JavaScript Job Trends in the Thames Valley

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 58 19
Rank change year-on-year -26 -39 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 138 179 386
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.84% 4.66% 8.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.56% 28.19% 28.36%
Number of salaries quoted 99 83 247
10th Percentile £40,900 £39,050 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,875 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £95,000
South East median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% -4.17%

All Programming Languages
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,099 635 1,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.65% 16.53% 28.80%
Number of salaries quoted 862 380 788
10th Percentile £37,500 £33,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,563
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.81% -2.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

JavaScript
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the Thames Valley

JavaScript
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Berkshire -11 54 £50,000 -23.08% 37
Oxfordshire -27 48 £56,500 -5.83% 30
Buckinghamshire -19 36 £56,250 +10.29% 26
JavaScript
South East

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 14 (10.14%) IIS
2 2 (1.45%) Confluence
2 2 (1.45%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.72%) Apache
3 1 (0.72%) CMS
3 1 (0.72%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) UserZoom
2 1 (0.72%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Infor M3
1 3 (2.17%) Lawson
1 3 (2.17%) Movex
1 3 (2.17%) NetSuite
2 2 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (34.06%) AWS
2 38 (27.54%) Azure
3 12 (8.70%) SaaS
3 12 (8.70%) Serverless
4 10 (7.25%) Amazon ECS
4 10 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
4 10 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (7.25%) GitHub
5 8 (5.80%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (4.35%) GCP
7 5 (3.62%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.90%) Azure AI
8 4 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.90%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.90%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.17%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.45%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
10 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.45%) HTTP
2 1 (0.72%) SNMP
2 1 (0.72%) SSH
2 1 (0.72%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (21.01%) Relational Database
2 27 (19.57%) MySQL
3 23 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 13 (9.42%) MongoDB
5 11 (7.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (5.07%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (4.35%) RDBMS
8 3 (2.17%) Power BI
8 3 (2.17%) Redis
9 2 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.45%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 22 (15.94%) Git
2 14 (10.14%) Jenkins
3 13 (9.42%) Claude Code
3 13 (9.42%) Oracle Forms
3 13 (9.42%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (6.52%) JMeter
4 9 (6.52%) JUnit
5 8 (5.80%) Mockito
6 7 (5.07%) JIRA
7 4 (2.90%) IntelliJ
8 3 (2.17%) Mocha
8 3 (2.17%) Selenium
9 2 (1.45%) GitLab
10 1 (0.72%) Axure RP
10 1 (0.72%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.72%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.72%) Storybook
General
1 56 (40.58%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (16.67%) Finance
4 13 (9.42%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.07%) Manufacturing
6 6 (4.35%) Aerospace
6 6 (4.35%) Automotive
7 5 (3.62%) Law
7 5 (3.62%) Retail
8 3 (2.17%) Tech for Good
8 3 (2.17%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.45%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.45%) Legal
9 2 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.45%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (46.38%) Developer
2 32 (23.19%) .NET Developer
3 30 (21.74%) Software Engineer
4 19 (13.77%) Lead
5 18 (13.04%) Senior
6 13 (9.42%) Senior Developer
7 12 (8.70%) Java Engineer
8 11 (7.97%) C# .NET Developer
8 11 (7.97%) C# Developer
8 11 (7.97%) Full-Stack Developer
9 10 (7.25%) Java Developer
10 9 (6.52%) C# Software Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) Python Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) Python Software Engineer
10 9 (6.52%) VB.NET Developer
11 8 (5.80%) C++ Software Engineer
11 8 (5.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 7 (5.07%) ASP.NET Developer
12 7 (5.07%) PHP Developer
12 7 (5.07%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (37.68%) HTML
2 50 (36.23%) React
3 42 (30.43%) .NET
3 42 (30.43%) CSS
4 34 (24.64%) REST
5 32 (23.19%) ASP.NET
6 30 (21.74%) jQuery
7 24 (17.39%) Node.js
8 20 (14.49%) ASP.NET Web API
9 19 (13.77%) ASP.NET Core
10 15 (10.87%) .NET Framework
10 15 (10.87%) Spring Boot
11 14 (10.14%) Blazor
11 14 (10.14%) Spring
12 13 (9.42%) ASP.NET Web Forms
12 13 (9.42%) LESS
13 12 (8.70%) .NET Core
14 10 (7.25%) Web Services
15 9 (6.52%) Hibernate
15 9 (6.52%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.32%) Self-Motivation
2 11 (7.97%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (7.97%) Product Ownership
3 10 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.35%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (3.62%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.90%) CMDB
6 4 (2.90%) Social Network
6 4 (2.90%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.17%) Mashup
7 3 (2.17%) TM Forum
8 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.45%) NHS
9 1 (0.72%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.25%) Linux
2 2 (1.45%) Windows
3 1 (0.72%) Unix
3 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (42.03%) Full-Stack Development
2 47 (34.06%) Agile
3 43 (31.16%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (25.36%) CI/CD
4 35 (25.36%) Software Engineering
5 28 (20.29%) User Experience
6 27 (19.57%) AI
7 25 (18.12%) Microservices
8 24 (17.39%) SDLC
9 20 (14.49%) DevOps
9 20 (14.49%) Project Management
10 19 (13.77%) Decision-Making
10 19 (13.77%) Test Automation
11 18 (13.04%) Scrum
11 18 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (12.32%) Workflow
13 16 (11.59%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (10.87%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (10.87%) Unit Testing
14 15 (10.87%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 48 (34.78%) TypeScript
2 45 (32.61%) C#
2 45 (32.61%) Python
3 44 (31.88%) Java
4 27 (19.57%) SQL
5 18 (13.04%) C++
6 13 (9.42%) VB.NET
7 9 (6.52%) Apex Code
8 8 (5.80%) Shell Script
9 7 (5.07%) PHP
10 5 (3.62%) PowerShell
11 4 (2.90%) SOQL
12 3 (2.17%) Go
13 1 (0.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (15.94%) Degree
2 14 (10.14%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (8.70%) Master's Degree
4 11 (7.97%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.97%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.25%) PhD
6 3 (2.17%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (1.45%) ICAEW
8 1 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.35%) Accessibility
1 6 (4.35%) QA
2 3 (2.17%) SLA
2 3 (2.17%) WCAG
3 2 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.45%) GDPR
4 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (13.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (15.94%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.80%) Kibana
3 3 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.72%) WMI
Vendors
1 28 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.42%) Oracle
3 9 (6.52%) Salesforce
4 8 (5.80%) Dynatrace
4 8 (5.80%) Splunk
5 7 (5.07%) Sage
6 4 (2.90%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.17%) Google
7 3 (2.17%) Infor
7 3 (2.17%) Intentia
7 3 (2.17%) SAP
8 1 (0.72%) Adobe
8 1 (0.72%) BMC
8 1 (0.72%) HubSpot