JavaScript Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 37 22
Rank change year-on-year -16 -15 +2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 71 22 77
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.84% 3.46% 6.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.27% 18.03% 20.92%
Number of salaries quoted 63 17 45
10th Percentile £36,500 £42,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,250 -
90th Percentile £78,997 £80,500 £69,000
North East median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -16.67% +9.09%

All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 630 122 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 25.21% 19.18% 33.27%
Number of salaries quoted 529 95 245
10th Percentile £41,250 £25,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,525 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £90,000 £67,500 £68,113
90th Percentile £100,000 £94,500 £84,964
North East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Tyne and Wear

JavaScript
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 25 August 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -22 60 £55,000 +10.00% 21
Sunderland - 8 £45,000 -
Gateshead -6 3 £20,000 -61.90%
JavaScript
North East

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (9.86%) WordPress
2 6 (8.45%) CMS
3 2 (2.82%) Confluence
3 2 (2.82%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.41%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.41%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (1.41%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (45.07%) AWS
2 26 (36.62%) Azure
3 10 (14.08%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (9.86%) Serverless
5 6 (8.45%) Amazon S3
6 5 (7.04%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (5.63%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (5.63%) GitHub
8 3 (4.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (4.23%) Amazon ECR
8 3 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (4.23%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (4.23%) AWS Fargate
8 3 (4.23%) AWS KMS
8 3 (4.23%) Kong
8 3 (4.23%) Power Automate
8 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
8 3 (4.23%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Firewall
1 2 (2.82%) Internet
2 1 (1.41%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (21.13%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (16.90%) MongoDB
3 9 (12.68%) NoSQL
4 6 (8.45%) MySQL
5 4 (5.63%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (5.63%) GIS
6 3 (4.23%) DocumentDB
6 3 (4.23%) Power BI
7 2 (2.82%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (35.21%) Git
2 6 (8.45%) GitLab
3 5 (7.04%) JIRA
4 3 (4.23%) Postman
4 3 (4.23%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.41%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.41%) Maven
General
1 29 (40.85%) Public Sector
2 23 (32.39%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Finance
5 4 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.63%) Marketing
5 4 (5.63%) Tech for Good
6 2 (2.82%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.41%) Law
7 1 (1.41%) Legal
7 1 (1.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (50.70%) Developer
2 16 (22.54%) Senior
3 14 (19.72%) Software Engineer
4 10 (14.08%) Analyst
5 9 (12.68%) Full-Stack Developer
6 8 (11.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 8 (11.27%) Python Developer
6 8 (11.27%) Software Developer
7 7 (9.86%) Lead
7 7 (9.86%) Senior Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Full-Stack Python Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Lead Developer
8 4 (5.63%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (5.63%) Senior Software Engineer
8 4 (5.63%) Test Engineer
9 3 (4.23%) C# Developer
9 3 (4.23%) Java Developer
9 3 (4.23%) Lead C# Developer
9 3 (4.23%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (54.93%) CSS
1 39 (54.93%) HTML
2 31 (43.66%) Node.js
3 18 (25.35%) .NET
4 10 (14.08%) RESTful
5 9 (12.68%) React
6 8 (11.27%) .NET Core
6 8 (11.27%) AngularJS
6 8 (11.27%) Flask
7 6 (8.45%) CSS3
7 6 (8.45%) Express.js
7 6 (8.45%) HTML5
8 5 (7.04%) REST
8 5 (7.04%) Spring
8 5 (7.04%) Spring Boot
9 4 (5.63%) .NET Framework
9 4 (5.63%) Ajax
9 4 (5.63%) Jinja
9 4 (5.63%) OpenLayers
9 4 (5.63%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Cloud Native
2 8 (11.27%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (9.86%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (9.86%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.23%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.23%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.82%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.82%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.82%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (69.01%) Agile
2 42 (59.15%) CI/CD
3 29 (40.85%) Mentoring
4 28 (39.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (39.44%) Test Automation
5 24 (33.80%) Software Engineering
6 21 (29.58%) DevOps
7 20 (28.17%) Full-Stack Development
8 17 (23.94%) Technical Leadership
9 16 (22.54%) Coaching
10 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (21.13%) SFIA
11 14 (19.72%) Front End Development
12 13 (18.31%) Scrum
12 13 (18.31%) User Experience
13 12 (16.90%) Collaborative Culture
13 12 (16.90%) Collaborative Working
13 12 (16.90%) Design Patterns
13 12 (16.90%) SDLC
13 12 (16.90%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (29.58%) TypeScript
2 19 (26.76%) Java
3 16 (22.54%) Python
4 15 (21.13%) C#
5 11 (15.49%) SQL
6 5 (7.04%) PHP
7 2 (2.82%) R
8 1 (1.41%) C++
8 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (30.99%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.45%) AWS Certification
4 4 (5.63%) Degree
5 2 (2.82%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (2.82%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (29.58%) QA
2 17 (23.94%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (16.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (12.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.23%) Confluent
2 3 (4.23%) Dynatrace
3 2 (2.82%) UiPath
4 1 (1.41%) Optimizely
4 1 (1.41%) Sitecore