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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 32 24
Rank change year-on-year -21 -8 +5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 261 203 494
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.92% 5.78% 6.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.49% 24.85% 24.19%
Number of salaries quoted 207 140 376
10th Percentile £30,250 £27,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,375 £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 £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 1,492 817 2,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.67% 23.27% 25.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,060 540 1,500
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,375 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £61,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +4.10% -6.15%

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 10 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 10 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 84 £60,000 +4.35% 29
Devon +10 50 £55,000 +4.76% 13
Gloucestershire -43 50 £85,000 +44.68% 34
Somerset -25 43 £37,500 -6.25% 13
Dorset -8 19 £35,250 -6.00% 11
Wiltshire -27 9 £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 (5.36%) Apache
2 8 (3.07%) Confluence
3 3 (1.15%) JBoss
3 3 (1.15%) nginx
4 2 (0.77%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.77%) CMS
4 2 (0.77%) WordPress
5 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.38%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.77%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.77%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.77%) InDesign
2 2 (0.77%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.77%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.38%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 92 (35.25%) Azure
2 72 (27.59%) AWS
3 32 (12.26%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (11.49%) Power Platform
5 24 (9.20%) GCP
6 23 (8.81%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (6.51%) OpenShift
8 15 (5.75%) GitHub
9 14 (5.36%) SaaS
10 8 (3.07%) Serverless
11 7 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.30%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.92%) Figma
13 5 (1.92%) Google Play
13 5 (1.92%) npm
14 4 (1.53%) Datadog
15 3 (1.15%) Cloud Functions
15 3 (1.15%) Cloud Run
15 3 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.07%) VPN
1 8 (3.07%) WAN
2 4 (1.53%) Internet
2 4 (1.53%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.15%) Broadband
3 3 (1.15%) SSL
4 2 (0.77%) AMQP
4 2 (0.77%) Network Security
5 1 (0.38%) DNS
5 1 (0.38%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.05%) MongoDB
2 20 (7.66%) SQL Server
3 16 (6.13%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (5.36%) MySQL
5 12 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (3.07%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.68%) Geospatial Data
8 6 (2.30%) InfluxDB
8 6 (2.30%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.30%) Power BI
9 4 (1.53%) Big Data
9 4 (1.53%) MariaDB
10 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.15%) ZAP BI
11 2 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.77%) Cloudera CDH
11 2 (0.77%) GIS
11 2 (0.77%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 82 (31.42%) Git
2 28 (10.73%) Subversion
3 23 (8.81%) Eclipse
3 23 (8.81%) GitLab
3 23 (8.81%) Jenkins
4 20 (7.66%) Cypress.io
4 20 (7.66%) JUnit
5 19 (7.28%) JIRA
6 11 (4.21%) Selenium
7 10 (3.83%) SonarQube
8 7 (2.68%) Cucumber
8 7 (2.68%) MSI
8 7 (2.68%) Robot Framework
8 7 (2.68%) TestRail
9 5 (1.92%) Postman
10 4 (1.53%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.53%) NUnit
11 3 (1.15%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
11 3 (1.15%) TeamCity
General
1 58 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (11.11%) Finance
3 15 (5.75%) Public Sector
4 12 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (4.21%) Aerospace
6 10 (3.83%) Military
7 9 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (3.07%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.30%) Retail
10 4 (1.53%) Law
10 4 (1.53%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.15%) Tech for Good
11 3 (1.15%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.77%) Automotive
12 2 (0.77%) Banking
12 2 (0.77%) Electronics
12 2 (0.77%) Environmental Health
12 2 (0.77%) Legal
Job Titles
1 132 (50.57%) Developer
2 52 (19.92%) Software Engineer
3 41 (15.71%) Senior
4 37 (14.18%) Full-Stack Developer
5 25 (9.58%) Java Developer
6 24 (9.20%) Architect
6 24 (9.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 24 (9.20%) Junior
6 24 (9.20%) Solutions Architect
7 23 (8.81%) Senior Developer
8 22 (8.43%) Junior Developer
9 21 (8.05%) Junior Java Developer
10 20 (7.66%) Software Developer
11 18 (6.90%) JavaScript Developer
12 17 (6.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 16 (6.13%) .NET Developer
14 15 (5.75%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
14 15 (5.75%) Lead
15 14 (5.36%) Analyst
16 12 (4.60%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (38.31%) React
2 61 (23.37%) HTML
3 60 (22.99%) CSS
4 57 (21.84%) RESTful
5 49 (18.77%) .NET
6 34 (13.03%) Node.js
7 26 (9.96%) .NET Core
7 26 (9.96%) REST
8 25 (9.58%) Web Services
9 24 (9.20%) Vue
10 23 (8.81%) AngularJS
10 23 (8.81%) ASP.NET
10 23 (8.81%) Jakarta EE
10 23 (8.81%) Struts
11 19 (7.28%) .NET Framework
12 18 (6.90%) Playwright
13 17 (6.51%) Elastic Stack
13 17 (6.51%) HTML5
14 16 (6.13%) ASP.NET Core
14 16 (6.13%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 26 (9.96%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.36%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.21%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.83%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (3.83%) Mobile App
5 9 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.07%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.92%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.92%) iPhone
8 4 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.15%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.15%) Social Media
10 2 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.77%) Blog
10 2 (0.77%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (0.77%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.77%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 32 (12.26%) Linux
2 25 (9.58%) Windows
3 9 (3.45%) Android
4 8 (3.07%) CentOS
5 6 (2.30%) Unix
6 4 (1.53%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.77%) Debian
8 2 (0.77%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (45.21%) Full-Stack Development
2 97 (37.16%) Agile
3 93 (35.63%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (31.42%) Software Engineering
5 75 (28.74%) CI/CD
6 57 (21.84%) DevOps
7 47 (18.01%) Test Automation
8 45 (17.24%) AI
9 37 (14.18%) Containerisation
10 34 (13.03%) Computer Science
11 33 (12.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 32 (12.26%) Microservices
13 29 (11.11%) Front End Development
14 28 (10.73%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (10.34%) Collaborative Culture
16 25 (9.58%) LLM
16 25 (9.58%) Machine Learning
17 24 (9.20%) Code Quality
18 23 (8.81%) Scrum
19 22 (8.43%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 133 (50.96%) Python
2 84 (32.18%) C#
3 72 (27.59%) SQL
4 69 (26.44%) Java
4 69 (26.44%) TypeScript
5 53 (20.31%) C++
6 23 (8.81%) Perl
7 20 (7.66%) Bash
8 19 (7.28%) PHP
9 13 (4.98%) Rust
10 11 (4.21%) Go
11 10 (3.83%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.68%) Bicep
13 6 (2.30%) C
14 4 (1.53%) T-SQL
15 3 (1.15%) PL/SQL
15 3 (1.15%) R
16 2 (0.77%) XAML
17 1 (0.38%) Objective-C
17 1 (0.38%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 48 (18.39%) Degree
3 32 (12.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 26 (9.96%) SC Cleared
5 16 (6.13%) DV Cleared
6 12 (4.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (2.30%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.53%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.15%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.15%) OCP
10 3 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.77%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.38%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.43%) Accessibility
1 22 (8.43%) QA
2 11 (4.21%) WCAG
3 9 (3.45%) NCSC
4 7 (2.68%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.15%) NIST
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 51 (19.54%) Docker
2 6 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (19.16%) Kubernetes
2 30 (11.49%) Terraform
3 17 (6.51%) Ansible
3 17 (6.51%) Grafana
4 14 (5.36%) Kibana
5 13 (4.98%) logstash
6 6 (2.30%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.53%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.15%) Nagios
8 3 (1.15%) Plesk
8 3 (1.15%) Podman
8 3 (1.15%) Puppet
8 3 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 67 (25.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.36%) Red Hat
3 13 (4.98%) Google
4 9 (3.45%) Atlassian
4 9 (3.45%) Splunk
5 6 (2.30%) VMware
6 4 (1.53%) Adobe
7 3 (1.15%) New Relic
7 3 (1.15%) Oracle
8 2 (0.77%) IBM
8 2 (0.77%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.77%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.77%) SaltStack