JavaScript Job Trends

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -36 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 2,214 5,391 4,752
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.11% 8.03% 9.37%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.47% 24.69% 22.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,766 3,335 4,212
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £118,750 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,985 21,831 20,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 32.51% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 8,685 13,072 17,106
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in the UK

JavaScript
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the UK

JavaScript
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. 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
England -32 2,003 £60,000 -7.69% 1,364
UK excluding London -48 1,283 £52,500 -4.55% 1,233
Work from Home -19 926 £62,500 -10.71% 605
London -23 808 £80,500 -8.00% 457
North of England -24 403 £50,000 -4.76% 250
South East -61 271 £55,000 -8.33% 463
Midlands -31 220 £50,000 -4.76% 172
Yorkshire -8 185 £47,500 -13.64% 81
North West -34 172 £55,000 +4.76% 136
South West -31 167 £50,000 -13.04% 143
West Midlands -29 134 £46,250 -11.90% 106
East of England -49 106 £55,000 -8.33% 105
East Midlands -21 87 £58,750 +11.90% 65
Scotland -56 74 £30,500 -44.55% 47
North East -13 48 £47,500 -13.64% 35
Wales -34 34 £60,000 +84.62% 53
Northern Ireland -15 12 £87,500 +84.21% 16
Isle of Man +11 1 £52,500 -
Channel Islands +5 1 £90,000 -

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 115 (5.19%) Apache Airflow
2 83 (3.75%) Apache
3 69 (3.12%) CMS
4 65 (2.94%) SharePoint
5 63 (2.85%) WordPress
6 32 (1.45%) IIS
7 31 (1.40%) Confluence
8 17 (0.77%) Headless CMS
9 14 (0.63%) Apache Solr
10 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.50%) Umbraco
11 8 (0.36%) ArcGIS
12 7 (0.32%) nginx
13 6 (0.27%) Apache Spark
13 6 (0.27%) Appian
13 6 (0.27%) Drupal
13 6 (0.27%) OpenStack
14 5 (0.23%) Anypoint
14 5 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 3 (0.14%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 31 (1.40%) Adobe XD
2 25 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 14 (0.63%) Chatbot
6 13 (0.59%) Photoshop
7 12 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
7 12 (0.54%) MS Visio
8 11 (0.50%) Sketch
9 7 (0.32%) InVision
9 7 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
10 6 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (0.14%) Elementor
11 3 (0.14%) InDesign
11 3 (0.14%) Simulink
12 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Project
12 1 (0.045%) Notion
12 1 (0.045%) Trello
12 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 46 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.36%) Shopify
3 20 (0.90%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.54%) Sprinklr
5 8 (0.36%) Magento
5 8 (0.36%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
6 5 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 5 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.23%) PlanetPress Connect
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) Primavera
7 3 (0.14%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.090%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.090%) Maximo
8 2 (0.090%) MFGPRO
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.090%) Sage 1000
9 1 (0.045%) Odoo
Cloud Services
1 883 (39.88%) AWS
2 808 (36.50%) Azure
3 322 (14.54%) GitHub
4 212 (9.58%) Serverless
5 190 (8.58%) GCP
6 147 (6.64%) SaaS
7 134 (6.05%) Power Platform
8 115 (5.19%) dbt
9 110 (4.97%) Power Automate
10 107 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
12 85 (3.84%) PowerApps
13 76 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
14 75 (3.39%) Figma
15 64 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
16 61 (2.76%) Amazon ECS
16 61 (2.76%) Snowflake
17 59 (2.66%) Amazon S3
18 56 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
19 49 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 180 (8.13%) Internet
2 15 (0.68%) HTTP
3 11 (0.50%) Broadband
4 8 (0.36%) SSH
4 8 (0.36%) WPA
5 7 (0.32%) MQTT
6 6 (0.27%) AMQP
6 6 (0.27%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.27%) Modbus
6 6 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.23%) Intranet
8 4 (0.18%) Firewall
8 4 (0.18%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.18%) VPN
9 2 (0.090%) DNS
9 2 (0.090%) Network Security
9 2 (0.090%) OpenVPN
10 1 (0.045%) HbbTV
10 1 (0.045%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.045%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (9.80%) SQL Server
2 177 (7.99%) PostgreSQL
3 173 (7.81%) MySQL
4 116 (5.24%) MongoDB
5 114 (5.15%) Amazon Athena
6 112 (5.06%) Relational Database
7 110 (4.97%) Apache Iceberg
8 107 (4.83%) Apache Arrow
8 107 (4.83%) Dremio
9 94 (4.25%) NoSQL
10 81 (3.66%) Power BI
11 75 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
12 58 (2.62%) Data Lake
13 57 (2.57%) Apache Ignite
14 49 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
15 27 (1.22%) RDBMS
16 26 (1.17%) DynamoDB
17 23 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 20 (0.90%) Redis
19 18 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 534 (24.12%) Git
2 134 (6.05%) JIRA
3 104 (4.70%) Jenkins
4 89 (4.02%) Cypress.io
5 51 (2.30%) webpack
6 49 (2.21%) JUnit
7 48 (2.17%) Selenium
8 43 (1.94%) GitLab
9 37 (1.67%) JMeter
10 30 (1.36%) Bitbucket
11 29 (1.31%) Mockito
11 29 (1.31%) Postman
12 26 (1.17%) TeamCity
13 24 (1.08%) Cucumber
13 24 (1.08%) Vite
14 23 (1.04%) Visual Studio
15 20 (0.90%) Axure RP
15 20 (0.90%) Maven
16 17 (0.77%) Babel
17 14 (0.63%) SonarQube
General
1 602 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 466 (21.05%) Finance
3 227 (10.25%) Law
4 177 (7.99%) Multimedia
5 172 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
6 166 (7.50%) Front Office
7 126 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 125 (5.65%) Banking
9 123 (5.56%) Marketing
10 121 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 71 (3.21%) Investment Banking
12 55 (2.48%) Retail
13 45 (2.03%) Legal
14 42 (1.90%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
16 23 (1.04%) Games
17 22 (0.99%) Advertising
18 16 (0.72%) Electronics
19 15 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (0.68%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 1,225 (55.33%) Developer
2 449 (20.28%) Senior
3 343 (15.49%) Software Engineer
4 253 (11.43%) Senior Developer
5 247 (11.16%) Full-Stack Developer
6 215 (9.71%) Software Developer
7 204 (9.21%) Lead
8 173 (7.81%) Trainee
9 149 (6.73%) .NET Developer
10 117 (5.28%) AWS Engineer
11 111 (5.01%) Python Engineer
12 107 (4.83%) AWS Software Engineer
13 105 (4.74%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 104 (4.70%) Python Software Engineer
15 97 (4.38%) Java Engineer
16 93 (4.20%) Java Developer
17 92 (4.16%) Senior Software Engineer
18 87 (3.93%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 87 (3.93%) Java Software Engineer
19 84 (3.79%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 945 (42.68%) HTML
2 861 (38.89%) CSS
3 787 (35.55%) React
4 489 (22.09%) .NET
5 399 (18.02%) Node.js
6 324 (14.63%) AngularJS
7 260 (11.74%) REST
8 238 (10.75%) Vue
9 180 (8.13%) RESTful
10 157 (7.09%) ASP.NET
11 155 (7.00%) HTML5
12 142 (6.41%) JSON
13 141 (6.37%) .NET Core
14 118 (5.33%) Spring
15 117 (5.28%) .NET Framework
15 117 (5.28%) GraphQL
16 111 (5.01%) Pandas
17 109 (4.92%) NumPy
18 107 (4.83%) CSS3
18 107 (4.83%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 162 (7.32%) Fixed Income
2 142 (6.41%) Cloud Native
3 123 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 117 (5.28%) Equities
5 101 (4.56%) Product Ownership
6 64 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
7 63 (2.85%) Derivative
8 61 (2.76%) Hedge funds
9 59 (2.66%) Mobile App
10 57 (2.57%) Pricing Data
11 52 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
12 44 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
13 39 (1.76%) Data Structures
13 39 (1.76%) Low-Code
14 31 (1.40%) Algorithms
14 31 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
15 29 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
15 29 (1.31%) Onboarding
16 25 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
17 21 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 137 (6.19%) Linux
2 58 (2.62%) Windows
3 30 (1.36%) Unix
4 29 (1.31%) Android
5 27 (1.22%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.08%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.54%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.090%) CentOS
9 2 (0.090%) Debian
9 2 (0.090%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.090%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.090%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.090%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 971 (43.86%) Agile
2 568 (25.65%) Software Engineering
3 531 (23.98%) Full-Stack Development
4 521 (23.53%) CI/CD
5 497 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
6 461 (20.82%) Mentoring
7 381 (17.21%) DevOps
8 354 (15.99%) User Experience
9 267 (12.06%) Microservices
10 252 (11.38%) Front End Development
11 250 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 237 (10.70%) AI
13 219 (9.89%) Test Automation
14 212 (9.58%) Computer Science
15 209 (9.44%) Scrum
16 208 (9.39%) SDLC
17 197 (8.90%) Cybersecurity
18 185 (8.36%) Asset Management
19 174 (7.86%) Clean Code
20 163 (7.36%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 760 (34.33%) Python
2 697 (31.48%) TypeScript
3 515 (23.26%) C#
4 485 (21.91%) SQL
5 457 (20.64%) Java
6 159 (7.18%) PHP
7 99 (4.47%) R
8 59 (2.66%) PowerShell
9 56 (2.53%) Go
10 35 (1.58%) PL/SQL
11 32 (1.45%) Shell Script
12 27 (1.22%) C++
13 25 (1.13%) Ruby
13 25 (1.13%) VB.NET
14 24 (1.08%) T-SQL
15 23 (1.04%) C
16 17 (0.77%) Bash
17 16 (0.72%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.63%) VBA
19 11 (0.50%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 307 (13.87%) Degree
2 229 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
3 215 (9.71%) AWS Certification
4 213 (9.62%) Security Cleared
5 199 (8.99%) Azure Certification
6 173 (7.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 133 (6.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 127 (5.74%) SC Cleared
9 56 (2.53%) DV Cleared
10 26 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 25 (1.13%) Master's Degree
12 23 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
13 20 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.59%) DBS Check
16 12 (0.54%) ISTQB
17 11 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
18 7 (0.32%) HNC
18 7 (0.32%) HND
19 6 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (7.63%) QA
2 149 (6.73%) Accessibility
3 53 (2.39%) GDPR
4 43 (1.94%) WCAG
5 13 (0.59%) SLA
6 11 (0.50%) HL7
7 5 (0.23%) PERC
8 4 (0.18%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.090%) PSD2
9 2 (0.090%) Section 508
10 1 (0.045%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.045%) DICOM
10 1 (0.045%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.045%) PMO
System Software
1 255 (11.52%) Docker
2 22 (0.99%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.14%) Firmware
7 2 (0.090%) KVM
7 2 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.045%) HDFS
8 1 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 201 (9.08%) Kubernetes
2 121 (5.47%) Terraform
3 35 (1.58%) Ansible
4 33 (1.49%) Grafana
5 31 (1.40%) Kibana
6 18 (0.81%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.41%) Argo
9 6 (0.27%) Functional Safety
9 6 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.14%) cPanel
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.14%) Plesk
12 2 (0.090%) Control-M
12 2 (0.090%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.090%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.090%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.090%) Puppet
12 2 (0.090%) vRealize
Vendors
1 499 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 114 (5.15%) Oracle
3 70 (3.16%) Google
4 69 (3.12%) Adobe
5 63 (2.85%) ServiceNow
6 44 (1.99%) Atlassian
7 41 (1.85%) Salesforce
8 28 (1.26%) Splunk
9 26 (1.17%) Dynatrace
9 26 (1.17%) MuleSoft
10 19 (0.86%) HubSpot
10 19 (0.86%) SAP
11 17 (0.77%) Apple
12 15 (0.68%) OpenAI
12 15 (0.68%) VMware
13 13 (0.59%) IBM
13 13 (0.59%) Workday
14 12 (0.54%) Cisco
15 10 (0.45%) Infor
15 10 (0.45%) Red Hat