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

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -33 -2 +2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 198 240 798
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.80% 9.15% 9.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.93% 28.95% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 156 178 694
10th Percentile £28,375 £40,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.34%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,625 £80,000 £79,625
England median annual salary £59,000 £66,212 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.89% +10.35% -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 1,046 829 2,977
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 14.78% 31.61% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 671 631 2,472
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% -1.82%
75th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £66,313
90th Percentile £79,250 £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 10 April 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 April 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 -22 76 £51,250 -14.58% 29
Gloucestershire -22 39 £56,250 -6.25% 31
Devon +8 38 £45,000 -30.77% 15
Dorset -23 13 £45,000 -14.29% 7
Somerset -36 13 £45,000 -21.74% 12
Wiltshire -43 7 £65,000 - 12
Cornwall - 4 £32,000 - 1
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 7 (3.54%) Apache
2 4 (2.02%) WordPress
3 3 (1.52%) CMS
3 3 (1.52%) Confluence
3 3 (1.52%) NServiceBus
3 3 (1.52%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.52%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.52%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.51%) Joomla!
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.01%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.01%) InDesign
1 2 (1.01%) Photoshop
1 2 (1.01%) Windchill
2 1 (0.51%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.51%) Elementor
2 1 (0.51%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.51%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.52%) Primavera
2 2 (1.01%) Eloqua
2 2 (1.01%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (40.40%) AWS
2 64 (32.32%) Azure
3 24 (12.12%) GitHub
4 17 (8.59%) Serverless
5 16 (8.08%) SaaS
6 14 (7.07%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
8 10 (5.05%) GCP
9 8 (4.04%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (4.04%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.53%) OpenShift
11 4 (2.02%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.02%) npm
12 3 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.52%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.52%) Cloud Functions
12 3 (1.52%) Figma
12 3 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.60%) Internet
2 3 (1.52%) Broadband
2 3 (1.52%) VPN
2 3 (1.52%) WAN
3 2 (1.01%) Network Security
3 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.51%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (12.63%) SQL Server
2 18 (9.09%) MySQL
3 15 (7.58%) Elasticsearch
4 14 (7.07%) NoSQL
5 12 (6.06%) MongoDB
6 9 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (4.04%) Neo4j
8 6 (3.03%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (2.53%) Relational Database
10 4 (2.02%) Big Data
11 3 (1.52%) InfluxDB
11 3 (1.52%) Oracle Database
11 3 (1.52%) Oracle Discoverer
11 3 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
12 2 (1.01%) CockroachDB
13 1 (0.51%) Cloudera CDH
13 1 (0.51%) DB2
13 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
13 1 (0.51%) Power BI
13 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 49 (24.75%) Git
2 19 (9.60%) Cypress.io
3 15 (7.58%) Jenkins
4 12 (6.06%) GitLab
5 10 (5.05%) Cucumber
6 7 (3.54%) JIRA
6 7 (3.54%) Selenium
7 4 (2.02%) JUnit
7 4 (2.02%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (2.02%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (2.02%) SonarQube
7 4 (2.02%) TestRail
8 3 (1.52%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.52%) CircleCI
8 3 (1.52%) Robot Framework
8 3 (1.52%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.01%) REST Assured
9 2 (1.01%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.01%) Subversion
9 2 (1.01%) TestNG
General
1 22 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.60%) Multimedia
3 8 (4.04%) Finance
3 8 (4.04%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.54%) Manufacturing
4 7 (3.54%) Marketing
4 7 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.03%) Automotive
6 4 (2.02%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.02%) Electronics
6 4 (2.02%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.52%) Military
8 2 (1.01%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.01%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.51%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 105 (53.03%) Developer
2 39 (19.70%) Software Engineer
3 27 (13.64%) Full-Stack Developer
4 26 (13.13%) Senior
4 26 (13.13%) Software Developer
5 23 (11.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 19 (9.60%) Trainee
7 13 (6.57%) JavaScript Developer
7 13 (6.57%) Senior Developer
8 12 (6.06%) PHP Developer
9 11 (5.56%) .NET Developer
9 11 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
10 9 (4.55%) Java Developer
10 9 (4.55%) Python Developer
10 9 (4.55%) Test Engineer
11 8 (4.04%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
11 8 (4.04%) Full-Stack Python Developer
11 8 (4.04%) Lead
12 6 (3.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 6 (3.03%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (36.36%) HTML
2 71 (35.86%) CSS
3 57 (28.79%) React
4 29 (14.65%) AngularJS
5 26 (13.13%) .NET
6 20 (10.10%) Vue
7 19 (9.60%) Node.js
8 18 (9.09%) Playwright
9 17 (8.59%) Spring
10 16 (8.08%) RESTful
10 16 (8.08%) Spring Boot
11 15 (7.58%) REST
12 14 (7.07%) ASP.NET
13 10 (5.05%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (5.05%) Tailwind CSS
14 9 (4.55%) Sass
15 8 (4.04%) MERN Stack
16 7 (3.54%) .NET Framework
16 7 (3.54%) HTML5
16 7 (3.54%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.08%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (4.04%) Educational Technology
3 8 (4.04%) Product Ownership
4 6 (3.03%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.52%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.52%) Graphic Design
6 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.01%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.51%) IoT
8 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.58%) Linux
2 9 (4.55%) Windows
3 4 (2.02%) CentOS
3 4 (2.02%) Unix
4 1 (0.51%) Debian
4 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (32.83%) Agile
2 57 (28.79%) Software Engineering
3 55 (27.78%) CI/CD
3 55 (27.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 35 (17.68%) DevOps
4 35 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (15.66%) Mentoring
6 27 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (13.64%) Front End Development
7 25 (12.63%) Test Automation
8 24 (12.12%) Containerisation
9 20 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (10.10%) Web Development
10 18 (9.09%) Microservices
10 18 (9.09%) Scrum
11 16 (8.08%) MVC
12 15 (7.58%) Computer Science
13 14 (7.07%) API Development
14 13 (6.57%) Unit Testing
15 12 (6.06%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 89 (44.95%) Python
2 67 (33.84%) TypeScript
3 53 (26.77%) Java
4 46 (23.23%) C#
5 32 (16.16%) SQL
6 31 (15.66%) PHP
7 13 (6.57%) R
8 12 (6.06%) C
9 9 (4.55%) Bash
9 9 (4.55%) C++
10 7 (3.54%) Go
11 6 (3.03%) PowerShell
12 4 (2.02%) Kotlin
12 4 (2.02%) PL/SQL
12 4 (2.02%) Rust
13 2 (1.01%) VB
14 1 (0.51%) Perl
14 1 (0.51%) Ruby
14 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.62%) Degree
3 22 (11.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 20 (10.10%) AWS Certification
5 19 (9.60%) Azure Certification
5 19 (9.60%) DV Cleared
5 19 (9.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (4.55%) ISTQB
8 6 (3.03%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.53%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.51%) OCA
11 1 (0.51%) OCP
11 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.51%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.09%) QA
2 10 (5.05%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 42 (21.21%) Docker
2 5 (2.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (1.52%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (17.68%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.06%) Terraform
3 10 (5.05%) Kibana
4 9 (4.55%) Ansible
5 8 (4.04%) Grafana
6 7 (3.54%) logstash
7 3 (1.52%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 3 (1.52%) Podman
7 3 (1.52%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.01%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.51%) Argo
9 1 (0.51%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.51%) Plesk
9 1 (0.51%) Puppet
9 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (14.65%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.05%) Oracle
3 8 (4.04%) Atlassian
4 5 (2.53%) Splunk
5 4 (2.02%) Adobe
5 4 (2.02%) Google
5 4 (2.02%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.02%) SAP
6 3 (1.52%) IFS
6 3 (1.52%) VMware
7 2 (1.01%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.51%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.51%) Siemens