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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 41 22
Rank change year-on-year -9 -19 +3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 68 22 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 2.89% 3.51% 6.27%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.30% 17.05% 19.60%
Number of salaries quoted 60 17 50
10th Percentile £35,750 £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 £75,486 £80,500 £67,750
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 602 129 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 25.62% 20.57% 31.98%
Number of salaries quoted 506 103 251
10th Percentile £41,250 £25,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £39,525 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% - -6.67%
75th Percentile £88,148 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,000 £84,964
North East median annual salary £59,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -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 13 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 13 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 -18 56 £55,000 +10.00% 24
Sunderland - 9 £45,000 - 2
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 (10.29%) WordPress
2 6 (8.82%) CMS
3 2 (2.94%) Confluence
3 2 (2.94%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.47%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.47%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (1.47%) WildFly
Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (47.06%) AWS
2 25 (36.76%) Azure
3 10 (14.71%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (10.29%) Serverless
5 6 (8.82%) Amazon S3
6 5 (7.35%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (5.88%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (5.88%) GitHub
8 3 (4.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (4.41%) Amazon ECR
8 3 (4.41%) Amazon EKS
8 3 (4.41%) Amazon SQS
8 3 (4.41%) AWS Fargate
8 3 (4.41%) AWS KMS
8 3 (4.41%) Kong
8 3 (4.41%) Power Automate
8 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
8 3 (4.41%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.94%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.94%) Firewall
1 2 (2.94%) Internet
2 1 (1.47%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.06%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (17.65%) MongoDB
3 9 (13.24%) NoSQL
4 6 (8.82%) MySQL
5 4 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (5.88%) GIS
6 3 (4.41%) DocumentDB
6 3 (4.41%) Power BI
7 2 (2.94%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 24 (35.29%) Git
2 6 (8.82%) GitLab
3 5 (7.35%) JIRA
4 3 (4.41%) Postman
4 3 (4.41%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.47%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.47%) Maven
General
1 27 (39.71%) Public Sector
2 21 (30.88%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.35%) Finance
5 4 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.88%) Marketing
5 4 (5.88%) Tech for Good
6 2 (2.94%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.47%) Games
7 1 (1.47%) Law
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
7 1 (1.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (51.47%) Developer
2 14 (20.59%) Software Engineer
3 13 (19.12%) Senior
4 10 (14.71%) Full-Stack Developer
5 8 (11.76%) Analyst
5 8 (11.76%) Python Developer
5 8 (11.76%) Software Developer
6 7 (10.29%) Lead
7 6 (8.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 5 (7.35%) Senior Developer
9 4 (5.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 4 (5.88%) Full-Stack Python Developer
9 4 (5.88%) Lead Developer
9 4 (5.88%) Senior Software Engineer
9 4 (5.88%) Test Engineer
10 3 (4.41%) .NET Developer
10 3 (4.41%) C# Developer
10 3 (4.41%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
10 3 (4.41%) Java Developer
10 3 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (51.47%) CSS
1 35 (51.47%) HTML
2 28 (41.18%) Node.js
3 19 (27.94%) .NET
4 10 (14.71%) React
4 10 (14.71%) RESTful
5 9 (13.24%) .NET Core
6 8 (11.76%) AngularJS
6 8 (11.76%) Flask
7 6 (8.82%) CSS3
7 6 (8.82%) Express.js
7 6 (8.82%) HTML5
8 5 (7.35%) REST
8 5 (7.35%) Spring
8 5 (7.35%) Spring Boot
9 4 (5.88%) Ajax
9 4 (5.88%) ASP.NET
9 4 (5.88%) Jinja
9 4 (5.88%) OpenLayers
9 4 (5.88%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.24%) Cloud Native
2 8 (11.76%) Renewable Energy
3 7 (10.29%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (10.29%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.41%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.41%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.94%) AI Agents
6 2 (2.94%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.94%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (2.94%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (66.18%) Agile
2 40 (58.82%) CI/CD
3 26 (38.24%) Mentoring
3 26 (38.24%) Test Automation
4 24 (35.29%) Software Engineering
5 23 (33.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 21 (30.88%) Full-Stack Development
7 20 (29.41%) DevOps
8 14 (20.59%) Coaching
8 14 (20.59%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (19.12%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (19.12%) Scrum
9 13 (19.12%) SFIA
10 12 (17.65%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (17.65%) Front End Development
11 11 (16.18%) Collaborative Culture
11 11 (16.18%) SDLC
11 11 (16.18%) Software Testing
11 11 (16.18%) User Experience
12 10 (14.71%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.47%) Java
1 18 (26.47%) TypeScript
2 16 (23.53%) C#
3 15 (22.06%) Python
4 11 (16.18%) SQL
5 5 (7.35%) PHP
6 2 (2.94%) R
7 1 (1.47%) C++
7 1 (1.47%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 20 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.94%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.82%) AWS Certification
4 4 (5.88%) Degree
5 2 (2.94%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (27.94%) QA
2 15 (22.06%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.47%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (19.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (13.24%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.41%) Confluent
2 3 (4.41%) Dynatrace
3 2 (2.94%) UiPath
4 1 (1.47%) Optimizely
4 1 (1.47%) Sitecore