JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 30 Nov 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 15 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -7 | -3 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 4,958 | 16,943 | 22,130 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 9.21% | 13.41% | 17.09% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 22.67% | 29.11% | 32.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 4,211 | 9,784 | 14,117 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,750 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,000 | £47,500 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | +8.70% | +5.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £82,500 | £82,500 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £102,500 | £98,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +10.00% | +5.26% |
All Programming Languages
UK
JavaScript is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 21,870 | 58,197 | 67,611 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 40.61% | 46.05% | 52.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 17,139 | 36,667 | 45,610 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,788 | £38,250 | £36,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,140 | £47,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,000 | £85,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,000 | £102,500 | £97,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £50,000 |
| % 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 30 November 2023.
JavaScript
Top 17 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 30 November 2023. 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 | 4,411 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 2,347 |
| UK excluding London | -8 | 2,905 | £55,000 | - | 1,634 |
| Work from Home | -8 | 2,595 | £62,968 | +4.95% | 1,657 |
| London | 0 | 1,763 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 968 |
| South East | -3 | 836 | £57,500 | - | 492 |
| North of England | -9 | 728 | £55,000 | - | 473 |
| South West | -15 | 429 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 179 |
| Midlands | -4 | 418 | £55,000 | - | 206 |
| North West | -10 | 391 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 275 |
| Yorkshire | -9 | 301 | £56,318 | +2.40% | 143 |
| Scotland | -18 | 234 | £57,500 | +4.55% | 108 |
| West Midlands | -12 | 220 | £55,000 | - | 127 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 197 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 79 |
| East of England | -6 | 148 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 130 |
| Wales | -25 | 79 | £47,500 | -13.64% | 56 |
| Northern Ireland | -20 | 44 | £45,000 | -21.74% | 29 |
| North East | -12 | 36 | £52,500 | +5.00% | 64 |
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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