Google
3 9 (3.93%) Red Hat
4 7 (3.06%) Atlassian
4 7 (3.06%) Splunk
5 6 (2.62%) VMware
6 3 (1.31%) Adobe
7 2 (0.87%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.87%) Oracle
7 2 (0.87%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.44%) New Relic
8 1 (0.44%) OpenAI