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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 30 32
Rank change year-on-year -39 +2 -12
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 133 271 230
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.52% 6.51% 6.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.08% 25.00% 20.85%
Number of salaries quoted 123 115 214
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £35,925
25th Percentile £31,688 £38,752 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £75,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

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 697 1,084 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.23% 26.05% 29.71%
Number of salaries quoted 565 549 990
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.26% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £64,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -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 10 January 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 10 January 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 -21 71 £39,000 -29.09% 22
Warwickshire +17 15 £48,500 +14.12% 3
Solihull -1 9 £95,000 +90.00% 2
Coventry -11 7 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Staffordshire -20 4 £51,250 +32.24% 8
Worcestershire -15 3 £36,500 -8.75% 2
Bilston - 3 £66,500 - 1
Wolverhampton -12 2 £85,000 +126.67% 5
Herefordshire -13 2 £48,750 -11.36% 3
Shropshire -24 2 £34,500 -42.50% 10
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 (12.03%) IIS
2 9 (6.77%) CMS
3 6 (4.51%) Apache
4 5 (3.76%) Umbraco
5 3 (2.26%) nginx
5 3 (2.26%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.26%) WordPress
6 2 (1.50%) NServiceBus
6 2 (1.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (2.26%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.26%) Maximo
2 3 (2.26%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 55 (41.35%) Azure
2 41 (30.83%) AWS
3 31 (23.31%) GitHub
4 25 (18.80%) SaaS
5 22 (16.54%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (10.53%) Power Platform
7 12 (9.02%) Power Automate
8 11 (8.27%) PowerApps
9 10 (7.52%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (3.76%) Serverless
11 4 (3.01%) Figma
12 3 (2.26%) Azure Functions
12 3 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (2.26%) Firebase
12 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (1.50%) Amazon S3
13 2 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (1.50%) Google Analytics
14 1 (0.75%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 26 (19.55%) Internet
2 2 (1.50%) Intranet
3 1 (0.75%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (21.05%) SQL Server
2 12 (9.02%) MySQL
3 10 (7.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (6.77%) Power BI
5 5 (3.76%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.50%) MS Access
7 2 (1.50%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (27.07%) Git
2 4 (3.01%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (3.01%) JUnit
2 4 (3.01%) Maven
2 4 (3.01%) Mockito
2 4 (3.01%) Vite
3 3 (2.26%) Cypress.io
3 3 (2.26%) JIRA
4 2 (1.50%) Selenium
5 1 (0.75%) Babel
5 1 (0.75%) GitLab
5 1 (0.75%) JMeter
5 1 (0.75%) Moq
5 1 (0.75%) MSTest
5 1 (0.75%) NSubstitute
5 1 (0.75%) NUnit
5 1 (0.75%) Postman
5 1 (0.75%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.75%) webpack
General
1 47 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.55%) Multimedia
3 9 (6.77%) Law
4 8 (6.02%) Finance
4 8 (6.02%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.01%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.26%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.26%) Marketing
6 3 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.50%) Legal
8 1 (0.75%) Automotive
8 1 (0.75%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 61 (45.86%) Developer
2 26 (19.55%) Trainee
3 22 (16.54%) Software Developer
4 13 (9.77%) Trainee Developer
4 13 (9.77%) Trainee Software Developer
5 12 (9.02%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 11 (8.27%) Applications Support
6 11 (8.27%) Senior
7 10 (7.52%) Lead
7 10 (7.52%) Support Specialist
7 10 (7.52%) Technical Support
8 9 (6.77%) Junior
9 8 (6.02%) Head of Engineering
9 8 (6.02%) Java Developer
9 8 (6.02%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.51%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Developer
10 6 (4.51%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.51%) Technical Engineer
10 6 (4.51%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (36.84%) HTML
2 47 (35.34%) CSS
3 37 (27.82%) .NET
4 25 (18.80%) React
5 10 (7.52%) LAMP
5 10 (7.52%) REST
5 10 (7.52%) Vue
6 9 (6.77%) AngularJS
6 9 (6.77%) Spring
7 8 (6.02%) Node.js
8 7 (5.26%) .NET Core
9 6 (4.51%) .NET Framework
9 6 (4.51%) Laravel
10 5 (3.76%) SOAP
10 5 (3.76%) Spring Boot
10 5 (3.76%) XML
11 4 (3.01%) RESTful
11 4 (3.01%) Tailwind CSS
11 4 (3.01%) YAML
12 3 (2.26%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.52%) Linux Command Line
1 10 (7.52%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.51%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.76%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.01%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.26%) W3C
6 2 (1.50%) IoT
7 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.75%) CMDB
7 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.75%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.75%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.07%) Agile
1 36 (27.07%) Mentoring
2 32 (24.06%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (23.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 29 (21.80%) CRM
5 26 (19.55%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (16.54%) DevOps
7 17 (12.78%) CI/CD
8 14 (10.53%) Front End Development
9 13 (9.77%) AI
10 12 (9.02%) Scrum
11 11 (8.27%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (8.27%) Code Quality
11 11 (8.27%) Computer Science
11 11 (8.27%) Customer Engagement
11 11 (8.27%) Customer Service
11 11 (8.27%) E-Commerce
11 11 (8.27%) SDLC
11 11 (8.27%) User Experience
12 10 (7.52%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 54 (40.60%) Python
2 41 (30.83%) SQL
3 40 (30.08%) C#
4 25 (18.80%) Java
5 23 (17.29%) PHP
6 15 (11.28%) TypeScript
7 13 (9.77%) R
8 5 (3.76%) Bash
9 4 (3.01%) Perl
9 4 (3.01%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.26%) Go
11 2 (1.50%) Delphi
11 2 (1.50%) Groovy
11 2 (1.50%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.50%) Scala
11 2 (1.50%) XAML
12 1 (0.75%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.75%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (21.80%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (21.05%) Azure Certification
3 27 (20.30%) AWS Certification
4 26 (19.55%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 12 (9.02%) Degree
6 10 (7.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (6.77%) Security Cleared
8 7 (5.26%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.51%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.26%) IBM Certification
12 2 (1.50%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.77%) QA
2 8 (6.02%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.01%) GDPR
4 3 (2.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (8.27%) Docker
2 2 (1.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (7.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.50%) Ansible
2 2 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (45.11%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.04%) Oracle
3 10 (7.52%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.76%) HubSpot
5 3 (2.26%) Guidewire
5 3 (2.26%) IBM
6 2 (1.50%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.50%) Google
6 2 (1.50%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.75%) Ahrefs
7 1 (0.75%) Foundry
7 1 (0.75%) Palantir
7 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow