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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 18 16
Rank change year-on-year -36 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 2,191 5,425 4,893
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 4.12% 7.89% 9.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.55% 24.58% 23.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,747 3,365 4,333
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 £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 11,812 22,075 21,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.23% 32.11% 40.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,568 13,279 17,480
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,658
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 £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 23 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 23 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 1,981 £60,000 -7.69% 1,362
UK excluding London -48 1,263 £52,500 -4.55% 1,216
Work from Home -20 925 £62,500 -10.71% 680
London -22 807 £82,500 -5.71% 427
North of England -28 394 £51,000 -2.86% 259
South East -64 264 £55,000 -8.33% 420
Midlands -28 218 £50,000 -4.76% 190
Yorkshire -5 182 £47,500 -9.52% 81
North West -34 166 £56,250 +7.14% 148
South West -28 163 £50,000 -13.04% 131
West Midlands -27 134 £47,500 -11.45% 117
East of England -52 107 £55,000 -8.33% 113
East Midlands -27 85 £58,750 +11.90% 72
Scotland -53 76 £30,500 -44.55% 50
North East -13 48 £47,500 -15.90% 33
Wales -32 35 £60,000 +84.62% 56
Northern Ireland -15 10 £82,500 +73.68% 16
Isle of Man +11 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
1 119 (5.43%) Apache Airflow
2 82 (3.74%) Apache
3 69 (3.15%) CMS
4 65 (2.97%) SharePoint
5 60 (2.74%) WordPress
6 32 (1.46%) IIS
7 30 (1.37%) Confluence
8 17 (0.78%) Headless CMS
9 14 (0.64%) Apache Solr
10 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
10 11 (0.50%) Umbraco
11 8 (0.37%) ArcGIS
12 6 (0.27%) Apache Spark
12 6 (0.27%) Drupal
12 6 (0.27%) nginx
12 6 (0.27%) 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 (1.37%) Adobe XD
2 25 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (0.59%) Chatbot
5 13 (0.59%) 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 (0.27%) InVision
9 6 (0.27%) 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 48 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 30 (1.37%) Shopify
3 20 (0.91%) NetSuite
4 12 (0.55%) Sprinklr
5 9 (0.41%) Magento
6 8 (0.37%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite
7 5 (0.23%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
7 5 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
7 5 (0.23%) PlanetPress Connect
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.14%) Primavera
8 3 (0.14%) Sage 1000
8 3 (0.14%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.091%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.091%) Maximo
9 2 (0.091%) MFGPRO
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.091%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.046%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 871 (39.75%) AWS
2 794 (36.24%) Azure
3 313 (14.29%) GitHub
4 205 (9.36%) Serverless
5 192 (8.76%) GCP
6 146 (6.66%) SaaS
7 134 (6.12%) Power Platform
8 120 (5.48%) dbt
9 111 (5.07%) Power Automate
10 104 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
11 91 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
12 85 (3.88%) PowerApps
13 74 (3.38%) Figma
14 72 (3.29%) AWS Lambda
15 64 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
16 61 (2.78%) Snowflake
17 59 (2.69%) Amazon ECS
18 56 (2.56%) Amazon S3
18 56 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
19 47 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 173 (7.90%) Internet
2 13 (0.59%) HTTP
3 11 (0.50%) Broadband
4 8 (0.37%) SSH
4 8 (0.37%) WPA
5 7 (0.32%) MQTT
6 6 (0.27%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.27%) Modbus
6 6 (0.27%) 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 (0.091%) DNS
9 2 (0.091%) Network Security
9 2 (0.091%) OpenVPN
10 1 (0.046%) 2G
10 1 (0.046%) HbbTV
10 1 (0.046%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 217 (9.90%) SQL Server
2 181 (8.26%) PostgreSQL
3 173 (7.90%) MySQL
4 119 (5.43%) Amazon Athena
5 116 (5.29%) MongoDB
6 115 (5.25%) Apache Iceberg
7 112 (5.11%) Apache Arrow
7 112 (5.11%) Dremio
8 110 (5.02%) Relational Database
9 93 (4.24%) NoSQL
10 82 (3.74%) Power BI
11 74 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
12 58 (2.65%) Data Lake
13 57 (2.60%) Apache Ignite
14 49 (2.24%) Azure SQL Database
15 26 (1.19%) RDBMS
16 25 (1.14%) DynamoDB
16 25 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 20 (0.91%) Redis
18 18 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 523 (23.87%) Git
2 131 (5.98%) JIRA
3 100 (4.56%) Jenkins
4 87 (3.97%) Cypress.io
5 52 (2.37%) webpack
6 48 (2.19%) Selenium
7 47 (2.15%) JUnit
8 40 (1.83%) GitLab
9 37 (1.69%) JMeter
10 29 (1.32%) Mockito
11 28 (1.28%) Bitbucket
11 28 (1.28%) Postman
12 26 (1.19%) TeamCity
13 25 (1.14%) Vite
14 23 (1.05%) Cucumber
14 23 (1.05%) Visual Studio
15 20 (0.91%) Maven
16 19 (0.87%) Axure RP
17 17 (0.78%) Babel
18 14 (0.64%) SonarQube
General
1 593 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 471 (21.50%) Finance
3 230 (10.50%) Law
4 173 (7.90%) Front Office
5 172 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
6 170 (7.76%) Multimedia
7 130 (5.93%) Public Sector
8 126 (5.75%) Banking
9 123 (5.61%) Marketing
10 122 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 71 (3.24%) Investment Banking
12 55 (2.51%) Retail
13 45 (2.05%) Legal
13 45 (2.05%) Manufacturing
14 26 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.00%) Games
16 21 (0.96%) Advertising
17 18 (0.82%) Electronics
18 15 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (0.68%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 1,216 (55.50%) Developer
2 446 (20.36%) Senior
3 349 (15.93%) Software Engineer
4 253 (11.55%) Senior Developer
5 240 (10.95%) Full-Stack Developer
6 209 (9.54%) Software Developer
7 202 (9.22%) Lead
8 166 (7.58%) Trainee
9 148 (6.75%) .NET Developer
10 122 (5.57%) AWS Engineer
11 116 (5.29%) Python Engineer
12 112 (5.11%) AWS Software Engineer
13 109 (4.97%) Python Software Engineer
14 106 (4.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 101 (4.61%) Java Engineer
16 95 (4.34%) Java Developer
17 94 (4.29%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 91 (4.15%) Java Software Engineer
19 90 (4.11%) Senior Software Engineer
20 84 (3.83%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 925 (42.22%) HTML
2 845 (38.57%) CSS
3 779 (35.55%) React
4 485 (22.14%) .NET
5 393 (17.94%) Node.js
6 324 (14.79%) AngularJS
7 254 (11.59%) REST
8 243 (11.09%) Vue
9 179 (8.17%) RESTful
10 155 (7.07%) HTML5
11 154 (7.03%) ASP.NET
12 140 (6.39%) JSON
13 137 (6.25%) .NET Core
14 116 (5.29%) .NET Framework
14 116 (5.29%) Pandas
14 116 (5.29%) Spring
15 115 (5.25%) GraphQL
16 114 (5.20%) NumPy
17 112 (5.11%) SciPy
18 108 (4.93%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 169 (7.71%) Fixed Income
2 141 (6.44%) Cloud Native
3 129 (5.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 124 (5.66%) Equities
5 99 (4.52%) Product Ownership
6 63 (2.88%) Derivative
7 62 (2.83%) Hedge funds
8 60 (2.74%) Mobile App
8 60 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
9 57 (2.60%) Pricing Data
10 50 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
11 42 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
12 38 (1.73%) Data Structures
13 37 (1.69%) Low-Code
14 32 (1.46%) Algorithms
15 30 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
16 29 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
16 29 (1.32%) Onboarding
17 25 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
18 21 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 136 (6.21%) Linux
2 58 (2.65%) Windows
3 30 (1.37%) Android
3 30 (1.37%) Unix
4 28 (1.28%) Apple iOS
5 25 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 12 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.091%) CentOS
8 2 (0.091%) Debian
8 2 (0.091%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.091%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.091%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 971 (44.32%) Agile
2 567 (25.88%) Software Engineering
3 513 (23.41%) Full-Stack Development
4 507 (23.14%) CI/CD
5 490 (22.36%) Problem-Solving
6 454 (20.72%) Mentoring
7 371 (16.93%) DevOps
8 347 (15.84%) User Experience
9 258 (11.78%) Microservices
10 251 (11.46%) Front End Development
11 243 (11.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 232 (10.59%) AI
13 217 (9.90%) Test Automation
14 208 (9.49%) SDLC
15 206 (9.40%) Computer Science
16 205 (9.36%) Scrum
17 192 (8.76%) Asset Management
17 192 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
18 173 (7.90%) Clean Code
19 160 (7.30%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 754 (34.41%) Python
2 695 (31.72%) TypeScript
3 510 (23.28%) C#
4 483 (22.04%) SQL
5 454 (20.72%) Java
6 159 (7.26%) PHP
7 97 (4.43%) R
8 59 (2.69%) PowerShell
9 56 (2.56%) Go
10 34 (1.55%) PL/SQL
11 32 (1.46%) Shell Script
12 29 (1.32%) C++
13 27 (1.23%) VB.NET
14 25 (1.14%) T-SQL
15 24 (1.10%) Ruby
16 23 (1.05%) C
17 17 (0.78%) Bash
17 17 (0.78%) Kotlin
18 15 (0.68%) VBA
19 11 (0.50%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 300 (13.69%) Degree
2 219 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 215 (9.81%) Security Cleared
4 205 (9.36%) AWS Certification
5 190 (8.67%) Azure Certification
6 166 (7.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 128 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 127 (5.80%) SC Cleared
9 58 (2.65%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.14%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 21 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 20 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 17 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
15 13 (0.59%) DBS Check
16 11 (0.50%) ISTQB
17 10 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
18 7 (0.32%) HNC
18 7 (0.32%) HND
19 6 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (7.71%) QA
2 147 (6.71%) Accessibility
3 53 (2.42%) GDPR
4 42 (1.92%) WCAG
5 12 (0.55%) SLA
6 11 (0.50%) HL7
7 5 (0.23%) PERC
8 4 (0.18%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.091%) PSD2
9 2 (0.091%) 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 (11.50%) Docker
2 22 (1.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.23%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.14%) Firmware
7 2 (0.091%) KVM
7 2 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.046%) HDFS
8 1 (0.046%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 200 (9.13%) Kubernetes
2 119 (5.43%) Terraform
3 33 (1.51%) Ansible
3 33 (1.51%) Grafana
4 30 (1.37%) Kibana
5 19 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.41%) Argo
8 6 (0.27%) Functional Safety
8 6 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.14%) cPanel
10 3 (0.14%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.14%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.14%) Plesk
11 2 (0.091%) Control-M
11 2 (0.091%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.091%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.091%) Puppet
11 2 (0.091%) vRealize
Vendors
1 490 (22.36%) Microsoft
2 113 (5.16%) Oracle
3 68 (3.10%) Google
4 66 (3.01%) Adobe
5 63 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 43 (1.96%) Atlassian
7 42 (1.92%) Salesforce
8 28 (1.28%) Splunk
9 26 (1.19%) Dynatrace
9 26 (1.19%) MuleSoft
10 20 (0.91%) SAP
11 19 (0.87%) HubSpot
12 16 (0.73%) Apple
13 15 (0.68%) VMware
14 14 (0.64%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.59%) IBM
15 13 (0.59%) Workday
16 12 (0.55%) Cisco
17 11 (0.50%) DevExpress
18 10 (0.46%) Infor