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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 20 29
Rank change year-on-year -29 +9 -20
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 146 506 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 4.17% 6.75% 7.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.17% 25.98% 20.73%
Number of salaries quoted 107 287 323
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,800 £34,600
25th Percentile £34,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,533
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

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 724 1,948 1,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 20.70% 26.00% 38.14%
Number of salaries quoted 494 1,219 1,455
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +1.64%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript 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 20 September 2025.

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 20 September 2025. 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 -15 48 £55,000 -8.33% 57
Gloucestershire -13 31 £57,500 +4.55% 32
Somerset +13 23 £31,000 -26.19% 16
Dorset -15 20 £27,500 -45.00% 7
Devon -17 15 £42,500 +3.03% 15
Wiltshire -21 5 £57,500 - 19
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.42%) Confluence
2 4 (2.74%) Apache
2 4 (2.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.74%) WordPress
3 2 (1.37%) CMS
3 2 (1.37%) Drupal
3 2 (1.37%) NServiceBus
3 2 (1.37%) OpenEdge
4 1 (0.68%) Appian
4 1 (0.68%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (2.05%) Elementor
3 2 (1.37%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.37%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.68%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (4.11%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.74%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (2.74%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 2 (1.37%) MFGPRO
4 1 (0.68%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (36.30%) AWS
2 34 (23.29%) Azure
3 11 (7.53%) GitHub
4 10 (6.85%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.48%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.11%) GCP
6 6 (4.11%) SaaS
6 6 (4.11%) Serverless
7 5 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.74%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.05%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.05%) BrowserStack
9 3 (2.05%) Figma
9 3 (2.05%) Pulumi
9 3 (2.05%) Sauce Labs
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.37%) Apigee
10 2 (1.37%) BlazeMeter
10 2 (1.37%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.11%) Internet
2 1 (0.68%) 2G
2 1 (0.68%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.68%) Broadband
2 1 (0.68%) HbbTV
2 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.33%) SQL Server
2 17 (11.64%) MySQL
3 13 (8.90%) Relational Database
4 10 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (6.16%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (6.16%) MongoDB
5 9 (6.16%) NoSQL
6 6 (4.11%) Power BI
7 5 (3.42%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (3.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.74%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (2.05%) CockroachDB
9 3 (2.05%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (1.37%) Big Data
10 2 (1.37%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.68%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 43 (29.45%) Git
2 17 (11.64%) Cypress.io
3 14 (9.59%) JIRA
4 13 (8.90%) Jenkins
5 9 (6.16%) GitLab
5 9 (6.16%) JUnit
6 8 (5.48%) Postman
6 8 (5.48%) Selenium
7 5 (3.42%) Maven
8 4 (2.74%) Appium
8 4 (2.74%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.74%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (2.74%) Zephyr
9 3 (2.05%) CircleCI
9 3 (2.05%) Cucumber
9 3 (2.05%) Gatling
9 3 (2.05%) LoadRunner
9 3 (2.05%) Locust
9 3 (2.05%) TeamCity
9 3 (2.05%) TestRail
General
1 43 (29.45%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.75%) Finance
3 20 (13.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (10.96%) Marketing
5 13 (8.90%) Law
6 10 (6.85%) Banking
7 9 (6.16%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (3.42%) Retail
9 4 (2.74%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.74%) Multimedia
10 3 (2.05%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.05%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.37%) Games
11 2 (1.37%) Military
12 1 (0.68%) Automotive
12 1 (0.68%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.68%) Electronics
12 1 (0.68%) Legal
12 1 (0.68%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (40.41%) Developer
2 35 (23.97%) Software Engineer
3 17 (11.64%) Software Developer
4 16 (10.96%) Senior
5 13 (8.90%) Full-Stack Developer
6 11 (7.53%) Lead
7 10 (6.85%) Analyst
7 10 (6.85%) Designer
7 10 (6.85%) Senior Developer
8 9 (6.16%) Graduate
8 9 (6.16%) Java Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) Test Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) Java Software Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) PHP Developer
11 6 (4.11%) .NET Developer
11 6 (4.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) Junior
12 5 (3.42%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 5 (3.42%) Graduate IT Support
12 5 (3.42%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (39.04%) HTML
2 48 (32.88%) CSS
3 42 (28.77%) React
4 26 (17.81%) AngularJS
5 21 (14.38%) .NET
6 17 (11.64%) RESTful
7 14 (9.59%) Vue
8 12 (8.22%) Playwright
8 12 (8.22%) Spring
9 11 (7.53%) HTML5
9 11 (7.53%) Node.js
9 11 (7.53%) REST
10 10 (6.85%) Hibernate
11 9 (6.16%) Spring Boot
11 9 (6.16%) Web Services
12 8 (5.48%) .NET Core
13 7 (4.79%) Laravel
14 6 (4.11%) CSS3
14 6 (4.11%) jQuery
14 6 (4.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Motion Graphics
2 9 (6.16%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.79%) Private Cloud
3 7 (4.79%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.42%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.74%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (2.74%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.74%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.05%) Algorithms
6 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.05%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.05%) Smart Home
7 2 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.37%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.37%) Wiki
8 1 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.68%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.75%) Linux
2 3 (2.05%) Unix
3 2 (1.37%) Android
3 2 (1.37%) Windows
4 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.68%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (49.32%) Agile
2 54 (36.99%) Software Engineering
3 40 (27.40%) CI/CD
4 31 (21.23%) Test Automation
5 28 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (17.12%) Full-Stack Development
7 24 (16.44%) DevOps
8 19 (13.01%) Software Testing
9 18 (12.33%) Computer Science
9 18 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (12.33%) Mentoring
9 18 (12.33%) Microservices
9 18 (12.33%) User Experience
10 16 (10.96%) SDLC
11 14 (9.59%) Scrum
12 12 (8.22%) B2B
12 12 (8.22%) TDD
13 11 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
13 11 (7.53%) UX Design
13 11 (7.53%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 47 (32.19%) Java
2 46 (31.51%) SQL
3 42 (28.77%) Python
4 38 (26.03%) TypeScript
5 26 (17.81%) C#
6 14 (9.59%) PHP
7 7 (4.79%) T-SQL
8 5 (3.42%) C++
9 4 (2.74%) Go
9 4 (2.74%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.05%) R
11 2 (1.37%) Bash
11 2 (1.37%) Rust
11 2 (1.37%) XAML
12 1 (0.68%) Fortran
12 1 (0.68%) Julia
12 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.68%) Perl
12 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.68%) VB
Qualifications
1 31 (21.23%) Degree
2 25 (17.12%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (6.85%) AWS Certification
5 9 (6.16%) SC Cleared
6 7 (4.79%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (2.74%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.74%) ISTQB
7 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (2.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.85%) QA
2 7 (4.79%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.05%) WCAG
4 2 (1.37%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) DICOM
5 1 (0.68%) HL7
5 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 21 (14.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (9.59%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.53%) Terraform
3 7 (4.79%) Kibana
4 4 (2.74%) Ansible
5 2 (1.37%) Istio
6 1 (0.68%) Argo
6 1 (0.68%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (13.70%) Oracle
2 15 (10.27%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.53%) Adobe
4 7 (4.79%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.74%) Infor
5 4 (2.74%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.05%) Sybase
7 2 (1.37%) Databricks
7 2 (1.37%) Google
7 2 (1.37%) Netlify
7 2 (1.37%) QAD
7 2 (1.37%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.37%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.68%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.68%) Genesys
8 1 (0.68%) IBM
8 1 (0.68%) Pega
8 1 (0.68%) Twitter