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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 24 17
Rank change year-on-year -35 -7 +3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 195 218 792
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.54% 8.10% 8.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.54% 26.46% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 162 150 685
10th Percentile £30,250 £37,500 £32,350
25th Percentile £39,063 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,188 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,200 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.37% +10.33% -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 1,179 824 2,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.37% 30.63% 31.12%
Number of salaries quoted 773 562 2,392
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,563
90th Percentile £79,850 £82,725 £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 30 May 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 30 May 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 -20 75 £55,000 -8.33% 28
Devon +2 39 £50,000 -4.76% 10
Gloucestershire -35 35 £50,000 -11.11% 7
Somerset -35 16 £40,000 -30.43% 6
Dorset -14 13 £45,000 -7.69% 5
Wiltshire -30 7 £65,000 +10.64% 7
Cornwall - 5 £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 8 (4.10%) Apache
2 4 (2.05%) WordPress
3 3 (1.54%) CMS
4 2 (1.03%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.03%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.51%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) Joomla!
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.03%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.03%) InDesign
1 2 (1.03%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.51%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.51%) Elementor
2 1 (0.51%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.51%) Sketch
2 1 (0.51%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.51%) Shopify
2 1 (0.51%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 65 (33.33%) Azure
2 63 (32.31%) AWS
3 19 (9.74%) GitHub
4 18 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (8.72%) GCP
6 15 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 15 (7.69%) SaaS
7 13 (6.67%) Serverless
8 8 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (3.59%) OpenShift
10 5 (2.56%) npm
11 4 (2.05%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.05%) Cloud Functions
11 4 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.54%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (1.54%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 3 (1.54%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.15%) Internet
2 7 (3.59%) VPN
2 7 (3.59%) WAN
3 4 (2.05%) Broadband
4 2 (1.03%) AMQP
4 2 (1.03%) Network Security
4 2 (1.03%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.77%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.21%) MongoDB
3 15 (7.69%) MySQL
4 14 (7.18%) Elasticsearch
5 12 (6.15%) NoSQL
6 9 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (3.08%) Big Data
8 5 (2.56%) Relational Database
9 4 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (2.05%) InfluxDB
9 4 (2.05%) Neo4j
9 4 (2.05%) Power BI
10 3 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.54%) MariaDB
11 2 (1.03%) Cloudera CDH
11 2 (1.03%) CockroachDB
11 2 (1.03%) GIS
11 2 (1.03%) Hadoop
11 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 50 (25.64%) Git
2 17 (8.72%) Jenkins
3 13 (6.67%) Cypress.io
3 13 (6.67%) GitLab
4 10 (5.13%) Cucumber
5 8 (4.10%) Subversion
6 6 (3.08%) Eclipse
6 6 (3.08%) JUnit
6 6 (3.08%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.56%) JIRA
7 5 (2.56%) Selenium
8 4 (2.05%) Robot Framework
8 4 (2.05%) TestRail
9 3 (1.54%) CircleCI
10 2 (1.03%) Postman
10 2 (1.03%) REST Assured
10 2 (1.03%) SoapUI
10 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (1.03%) TestNG
11 1 (0.51%) Maven
General
1 35 (17.95%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (6.15%) Multimedia
3 9 (4.62%) Finance
3 9 (4.62%) Manufacturing
4 8 (4.10%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.08%) Automotive
7 5 (2.56%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.56%) Marketing
8 4 (2.05%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Electronics
10 2 (1.03%) Local Government
10 2 (1.03%) Military
10 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.03%) Retail
10 2 (1.03%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.51%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 101 (51.79%) Developer
2 38 (19.49%) Software Engineer
3 31 (15.90%) Senior
4 28 (14.36%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (12.31%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 20 (10.26%) JavaScript Developer
7 19 (9.74%) Software Developer
8 15 (7.69%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
8 15 (7.69%) Senior Developer
9 13 (6.67%) PHP Developer
9 13 (6.67%) Senior Software Engineer
10 12 (6.15%) Trainee
11 11 (5.64%) Architect
11 11 (5.64%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (5.13%) .NET Developer
12 10 (5.13%) Python Developer
13 9 (4.62%) Analyst
13 9 (4.62%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (4.62%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 9 (4.62%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (32.82%) React
2 57 (29.23%) CSS
3 56 (28.72%) HTML
4 28 (14.36%) .NET
4 28 (14.36%) AngularJS
4 28 (14.36%) Node.js
5 27 (13.85%) RESTful
6 26 (13.33%) Vue
7 18 (9.23%) REST
8 17 (8.72%) ASP.NET
9 13 (6.67%) Elastic Stack
9 13 (6.67%) Playwright
10 11 (5.64%) Spring
11 10 (5.13%) .NET Core
11 10 (5.13%) ASP.NET Core
11 10 (5.13%) Tailwind CSS
12 9 (4.62%) Blazor
12 9 (4.62%) Spring Boot
13 8 (4.10%) HTML5
13 8 (4.10%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.15%) Cloud Native
1 12 (6.15%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (4.10%) Educational Technology
3 7 (3.59%) Client/Server
3 7 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (3.59%) Mobile App
3 7 (3.59%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.54%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.03%) IoT
6 2 (1.03%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.03%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.03%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.51%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.21%) Linux
2 11 (5.64%) Windows
3 6 (3.08%) CentOS
4 3 (1.54%) Unix
5 2 (1.03%) Debian
5 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.03%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.51%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (35.38%) Full-Stack Development
2 64 (32.82%) Agile
3 52 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (26.67%) Software Engineering
4 50 (25.64%) CI/CD
5 33 (16.92%) DevOps
6 30 (15.38%) Front End Development
7 25 (12.82%) Mentoring
8 24 (12.31%) Containerisation
9 22 (11.28%) Web Development
10 19 (9.74%) Test Automation
11 18 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (9.23%) User Experience
12 17 (8.72%) AI
12 17 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
12 17 (8.72%) Scrum
13 16 (8.21%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (7.69%) Microservices
15 14 (7.18%) Computer Science
16 13 (6.67%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 87 (44.62%) Python
2 62 (31.79%) TypeScript
3 51 (26.15%) C#
4 46 (23.59%) SQL
5 45 (23.08%) Java
6 28 (14.36%) PHP
7 21 (10.77%) C++
8 13 (6.67%) Bash
9 9 (4.62%) R
10 8 (4.10%) C
10 8 (4.10%) Go
11 7 (3.59%) Perl
11 7 (3.59%) PowerShell
11 7 (3.59%) Rust
12 3 (1.54%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.54%) VB
13 2 (1.03%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 25 (12.82%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.79%) Degree
3 16 (8.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 13 (6.67%) AWS Certification
4 13 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (6.15%) Azure Certification
5 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.64%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.59%) SC Cleared
8 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.54%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.03%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.51%) OCA
10 1 (0.51%) OCP
10 1 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.51%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.15%) QA
2 10 (5.13%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.03%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (18.97%) Docker
2 4 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.03%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 16 (8.21%) Terraform
3 14 (7.18%) Ansible
4 11 (5.64%) Grafana
4 11 (5.64%) Kibana
5 10 (5.13%) logstash
6 4 (2.05%) Podman
6 4 (2.05%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.54%) Plesk
8 2 (1.03%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.03%) Puppet
9 1 (0.51%) Argo
9 1 (0.51%) Kustomize
9 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.59%) Google
3 6 (3.08%) Atlassian
3 6 (3.08%) Red Hat
3 6 (3.08%) Splunk
4 4 (2.05%) Adobe
4 4 (2.05%) Oracle
4 4 (2.05%) VMware
5 2 (1.03%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.03%) SaltStack
5 2 (1.03%) SAP
6 1 (0.51%) Siemens