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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 36 29
Rank change year-on-year -13 -7 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 57 23 77
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.65% 3.85% 5.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 10.42% 17.69% 21.45%
Number of salaries quoted 52 18 66
10th Percentile £36,523 £42,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,065 £51,250 £56,482
Median % change year-on-year +1.59% -9.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £61,875 £58,063 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,985 £77,250 £70,375
North East median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +4.00% -13.74% +5.39%

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 547 130 359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 25.43% 21.74% 27.89%
Number of salaries quoted 469 108 289
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £39,763 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £88,148 £68,375 £71,991
90th Percentile £100,000 £91,125 £84,964
North East median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -23 48 £55,000 +10.00% 14
Sunderland - 6 £46,250 - 2
Gateshead -8 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 6 (10.53%) CMS
1 6 (10.53%) WordPress
2 2 (3.51%) Confluence
2 2 (3.51%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.75%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.75%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.75%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 25 (43.86%) AWS
2 22 (38.60%) Azure
3 8 (14.04%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (8.77%) Serverless
5 4 (7.02%) GitHub
6 3 (5.26%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (5.26%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.26%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.26%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (3.51%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (3.51%) SaaS
7 2 (3.51%) Slack
7 2 (3.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.75%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Firewall
1 2 (3.51%) Internet
2 1 (1.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (22.81%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (17.54%) MongoDB
3 9 (15.79%) NoSQL
4 6 (10.53%) MySQL
5 3 (5.26%) Power BI
6 2 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (3.51%) GIS
6 2 (3.51%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.75%) DocumentDB
7 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (31.58%) Git
2 5 (8.77%) JIRA
3 4 (7.02%) GitLab
4 3 (5.26%) Postman
4 3 (5.26%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.75%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.75%) Maven
General
1 22 (38.60%) Public Sector
2 16 (28.07%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Finance
4 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Tech for Good
5 3 (5.26%) Marketing
6 2 (3.51%) Games
6 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.51%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.75%) Law
7 1 (1.75%) Legal
7 1 (1.75%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (47.37%) Developer
2 13 (22.81%) Senior
2 13 (22.81%) Software Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Full-Stack Developer
4 6 (10.53%) Analyst
4 6 (10.53%) Python Developer
4 6 (10.53%) Software Developer
5 5 (8.77%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 5 (8.77%) Senior Developer
6 4 (7.02%) .NET Developer
6 4 (7.02%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 4 (7.02%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Lead
6 4 (7.02%) Senior Software Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Test Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Java Developer
7 3 (5.26%) Lead Software Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (45.61%) CSS
1 26 (45.61%) HTML
2 24 (42.11%) Node.js
3 15 (26.32%) .NET
4 11 (19.30%) React
5 8 (14.04%) .NET Core
5 8 (14.04%) RESTful
6 6 (10.53%) AngularJS
6 6 (10.53%) Flask
7 5 (8.77%) Spring
7 5 (8.77%) Spring Boot
8 4 (7.02%) .NET Framework
8 4 (7.02%) ASP.NET
8 4 (7.02%) CSS3
8 4 (7.02%) Express.js
8 4 (7.02%) HTML5
9 3 (5.26%) Bootstrap
9 3 (5.26%) Razor View Engine
9 3 (5.26%) REST
9 3 (5.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.53%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (8.77%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 4 (7.02%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (7.02%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.26%) Low-Code
5 2 (3.51%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.51%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.51%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (64.91%) Agile
2 32 (56.14%) CI/CD
3 22 (38.60%) Mentoring
3 22 (38.60%) Test Automation
4 19 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 18 (31.58%) Full-Stack Development
6 16 (28.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (28.07%) DevOps
7 11 (19.30%) Coaching
7 11 (19.30%) Front End Development
8 10 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (17.54%) Scrum
8 10 (17.54%) SFIA
8 10 (17.54%) Technical Leadership
9 9 (15.79%) Continuous Integration
10 8 (14.04%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (14.04%) Microservices
10 8 (14.04%) Software Testing
10 8 (14.04%) Sprint Planning
10 8 (14.04%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) Java
2 14 (24.56%) C#
2 14 (24.56%) TypeScript
3 12 (21.05%) Python
4 8 (14.04%) SQL
5 4 (7.02%) PHP
6 2 (3.51%) R
7 1 (1.75%) C++
7 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 14 (24.56%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.02%) AWS Certification
4 2 (3.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (3.51%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.51%) Degree
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.56%) Accessibility
2 12 (21.05%) QA
3 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (17.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (8.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.51%) UiPath
3 1 (1.75%) Confluent
3 1 (1.75%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.75%) Optimizely
3 1 (1.75%) Sitecore