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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 20 23
Rank change year-on-year -30 +3 -13
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 166 430 396
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 3.82% 7.34% 8.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.56% 25.76% 21.96%
Number of salaries quoted 127 223 327
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,750 £35,149
25th Percentile £28,875 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,125 £71,250 £69,250
90th Percentile £75,500 £82,000 £77,715
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +4.00%

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 770 1,669 1,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 17.73% 28.48% 40.41%
Number of salaries quoted 566 914 1,430
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,404 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £44,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

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 19 November 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 19 November 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 -23 54 £50,000 -23.08% 48
Gloucestershire -2 34 £67,500 +17.39% 49
Dorset -27 24 £27,500 -45.00% 13
Devon -13 23 £40,000 -3.03% 23
Somerset -3 20 £27,000 -31.65% 25
Wiltshire -33 5 £60,000 -7.69% 10
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 (4.22%) Apache
1 7 (4.22%) Confluence
2 4 (2.41%) WordPress
3 3 (1.81%) Tomcat
3 3 (1.81%) WebLogic
3 3 (1.81%) WebLogic Portal
4 2 (1.20%) CMS
4 2 (1.20%) Drupal
4 2 (1.20%) OpenEdge
5 1 (0.60%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (6.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (1.81%) Elementor
3 2 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.20%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.60%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (3.61%) NetSuite
2 4 (2.41%) Infor CloudSuite
2 4 (2.41%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 3 (1.81%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.81%) Primavera
4 2 (1.20%) MFGPRO
5 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.60%) Shopify
5 1 (0.60%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 69 (41.57%) AWS
2 45 (27.11%) Azure
3 21 (12.65%) GitHub
4 14 (8.43%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (6.02%) Serverless
6 7 (4.22%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (3.01%) Amazon S3
7 5 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (3.01%) SaaS
8 4 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
8 4 (2.41%) Figma
8 4 (2.41%) GCP
9 3 (1.81%) OCI
10 2 (1.20%) AWS Fargate
10 2 (1.20%) BlazeMeter
10 2 (1.20%) Cloudflare
10 2 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.20%) Pulumi
10 2 (1.20%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.04%) Internet
2 1 (0.60%) 2G
2 1 (0.60%) Bluetooth
2 1 (0.60%) HbbTV
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (14.46%) SQL Server
2 20 (12.05%) MySQL
3 11 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (6.02%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (6.02%) Relational Database
5 9 (5.42%) MongoDB
6 8 (4.82%) NoSQL
7 6 (3.61%) Oracle Database
7 6 (3.61%) Power BI
8 5 (3.01%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (3.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (2.41%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (1.81%) Big Data
10 3 (1.81%) CockroachDB
10 3 (1.81%) Oracle Discoverer
10 3 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (1.20%) Neo4j
12 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 48 (28.92%) Git
2 19 (11.45%) Cypress.io
3 16 (9.64%) JIRA
4 11 (6.63%) Jenkins
5 10 (6.02%) Oracle APEX
6 8 (4.82%) GitLab
6 8 (4.82%) JUnit
6 8 (4.82%) Postman
7 7 (4.22%) Selenium
8 6 (3.61%) Bitbucket
9 5 (3.01%) Visual Studio
10 4 (2.41%) Zephyr
11 3 (1.81%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.81%) Maven
11 3 (1.81%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (1.81%) TeamCity
12 2 (1.20%) LoadRunner
12 2 (1.20%) REST Assured
12 2 (1.20%) webpack
12 2 (1.20%) WebSpeed
General
1 39 (23.49%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.25%) Finance
3 19 (11.45%) Marketing
4 15 (9.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (7.83%) Law
5 13 (7.83%) Multimedia
6 8 (4.82%) Banking
7 7 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.61%) Manufacturing
9 5 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.81%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.81%) Electronics
10 3 (1.81%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.20%) Games
11 2 (1.20%) Retail
11 2 (1.20%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.60%) Automotive
12 1 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 77 (46.39%) Developer
2 34 (20.48%) Software Engineer
3 26 (15.66%) Software Developer
4 17 (10.24%) Full-Stack Developer
5 16 (9.64%) Senior
6 13 (7.83%) Trainee
7 12 (7.23%) Senior Developer
8 11 (6.63%) .NET Developer
8 11 (6.63%) Designer
9 10 (6.02%) Graduate
10 9 (5.42%) Analyst
10 9 (5.42%) Tester
11 7 (4.22%) C# Developer
11 7 (4.22%) C# Software Developer
11 7 (4.22%) Java Engineer
11 7 (4.22%) Lead
12 6 (3.61%) .NET Software Developer
12 6 (3.61%) Java Software Engineer
12 6 (3.61%) Trainee Developer
12 6 (3.61%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (46.99%) HTML
2 70 (42.17%) CSS
3 44 (26.51%) React
4 27 (16.27%) AngularJS
5 25 (15.06%) .NET
6 15 (9.04%) Spring
7 14 (8.43%) HTML5
8 13 (7.83%) Playwright
8 13 (7.83%) REST
8 13 (7.83%) Vue
9 12 (7.23%) Spring Boot
10 11 (6.63%) RESTful
11 9 (5.42%) .NET Framework
11 9 (5.42%) CSS3
11 9 (5.42%) Entity Framework
11 9 (5.42%) Hibernate
11 9 (5.42%) Web Services
12 8 (4.82%) .NET Core
13 7 (4.22%) Laravel
13 7 (4.22%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.23%) Cloud Native
2 11 (6.63%) Motion Graphics
3 7 (4.22%) Public Cloud
3 7 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.01%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.01%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (2.41%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.41%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.81%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.81%) Smart Home
7 2 (1.20%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.20%) Wiki
8 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.60%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.60%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.60%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 17 (10.24%) Linux
2 4 (2.41%) Windows
3 3 (1.81%) Unix
4 2 (1.20%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.60%) Android
5 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (42.77%) Agile
2 56 (33.73%) Software Engineering
3 41 (24.70%) CI/CD
4 30 (18.07%) Full-Stack Development
4 30 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (15.06%) DevOps
5 25 (15.06%) Mentoring
6 23 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (13.25%) Test Automation
8 21 (12.65%) Computer Science
9 18 (10.84%) MVC
9 18 (10.84%) User Experience
10 17 (10.24%) Scrum
11 16 (9.64%) SDLC
12 15 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (7.83%) Software Testing
13 13 (7.83%) UX Design
14 12 (7.23%) B2B
14 12 (7.23%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 52 (31.33%) Python
2 50 (30.12%) SQL
3 44 (26.51%) Java
4 43 (25.90%) TypeScript
5 32 (19.28%) C#
6 18 (10.84%) PHP
7 10 (6.02%) PL/SQL
7 10 (6.02%) T-SQL
8 7 (4.22%) R
9 4 (2.41%) C
9 4 (2.41%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.20%) C++
10 2 (1.20%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.20%) XAML
11 1 (0.60%) Bash
11 1 (0.60%) Perl
11 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 37 (22.29%) Degree
2 28 (16.87%) Security Cleared
3 18 (10.84%) AWS Certification
4 16 (9.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (7.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 13 (7.83%) Azure Certification
5 13 (7.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (7.23%) DV Cleared
7 10 (6.02%) SC Cleared
8 7 (4.22%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
9 2 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.23%) QA
2 9 (5.42%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.20%) GDPR
4 1 (0.60%) DICOM
4 1 (0.60%) HL7
4 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (13.25%) Docker
2 3 (1.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (10.84%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.82%) Kibana
2 8 (4.82%) Terraform
3 3 (1.81%) Ansible
3 3 (1.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 1 (0.60%) Grafana
4 1 (0.60%) logstash
Vendors
1 26 (15.66%) Oracle
2 23 (13.86%) Microsoft
3 12 (7.23%) Adobe
4 8 (4.82%) Atlassian
5 4 (2.41%) Infor
5 4 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.81%) IFS
6 3 (1.81%) Sybase
7 2 (1.20%) Databricks
7 2 (1.20%) Netlify
7 2 (1.20%) QAD
7 2 (1.20%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.20%) SAP
7 2 (1.20%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.60%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.60%) BMC
8 1 (0.60%) Google
8 1 (0.60%) Remedy