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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 33 20
Rank change year-on-year -34 -13 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 2,480 3,153 6,716
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.45% 6.38% 7.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.75% 21.91% 24.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,979 2,053 5,165
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,500 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% -4.53%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £118,750 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 18,034 14,390 27,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.80% 29.11% 30.73%
Number of salaries quoted 12,842 9,549 19,721
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,231 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -

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 July 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the UK

JavaScript
Top 18 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 July 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
England -36 2,160 £59,773 -9.71% 798
UK excluding London -28 1,697 £55,000 -4.35% 599
Work from Home -24 1,114 £57,500 -14.81% 349
London -49 620 £75,000 -11.76% 317
North of England -25 515 £55,000 -4.35% 153
South East -16 420 £55,000 +7.84% 172
North West -27 274 £55,000 -4.35% 83
South West -24 239 £50,000 -13.04% 82
Midlands -62 183 £55,000 - 88
Yorkshire +5 173 £57,500 -3.85% 51
East of England -27 144 £60,000 -7.69% 65
West Midlands -55 104 £55,000 - 47
East Midlands -52 79 £52,500 -10.64% 41
Scotland -27 78 £55,000 -21.43% 34
North East -12 68 £52,000 +4.00% 22
Wales -24 65 £55,000 -12.00% 15
Northern Ireland -32 50 £44,250 -34.44% 7
Isle of Man +3 3 £35,000 -33.33%

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 96 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 76 (3.06%) WordPress
3 57 (2.30%) CMS
4 36 (1.45%) Apache
4 36 (1.45%) Confluence
5 27 (1.09%) IIS
6 17 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 13 (0.52%) JBoss
8 11 (0.44%) Umbraco
9 10 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
10 9 (0.36%) Apache Spark
10 9 (0.36%) Drupal
11 8 (0.32%) nginx
11 8 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
12 6 (0.24%) Headless CMS
13 5 (0.20%) ColdFusion
13 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
13 5 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 4 (0.16%) Moodle
14 4 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 38 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (0.73%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.32%) Adobe XD
4 8 (0.32%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.12%) Blender
6 3 (0.12%) Maya
7 2 (0.081%) Elementor
7 2 (0.081%) InDesign
7 2 (0.081%) Sketch
8 1 (0.040%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.040%) InVision
8 1 (0.040%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.040%) Trello
Business Applications
1 63 (2.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (0.85%) Shopify
3 5 (0.20%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.16%) Infor M3
4 4 (0.16%) Lawson
4 4 (0.16%) Magento
4 4 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.081%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.081%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.040%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.040%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.040%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.040%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 930 (37.50%) Azure
2 858 (34.60%) AWS
3 242 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
4 238 (9.60%) GCP
4 238 (9.60%) GitHub
5 228 (9.19%) Power Platform
6 207 (8.35%) SaaS
7 198 (7.98%) Serverless
8 152 (6.13%) Power Automate
9 135 (5.44%) PowerApps
10 123 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
11 94 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
12 85 (3.43%) Azure AI
13 82 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
14 78 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
15 74 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
16 70 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
17 57 (2.30%) Amazon S3
18 48 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
19 42 (1.69%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 107 (4.31%) Internet
2 27 (1.09%) Broadband
3 16 (0.65%) Firewall
4 14 (0.56%) VPN
5 11 (0.44%) TCP/IP
6 10 (0.40%) Intranet
7 8 (0.32%) WAN
8 7 (0.28%) HTTP
8 7 (0.28%) Hyperconnected
8 7 (0.28%) SSH
8 7 (0.28%) SSL
9 6 (0.24%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.24%) SNMP
9 6 (0.24%) Wireshark
10 5 (0.20%) Ethernet
10 5 (0.20%) MQTT
11 4 (0.16%) AMQP
11 4 (0.16%) DNS
12 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
12 3 (0.12%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 279 (11.25%) MongoDB
2 211 (8.51%) SQL Server
3 200 (8.06%) MySQL
4 190 (7.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 181 (7.30%) PostgreSQL
6 124 (5.00%) Relational Database
7 115 (4.64%) Power BI
8 98 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
9 91 (3.67%) NoSQL
10 44 (1.77%) Redis
11 28 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 27 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
13 25 (1.01%) MariaDB
14 21 (0.85%) DynamoDB
15 18 (0.73%) Big Data
15 18 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
16 16 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
17 15 (0.60%) RDBMS
18 14 (0.56%) Tableau
19 12 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 442 (17.82%) Git
2 135 (5.44%) Jenkins
3 102 (4.11%) JIRA
4 84 (3.39%) GitLab
5 83 (3.35%) Cypress.io
6 49 (1.98%) JUnit
7 38 (1.53%) Maven
8 34 (1.37%) Selenium
9 30 (1.21%) Subversion
10 28 (1.13%) Cucumber
11 23 (0.93%) Eclipse
11 23 (0.93%) Postman
12 20 (0.81%) Mockito
13 18 (0.73%) TeamCity
14 16 (0.65%) Claude Code
14 16 (0.65%) Vite
15 15 (0.60%) Bitbucket
15 15 (0.60%) CircleCI
15 15 (0.60%) SonarQube
16 14 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 667 (26.90%) Social Skills
2 354 (14.27%) Finance
3 194 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
4 177 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 113 (4.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (4.19%) Law
7 100 (4.03%) Legal
8 97 (3.91%) Marketing
9 91 (3.67%) Retail
10 59 (2.38%) Front Office
10 59 (2.38%) Multimedia
11 54 (2.18%) Banking
12 49 (1.98%) Manufacturing
13 46 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.05%) Legal Technology
15 24 (0.97%) Advertising
15 24 (0.97%) Aerospace
16 22 (0.89%) Automotive
16 22 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
17 21 (0.85%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 1,338 (53.95%) Developer
2 515 (20.77%) Senior
3 392 (15.81%) Software Engineer
4 342 (13.79%) Full-Stack Developer
5 301 (12.14%) Lead
6 265 (10.69%) Senior Developer
7 232 (9.35%) .NET Developer
8 188 (7.58%) Software Developer
9 143 (5.77%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 139 (5.60%) Lead Developer
11 115 (4.64%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 102 (4.11%) Senior Software Engineer
13 97 (3.91%) Lead Software Engineer
14 85 (3.43%) Web Developer
15 81 (3.27%) Java Developer
16 79 (3.19%) Lead Software Developer
17 77 (3.10%) Architect
17 77 (3.10%) JavaScript Developer
17 77 (3.10%) React Developer
18 70 (2.82%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 921 (37.14%) React
2 685 (27.62%) HTML
3 652 (26.29%) CSS
4 630 (25.40%) .NET
5 561 (22.62%) Node.js
6 287 (11.57%) ASP.NET
7 274 (11.05%) REST
8 267 (10.77%) .NET Core
9 263 (10.60%) RESTful
10 225 (9.07%) AngularJS
11 222 (8.95%) ASP.NET Core
12 195 (7.86%) Vue
13 181 (7.30%) Blazor
14 130 (5.24%) JSON
15 129 (5.20%) .NET Framework
16 122 (4.92%) HTML5
17 116 (4.68%) ASP.NET Web API
18 115 (4.64%) Spring
19 109 (4.40%) jQuery
20 102 (4.11%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 198 (7.98%) Cloud Native
2 105 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
3 100 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 90 (3.63%) Self-Motivation
5 87 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
6 82 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 76 (3.06%) Virtual Team
8 74 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
9 61 (2.46%) Mobile App
10 55 (2.22%) Fixed Income
11 45 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (1.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 30 (1.21%) Low-Code
14 29 (1.17%) Social Media
15 28 (1.13%) Data Structures
15 28 (1.13%) Management Information System
16 20 (0.81%) Robotics
17 19 (0.77%) IoT
17 19 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
18 18 (0.73%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 152 (6.13%) Linux
2 82 (3.31%) Windows
3 29 (1.17%) Android
4 22 (0.89%) Unix
5 13 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.48%) CentOS
7 9 (0.36%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.24%) Debian
10 2 (0.081%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.081%) Rocky
10 2 (0.081%) VMS
11 1 (0.040%) AIX
11 1 (0.040%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.040%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,038 (41.85%) Agile
2 974 (39.27%) Full-Stack Development
3 701 (28.27%) CI/CD
4 691 (27.86%) Software Engineering
5 651 (26.25%) DevOps
6 578 (23.31%) Problem-Solving
7 502 (20.24%) AI
8 489 (19.72%) Mentoring
9 448 (18.06%) Microservices
10 400 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 368 (14.84%) Test Automation
12 269 (10.85%) Scrum
13 257 (10.36%) Web Development
14 247 (9.96%) Containerisation
15 239 (9.64%) Technical Leadership
16 237 (9.56%) User Experience
17 228 (9.19%) Machine Learning
18 215 (8.67%) Computer Science
18 215 (8.67%) Front End Development
19 193 (7.78%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 841 (33.91%) TypeScript
2 766 (30.89%) Python
3 764 (30.81%) C#
4 677 (27.30%) SQL
5 481 (19.40%) Java
6 212 (8.55%) PHP
7 132 (5.32%) C++
8 128 (5.16%) PowerShell
9 87 (3.51%) Go
10 57 (2.30%) R
10 57 (2.30%) Ruby
11 44 (1.77%) Bash
12 28 (1.13%) Rust
13 24 (0.97%) C
13 24 (0.97%) Perl
14 21 (0.85%) Bicep
14 21 (0.85%) PL/SQL
15 20 (0.81%) Apex Code
16 19 (0.77%) Kotlin
17 16 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 326 (13.15%) Degree
2 255 (10.28%) Security Cleared
3 178 (7.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 170 (6.85%) SC Cleared
5 79 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 78 (3.15%) AWS Certification
7 66 (2.66%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 64 (2.58%) Azure Certification
9 38 (1.53%) DV Cleared
10 33 (1.33%) Master's Degree
11 22 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 13 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
14 12 (0.48%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.40%) DBS Check
17 8 (0.32%) PhD
18 5 (0.20%) HND
19 4 (0.16%) MBA
19 4 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 210 (8.47%) QA
2 199 (8.02%) Accessibility
3 59 (2.38%) WCAG
4 41 (1.65%) Data Quality
5 27 (1.09%) GDPR
6 22 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 22 (0.89%) SLA
7 8 (0.32%) GRC
8 7 (0.28%) HL7
8 7 (0.28%) NCSC
8 7 (0.28%) PERC
9 6 (0.24%) NIST
9 6 (0.24%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.20%) IEC 61131
11 4 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.12%) PMO
13 2 (0.081%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.081%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.081%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 344 (13.87%) Docker
2 16 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (0.40%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.20%) KVM
5 5 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 273 (11.01%) Kubernetes
2 175 (7.06%) Terraform
3 48 (1.94%) Ansible
4 44 (1.77%) Grafana
5 23 (0.93%) Kibana
6 21 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 14 (0.56%) logstash
7 14 (0.56%) Podman
8 10 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.32%) Puppet
10 7 (0.28%) Nagios
11 6 (0.24%) HP Fortify
11 6 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.24%) vCenter Server
12 5 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.12%) Plesk
13 3 (0.12%) WMI
14 2 (0.081%) Proxmox
14 2 (0.081%) Red Hat Satellite
15 1 (0.040%) Bugsnag
Vendors
1 586 (23.63%) Microsoft
2 127 (5.12%) Google
3 60 (2.42%) Adobe
4 49 (1.98%) ServiceNow
5 47 (1.90%) Oracle
6 38 (1.53%) Salesforce
7 35 (1.41%) Splunk
8 24 (0.97%) Red Hat
9 19 (0.77%) Apple
9 19 (0.77%) OpenAI
10 18 (0.73%) Sony
11 17 (0.69%) Facebook
11 17 (0.69%) HubSpot
11 17 (0.69%) Yahoo!
12 16 (0.65%) VMware
13 15 (0.60%) Dynatrace
13 15 (0.60%) MuleSoft
14 13 (0.52%) SAP
15 12 (0.48%) AppDynamics
15 12 (0.48%) Atlassian