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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 37 25
Rank change year-on-year -15 -12 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 66 23 64
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.95% 3.78% 5.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.48% 18.25% 19.22%
Number of salaries quoted 60 18 54
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,125 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,065 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,063 -
90th Percentile £75,486 £77,250 £67,500
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 575 126 333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 25.68% 20.72% 28.98%
Number of salaries quoted 488 104 263
10th Percentile £40,000 £25,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,188 £38,975 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £88,148 £67,813 £67,734
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,625 £83,507
North East median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -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 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 1 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 -23 55 £55,000 +10.00% 12
Sunderland - 8 £45,000 - 5
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 7 (10.61%) WordPress
2 6 (9.09%) CMS
3 2 (3.03%) Confluence
3 2 (3.03%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.52%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.52%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (1.52%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (45.45%) AWS
2 24 (36.36%) Azure
3 9 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (10.61%) Serverless
5 5 (7.58%) Amazon ECS
5 5 (7.58%) Amazon S3
6 4 (6.06%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (6.06%) GitHub
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon ECR
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (4.55%) Amazon SQS
7 3 (4.55%) AWS Fargate
7 3 (4.55%) AWS KMS
7 3 (4.55%) Kong
7 3 (4.55%) Power Automate
7 3 (4.55%) Power Platform
7 3 (4.55%) PowerApps
8 2 (3.03%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) Firewall
1 2 (3.03%) Internet
2 1 (1.52%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.21%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (18.18%) MongoDB
3 9 (13.64%) NoSQL
4 6 (9.09%) MySQL
5 3 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (4.55%) DocumentDB
5 3 (4.55%) GIS
5 3 (4.55%) Power BI
6 2 (3.03%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 23 (34.85%) Git
2 6 (9.09%) GitLab
3 5 (7.58%) JIRA
4 3 (4.55%) Postman
4 3 (4.55%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.52%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.52%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.52%) Maven
General
1 27 (40.91%) Public Sector
2 19 (28.79%) Social Skills
3 7 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.58%) Finance
5 4 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.06%) Marketing
5 4 (6.06%) Tech for Good
6 2 (3.03%) Games
6 2 (3.03%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.52%) Law
7 1 (1.52%) Legal
7 1 (1.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 33 (50.00%) Developer
2 14 (21.21%) Software Engineer
3 13 (19.70%) Senior
4 10 (15.15%) Full-Stack Developer
5 8 (12.12%) Analyst
5 8 (12.12%) Software Developer
6 7 (10.61%) Python Developer
7 6 (9.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 5 (7.58%) Lead
8 5 (7.58%) Senior Developer
9 4 (6.06%) .NET Developer
9 4 (6.06%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
9 4 (6.06%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (6.06%) Test Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) Full-Stack Python Developer
10 3 (4.55%) Java Developer
10 3 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
10 3 (4.55%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.55%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (48.48%) CSS
1 32 (48.48%) HTML
2 28 (42.42%) Node.js
3 17 (25.76%) .NET
4 11 (16.67%) React
5 10 (15.15%) RESTful
6 9 (13.64%) .NET Core
7 8 (12.12%) AngularJS
8 7 (10.61%) Flask
9 6 (9.09%) Express.js
10 5 (7.58%) CSS3
10 5 (7.58%) HTML5
10 5 (7.58%) REST
10 5 (7.58%) Spring
10 5 (7.58%) Spring Boot
11 4 (6.06%) .NET Framework
11 4 (6.06%) ASP.NET
12 3 (4.55%) Ajax
12 3 (4.55%) jQuery
12 3 (4.55%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Cloud Native
2 7 (10.61%) Product Ownership
2 7 (10.61%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (7.58%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.55%) Low-Code
6 2 (3.03%) AI Agents
6 2 (3.03%) Algorithms
6 2 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (3.03%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (65.15%) Agile
2 39 (59.09%) CI/CD
3 26 (39.39%) Test Automation
4 24 (36.36%) Mentoring
5 22 (33.33%) Software Engineering
6 21 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (31.82%) Full-Stack Development
7 19 (28.79%) DevOps
8 13 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (19.70%) SFIA
9 12 (18.18%) Coaching
9 12 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (18.18%) Front End Development
9 12 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
10 11 (16.67%) Scrum
10 11 (16.67%) SDLC
11 10 (15.15%) Continuous Integration
11 10 (15.15%) Sprint Planning
11 10 (15.15%) User Experience
12 9 (13.64%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 18 (27.27%) Java
1 18 (27.27%) TypeScript
2 15 (22.73%) C#
3 14 (21.21%) Python
4 9 (13.64%) SQL
5 5 (7.58%) PHP
6 2 (3.03%) R
7 1 (1.52%) C++
7 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (30.30%) Security Cleared
2 19 (28.79%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.58%) AWS Certification
4 3 (4.55%) Degree
5 2 (3.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (25.76%) QA
2 15 (22.73%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (19.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.12%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.55%) Confluent
2 3 (4.55%) Dynatrace
3 2 (3.03%) UiPath
4 1 (1.52%) Optimizely
4 1 (1.52%) Sitecore