JavaScript Job Trends in the West Midlands

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -31 +1 -5
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 134 341 238
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.82% 6.28% 6.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.45% 25.76% 20.26%
Number of salaries quoted 113 146 218
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +4.00%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 689 1,324 1,175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.63% 24.37% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 567 687 965
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £69,250 £69,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

JavaScript
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in the West Midlands

JavaScript
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Birmingham -33 52 £48,750 -15.22% 48
Warwickshire +28 20 £55,000 +37.50% 17
Solihull +4 13 £95,000 +90.00% 2
Staffordshire -5 11 £45,500 +13.75% 19
Coventry -13 5 £50,000 +5.26% 17
Worcestershire -4 3 £37,500 -21.05% 4
Herefordshire -10 3 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Shropshire -11 3 £37,500 - 6
West Bromwich - 2 £30,000 - 1
Wolverhampton -6 1 £34,000 -9.33% 10
Walsall - 1 £33,000 - 7
JavaScript
England

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (11.94%) IIS
2 6 (4.48%) Apache
3 5 (3.73%) CMS
4 4 (2.99%) WordPress
5 3 (2.24%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.49%) NServiceBus
6 2 (1.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 21 (15.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.49%) Maximo
3 1 (0.75%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.75%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.75%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 46 (34.33%) Azure
2 29 (21.64%) AWS
3 28 (20.90%) SaaS
4 23 (17.16%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (11.94%) GitHub
6 14 (10.45%) Power Platform
7 12 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (8.21%) Power Automate
9 9 (6.72%) PowerApps
9 9 (6.72%) Serverless
10 5 (3.73%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.99%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (2.99%) Azure Functions
11 4 (2.99%) Figma
12 3 (2.24%) Amazon S3
12 3 (2.24%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (2.24%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.24%) Firebase
12 3 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.96%) Internet
2 4 (2.99%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (21.64%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.21%) MySQL
2 11 (8.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (5.97%) Power BI
4 6 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.48%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.24%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.49%) MS Access
6 2 (1.49%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.75%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 23 (17.16%) Git
2 6 (4.48%) JUnit
2 6 (4.48%) Mockito
3 5 (3.73%) Maven
4 4 (2.99%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (2.99%) JIRA
5 3 (2.24%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.24%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.24%) JMeter
6 2 (1.49%) Moq
6 2 (1.49%) MSTest
6 2 (1.49%) NSubstitute
6 2 (1.49%) NUnit
6 2 (1.49%) Selenium
6 2 (1.49%) webpack
7 1 (0.75%) Babel
7 1 (0.75%) GitLab
7 1 (0.75%) Postman
7 1 (0.75%) Vite
7 1 (0.75%) WebDriver
General
1 51 (38.06%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.67%) Finance
3 15 (11.19%) Law
4 12 (8.96%) Multimedia
5 10 (7.46%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.22%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.48%) Marketing
9 3 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.49%) Games
10 2 (1.49%) iGaming
11 1 (0.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.75%) Electronics
11 1 (0.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 66 (49.25%) Developer
2 21 (15.67%) Senior
3 13 (9.70%) Senior Developer
4 12 (8.96%) Applications Support
4 12 (8.96%) Software Developer
4 12 (8.96%) Trainee
5 11 (8.21%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 11 (8.21%) Junior
6 10 (7.46%) Java Developer
6 10 (7.46%) Lead
6 10 (7.46%) Support Specialist
6 10 (7.46%) Technical Support
7 9 (6.72%) Software Engineer
8 8 (5.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 8 (5.97%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (5.22%) Full-Stack Java Developer
9 7 (5.22%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.48%) Applications Support Specialist
10 6 (4.48%) Technical Engineer
10 6 (4.48%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (38.06%) HTML
2 39 (29.10%) CSS
3 37 (27.61%) .NET
4 36 (26.87%) React
5 12 (8.96%) AngularJS
5 12 (8.96%) REST
6 11 (8.21%) LAMP
6 11 (8.21%) Node.js
6 11 (8.21%) Spring
7 8 (5.97%) RESTful
7 8 (5.97%) Vue
8 7 (5.22%) .NET Framework
8 7 (5.22%) Spring Boot
9 6 (4.48%) XML
10 5 (3.73%) Entity Framework
10 5 (3.73%) Web Services
11 4 (2.99%) HTML5
11 4 (2.99%) jQuery
11 4 (2.99%) Laravel
11 4 (2.99%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.21%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (7.46%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.48%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.73%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.99%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.24%) W3C
7 2 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.49%) IoT
8 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.75%) CMDB
8 1 (0.75%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.75%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.75%) Mobile Games
8 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.75%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.43%) Linux
2 1 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (34.33%) Agile
2 42 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (26.12%) CRM
4 30 (22.39%) DevOps
5 27 (20.15%) Mentoring
6 25 (18.66%) Computer Science
7 22 (16.42%) CI/CD
7 22 (16.42%) Front End Development
7 22 (16.42%) Full-Stack Development
8 17 (12.69%) Customer Service
9 16 (11.94%) Scrum
10 15 (11.19%) Software Engineering
11 14 (10.45%) AI
12 13 (9.70%) Machine Learning
13 12 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (8.96%) Customer Engagement
13 12 (8.96%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (8.21%) Microservices
14 11 (8.21%) Requirements Gathering
14 11 (8.21%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 52 (38.81%) SQL
2 50 (37.31%) Python
3 49 (36.57%) C#
4 32 (23.88%) Java
5 29 (21.64%) PHP
6 25 (18.66%) TypeScript
7 13 (9.70%) R
8 8 (5.97%) C++
8 8 (5.97%) Rust
9 7 (5.22%) C
9 7 (5.22%) Dart
9 7 (5.22%) MATLAB
9 7 (5.22%) Ruby
10 5 (3.73%) PL/SQL
11 4 (2.99%) Perl
12 2 (1.49%) Delphi
12 2 (1.49%) Groovy
12 2 (1.49%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.49%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.49%) XAML
Qualifications
1 28 (20.90%) Degree
2 24 (17.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (11.94%) Azure Certification
3 16 (11.94%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (8.96%) AWS Certification
4 12 (8.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 10 (7.46%) Security Cleared
6 6 (4.48%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.48%) SC Cleared
7 4 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.49%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.48%) Accessibility
2 5 (3.73%) QA
3 4 (2.99%) GDPR
4 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (6.72%) Docker
2 2 (1.49%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (8.96%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.99%) Terraform
3 2 (1.49%) Ansible
3 2 (1.49%) Kibana
3 2 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (34.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (15.67%) Oracle
3 10 (7.46%) Salesforce
4 9 (6.72%) Guidewire
5 5 (3.73%) HubSpot
6 3 (2.24%) Google
7 2 (1.49%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.49%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.49%) IBM
7 2 (1.49%) Splunk
7 2 (1.49%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.75%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.75%) Foundry
8 1 (0.75%) Infor
8 1 (0.75%) Palantir
8 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow