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

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -34 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 2,178 5,391 4,867
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.10% 7.96% 9.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.48% 24.64% 23.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,736 3,336 4,312
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 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £117,500 £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 11,786 21,883 21,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.18% 32.33% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8,517 13,125 17,429
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £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 24 November 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the UK

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 24 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 -31 1,969 £60,000 -7.69% 1,372
UK excluding London -51 1,262 £52,500 -4.55% 1,224
Work from Home -21 915 £62,500 -10.71% 639
London -22 796 £82,500 -5.71% 437
North of England -26 394 £51,000 -2.86% 264
South East -63 264 £55,000 -8.33% 424
Midlands -33 217 £50,000 -4.76% 192
Yorkshire -5 182 £47,500 -9.52% 85
North West -33 166 £56,250 +7.14% 147
South West -28 163 £50,000 -13.04% 129
West Midlands -28 133 £47,500 -9.52% 115
East of England -48 107 £55,000 -8.33% 111
East Midlands -22 85 £58,750 +11.90% 76
Scotland -52 75 £30,500 -44.55% 51
North East -11 48 £47,500 -15.90% 35
Wales -28 35 £60,000 +84.62% 57
Northern Ireland -16 11 £85,000 +78.95% 17
Isle of Man +12 1 £52,500 -
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
1 114 (5.23%) Apache Airflow
2 82 (3.76%) Apache
3 69 (3.17%) CMS
4 64 (2.94%) SharePoint
5 60 (2.75%) WordPress
6 32 (1.47%) IIS
7 30 (1.38%) Confluence
8 17 (0.78%) Headless CMS
9 14 (0.64%) Apache Solr
10 11 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.51%) Umbraco
11 8 (0.37%) ArcGIS
12 6 (0.28%) Apache Spark
12 6 (0.28%) Drupal
12 6 (0.28%) nginx
12 6 (0.28%) OpenStack
13 5 (0.23%) Anypoint
13 5 (0.23%) Appian
13 5 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 3 (0.14%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 30 (1.38%) Adobe XD
2 25 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (0.60%) Chatbot
5 13 (0.60%) Photoshop
6 12 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
6 12 (0.55%) MS Visio
7 10 (0.46%) Sketch
8 7 (0.32%) MadCap Flare
9 6 (0.28%) InVision
9 6 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.14%) Elementor
10 3 (0.14%) InDesign
10 3 (0.14%) Simulink
11 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Project
11 1 (0.046%) Notion
11 1 (0.046%) Trello
11 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 47 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.38%) Shopify
3 20 (0.92%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.55%) Sprinklr
5 8 (0.37%) Magento
5 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
6 5 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
6 5 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.23%) PlanetPress Connect
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) Primavera
7 3 (0.14%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.092%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.092%) Maximo
8 2 (0.092%) MFGPRO
8 2 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.092%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.092%) Sage 1000
9 1 (0.046%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 864 (39.67%) AWS
2 792 (36.36%) Azure
3 313 (14.37%) GitHub
4 205 (9.41%) Serverless
5 185 (8.49%) GCP
6 146 (6.70%) SaaS
7 133 (6.11%) Power Platform
8 115 (5.28%) dbt
9 110 (5.05%) Power Automate
10 104 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
11 90 (4.13%) Dynamics 365
12 84 (3.86%) PowerApps
13 74 (3.40%) Figma
14 72 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
15 63 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
16 61 (2.80%) Snowflake
17 59 (2.71%) Amazon ECS
18 56 (2.57%) Amazon S3
18 56 (2.57%) Azure Logic Apps
19 47 (2.16%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 173 (7.94%) Internet
2 13 (0.60%) HTTP
3 11 (0.51%) Broadband
4 8 (0.37%) SSH
4 8 (0.37%) WPA
5 7 (0.32%) MQTT
6 6 (0.28%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.28%) Modbus
6 6 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.23%) AMQP
7 5 (0.23%) Intranet
8 4 (0.18%) Firewall
8 4 (0.18%) HTTPS
8 4 (0.18%) VPN
9 2 (0.092%) DNS
9 2 (0.092%) Network Security
9 2 (0.092%) OpenVPN
10 1 (0.046%) 2G
10 1 (0.046%) HbbTV
10 1 (0.046%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (9.92%) SQL Server
2 175 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
3 173 (7.94%) MySQL
4 115 (5.28%) MongoDB
5 114 (5.23%) Amazon Athena
6 110 (5.05%) Apache Iceberg
6 110 (5.05%) Relational Database
7 107 (4.91%) Apache Arrow
7 107 (4.91%) Dremio
8 93 (4.27%) NoSQL
9 81 (3.72%) Power BI
10 74 (3.40%) Elasticsearch
11 58 (2.66%) Data Lake
12 57 (2.62%) Apache Ignite
13 49 (2.25%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (1.19%) RDBMS
15 25 (1.15%) DynamoDB
16 23 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 20 (0.92%) Redis
18 18 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 522 (23.97%) Git
2 131 (6.01%) JIRA
3 100 (4.59%) Jenkins
4 86 (3.95%) Cypress.io
5 52 (2.39%) webpack
6 47 (2.16%) JUnit
6 47 (2.16%) Selenium
7 40 (1.84%) GitLab
8 37 (1.70%) JMeter
9 29 (1.33%) Mockito
10 28 (1.29%) Bitbucket
10 28 (1.29%) Postman
11 26 (1.19%) TeamCity
12 25 (1.15%) Vite
13 23 (1.06%) Cucumber
13 23 (1.06%) Visual Studio
14 20 (0.92%) Maven
15 19 (0.87%) Axure RP
16 17 (0.78%) Babel
17 14 (0.64%) SonarQube
General
1 591 (27.13%) Social Skills
2 465 (21.35%) Finance
3 229 (10.51%) Law
4 171 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 170 (7.81%) Multimedia
6 166 (7.62%) Front Office
7 128 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 125 (5.74%) Banking
9 123 (5.65%) Marketing
10 122 (5.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 71 (3.26%) Investment Banking
12 55 (2.53%) Retail
13 45 (2.07%) Legal
14 44 (2.02%) Manufacturing
15 26 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (1.01%) Games
17 21 (0.96%) Advertising
18 18 (0.83%) Electronics
19 15 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (0.69%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 1,208 (55.46%) Developer
2 443 (20.34%) Senior
3 342 (15.70%) Software Engineer
4 252 (11.57%) Senior Developer
5 239 (10.97%) Full-Stack Developer
6 210 (9.64%) Software Developer
7 202 (9.27%) Lead
8 166 (7.62%) Trainee
9 148 (6.80%) .NET Developer
10 117 (5.37%) AWS Engineer
11 113 (5.19%) Python Engineer
12 107 (4.91%) AWS Software Engineer
13 106 (4.87%) Python Software Engineer
14 105 (4.82%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 99 (4.55%) Java Engineer
16 93 (4.27%) Java Developer
17 90 (4.13%) Senior Software Engineer
18 89 (4.09%) Java Software Engineer
19 87 (3.99%) Developer/Software Engineer
20 83 (3.81%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 923 (42.38%) HTML
2 843 (38.71%) CSS
3 771 (35.40%) React
4 484 (22.22%) .NET
5 387 (17.77%) Node.js
6 317 (14.55%) AngularJS
7 254 (11.66%) REST
8 237 (10.88%) Vue
9 179 (8.22%) RESTful
10 154 (7.07%) HTML5
11 153 (7.02%) ASP.NET
12 140 (6.43%) JSON
13 138 (6.34%) .NET Core
14 117 (5.37%) .NET Framework
15 116 (5.33%) Spring
16 114 (5.23%) GraphQL
17 111 (5.10%) Pandas
18 109 (5.00%) NumPy
19 107 (4.91%) CSS3
19 107 (4.91%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 162 (7.44%) Fixed Income
2 140 (6.43%) Cloud Native
3 122 (5.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 117 (5.37%) Equities
5 99 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 63 (2.89%) Derivative
7 61 (2.80%) Hedge funds
8 59 (2.71%) Mobile App
8 59 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
9 57 (2.62%) Pricing Data
10 50 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
11 42 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (1.74%) Data Structures
13 37 (1.70%) Low-Code
14 32 (1.47%) Algorithms
15 30 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
16 29 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
16 29 (1.33%) Onboarding
17 25 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
18 21 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 136 (6.24%) Linux
2 57 (2.62%) Windows
3 30 (1.38%) Unix
4 29 (1.33%) Android
5 27 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 24 (1.10%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.092%) CentOS
9 2 (0.092%) Debian
9 2 (0.092%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.092%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.092%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 960 (44.08%) Agile
2 559 (25.67%) Software Engineering
3 511 (23.46%) Full-Stack Development
4 506 (23.23%) CI/CD
5 488 (22.41%) Problem-Solving
6 452 (20.75%) Mentoring
7 371 (17.03%) DevOps
8 344 (15.79%) User Experience
9 257 (11.80%) Microservices
10 250 (11.48%) Front End Development
11 242 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 230 (10.56%) AI
13 216 (9.92%) Test Automation
14 207 (9.50%) SDLC
15 205 (9.41%) Scrum
16 204 (9.37%) Computer Science
17 192 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
18 185 (8.49%) Asset Management
19 172 (7.90%) Clean Code
20 160 (7.35%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 746 (34.25%) Python
2 685 (31.45%) TypeScript
3 509 (23.37%) C#
4 481 (22.08%) SQL
5 449 (20.62%) Java
6 158 (7.25%) PHP
7 97 (4.45%) R
8 59 (2.71%) PowerShell
9 55 (2.53%) Go
10 34 (1.56%) PL/SQL
11 32 (1.47%) Shell Script
12 27 (1.24%) C++
13 26 (1.19%) VB.NET
14 24 (1.10%) Ruby
14 24 (1.10%) T-SQL
15 23 (1.06%) C
16 17 (0.78%) Bash
17 16 (0.73%) Kotlin
18 14 (0.64%) VBA
19 11 (0.51%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 299 (13.73%) Degree
2 219 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
3 215 (9.87%) Security Cleared
4 205 (9.41%) AWS Certification
5 190 (8.72%) Azure Certification
6 166 (7.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 127 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 127 (5.83%) SC Cleared
8 58 (2.66%) DV Cleared
9 25 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 23 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
12 20 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 17 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (0.60%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.51%) ISTQB
16 10 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
17 7 (0.32%) HNC
17 7 (0.32%) HND
18 6 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (7.71%) QA
2 146 (6.70%) Accessibility
3 53 (2.43%) GDPR
4 42 (1.93%) WCAG
5 12 (0.55%) SLA
6 11 (0.51%) HL7
7 5 (0.23%) PERC
8 4 (0.18%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.092%) PSD2
9 2 (0.092%) Section 508
10 1 (0.046%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.046%) DICOM
10 1 (0.046%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.046%) PMO
System Software
1 252 (11.57%) Docker
2 22 (1.01%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.14%) Firmware
7 2 (0.092%) KVM
7 2 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.046%) HDFS
8 1 (0.046%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 199 (9.14%) Kubernetes
2 118 (5.42%) Terraform
3 33 (1.52%) Ansible
4 32 (1.47%) Grafana
5 30 (1.38%) Kibana
6 18 (0.83%) Prometheus
7 16 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.41%) Argo
9 6 (0.28%) Functional Safety
9 6 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.14%) cPanel
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.14%) Plesk
12 2 (0.092%) Control-M
12 2 (0.092%) HP Fortify
12 2 (0.092%) Kustomize
12 2 (0.092%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.092%) Puppet
12 2 (0.092%) vRealize
Vendors
1 489 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 113 (5.19%) Oracle
3 68 (3.12%) Google
4 66 (3.03%) Adobe
5 63 (2.89%) ServiceNow
6 43 (1.97%) Atlassian
7 41 (1.88%) Salesforce
8 28 (1.29%) Splunk
9 26 (1.19%) Dynatrace
9 26 (1.19%) MuleSoft
10 20 (0.92%) SAP
11 19 (0.87%) HubSpot
12 16 (0.73%) Apple
13 15 (0.69%) VMware
14 14 (0.64%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.60%) IBM
15 13 (0.60%) Workday
16 12 (0.55%) Cisco
17 11 (0.51%) DevExpress
18 10 (0.46%) Infor