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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 31 23
Rank change year-on-year -22 -8 +3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 235 217 613
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.77% 6.41% 6.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.67% 25.71% 25.75%
Number of salaries quoted 197 155 496
10th Percentile £30,250 £30,100 £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 1,410 844 2,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.65% 24.94% 27.00%
Number of salaries quoted 997 570 1,829
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,250 £67,188 £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 24 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 24 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 -6 76 £60,000 - 30
Devon +6 51 £50,000 -4.76% 14
Gloucestershire -39 44 £51,250 -12.77% 30
Somerset -34 35 £31,500 -40.00% 17
Dorset -10 17 £35,250 -6.00% 7
Wiltshire -35 4 £57,500 -4.17% 2
Cornwall - 4 £32,000 -
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 13 (5.53%) Apache
2 7 (2.98%) Confluence
3 4 (1.70%) CMS
4 3 (1.28%) WordPress
5 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.85%) JBoss
5 2 (0.85%) nginx
5 2 (0.85%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.85%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (0.85%) InDesign
2 2 (0.85%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.43%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 79 (33.62%) Azure
2 66 (28.09%) AWS
3 26 (11.06%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (9.79%) Power Platform
5 21 (8.94%) GCP
6 19 (8.09%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (5.96%) SaaS
8 13 (5.53%) OpenShift
9 10 (4.26%) GitHub
10 9 (3.83%) Serverless
11 6 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.13%) Azure AI
12 5 (2.13%) Figma
12 5 (2.13%) Google Play
12 5 (2.13%) npm
13 3 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.28%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 3 (1.28%) Cloud Functions
13 3 (1.28%) Cloud Run
13 3 (1.28%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.40%) VPN
1 8 (3.40%) WAN
2 4 (1.70%) Internet
3 3 (1.28%) Broadband
3 3 (1.28%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.85%) AMQP
4 2 (0.85%) Network Security
4 2 (0.85%) SSL
5 1 (0.43%) DNS
5 1 (0.43%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.79%) MongoDB
2 20 (8.51%) SQL Server
3 16 (6.81%) Elasticsearch
3 16 (6.81%) MySQL
4 12 (5.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (3.83%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.55%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (2.55%) InfluxDB
7 5 (2.13%) Big Data
7 5 (2.13%) Power BI
8 4 (1.70%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.28%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.85%) Cloudera CDH
10 2 (0.85%) GIS
10 2 (0.85%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.43%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 68 (28.94%) Git
2 22 (9.36%) Subversion
3 19 (8.09%) GitLab
4 18 (7.66%) Eclipse
5 17 (7.23%) Jenkins
6 15 (6.38%) JIRA
7 14 (5.96%) Cypress.io
8 12 (5.11%) JUnit
9 7 (2.98%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.98%) Robot Framework
9 7 (2.98%) Selenium
9 7 (2.98%) SonarQube
10 6 (2.55%) MSI
10 6 (2.55%) TestRail
11 3 (1.28%) Bitbucket
11 3 (1.28%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.85%) Postman
13 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.43%) git-flow
General
1 44 (18.72%) Social Skills
2 23 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.23%) Finance
4 13 (5.53%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.26%) Aerospace
6 8 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (3.40%) Manufacturing
6 8 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.55%) Retail
9 5 (2.13%) Automotive
9 5 (2.13%) Military
10 4 (1.70%) Multimedia
11 3 (1.28%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.85%) Local Government
12 2 (0.85%) Marketing
12 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.85%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.43%) Environmental Health
13 1 (0.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 123 (52.34%) Developer
2 50 (21.28%) Software Engineer
3 38 (16.17%) Senior
4 32 (13.62%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (10.21%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 21 (8.94%) Java Developer
7 20 (8.51%) JavaScript Developer
8 19 (8.09%) Junior
8 19 (8.09%) Junior Developer
8 19 (8.09%) Senior Developer
9 18 (7.66%) Architect
9 18 (7.66%) Junior Java Developer
9 18 (7.66%) Solutions Architect
10 17 (7.23%) Software Developer
11 16 (6.81%) .NET Developer
12 15 (6.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 15 (6.38%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
13 14 (5.96%) Analyst
14 13 (5.53%) Senior Software Engineer
15 10 (4.26%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (35.74%) React
2 58 (24.68%) HTML
3 56 (23.83%) CSS
4 47 (20.00%) RESTful
5 42 (17.87%) .NET
6 30 (12.77%) Node.js
7 25 (10.64%) ASP.NET
7 25 (10.64%) REST
8 24 (10.21%) Vue
9 23 (9.79%) AngularJS
10 22 (9.36%) .NET Core
11 20 (8.51%) Web Services
12 18 (7.66%) Jakarta EE
12 18 (7.66%) Struts
13 16 (6.81%) .NET Framework
13 16 (6.81%) ASP.NET Core
13 16 (6.81%) Blazor
14 15 (6.38%) Spring
15 14 (5.96%) Elastic Stack
15 14 (5.96%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.51%) Cloud Native
2 11 (4.68%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (4.68%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.26%) Mobile App
4 9 (3.83%) Product Ownership
5 8 (3.40%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.98%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.13%) iPhone
9 4 (1.70%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.28%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.85%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.85%) Graphic Design
11 2 (0.85%) IoT
11 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.85%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.85%) Social Media
12 1 (0.43%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.91%) Linux
2 22 (9.36%) Windows
3 8 (3.40%) CentOS
4 6 (2.55%) Unix
5 5 (2.13%) Android
6 3 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.85%) Debian
7 2 (0.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (45.11%) Full-Stack Development
2 84 (35.74%) Agile
3 80 (34.04%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (29.36%) Software Engineering
5 65 (27.66%) CI/CD
6 51 (21.70%) DevOps
7 35 (14.89%) Containerisation
8 34 (14.47%) AI
9 33 (14.04%) Test Automation
10 32 (13.62%) Microservices
11 31 (13.19%) Front End Development
12 27 (11.49%) Computer Science
13 26 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
14 24 (10.21%) Web Development
15 23 (9.79%) Infrastructure as Code
15 23 (9.79%) Scrum
16 21 (8.94%) API Development
16 21 (8.94%) Collaborative Culture
17 20 (8.51%) LLM
18 19 (8.09%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 109 (46.38%) Python
2 72 (30.64%) C#
3 63 (26.81%) SQL
4 62 (26.38%) TypeScript
5 56 (23.83%) Java
6 42 (17.87%) C++
7 22 (9.36%) PHP
8 19 (8.09%) Bash
9 18 (7.66%) Perl
10 10 (4.26%) PowerShell
10 10 (4.26%) Rust
11 9 (3.83%) Go
12 6 (2.55%) Bicep
13 4 (1.70%) C
13 4 (1.70%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.28%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.28%) R
15 1 (0.43%) Ruby
15 1 (0.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 41 (17.45%) Security Cleared
2 39 (16.60%) Degree
3 27 (11.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (8.51%) SC Cleared
5 13 (5.53%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (2.13%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.70%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.28%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.66%) Accessibility
2 12 (5.11%) QA
3 9 (3.83%) WCAG
4 7 (2.98%) NCSC
5 5 (2.13%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 49 (20.85%) Docker
2 6 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
2 6 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 45 (19.15%) Kubernetes
2 25 (10.64%) Terraform
3 17 (7.23%) Ansible
4 14 (5.96%) Grafana
4 14 (5.96%) Kibana
5 13 (5.53%) logstash
6 6 (2.55%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.70%) Podman
8 3 (1.28%) Plesk
8 3 (1.28%) Puppet
8 3 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.85%) Nagios
10 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (24.26%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.68%) Google
3 10 (4.26%) Red Hat
4 8 (3.40%) Atlassian
4 8 (3.40%) Splunk
5 6 (2.55%) VMware
6 3 (1.28%) Adobe
7 2 (0.85%) MuleSoft
7 2 (0.85%) New Relic
7 2 (0.85%) Oracle
7 2 (0.85%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.43%) IBM
8 1 (0.43%) OpenAI