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 7 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 50 29
Rank change year-on-year -53 -21 -8
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 105 153 443
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.25% 4.61% 6.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.08% 19.27% 23.55%
Number of salaries quoted 87 104 379
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.49% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,375 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,375 £78,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.37% +10.34% -7.69%

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 948 794 1,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.30% 23.90% 25.86%
Number of salaries quoted 713 596 1,635
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,250 £76,550
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -24 45 £41,020 -28.66% 15
Wolverhampton -12 10 £70,000 +47.37% 1
Shropshire -21 10 £50,000 -9.09% 1
Warwickshire -13 9 £57,500 +19.79% 4
Coventry -19 8 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Worcestershire -23 5 £42,500 -12.82% 3
Staffordshire -50 5 £62,500 +31.58% 2
Bilston - 5 £66,500 -
Dudley - 2 £30,250 - 1
Solihull +7 1 £100,000 +100.00%
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 (6.67%) CMS
2 5 (4.76%) nginx
3 4 (3.81%) WordPress
4 3 (2.86%) IIS
4 3 (2.86%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.90%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.95%) Confluence
6 1 (0.95%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (7.62%) Photoshop
2 5 (4.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.95%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (10.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.76%) Shopify
3 1 (0.95%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 39 (37.14%) Azure
2 37 (35.24%) AWS
3 30 (28.57%) GitHub
4 16 (15.24%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (10.48%) Power Automate
6 9 (8.57%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.71%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.81%) BrowserStack
8 4 (3.81%) SaaS
9 2 (1.90%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.90%) Serverless
10 1 (0.95%) Azure AI
10 1 (0.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.95%) Google Play
10 1 (0.95%) MailChimp
10 1 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (22.86%) Internet
2 5 (4.76%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.90%) Intranet
4 1 (0.95%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.43%) MySQL
2 7 (6.67%) Power BI
2 7 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.90%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.90%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.95%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.95%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 36 (34.29%) Git
2 5 (4.76%) Cucumber
2 5 (4.76%) Gatling
2 5 (4.76%) Visual Studio Code
2 5 (4.76%) Vite
3 4 (3.81%) Zephyr
4 3 (2.86%) JUnit
4 3 (2.86%) Maven
4 3 (2.86%) Mockito
5 2 (1.90%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.90%) GitLab
5 2 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.90%) JMeter
5 2 (1.90%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.90%) Postman
5 2 (1.90%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.90%) Selenium
6 1 (0.95%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.95%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.95%) SonarQube
General
1 24 (22.86%) Multimedia
2 13 (12.38%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.43%) Finance
4 8 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.71%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.76%) Advertising
6 5 (4.76%) Aerospace
6 5 (4.76%) Automotive
7 3 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.90%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Electronics
9 1 (0.95%) Law
9 1 (0.95%) Marketing
9 1 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (47.62%) Developer
2 24 (22.86%) Trainee
3 18 (17.14%) Software Developer
4 12 (11.43%) Lead
5 11 (10.48%) Trainee Developer
5 11 (10.48%) Trainee Software Developer
6 10 (9.52%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 7 (6.67%) Senior
7 7 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.71%) CRM Developer
8 6 (5.71%) Head of Engineering
9 5 (4.76%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
9 5 (4.76%) Java Developer
9 5 (4.76%) Product Owner
10 4 (3.81%) Administrator
10 4 (3.81%) Consultant
10 4 (3.81%) Junior
10 4 (3.81%) Microsoft Developer
10 4 (3.81%) Trainee Administrator
10 4 (3.81%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (40.95%) CSS
1 43 (40.95%) HTML
2 25 (23.81%) .NET
3 16 (15.24%) React
4 8 (7.62%) .NET Core
5 7 (6.67%) Playwright
5 7 (6.67%) REST
6 6 (5.71%) JSON
6 6 (5.71%) Laravel
6 6 (5.71%) Vue
7 5 (4.76%) ASP.NET
7 5 (4.76%) ASP.NET Core
7 5 (4.76%) LEMP Stack
7 5 (4.76%) Spring
7 5 (4.76%) Tailwind CSS
7 5 (4.76%) XML
7 5 (4.76%) YAML
8 4 (3.81%) RESTful
9 3 (2.86%) .NET Framework
10 2 (1.90%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.48%) Product Ownership
2 7 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 5 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.76%) Robotics
3 5 (4.76%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.86%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.86%) Social Media
5 2 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.95%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.95%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.95%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.95%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.95%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.95%) iPhone
6 1 (0.95%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.95%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.62%) Linux
2 3 (2.86%) Windows
2 3 (2.86%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.95%) Android
3 1 (0.95%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (26.67%) Agile
1 28 (26.67%) Mentoring
2 25 (23.81%) Full-Stack Development
3 24 (22.86%) CI/CD
4 20 (19.05%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (15.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (14.29%) AI
6 15 (14.29%) DevOps
6 15 (14.29%) User Experience
7 12 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
7 12 (11.43%) CRM
8 9 (8.57%) Front End Development
8 9 (8.57%) Machine Learning
8 9 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (8.57%) Roadmaps
8 9 (8.57%) SDLC
8 9 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (7.62%) Product Backlog
9 8 (7.62%) Software Engineering
9 8 (7.62%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 42 (40.00%) Python
2 30 (28.57%) C#
3 29 (27.62%) SQL
4 16 (15.24%) Java
5 15 (14.29%) PHP
6 13 (12.38%) R
7 10 (9.52%) TypeScript
8 7 (6.67%) Bash
9 6 (5.71%) C
10 3 (2.86%) Go
10 3 (2.86%) PL/SQL
10 3 (2.86%) VBA
11 1 (0.95%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.95%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.95%) JCL
11 1 (0.95%) VB
11 1 (0.95%) VB6
Qualifications
1 25 (23.81%) AWS Certification
1 25 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 24 (22.86%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 24 (22.86%) Azure Certification
3 5 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.90%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.90%) Degree
6 1 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.95%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.57%) QA
2 8 (7.62%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.71%) Data Quality
4 5 (4.76%) IEC 61131
5 2 (1.90%) WCAG
6 1 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.95%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (12.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.62%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.90%) Terraform
3 1 (0.95%) Grafana
3 1 (0.95%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 48 (45.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.76%) Allen-Bradley
2 5 (4.76%) Siemens
3 3 (2.86%) Adobe
3 3 (2.86%) Oracle
4 1 (0.95%) AppDynamics
4 1 (0.95%) Google
4 1 (0.95%) IBM
4 1 (0.95%) Splunk
4 1 (0.95%) Veracode