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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 30 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 -12 +8
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 231 215 744
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.77% 6.47% 7.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.71% 25.50% 26.67%
Number of salaries quoted 196 153 616
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,050 £32,375
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,214 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% +10.36% -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 1,382 843 2,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.58% 25.38% 28.52%
Number of salaries quoted 966 567 2,189
10th Percentile £33,375 £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 £67,875 £66,250 £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 15 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 15 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 -13 75 £60,000 - 37
Devon +3 50 £50,000 -4.76% 39
Gloucestershire -34 45 £50,000 -11.11% 41
Somerset -38 32 £31,500 -45.22% 12
Dorset -10 16 £37,500 - 32
Wiltshire -29 5 £57,500 -2.13% 3
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 (5.63%) Apache
2 6 (2.60%) Confluence
3 4 (1.73%) CMS
3 4 (1.73%) WordPress
4 3 (1.30%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.87%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.43%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.43%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.30%) 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 (0.43%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.43%) Elementor
3 1 (0.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.87%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 81 (35.06%) Azure
2 69 (29.87%) AWS
3 25 (10.82%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (9.52%) Power Platform
5 21 (9.09%) GCP
6 20 (8.66%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (6.49%) SaaS
8 13 (5.63%) OpenShift
8 13 (5.63%) Serverless
9 12 (5.19%) GitHub
10 8 (3.46%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (2.16%) Azure AI
11 5 (2.16%) Figma
11 5 (2.16%) Google Play
11 5 (2.16%) npm
12 4 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.73%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.73%) Cloud Functions
13 3 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.30%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.46%) VPN
1 8 (3.46%) WAN
2 4 (1.73%) Internet
3 3 (1.30%) AMQP
3 3 (1.30%) Broadband
4 2 (0.87%) Network Security
4 2 (0.87%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) DNS
5 1 (0.43%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.96%) MongoDB
2 21 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 19 (8.23%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (7.79%) MySQL
5 12 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (3.90%) NoSQL
6 9 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (3.03%) InfluxDB
8 6 (2.60%) Big Data
9 5 (2.16%) Geospatial Data
9 5 (2.16%) Power BI
10 3 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.30%) Cloudera CDH
10 3 (1.30%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.30%) MariaDB
10 3 (1.30%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.87%) GIS
11 2 (0.87%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.43%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 60 (25.97%) Git
2 19 (8.23%) GitLab
2 19 (8.23%) Subversion
3 17 (7.36%) Eclipse
4 16 (6.93%) Cypress.io
4 16 (6.93%) Jenkins
5 12 (5.19%) JIRA
6 11 (4.76%) JUnit
7 9 (3.90%) Cucumber
8 8 (3.46%) SonarQube
9 7 (3.03%) Robot Framework
9 7 (3.03%) Selenium
9 7 (3.03%) TestRail
10 5 (2.16%) MSI
11 3 (1.30%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.30%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
12 2 (0.87%) Postman
13 1 (0.43%) Claude Code
13 1 (0.43%) git-flow
13 1 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 36 (15.58%) Social Skills
2 20 (8.66%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (5.19%) Finance
4 10 (4.33%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.46%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (3.46%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.60%) Aerospace
6 6 (2.60%) Automotive
6 6 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (2.60%) Retail
7 5 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.73%) Multimedia
9 3 (1.30%) Marketing
9 3 (1.30%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.87%) Local Government
10 2 (0.87%) Military
10 2 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (52.81%) Developer
2 48 (20.78%) Software Engineer
3 40 (17.32%) Senior
4 30 (12.99%) Full-Stack Developer
5 25 (10.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 20 (8.66%) Java Developer
6 20 (8.66%) JavaScript Developer
6 20 (8.66%) Senior Developer
7 18 (7.79%) .NET Developer
7 18 (7.79%) Junior
7 18 (7.79%) Junior Developer
8 17 (7.36%) Architect
8 17 (7.36%) Junior Java Developer
8 17 (7.36%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (6.49%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
9 15 (6.49%) Software Developer
10 14 (6.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 14 (6.06%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (5.63%) Analyst
12 11 (4.76%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (36.80%) React
2 56 (24.24%) CSS
3 55 (23.81%) HTML
4 47 (20.35%) RESTful
5 42 (18.18%) .NET
6 34 (14.72%) Node.js
7 29 (12.55%) Vue
8 28 (12.12%) AngularJS
9 26 (11.26%) ASP.NET
10 25 (10.82%) REST
11 21 (9.09%) .NET Core
12 19 (8.23%) Web Services
13 18 (7.79%) ASP.NET Core
14 17 (7.36%) J2EE
14 17 (7.36%) Struts
15 16 (6.93%) Blazor
15 16 (6.93%) Elastic Stack
16 15 (6.49%) .NET Framework
16 15 (6.49%) Playwright
17 14 (6.06%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.79%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.19%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 10 (4.33%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.90%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.46%) Client/Server
6 8 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.16%) iPhone
7 5 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.73%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.30%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
10 2 (0.87%) IoT
10 2 (0.87%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.43%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.43%) Distributed Architecture
11 1 (0.43%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.43%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.69%) Linux
2 22 (9.52%) Windows
3 10 (4.33%) CentOS
4 6 (2.60%) Unix
5 5 (2.16%) Android
6 3 (1.30%) Debian
6 3 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (44.59%) Full-Stack Development
2 81 (35.06%) Agile
3 74 (32.03%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (28.57%) Software Engineering
5 61 (26.41%) CI/CD
6 48 (20.78%) DevOps
7 34 (14.72%) AI
8 32 (13.85%) Front End Development
9 31 (13.42%) Containerisation
10 30 (12.99%) Microservices
11 27 (11.69%) Test Automation
12 25 (10.82%) Web Development
13 24 (10.39%) Infrastructure as Code
14 23 (9.96%) Collaborative Culture
14 23 (9.96%) Computer Science
14 23 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (9.52%) Scrum
16 20 (8.66%) LLM
17 18 (7.79%) Machine Learning
17 18 (7.79%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 104 (45.02%) Python
2 69 (29.87%) C#
3 64 (27.71%) TypeScript
4 61 (26.41%) SQL
5 58 (25.11%) Java
6 36 (15.58%) C++
7 26 (11.26%) PHP
8 18 (7.79%) Bash
9 17 (7.36%) Perl
10 10 (4.33%) Go
10 10 (4.33%) PowerShell
10 10 (4.33%) Rust
11 6 (2.60%) C
12 5 (2.16%) Bicep
13 4 (1.73%) T-SQL
14 3 (1.30%) PL/SQL
14 3 (1.30%) R
14 3 (1.30%) VB
15 1 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (16.02%) Security Cleared
2 33 (14.29%) Degree
3 23 (9.96%) Computer Science Degree
4 14 (6.06%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.19%) DV Cleared
6 11 (4.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (1.73%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.73%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.30%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.43%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.93%) Accessibility
2 9 (3.90%) QA
3 8 (3.46%) WCAG
4 5 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.16%) NCSC
5 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 47 (20.35%) Docker
2 7 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (19.05%) Kubernetes
2 26 (11.26%) Terraform
3 19 (8.23%) Ansible
4 16 (6.93%) Grafana
4 16 (6.93%) Kibana
5 15 (6.49%) logstash
6 7 (3.03%) vCenter Server
7 4 (1.73%) Podman
8 3 (1.30%) Plesk
8 3 (1.30%) Puppet
9 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (24.24%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.19%) Google
3 10 (4.33%) Red Hat
4 9 (3.90%) Atlassian
5 7 (3.03%) Splunk
5 7 (3.03%) VMware
6 4 (1.73%) Adobe
7 3 (1.30%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.87%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.43%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.43%) Oracle