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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 19 17
Rank change year-on-year -39 -2 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 2,094 5,264 4,770
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 3.87% 8.04% 9.36%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.06% 24.62% 22.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,676 3,275 4,225
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 £87,500 £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 11,594 21,384 20,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.43% 32.67% 40.89%
Number of salaries quoted 8,390 12,837 17,206
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 £108,750 £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 30 November 2025.

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 30 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 -36 1,902 £60,000 -7.69% 1,334
UK excluding London -52 1,200 £52,500 -4.55% 1,216
Work from Home -26 868 £62,500 -13.79% 544
London -24 783 £82,500 -5.71% 444
North of England -24 395 £50,000 -4.76% 250
South East -65 251 £55,000 -8.33% 450
Midlands -34 203 £48,500 -11.82% 178
Yorkshire -7 190 £47,500 -13.64% 78
North West -33 162 £55,000 +4.76% 137
South West -32 153 £50,000 -13.04% 143
West Midlands -31 124 £45,000 -18.18% 109
East of England -50 92 £55,000 -8.33% 105
East Midlands -27 80 £57,500 +6.48% 68
Scotland -53 73 £30,500 -44.55% 43
North East -21 45 £48,750 -11.36% 37
Wales -35 29 £60,000 +84.62% 51
Northern Ireland -18 11 £87,500 +89.19% 13
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
1 111 (5.30%) Apache Airflow
2 75 (3.58%) Apache
3 62 (2.96%) CMS
3 62 (2.96%) SharePoint
4 53 (2.53%) WordPress
5 30 (1.43%) Confluence
6 27 (1.29%) IIS
7 17 (0.81%) Headless CMS
8 14 (0.67%) Apache Solr
9 11 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
10 9 (0.43%) Umbraco
11 8 (0.38%) OpenStack
12 7 (0.33%) ArcGIS
13 6 (0.29%) Anypoint
13 6 (0.29%) Apache Spark
13 6 (0.29%) Appian
13 6 (0.29%) nginx
14 5 (0.24%) Drupal
14 5 (0.24%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 3 (0.14%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 26 (1.24%) Adobe XD
2 24 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 12 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.48%) Sketch
8 9 (0.43%) Photoshop
9 8 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (0.33%) InVision
10 7 (0.33%) MadCap Flare
11 6 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 3 (0.14%) InDesign
12 3 (0.14%) Simulink
13 1 (0.048%) Elementor
13 1 (0.048%) Microsoft Project
13 1 (0.048%) Notion
13 1 (0.048%) Trello
13 1 (0.048%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 36 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 27 (1.29%) Shopify
3 17 (0.81%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.53%) Sprinklr
5 8 (0.38%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite
6 5 (0.24%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 5 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.24%) PlanetPress Connect
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) Primavera
7 3 (0.14%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.096%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.096%) Magento
8 2 (0.096%) Maximo
8 2 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.096%) Sage 1000
9 1 (0.048%) Odoo
9 1 (0.048%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 860 (41.07%) AWS
2 793 (37.87%) Azure
3 324 (15.47%) GitHub
4 208 (9.93%) Serverless
5 184 (8.79%) GCP
6 140 (6.69%) SaaS
7 124 (5.92%) Power Platform
8 110 (5.25%) dbt
9 103 (4.92%) Power Automate
10 99 (4.73%) Azure DevOps
11 78 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
11 78 (3.72%) PowerApps
12 72 (3.44%) AWS Lambda
13 70 (3.34%) Figma
14 62 (2.96%) Amazon ECS
14 62 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
15 59 (2.82%) Amazon S3
16 54 (2.58%) Snowflake
17 53 (2.53%) Azure Logic Apps
18 50 (2.39%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 188 (8.98%) Internet
2 14 (0.67%) HTTP
3 10 (0.48%) Broadband
4 8 (0.38%) SSH
5 7 (0.33%) WPA
6 6 (0.29%) AMQP
6 6 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.24%) Intranet
7 5 (0.24%) MQTT
7 5 (0.24%) VPN
8 4 (0.19%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.19%) Firewall
8 4 (0.19%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.19%) Modbus
9 2 (0.096%) DNS
9 2 (0.096%) Network Security
9 2 (0.096%) OpenVPN
10 1 (0.048%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.048%) SSL
10 1 (0.048%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 195 (9.31%) SQL Server
2 169 (8.07%) PostgreSQL
3 145 (6.92%) MySQL
4 110 (5.25%) Relational Database
5 108 (5.16%) Amazon Athena
6 106 (5.06%) MongoDB
7 105 (5.01%) Apache Iceberg
8 103 (4.92%) Apache Arrow
8 103 (4.92%) Dremio
9 89 (4.25%) NoSQL
10 75 (3.58%) Power BI
11 69 (3.30%) Elasticsearch
12 54 (2.58%) Data Lake
13 53 (2.53%) Apache Ignite
14 48 (2.29%) Azure SQL Database
15 28 (1.34%) RDBMS
16 25 (1.19%) DynamoDB
17 18 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
18 17 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 17 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 486 (23.21%) Git
2 124 (5.92%) JIRA
3 103 (4.92%) Jenkins
4 84 (4.01%) Cypress.io
5 47 (2.24%) JUnit
6 46 (2.20%) Selenium
7 44 (2.10%) webpack
8 40 (1.91%) GitLab
9 38 (1.81%) JMeter
10 28 (1.34%) Mockito
11 27 (1.29%) Bitbucket
11 27 (1.29%) Postman
12 24 (1.15%) Cucumber
13 22 (1.05%) TeamCity
14 21 (1.00%) Visual Studio
15 20 (0.96%) Axure RP
15 20 (0.96%) Vite
16 17 (0.81%) Maven
17 15 (0.72%) Babel
18 14 (0.67%) SonarQube
General
1 561 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 431 (20.58%) Finance
3 199 (9.50%) Law
4 187 (8.93%) Multimedia
5 162 (7.74%) Front Office
6 158 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 122 (5.83%) Public Sector
8 112 (5.35%) Marketing
9 110 (5.25%) Banking
10 104 (4.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 66 (3.15%) Investment Banking
12 51 (2.44%) Retail
13 41 (1.96%) Legal
14 34 (1.62%) Manufacturing
15 22 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
16 21 (1.00%) Advertising
17 17 (0.81%) Health Technology
18 14 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.67%) Games
19 11 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,128 (53.87%) Developer
2 416 (19.87%) Senior
3 321 (15.33%) Software Engineer
4 229 (10.94%) Full-Stack Developer
5 224 (10.70%) Senior Developer
6 212 (10.12%) Software Developer
7 194 (9.26%) Lead
8 183 (8.74%) Trainee
9 142 (6.78%) .NET Developer
10 113 (5.40%) AWS Engineer
11 104 (4.97%) Python Engineer
12 103 (4.92%) AWS Software Engineer
13 98 (4.68%) Python Software Engineer
14 94 (4.49%) Java Developer
15 90 (4.30%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 89 (4.25%) Trainee Developer
17 87 (4.15%) Java Engineer
17 87 (4.15%) Senior Software Engineer
18 84 (4.01%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 84 (4.01%) Trainee Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 882 (42.12%) HTML
2 805 (38.44%) CSS
3 740 (35.34%) React
4 451 (21.54%) .NET
5 386 (18.43%) Node.js
6 304 (14.52%) AngularJS
7 245 (11.70%) REST
8 218 (10.41%) Vue
9 166 (7.93%) RESTful
10 137 (6.54%) ASP.NET
11 135 (6.45%) JSON
12 133 (6.35%) HTML5
13 131 (6.26%) .NET Core
14 115 (5.49%) GraphQL
15 111 (5.30%) Spring
16 109 (5.21%) .NET Framework
17 105 (5.01%) Pandas
18 104 (4.97%) NumPy
19 103 (4.92%) SciPy
20 101 (4.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 157 (7.50%) Fixed Income
2 136 (6.49%) Cloud Native
3 119 (5.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 113 (5.40%) Equities
5 96 (4.58%) Product Ownership
6 59 (2.82%) Derivative
6 59 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 57 (2.72%) Hedge funds
8 53 (2.53%) Mobile App
8 53 (2.53%) Pricing Data
9 52 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
10 40 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
10 40 (1.91%) Low-Code
11 36 (1.72%) Data Structures
12 30 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
13 28 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
13 28 (1.34%) Onboarding
14 26 (1.24%) Algorithms
15 23 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
16 21 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 126 (6.02%) Linux
2 59 (2.82%) Windows
3 28 (1.34%) Unix
4 26 (1.24%) Android
4 26 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 24 (1.15%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.57%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.096%) CentOS
7 2 (0.096%) Debian
7 2 (0.096%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.096%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.096%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.096%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.096%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 912 (43.55%) Agile
2 522 (24.93%) Software Engineering
3 506 (24.16%) Full-Stack Development
4 495 (23.64%) CI/CD
5 460 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
6 450 (21.49%) Mentoring
7 360 (17.19%) DevOps
8 330 (15.76%) User Experience
9 255 (12.18%) Microservices
10 236 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 228 (10.89%) AI
12 227 (10.84%) Front End Development
13 207 (9.89%) Test Automation
14 201 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
15 198 (9.46%) Scrum
16 194 (9.26%) Computer Science
17 188 (8.98%) SDLC
18 180 (8.60%) Asset Management
19 154 (7.35%) Clean Code
20 151 (7.21%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 745 (35.58%) Python
2 649 (30.99%) TypeScript
3 475 (22.68%) C#
4 443 (21.16%) SQL
5 441 (21.06%) Java
6 134 (6.40%) PHP
7 102 (4.87%) R
8 58 (2.77%) PowerShell
9 56 (2.67%) Go
10 34 (1.62%) PL/SQL
11 31 (1.48%) Shell Script
12 25 (1.19%) C++
13 24 (1.15%) T-SQL
14 22 (1.05%) Ruby
14 22 (1.05%) VB.NET
15 21 (1.00%) C
16 17 (0.81%) Bash
17 16 (0.76%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.67%) VBA
19 10 (0.48%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 282 (13.47%) Degree
2 237 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 222 (10.60%) AWS Certification
4 209 (9.98%) Azure Certification
5 206 (9.84%) Security Cleared
6 183 (8.74%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 122 (5.83%) SC Cleared
8 117 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 54 (2.58%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 25 (1.19%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 17 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.62%) DBS Check
15 12 (0.57%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.43%) AWS Certified Developer
17 6 (0.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 5 (0.24%) HNC
18 5 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (7.88%) QA
2 143 (6.83%) Accessibility
3 51 (2.44%) GDPR
4 42 (2.01%) WCAG
5 13 (0.62%) SLA
6 12 (0.57%) HL7
7 5 (0.24%) PERC
8 4 (0.19%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.096%) PSD2
9 2 (0.096%) Section 508
10 1 (0.048%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.048%) DICOM
10 1 (0.048%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.048%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.048%) PMO
System Software
1 248 (11.84%) Docker
2 22 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.14%) KVM
7 2 (0.096%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.048%) Firmware
8 1 (0.048%) HDFS
8 1 (0.048%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 202 (9.65%) Kubernetes
2 117 (5.59%) Terraform
3 37 (1.77%) Grafana
4 35 (1.67%) Ansible
5 30 (1.43%) Kibana
6 21 (1.00%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.43%) Argo
9 6 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.19%) Functional Safety
11 3 (0.14%) cPanel
11 3 (0.14%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.14%) Plesk
12 2 (0.096%) Control-M
12 2 (0.096%) logstash
12 2 (0.096%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.096%) Puppet
12 2 (0.096%) vRealize
Vendors
1 487 (23.26%) Microsoft
2 102 (4.87%) Oracle
3 65 (3.10%) Google
4 64 (3.06%) Adobe
5 62 (2.96%) ServiceNow
6 42 (2.01%) Atlassian
7 41 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 27 (1.29%) MuleSoft
9 26 (1.24%) Splunk
10 25 (1.19%) Dynatrace
11 17 (0.81%) Apple
11 17 (0.81%) SAP
12 16 (0.76%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.72%) IBM
13 15 (0.72%) OpenAI
14 14 (0.67%) VMware
15 13 (0.62%) Workday
16 12 (0.57%) Cisco
17 10 (0.48%) Infor
18 9 (0.43%) DevExpress