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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 58 29
Rank change year-on-year -32 -29 +3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 126 141 361
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.48% 4.10% 5.58%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.57% 17.98% 25.48%
Number of salaries quoted 90 92 233
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £45,447 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,849 £65,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +5.69% -5.38%

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 1,002 784 1,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.73% 22.80% 21.90%
Number of salaries quoted 735 613 1,034
10th Percentile £37,200 £32,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +2.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,450 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £61,305
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.95% -5.68%

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 21 August 2026.

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 21 August 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
Birmingham -17 51 £60,000 +4.35% 16
Coventry -10 13 £48,750 +2.63% 7
Worcestershire -11 13 £57,500 +21.05% 3
Staffordshire -13 12 £55,000 -18.52% 4
Warwickshire -14 11 £55,000 - 1
Shropshire -17 8 £50,000 -4.76% 12
Wolverhampton -15 7 £70,000 +71.78% 2
Herefordshire -18 3 £55,000 -38.89% 2
Dudley - 2 £30,250 -
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 7 (5.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (3.17%) WordPress
3 3 (2.38%) IIS
4 1 (0.79%) CMS
4 1 (0.79%) Confluence
4 1 (0.79%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.79%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.38%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.79%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (5.56%) Infor M3
1 7 (5.56%) Lawson
2 5 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.79%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 69 (54.76%) Azure
2 38 (30.16%) AWS
3 11 (8.73%) Power Automate
3 11 (8.73%) Power Platform
3 11 (8.73%) SaaS
4 9 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (6.35%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.56%) GitHub
7 5 (3.97%) Azure Functions
7 5 (3.97%) PowerApps
7 5 (3.97%) Serverless
8 4 (3.17%) BrowserStack
9 3 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.59%) Azure AI
10 2 (1.59%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (1.59%) Google Play
10 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.79%) Boomi
11 1 (0.79%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.35%) Internet
2 5 (3.97%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.38%) Firewall
3 3 (2.38%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.49%) MongoDB
2 12 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (8.73%) MySQL
4 9 (7.14%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (6.35%) Relational Database
6 7 (5.56%) SQL Server
7 6 (4.76%) Power BI
8 4 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.38%) NoSQL
9 3 (2.38%) QlikView
9 3 (2.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (1.59%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.79%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.79%) Redis
11 1 (0.79%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 18 (14.29%) Git
2 15 (11.90%) JUnit
3 14 (11.11%) Maven
3 14 (11.11%) Mockito
4 6 (4.76%) Cucumber
5 5 (3.97%) Gatling
6 4 (3.17%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (3.17%) Zephyr
7 2 (1.59%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.59%) GitLab
7 2 (1.59%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.59%) JMeter
7 2 (1.59%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.59%) Postman
7 2 (1.59%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.59%) Selenium
8 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.79%) JIRA
8 1 (0.79%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.79%) SonarQube
General
1 31 (24.60%) Finance
2 16 (12.70%) Social Skills
3 14 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 11 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (6.35%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.76%) Multimedia
6 6 (4.76%) Retail
7 5 (3.97%) Advertising
7 5 (3.97%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.97%) Automotive
8 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) Electronics
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Legal
9 1 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 72 (57.14%) Developer
2 24 (19.05%) Lead
3 18 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
3 18 (14.29%) Senior
4 17 (13.49%) Software Developer
5 15 (11.90%) .NET Developer
5 15 (11.90%) Senior Developer
6 11 (8.73%) Java Developer
6 11 (8.73%) Lead Developer
6 11 (8.73%) Software Engineer
7 10 (7.94%) Full-Stack Java Developer
8 9 (7.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 8 (6.35%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (6.35%) React Developer
9 8 (6.35%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 8 (6.35%) Senior React Developer
10 7 (5.56%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 7 (5.56%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (5.56%) Senior Java Developer
11 6 (4.76%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (30.95%) .NET
1 39 (30.95%) React
2 27 (21.43%) CSS
2 27 (21.43%) HTML
3 26 (20.63%) REST
4 20 (15.87%) .NET Core
5 19 (15.08%) ASP.NET
6 18 (14.29%) ASP.NET Core
6 18 (14.29%) Node.js
7 15 (11.90%) ASP.NET Web API
7 15 (11.90%) Playwright
8 14 (11.11%) RESTful
8 14 (11.11%) Spring
9 13 (10.32%) Blazor
10 9 (7.14%) .NET Framework
11 6 (4.76%) Entity Framework
11 6 (4.76%) JSON
11 6 (4.76%) Terraform
11 6 (4.76%) XML
12 5 (3.97%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.32%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 8 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (5.56%) Mashup
4 6 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (3.97%) Robotics
5 5 (3.97%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.17%) CMDB
6 4 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.17%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.38%) IoT
7 3 (2.38%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.38%) Social Media
8 2 (1.59%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.59%) iPhone
8 2 (1.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.73%) Linux
2 3 (2.38%) Windows
2 3 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.59%) Android
4 1 (0.79%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (48.41%) Agile
2 54 (42.86%) CI/CD
3 40 (31.75%) Mentoring
4 39 (30.95%) Full-Stack Development
5 35 (27.78%) Microservices
6 32 (25.40%) AI
6 32 (25.40%) Scrum
7 29 (23.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (19.05%) SDLC
10 23 (18.25%) TDD
11 22 (17.46%) Technical Leadership
12 21 (16.67%) DevOps
12 21 (16.67%) LLM
13 20 (15.87%) Sprint Planning
14 18 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
15 17 (13.49%) Business Intelligence
15 17 (13.49%) Containerisation
15 17 (13.49%) Time Management
16 15 (11.90%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 61 (48.41%) SQL
2 48 (38.10%) C#
3 35 (27.78%) Java
4 27 (21.43%) TypeScript
5 22 (17.46%) Python
6 14 (11.11%) PL/SQL
7 11 (8.73%) Bash
8 10 (7.94%) PHP
9 6 (4.76%) C
10 4 (3.17%) R
11 3 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (2.38%) VBA
12 2 (1.59%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.79%) C++
13 1 (0.79%) JCL
13 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.79%) Ruby
13 1 (0.79%) Scala
13 1 (0.79%) VB
13 1 (0.79%) VB6
Qualifications
1 24 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.56%) Azure Certification
3 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.76%) AWS Certification
4 6 (4.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 6 (4.76%) Degree
5 5 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (12.70%) Accessibility
2 13 (10.32%) QA
3 5 (3.97%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.97%) IEC 61131
4 4 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (13.49%) Docker
2 3 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (15.87%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.79%) Grafana
3 1 (0.79%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 40 (31.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.11%) Oracle
3 7 (5.56%) Infor
4 5 (3.97%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (3.97%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.97%) Siemens
5 3 (2.38%) Adobe
5 3 (2.38%) Google
6 2 (1.59%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.59%) SAP
7 1 (0.79%) AppDynamics
7 1 (0.79%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.79%) Informatica
7 1 (0.79%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.79%) Sage
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.79%) Splunk
7 1 (0.79%) Veracode