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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 28 29
Rank change year-on-year -26 +1 -7
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 136 342 240
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 4.01% 6.34% 7.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.77% 25.66% 20.57%
Number of salaries quoted 111 146 218
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,500 £35,175
25th Percentile £36,000 £38,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,892 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.47% -0.20% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.54% +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 688 1,333 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 20.29% 24.70% 34.15%
Number of salaries quoted 555 709 952
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,619
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,987 £76,250 £75,000
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 5 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 5 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 -32 50 £48,750 -15.22% 40
Warwickshire +21 20 £55,000 +37.50% 21
Staffordshire 0 14 £51,500 +28.75% 21
Solihull -1 11 £95,000 +85.37% 4
Coventry -15 5 £50,000 +5.26% 20
Herefordshire -8 4 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Worcestershire -6 3 £37,500 -21.05% 3
Shropshire -11 2 £45,000 - 4
West Bromwich - 2 £30,000 - 2
Wolverhampton -6 1 £34,000 -12.26% 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 (11.76%) IIS
2 6 (4.41%) Apache
3 5 (3.68%) CMS
4 4 (2.94%) WordPress
5 3 (2.21%) Umbraco
6 2 (1.47%) NServiceBus
6 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 22 (16.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.47%) Maximo
3 1 (0.74%) Infor CloudSuite
3 1 (0.74%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
3 1 (0.74%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 47 (34.56%) Azure
2 29 (21.32%) AWS
3 28 (20.59%) SaaS
4 25 (18.38%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (11.76%) Power Platform
6 13 (9.56%) GitHub
7 12 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (8.09%) Power Automate
9 10 (7.35%) PowerApps
10 9 (6.62%) Serverless
11 5 (3.68%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (2.94%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (2.94%) Azure Functions
12 4 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (2.94%) Figma
13 3 (2.21%) Amazon S3
13 3 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (2.21%) Firebase
13 3 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.35%) Internet
2 4 (2.94%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (24.26%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.09%) MySQL
2 11 (8.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 8 (5.88%) Power BI
4 7 (5.15%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.41%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (2.21%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.47%) MS Access
8 2 (1.47%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.74%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.74%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.74%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 22 (16.18%) Git
2 7 (5.15%) JIRA
2 7 (5.15%) Maven
3 5 (3.68%) JUnit
3 5 (3.68%) Mockito
4 4 (2.94%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (2.94%) GitLab
4 4 (2.94%) Selenium
5 3 (2.21%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.21%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.21%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.21%) JMeter
5 3 (2.21%) SonarQube
5 3 (2.21%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (2.21%) webpack
6 2 (1.47%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.47%) Moq
6 2 (1.47%) MSTest
6 2 (1.47%) NSubstitute
6 2 (1.47%) NUnit
General
1 52 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.65%) Finance
3 17 (12.50%) Law
4 11 (8.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (7.35%) Multimedia
5 10 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (5.15%) Manufacturing
7 7 (5.15%) Marketing
8 3 (2.21%) Banking
8 3 (2.21%) Corporate Banking
8 3 (2.21%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.21%) Retail
9 2 (1.47%) Electronics
9 2 (1.47%) Games
9 2 (1.47%) iGaming
10 1 (0.74%) Automotive
10 1 (0.74%) Legal
Job Titles
1 67 (49.26%) Developer
2 22 (16.18%) Senior
3 14 (10.29%) Senior Developer
4 12 (8.82%) Applications Support
4 12 (8.82%) Software Developer
4 12 (8.82%) Software Engineer
5 11 (8.09%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 11 (8.09%) Junior
6 10 (7.35%) Support Specialist
6 10 (7.35%) Technical Support
6 10 (7.35%) Trainee
7 9 (6.62%) Java Developer
7 9 (6.62%) Lead
8 8 (5.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 7 (5.15%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (5.15%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Applications Specialist
10 6 (4.41%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 6 (4.41%) Technical Engineer
10 6 (4.41%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (38.97%) HTML
2 42 (30.88%) CSS
3 40 (29.41%) React
4 38 (27.94%) .NET
5 15 (11.03%) REST
6 13 (9.56%) Spring
7 12 (8.82%) AngularJS
8 11 (8.09%) LAMP
8 11 (8.09%) Node.js
8 11 (8.09%) RESTful
9 10 (7.35%) Spring Boot
10 9 (6.62%) Vue
11 8 (5.88%) .NET Framework
12 7 (5.15%) HTML5
13 6 (4.41%) Entity Framework
13 6 (4.41%) Web Services
13 6 (4.41%) XML
14 5 (3.68%) Jest
14 5 (3.68%) jQuery
15 4 (2.94%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.09%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (6.62%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.15%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.41%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.41%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.21%) W3C
6 2 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.47%) IoT
7 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.74%) CMDB
7 1 (0.74%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.74%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.74%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.74%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.74%) Mobile Games
7 1 (0.74%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.24%) Linux
2 2 (1.47%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.03%) Agile
2 41 (30.15%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (26.47%) CRM
4 33 (24.26%) DevOps
5 29 (21.32%) Mentoring
6 26 (19.12%) Front End Development
7 25 (18.38%) Computer Science
8 24 (17.65%) CI/CD
9 23 (16.91%) Full-Stack Development
10 20 (14.71%) Software Engineering
11 17 (12.50%) Customer Service
12 16 (11.76%) Scrum
13 14 (10.29%) SDLC
14 13 (9.56%) AI
14 13 (9.56%) Customer Engagement
14 13 (9.56%) Microservices
14 13 (9.56%) User Experience
15 12 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 11 (8.09%) Machine Learning
16 11 (8.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 57 (41.91%) SQL
2 51 (37.50%) C#
3 47 (34.56%) Python
4 34 (25.00%) Java
5 29 (21.32%) PHP
6 28 (20.59%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.82%) R
8 9 (6.62%) C++
8 9 (6.62%) Rust
9 7 (5.15%) C
9 7 (5.15%) Dart
9 7 (5.15%) MATLAB
9 7 (5.15%) Ruby
10 4 (2.94%) Perl
10 4 (2.94%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.47%) Delphi
11 2 (1.47%) Groovy
11 2 (1.47%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.47%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.47%) XAML
Qualifications
1 28 (20.59%) Degree
2 24 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (10.29%) Azure Certification
3 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (7.35%) AWS Certification
4 10 (7.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 9 (6.62%) Security Cleared
6 6 (4.41%) Master's Degree
7 5 (3.68%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.47%) IBM Certification
10 1 (0.74%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.62%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.15%) QA
3 4 (2.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.74%) PMO
4 1 (0.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (8.82%) Docker
2 2 (1.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (11.03%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.94%) Terraform
3 2 (1.47%) Ansible
3 2 (1.47%) Kibana
3 2 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (33.82%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.71%) Oracle
3 10 (7.35%) Salesforce
4 9 (6.62%) Guidewire
5 5 (3.68%) HubSpot
6 3 (2.21%) Google
6 3 (2.21%) Solace
7 2 (1.47%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.47%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.47%) IBM
7 2 (1.47%) Splunk
7 2 (1.47%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.74%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.74%) Foundry
8 1 (0.74%) Infor
8 1 (0.74%) Palantir
8 1 (0.74%) ServiceNow