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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 29 19
Rank change year-on-year -40 -10 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 2,173 3,231 8,276
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.36% 7.30% 7.84%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.25% 23.07% 24.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,761 2,128 6,669
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,773 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £110,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -1.82%

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 16,402 14,006 33,649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.84% 31.66% 31.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,467 9,215 25,436
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,612
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -39 1,951 £60,000 -9.23% 735
UK excluding London -43 1,391 £55,000 -8.33% 607
Work from Home -29 830 £60,000 -9.47% 433
London -37 618 £75,000 -9.09% 231
North of England -31 483 £55,000 -5.17% 177
South East -37 316 £55,000 - 184
North West -28 244 £57,500 -4.17% 107
South West -34 194 £50,000 -13.04% 69
Yorkshire -5 191 £57,500 -8.00% 56
Midlands -54 183 £55,000 - 67
East of England -41 123 £60,000 -9.38% 59
West Midlands -46 108 £57,500 +4.55% 33
East Midlands -43 75 £55,000 - 34
Scotland -58 50 £48,500 -19.17% 27
North East -17 48 £52,000 +4.00% 14
Wales -36 37 £57,500 +4.55% 16
Northern Ireland -42 4 £57,500 +15.00% 21
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 72 (3.31%) WordPress
2 69 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 52 (2.39%) CMS
4 29 (1.33%) Apache
5 27 (1.24%) Confluence
6 17 (0.78%) IIS
7 11 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.41%) Drupal
8 9 (0.41%) JBoss
8 9 (0.41%) nginx
8 9 (0.41%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.37%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
9 8 (0.37%) Umbraco
10 7 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
11 5 (0.23%) Headless CMS
12 4 (0.18%) GeoServer
12 4 (0.18%) Moodle
12 4 (0.18%) Tomcat
13 3 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 22 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.69%) Chatbot
4 11 (0.51%) Adobe XD
5 10 (0.46%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.14%) Blender
8 3 (0.14%) Maya
8 3 (0.14%) Sketch
9 2 (0.092%) InDesign
9 2 (0.092%) InVision
9 2 (0.092%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (0.092%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.046%) Elementor
10 1 (0.046%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.046%) Trello
10 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 45 (2.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (1.01%) Shopify
3 5 (0.23%) NetSuite
4 4 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.18%) Magento
5 3 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.092%) Eloqua
6 2 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.092%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.046%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.046%) CiviCRM
7 1 (0.046%) Oracle SCM
7 1 (0.046%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.046%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.046%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 846 (38.93%) AWS
2 822 (37.83%) Azure
3 264 (12.15%) GitHub
4 221 (10.17%) GCP
5 210 (9.66%) Serverless
6 180 (8.28%) Power Platform
7 175 (8.05%) Azure DevOps
8 125 (5.75%) SaaS
9 113 (5.20%) Power Automate
10 101 (4.65%) PowerApps
11 97 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
12 94 (4.33%) AWS Lambda
13 84 (3.87%) Azure Logic Apps
14 71 (3.27%) Amazon ECS
15 68 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
16 67 (3.08%) Amazon S3
17 54 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
18 45 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
19 43 (1.98%) Azure AI
19 43 (1.98%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 151 (6.95%) Internet
2 40 (1.84%) Broadband
3 18 (0.83%) Firewall
4 16 (0.74%) VPN
5 10 (0.46%) HTTP
6 8 (0.37%) WAN
7 7 (0.32%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
8 6 (0.28%) Intranet
9 5 (0.23%) AMQP
9 5 (0.23%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.18%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.14%) DNS
11 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
11 3 (0.14%) Hyperconnected
11 3 (0.14%) MQTT
11 3 (0.14%) SSL
12 2 (0.092%) Multicast
12 2 (0.092%) Network Security
12 2 (0.092%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 170 (7.82%) MongoDB
2 163 (7.50%) MySQL
2 163 (7.50%) SQL Server
3 159 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
4 120 (5.52%) Relational Database
5 105 (4.83%) NoSQL
6 96 (4.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 95 (4.37%) Power BI
8 53 (2.44%) Elasticsearch
9 40 (1.84%) RDBMS
10 24 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
11 21 (0.97%) MariaDB
12 20 (0.92%) Redis
13 19 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 17 (0.78%) BigQuery
15 16 (0.74%) GIS
16 15 (0.69%) Big Data
17 14 (0.64%) DynamoDB
18 12 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
18 12 (0.55%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 435 (20.02%) Git
2 116 (5.34%) Jenkins
3 78 (3.59%) Cypress.io
4 73 (3.36%) JIRA
5 68 (3.13%) GitLab
6 36 (1.66%) Selenium
7 32 (1.47%) Cucumber
8 31 (1.43%) JUnit
9 28 (1.29%) Maven
10 24 (1.10%) Postman
11 19 (0.87%) TeamCity
12 18 (0.83%) Jaeger
13 17 (0.78%) CircleCI
13 17 (0.78%) Mockito
13 17 (0.78%) Vite
14 16 (0.74%) Subversion
15 14 (0.64%) SonarQube
16 13 (0.60%) Eclipse
16 13 (0.60%) JMeter
16 13 (0.60%) webpack
General
1 521 (23.98%) Social Skills
2 300 (13.81%) Finance
3 170 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
4 150 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 123 (5.66%) Multimedia
6 115 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 84 (3.87%) Law
8 77 (3.54%) Retail
9 74 (3.41%) Marketing
10 62 (2.85%) Front Office
11 48 (2.21%) Legal
12 46 (2.12%) Banking
13 40 (1.84%) Manufacturing
14 30 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.10%) Automotive
16 23 (1.06%) Telecoms
17 22 (1.01%) Health Technology
18 21 (0.97%) Advertising
18 21 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
19 20 (0.92%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1,158 (53.29%) Developer
2 421 (19.37%) Senior
3 356 (16.38%) Software Engineer
4 305 (14.04%) Full-Stack Developer
5 271 (12.47%) Lead
6 252 (11.60%) Senior Developer
7 193 (8.88%) Software Developer
8 127 (5.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 123 (5.66%) Trainee
10 118 (5.43%) .NET Developer
11 117 (5.38%) Lead Developer
12 110 (5.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 102 (4.69%) JavaScript Developer
14 89 (4.10%) Senior Software Engineer
15 88 (4.05%) Lead Software Engineer
16 87 (4.00%) React Developer
17 81 (3.73%) Java Developer
18 69 (3.18%) Architect
19 62 (2.85%) Lead Software Developer
20 58 (2.67%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 792 (36.45%) React
2 676 (31.11%) HTML
3 652 (30.00%) CSS
4 473 (21.77%) .NET
4 473 (21.77%) Node.js
5 259 (11.92%) REST
6 219 (10.08%) AngularJS
7 184 (8.47%) RESTful
8 172 (7.92%) Vue
9 164 (7.55%) .NET Core
10 150 (6.90%) ASP.NET
11 111 (5.11%) JSON
12 109 (5.02%) Spring
13 106 (4.88%) ASP.NET Core
14 105 (4.83%) HTML5
15 100 (4.60%) jQuery
16 91 (4.19%) Spring Boot
17 90 (4.14%) Kafka
18 88 (4.05%) Blazor
18 88 (4.05%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 146 (6.72%) Cloud Native
2 102 (4.69%) Product Ownership
3 78 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
4 69 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
5 68 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 60 (2.76%) Fixed Income
6 60 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
7 57 (2.62%) Onboarding
8 45 (2.07%) Mobile App
9 44 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 35 (1.61%) Low-Code
11 29 (1.33%) Management Information System
12 28 (1.29%) e-Learning
13 24 (1.10%) Data Structures
14 20 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
15 18 (0.83%) Derivative
16 16 (0.74%) Equities
16 16 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 16 (0.74%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.69%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 130 (5.98%) Linux
2 52 (2.39%) Windows
3 35 (1.61%) Unix
4 21 (0.97%) Android
5 12 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.51%) CentOS
6 11 (0.51%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.23%) Debian
9 2 (0.092%) Rocky
10 1 (0.046%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.046%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.046%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.046%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 839 (38.61%) Agile
2 777 (35.76%) Full-Stack Development
3 590 (27.15%) CI/CD
4 556 (25.59%) Software Engineering
5 502 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
6 480 (22.09%) DevOps
7 474 (21.81%) Mentoring
8 361 (16.61%) AI
9 339 (15.60%) Microservices
10 283 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
11 267 (12.29%) Test Automation
12 240 (11.04%) Containerisation
13 237 (10.91%) User Experience
14 227 (10.45%) Scrum
15 213 (9.80%) Web Development
16 212 (9.76%) Front End Development
17 190 (8.74%) Technical Leadership
18 186 (8.56%) Computer Science
19 173 (7.96%) Machine Learning
20 171 (7.87%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 747 (34.38%) Python
2 679 (31.25%) TypeScript
3 530 (24.39%) C#
4 521 (23.98%) SQL
5 472 (21.72%) Java
6 197 (9.07%) PHP
7 91 (4.19%) R
8 89 (4.10%) Go
9 86 (3.96%) C++
10 72 (3.31%) PowerShell
11 53 (2.44%) Bash
12 37 (1.70%) Ruby
13 25 (1.15%) Apex Code
14 22 (1.01%) PL/SQL
14 22 (1.01%) Rust
15 21 (0.97%) C
16 17 (0.78%) Kotlin
16 17 (0.78%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.69%) Bicep
17 15 (0.69%) Perl
Qualifications
1 280 (12.89%) Degree
2 225 (10.35%) Security Cleared
3 163 (7.50%) AWS Certification
4 150 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
5 149 (6.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 134 (6.17%) Azure Certification
7 131 (6.03%) SC Cleared
8 127 (5.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 47 (2.16%) DV Cleared
10 20 (0.92%) Master's Degree
11 19 (0.87%) DBS Check
12 17 (0.78%) ITIL Certification
13 15 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
13 15 (0.69%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (0.51%) AWS Certified Developer
16 8 (0.37%) PhD
17 6 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
18 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Certified Professional
19 3 (0.14%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (6.99%) Accessibility
2 134 (6.17%) QA
3 35 (1.61%) WCAG
4 31 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 24 (1.10%) GDPR
6 20 (0.92%) SLA
7 12 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.37%) HL7
9 7 (0.32%) GRC
9 7 (0.32%) PERC
10 5 (0.23%) IEC 61131
11 4 (0.18%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.14%) NIST
12 3 (0.14%) PMO
13 2 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.092%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.092%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.092%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.046%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 316 (14.54%) Docker
2 13 (0.60%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.28%) KVM
Systems Management
1 272 (12.52%) Kubernetes
2 185 (8.51%) Terraform
3 59 (2.72%) Ansible
4 45 (2.07%) Grafana
5 35 (1.61%) Prometheus
6 22 (1.01%) Argo
7 20 (0.92%) Kibana
8 18 (0.83%) Kustomize
9 14 (0.64%) Podman
10 11 (0.51%) logstash
11 8 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
12 6 (0.28%) Puppet
13 4 (0.18%) HP Fortify
13 4 (0.18%) Nagios
13 4 (0.18%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.14%) Plesk
14 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.092%) MOM
15 2 (0.092%) Proxmox
15 2 (0.092%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 478 (22.00%) Microsoft
2 109 (5.02%) Google
3 52 (2.39%) Adobe
4 49 (2.25%) Oracle
5 44 (2.02%) Salesforce
6 36 (1.66%) ServiceNow
7 23 (1.06%) HubSpot
7 23 (1.06%) Splunk
8 21 (0.97%) MuleSoft
9 20 (0.92%) OpenAI
10 19 (0.87%) Red Hat
11 16 (0.74%) Atlassian
11 16 (0.74%) SAP
12 14 (0.64%) Palo Alto
13 13 (0.60%) Dynatrace
14 12 (0.55%) Pega
14 12 (0.55%) VMware
15 9 (0.41%) Apple
15 9 (0.41%) Databricks
16 7 (0.32%) Sony