JavaScript Job Trends in the UK excluding London

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 28 20
Rank change year-on-year -52 -8 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 1,381 1,854 5,620
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 2.20% 7.02% 8.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.71% 23.53% 25.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,161 1,468 4,601
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.21% +9.17% -4.00%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,390 7,880 21,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.95% 29.82% 32.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,377 5,791 16,492
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% +2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £64,266 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.13% +8.33% -7.69%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the UK excluding London

JavaScript
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
North of England -27 505 £50,000 -11.11% 197
South East -58 285 £52,500 -12.50% 209
Yorkshire -15 234 £50,000 -11.89% 65
North West -21 220 £48,750 -15.22% 104
South West -36 197 £50,000 -16.67% 112
Midlands -40 196 £55,000 +1.38% 92
East of England -61 113 £60,000 -9.38% 68
West Midlands -40 112 £47,500 -9.52% 38
East Midlands -57 84 £55,000 -4.35% 53
Scotland -64 62 £31,000 -48.33% 40
North East -14 51 £47,500 -2.56% 28
Wales -43 19 £42,250 -12.44% 18
Northern Ireland -40 10 £90,000 +80.00% 8
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -
JavaScript
UK

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 67 (4.85%) WordPress
2 32 (2.32%) CMS
3 27 (1.96%) SharePoint
4 17 (1.23%) Apache
5 10 (0.72%) OpenStack
6 8 (0.58%) Confluence
6 8 (0.58%) nginx
7 6 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 5 (0.36%) IIS
8 5 (0.36%) JBoss
8 5 (0.36%) NServiceBus
8 5 (0.36%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.14%) CICS
11 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.14%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.14%) WebLogic Portal
12 1 (0.072%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 14 (1.01%) Chatbot
2 11 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.80%) Photoshop
3 8 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (0.36%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.22%) InDesign
6 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (0.14%) Windchill
8 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.072%) Elementor
8 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.072%) Sketch
8 1 (0.072%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (1.09%) Shopify
3 4 (0.29%) Magento
4 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.14%) Eloqua
5 2 (0.14%) Maximo
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.14%) Primavera
5 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.072%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.072%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.072%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.072%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 587 (42.51%) AWS
2 562 (40.70%) Azure
3 281 (20.35%) GitHub
4 133 (9.63%) Serverless
5 86 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
6 78 (5.65%) SaaS
7 72 (5.21%) Power Platform
8 63 (4.56%) GCP
9 59 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
10 51 (3.69%) Power Automate
11 47 (3.40%) Amazon S3
12 44 (3.19%) Azure Logic Apps
13 38 (2.75%) PowerApps
14 34 (2.46%) Amazon ECS
14 34 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
15 30 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
16 27 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
17 24 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
18 21 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
18 21 (1.52%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 241 (17.45%) Internet
2 15 (1.09%) Broadband
3 7 (0.51%) Firewall
3 7 (0.51%) HTTP
4 6 (0.43%) AMQP
5 5 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (0.29%) Network Security
6 4 (0.29%) VPN
6 4 (0.29%) WAN
7 3 (0.22%) Intranet
7 3 (0.22%) SSL
8 2 (0.14%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.14%) OpenVPN
8 2 (0.14%) SSH
8 2 (0.14%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.072%) FTP
9 1 (0.072%) MQTT
9 1 (0.072%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (7.75%) SQL Server
2 101 (7.31%) MySQL
3 54 (3.91%) Relational Database
4 49 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
5 42 (3.04%) NoSQL
5 42 (3.04%) Power BI
6 38 (2.75%) MongoDB
7 32 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
8 24 (1.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 13 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
9 13 (0.94%) Big Data
9 13 (0.94%) RDBMS
9 13 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 12 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
10 12 (0.87%) Neo4j
11 11 (0.80%) DynamoDB
12 10 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 7 (0.51%) Redis
14 6 (0.43%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.43%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 389 (28.17%) Git
2 62 (4.49%) Jenkins
3 51 (3.69%) JIRA
4 33 (2.39%) Cypress.io
5 31 (2.24%) GitLab
6 24 (1.74%) Cucumber
7 22 (1.59%) Selenium
8 14 (1.01%) JUnit
9 13 (0.94%) Postman
10 11 (0.80%) JMeter
10 11 (0.80%) SonarQube
11 8 (0.58%) Maven
11 8 (0.58%) PHPUnit
11 8 (0.58%) REST Assured
12 7 (0.51%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.51%) Subversion
13 6 (0.43%) Gatling
13 6 (0.43%) Mockito
13 6 (0.43%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 300 (21.72%) Social Skills
2 226 (16.36%) Multimedia
3 107 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (7.39%) Finance
5 61 (4.42%) Public Sector
6 43 (3.11%) Law
7 33 (2.39%) Marketing
8 25 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (1.45%) Retail
10 18 (1.30%) Games
10 18 (1.30%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.09%) Aerospace
12 14 (1.01%) Automotive
13 13 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.72%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.58%) Health Technology
16 8 (0.58%) Legal
17 7 (0.51%) Advertising
17 7 (0.51%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 771 (55.83%) Developer
2 227 (16.44%) Senior
3 226 (16.36%) Trainee
4 201 (14.55%) Full-Stack Developer
5 187 (13.54%) Software Engineer
6 184 (13.32%) Software Developer
7 138 (9.99%) Senior Developer
8 126 (9.12%) Lead
9 93 (6.73%) Trainee Developer
10 81 (5.87%) Trainee Software Developer
11 72 (5.21%) JavaScript Developer
12 66 (4.78%) Administrator
13 60 (4.34%) Web Administrator
14 58 (4.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 58 (4.20%) Trainee Administrator
15 53 (3.84%) .NET Developer
16 46 (3.33%) Web Developer
17 45 (3.26%) Java Developer
17 45 (3.26%) Lead Developer
18 41 (2.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 603 (43.66%) HTML
2 570 (41.27%) CSS
3 407 (29.47%) React
4 271 (19.62%) .NET
5 220 (15.93%) Node.js
6 147 (10.64%) AngularJS
7 140 (10.14%) REST
8 110 (7.97%) Vue
9 96 (6.95%) .NET Core
10 74 (5.36%) RESTful
11 69 (5.00%) ASP.NET
12 68 (4.92%) jQuery
13 63 (4.56%) Laravel
14 61 (4.42%) Spring
15 58 (4.20%) JSON
15 58 (4.20%) Spring Boot
16 52 (3.77%) Web Services
17 47 (3.40%) HTML5
18 41 (2.97%) Playwright
19 39 (2.82%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.36%) Product Ownership
2 66 (4.78%) Cloud Native
3 43 (3.11%) Greenfield Project
3 43 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 40 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
5 36 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
6 34 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
7 33 (2.39%) Low-Code
8 20 (1.45%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.23%) Data Structures
9 17 (1.23%) Onboarding
10 14 (1.01%) e-Learning
11 12 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (0.80%) Sports Betting
13 10 (0.72%) Management Information System
13 10 (0.72%) Social Media
14 9 (0.65%) Educational Technology
14 9 (0.65%) Legacy Code
15 8 (0.58%) Cybercrime
16 7 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 55 (3.98%) Linux
2 23 (1.67%) Windows
3 10 (0.72%) CentOS
3 10 (0.72%) Unix
4 8 (0.58%) Android
5 7 (0.51%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.43%) Debian
6 6 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.43%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.43%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.072%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (28.89%) Agile
2 391 (28.31%) Full-Stack Development
3 362 (26.21%) Mentoring
4 304 (22.01%) CI/CD
5 297 (21.51%) Software Engineering
6 279 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
7 219 (15.86%) Cybersecurity
8 214 (15.50%) DevOps
9 164 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 164 (11.88%) Web Development
10 133 (9.63%) Microservices
10 133 (9.63%) User Experience
11 130 (9.41%) Scrum
12 113 (8.18%) AI
13 110 (7.97%) Test Automation
14 108 (7.82%) Front End Development
15 100 (7.24%) Containerisation
16 90 (6.52%) Computer Science
17 85 (6.15%) TDD
18 72 (5.21%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 572 (41.42%) Python
2 339 (24.55%) TypeScript
3 295 (21.36%) C#
4 277 (20.06%) SQL
5 236 (17.09%) Java
6 138 (9.99%) PHP
7 135 (9.78%) R
8 39 (2.82%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.74%) Bash
9 24 (1.74%) C
10 22 (1.59%) C++
10 22 (1.59%) Go
11 19 (1.38%) PL/SQL
12 14 (1.01%) Rust
13 11 (0.80%) Apex Code
14 10 (0.72%) VBA
15 8 (0.58%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 5 (0.36%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 248 (17.96%) AWS Certification
2 245 (17.74%) Microsoft Certification
3 242 (17.52%) Azure Certification
4 230 (16.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 141 (10.21%) Degree
6 94 (6.81%) Security Cleared
7 66 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (3.26%) SC Cleared
9 32 (2.32%) DV Cleared
10 19 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 19 (1.38%) DBS Check
11 16 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (0.72%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.65%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.51%) AWS Certified Developer
16 7 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.43%) PhD
18 3 (0.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (6.30%) QA
2 61 (4.42%) Accessibility
3 14 (1.01%) Data Quality
4 10 (0.72%) GDPR
5 9 (0.65%) SLA
6 8 (0.58%) WCAG
7 5 (0.36%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.22%) HL7
8 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.14%) IEC 61131
10 1 (0.072%) PMO
System Software
1 151 (10.93%) Docker
2 10 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (0.58%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.072%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 106 (7.68%) Kubernetes
2 90 (6.52%) Terraform
3 25 (1.81%) Ansible
4 23 (1.67%) Grafana
5 16 (1.16%) Kibana
6 14 (1.01%) Prometheus
7 10 (0.72%) logstash
8 6 (0.43%) Puppet
9 5 (0.36%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.29%) Plesk
10 4 (0.29%) Podman
10 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.22%) cPanel
11 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.14%) Argo
12 2 (0.14%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.14%) Nagios
12 2 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 373 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 37 (2.68%) Oracle
3 33 (2.39%) Adobe
4 30 (2.17%) Google
5 25 (1.81%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.45%) Atlassian
7 17 (1.23%) HubSpot
7 17 (1.23%) Red Hat
7 17 (1.23%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.16%) MuleSoft
9 14 (1.01%) Splunk
10 12 (0.87%) Pega
11 10 (0.72%) SAP
12 6 (0.43%) Cisco
12 6 (0.43%) SaltStack
13 5 (0.36%) F5
13 5 (0.36%) Juniper
13 5 (0.36%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.29%) IBM
14 4 (0.29%) Remedy