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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -36 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 197 239 804
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.71% 9.07% 9.28%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.91% 28.59% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 152 175 696
10th Percentile £28,550 £39,750 £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 £70,000 £79,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.88% +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 1,100 836 3,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.12% 31.71% 34.63%
Number of salaries quoted 684 626 2,484
10th Percentile £34,300 £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 £66,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 16 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 16 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 74 £51,250 -14.58% 23
Gloucestershire -20 41 £56,250 -6.25% 25
Devon +9 36 £45,000 -30.77% 12
Dorset -23 13 £45,000 -14.29% 8
Somerset -39 13 £45,000 -21.74% 12
Wiltshire -35 7 £65,000 +4.00% 13
Cornwall - 5 £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 8 (4.06%) Apache
2 4 (2.03%) WordPress
3 3 (1.52%) CMS
3 3 (1.52%) NServiceBus
4 2 (1.02%) Confluence
4 2 (1.02%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.02%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.02%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) Joomla!
Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.02%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.02%) InDesign
1 2 (1.02%) Photoshop
1 2 (1.02%) 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 2 (1.02%) Eloqua
1 2 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (1.02%) Primavera
1 2 (1.02%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (40.61%) AWS
2 62 (31.47%) Azure
3 23 (11.68%) GitHub
4 16 (8.12%) Serverless
5 15 (7.61%) SaaS
6 14 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (5.58%) GCP
8 10 (5.08%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.55%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.55%) Amazon S3
10 6 (3.05%) OpenShift
11 4 (2.03%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (2.03%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (2.03%) npm
12 3 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.52%) Azure Functions
12 3 (1.52%) Cloud Run
12 3 (1.52%) Figma
13 2 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (9.14%) Internet
2 4 (2.03%) Broadband
2 4 (2.03%) VPN
2 4 (2.03%) WAN
3 2 (1.02%) Network Security
3 2 (1.02%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.51%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (12.18%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.63%) MySQL
3 16 (8.12%) Elasticsearch
4 15 (7.61%) NoSQL
5 12 (6.09%) MongoDB
6 9 (4.57%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (4.06%) Neo4j
8 6 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (2.54%) Big Data
9 5 (2.54%) Relational Database
10 4 (2.03%) InfluxDB
11 2 (1.02%) CockroachDB
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle Database
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle Discoverer
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
12 1 (0.51%) DB2
12 1 (0.51%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.51%) MariaDB
12 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 48 (24.37%) Git
2 21 (10.66%) Cypress.io
3 18 (9.14%) Jenkins
4 14 (7.11%) GitLab
5 12 (6.09%) Cucumber
6 8 (4.06%) Selenium
7 6 (3.05%) JIRA
7 6 (3.05%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.54%) TestRail
9 4 (2.03%) CircleCI
9 4 (2.03%) Robot Framework
10 3 (1.52%) JUnit
10 3 (1.52%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (1.02%) Bitbucket
11 2 (1.02%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (1.02%) REST Assured
11 2 (1.02%) SoapUI
11 2 (1.02%) Subversion
11 2 (1.02%) TestNG
11 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (11.68%) Social Skills
2 18 (9.14%) Multimedia
3 7 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (3.55%) Finance
3 7 (3.55%) Manufacturing
3 7 (3.55%) Public Sector
4 6 (3.05%) Automotive
4 6 (3.05%) Marketing
4 6 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (2.03%) Aerospace
5 4 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.52%) Electronics
6 3 (1.52%) Military
6 3 (1.52%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.02%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.02%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.51%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 102 (51.78%) Developer
2 40 (20.30%) Software Engineer
3 27 (13.71%) Full-Stack Developer
3 27 (13.71%) Senior
4 24 (12.18%) Software Developer
5 23 (11.68%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 18 (9.14%) Trainee
7 14 (7.11%) JavaScript Developer
7 14 (7.11%) Senior Developer
8 13 (6.60%) PHP Developer
9 11 (5.58%) Senior Software Engineer
10 10 (5.08%) .NET Developer
10 10 (5.08%) Test Engineer
11 9 (4.57%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
11 9 (4.57%) Java Developer
11 9 (4.57%) Python Developer
12 8 (4.06%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 8 (4.06%) Lead
13 7 (3.55%) Analyst
14 6 (3.05%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (35.03%) HTML
2 68 (34.52%) CSS
3 55 (27.92%) React
4 29 (14.72%) AngularJS
5 25 (12.69%) .NET
6 22 (11.17%) Vue
7 20 (10.15%) Node.js
7 20 (10.15%) Playwright
8 17 (8.63%) Spring
9 16 (8.12%) RESTful
9 16 (8.12%) Spring Boot
10 15 (7.61%) REST
11 14 (7.11%) ASP.NET
12 13 (6.60%) Elastic Stack
13 10 (5.08%) Tailwind CSS
14 9 (4.57%) Sass
15 8 (4.06%) MERN Stack
16 7 (3.55%) Apache NiFi
16 7 (3.55%) HTML5
16 7 (3.55%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.12%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.58%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (4.57%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.06%) Educational Technology
5 6 (3.05%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.03%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.52%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.02%) Distributed Architecture
9 2 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.51%) IoT
10 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.51%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.51%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.11%) Linux
2 10 (5.08%) Windows
3 5 (2.54%) CentOS
4 3 (1.52%) Unix
5 1 (0.51%) Debian
5 1 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.98%) Agile
2 57 (28.93%) CI/CD
2 57 (28.93%) Software Engineering
3 55 (27.92%) Full-Stack Development
4 37 (18.78%) DevOps
5 36 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (14.72%) Mentoring
7 27 (13.71%) Front End Development
8 26 (13.20%) Containerisation
8 26 (13.20%) Cybersecurity
8 26 (13.20%) Test Automation
9 21 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (9.64%) Web Development
11 18 (9.14%) Scrum
12 16 (8.12%) Microservices
13 15 (7.61%) Collaborative Culture
13 15 (7.61%) Computer Science
13 15 (7.61%) MVC
14 13 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
14 13 (6.60%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 89 (45.18%) Python
2 68 (34.52%) TypeScript
3 53 (26.90%) Java
4 45 (22.84%) C#
5 31 (15.74%) PHP
6 30 (15.23%) SQL
7 13 (6.60%) R
8 12 (6.09%) Bash
8 12 (6.09%) C
9 11 (5.58%) C++
10 8 (4.06%) Go
11 7 (3.55%) PowerShell
12 6 (3.05%) Rust
13 4 (2.03%) Kotlin
14 2 (1.02%) PL/SQL
14 2 (1.02%) VB
15 1 (0.51%) Perl
15 1 (0.51%) Ruby
15 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (15.23%) Security Cleared
2 22 (11.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 22 (11.17%) Degree
3 19 (9.64%) AWS Certification
3 19 (9.64%) DV Cleared
4 18 (9.14%) Azure Certification
4 18 (9.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.57%) ISTQB
7 5 (2.54%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.03%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.51%) OCA
9 1 (0.51%) OCP
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.51%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.14%) QA
2 9 (4.57%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (21.83%) Docker
2 4 (2.03%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.03%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (18.27%) Kubernetes
2 15 (7.61%) Terraform
3 12 (6.09%) Ansible
3 12 (6.09%) Kibana
4 11 (5.58%) Grafana
5 10 (5.08%) logstash
6 4 (2.03%) Podman
6 4 (2.03%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (1.02%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.51%) Argo
8 1 (0.51%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.51%) Plesk
8 1 (0.51%) Puppet
8 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 29 (14.72%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.06%) Atlassian
3 7 (3.55%) Oracle
4 6 (3.05%) Splunk
5 5 (2.54%) Google
5 5 (2.54%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.03%) Adobe
6 4 (2.03%) VMware
7 3 (1.52%) SAP
8 2 (1.02%) IFS
8 2 (1.02%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.51%) SaltStack
9 1 (0.51%) Siemens