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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 36 19
Rank change year-on-year -17 -17 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 82 27 94
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.91% 3.97% 8.91%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.24% 22.31% 23.86%
Number of salaries quoted 74 23 34
10th Percentile £38,836 £31,100 £32,025
25th Percentile £46,841 £43,125 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 -
90th Percentile £74,995 £68,500 £69,250
North East median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -16.67% +14.29%

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 670 121 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 23.74% 17.79% 37.35%
Number of salaries quoted 559 95 203
10th Percentile £42,500 £28,250 £33,550
25th Percentile £46,644 £38,875 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £85,000
North East median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +20.00% -4.76% -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 1 October 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 1 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -19 73 £57,500 +15.00% 23
Sunderland -4 6 £45,000 -5.26%
Gateshead - 3 £20,000 -
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 5 (6.10%) CMS
1 5 (6.10%) WordPress
2 2 (2.44%) Confluence
3 1 (1.22%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.22%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.22%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.22%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (42.68%) AWS
2 19 (23.17%) Azure
3 12 (14.63%) Serverless
4 10 (12.20%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (10.98%) Amazon S3
6 8 (9.76%) Amazon ECS
7 7 (8.54%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (7.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 6 (7.32%) Amazon ECR
8 6 (7.32%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (7.32%) Amazon SQS
8 6 (7.32%) AWS Fargate
8 6 (7.32%) AWS KMS
8 6 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (7.32%) Kong
9 3 (3.66%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (2.44%) npm
10 2 (2.44%) Power Automate
10 2 (2.44%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) Firewall
2 1 (1.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.29%) MongoDB
1 15 (18.29%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (9.76%) NoSQL
3 6 (7.32%) DocumentDB
3 6 (7.32%) MySQL
4 4 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (4.88%) GIS
5 3 (3.66%) Spark SQL
6 2 (2.44%) Power BI
6 2 (2.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 25 (30.49%) Git
2 9 (10.98%) GitLab
3 2 (2.44%) JIRA
4 1 (1.22%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.22%) Maven
General
1 38 (46.34%) Public Sector
2 32 (39.02%) Social Skills
3 14 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (8.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.88%) Marketing
5 4 (4.88%) Tech for Good
6 3 (3.66%) Finance
7 1 (1.22%) Law
7 1 (1.22%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 42 (51.22%) Developer
2 19 (23.17%) Senior
3 14 (17.07%) Analyst
4 12 (14.63%) Software Engineer
5 11 (13.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 10 (12.20%) Software Developer
7 8 (9.76%) Full-Stack Developer
7 8 (9.76%) Python Developer
8 7 (8.54%) Senior Developer
9 6 (7.32%) Lead
9 6 (7.32%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (6.10%) Angular Developer
10 5 (6.10%) Node.js Developer
11 4 (4.88%) Full-Stack Python Developer
11 4 (4.88%) Senior Software Engineer
12 3 (3.66%) .NET Developer
12 3 (3.66%) C# Developer
12 3 (3.66%) Java Developer
12 3 (3.66%) Lead C# Developer
12 3 (3.66%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (58.54%) CSS
1 48 (58.54%) HTML
2 40 (48.78%) Node.js
3 20 (24.39%) .NET
4 11 (13.41%) RESTful
5 10 (12.20%) AngularJS
6 9 (10.98%) Express.js
6 9 (10.98%) React
6 9 (10.98%) REST
7 8 (9.76%) Flask
8 7 (8.54%) Terraform
9 6 (7.32%) .NET Core
9 6 (7.32%) Jest
9 6 (7.32%) Kafka
9 6 (7.32%) MEAN Stack
9 6 (7.32%) Nunjucks
10 5 (6.10%) CSS3
10 5 (6.10%) HTML5
11 4 (4.88%) OpenLayers
11 4 (4.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.63%) Cloud Native
2 9 (10.98%) Product Ownership
3 8 (9.76%) Renewable Energy
4 7 (8.54%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.44%) AI Agents
7 2 (2.44%) Algorithms
7 2 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.44%) Low-Code
7 2 (2.44%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.22%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 1 (1.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (71.95%) Agile
2 55 (67.07%) CI/CD
3 40 (48.78%) Mentoring
4 38 (46.34%) Test Automation
5 34 (41.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (31.71%) SFIA
7 25 (30.49%) Technical Leadership
8 24 (29.27%) DevOps
8 24 (29.27%) Full-Stack Development
9 21 (25.61%) Coaching
10 20 (24.39%) Software Engineering
11 19 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (23.17%) Software Testing
12 18 (21.95%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (21.95%) SDLC
13 17 (20.73%) Front End Development
14 15 (18.29%) Collaborative Culture
14 15 (18.29%) Design Patterns
14 15 (18.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 14 (17.07%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 26 (31.71%) TypeScript
2 17 (20.73%) C#
3 16 (19.51%) Java
4 14 (17.07%) Python
4 14 (17.07%) SQL
5 5 (6.10%) PHP
6 4 (4.88%) C++
7 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (41.46%) Security Cleared
2 33 (40.24%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.88%) AWS Certification
3 4 (4.88%) Degree
4 1 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (39.02%) QA
2 19 (23.17%) Accessibility
3 5 (6.10%) WCAG
4 3 (3.66%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (18.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (14.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (7.32%) Confluent
1 6 (7.32%) Dynatrace
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.44%) UiPath
4 1 (1.22%) Optimizely
4 1 (1.22%) Sitecore