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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 42 | 18 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -37 | -24 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 2,513 | 2,548 | 5,522 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 2.11% | 5.21% | 7.83% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 13.57% | 20.77% | 24.82% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,890 | 1,581 | 3,393 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,750 | £45,250 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £63,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.51% | -2.31% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £87,500 | £91,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £126,250 | £122,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -2.34% |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 18,516 | 12,265 | 22,246 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 15.54% | 25.08% | 31.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13,162 | 8,116 | 13,309 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £45,267 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £83,750 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | - | - |
JavaScript Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
JavaScript Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing JavaScript.
JavaScript Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.
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 16 October 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 | -40 | 2,179 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 1,246 |
| UK excluding London | -36 | 1,793 | £55,000 | - | 743 |
| Work from Home | -31 | 1,156 | £57,500 | -14.81% | 704 |
| London | -75 | 546 | £72,500 | -19.44% | 585 |
| North of England | -35 | 516 | £55,000 | - | 207 |
| South East | +5 | 461 | £57,500 | -4.17% | 163 |
| North West | -37 | 289 | £57,500 | -2.13% | 125 |
| South West | -16 | 249 | £60,000 | +26.32% | 105 |
| Midlands | -41 | 231 | £55,000 | +7.84% | 97 |
| West Midlands | -37 | 146 | £57,500 | +21.05% | 57 |
| East of England | -33 | 132 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 58 |
| Yorkshire | -33 | 127 | £55,000 | - | 51 |
| North East | -15 | 100 | £52,000 | +4.00% | 34 |
| East Midlands | -50 | 85 | £50,000 | -13.04% | 39 |
| Scotland | -18 | 82 | £55,000 | +12.82% | 55 |
| Wales | -43 | 64 | £56,250 | -6.25% | 21 |
| Northern Ireland | -39 | 55 | - | - | 44 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 3 | £35,000 | -33.33% |
JavaScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.