JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring JavaScript skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited JavaScript over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 23 Oct 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | 19 | 15 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | -4 | -7 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 5,481 | 5,556 | 20,365 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 7.24% | 9.34% | 14.49% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 24.03% | 23.06% | 29.84% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3,355 | 4,762 | 10,484 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £40,000 | £38,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £48,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,000 | £82,500 | £80,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £102,500 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +10.00% |
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 | 22,808 | 24,089 | 68,249 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 30.15% | 40.52% | 48.56% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13,275 | 18,693 | 38,261 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £39,250 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,500 | £48,646 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,500 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.85% | +4.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £85,000 | £84,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £108,750 | £105,000 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | +10.00% |
JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
JavaScript
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript.
JavaScript
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.
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 23 October 2024. 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 |
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| England | -3 | 4,972 | £65,000 | - | 1,719 |
| UK excluding London | -2 | 3,485 | £55,000 | - | 1,287 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 2,506 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 2,032 |
| London | -1 | 1,844 | £90,000 | +12.50% | 513 |
| South East | -4 | 951 | £57,500 | -2.13% | 328 |
| North of England | -9 | 790 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 342 |
| Midlands | -2 | 560 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 223 |
| South West | +3 | 471 | £55,000 | - | 173 |
| North West | -7 | 436 | £52,500 | -8.70% | 193 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 346 | £55,000 | - | 133 |
| East of England | +8 | 310 | £60,000 | - | 157 |
| Yorkshire | -12 | 243 | £55,000 | - | 103 |
| Scotland | -9 | 233 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 52 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 212 | £47,500 | -18.10% | 90 |
| Wales | +25 | 137 | £32,500 | -31.58% | 40 |
| North East | +5 | 111 | £60,000 | +21.07% | 48 |
| Northern Ireland | +3 | 33 | £47,500 | -2.56% | 11 |
| Channel Islands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | - | - |
JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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