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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 48 28
Rank change year-on-year -55 -20 -8
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 109 155 449
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.28% 4.88% 6.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.31% 19.77% 23.78%
Number of salaries quoted 86 98 383
10th Percentile £28,250 £38,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,875 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £53,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £65,625
90th Percentile £88,148 £81,250 £80,400
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 964 784 1,888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.36% 24.67% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 721 594 1,631
10th Percentile £33,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,772
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 17 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 17 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 -22 49 £47,500 -17.39% 14
Coventry -15 11 £45,000 -5.26% 7
Wolverhampton -15 10 £70,000 +47.37% 3
Shropshire -23 9 £62,500 +13.64% 1
Warwickshire -15 8 £60,000 +25.00% 4
Staffordshire -42 6 £58,750 +14.63% 3
Worcestershire -19 5 £42,500 -12.82% 3
Bilston - 4 £66,500 -
Dudley - 2 £30,250 - 1
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 6 (5.50%) CMS
2 4 (3.67%) nginx
2 4 (3.67%) WordPress
3 3 (2.75%) IIS
3 3 (2.75%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.83%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.92%) Confluence
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (6.42%) Photoshop
2 4 (3.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.92%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 10 (9.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.67%) Shopify
3 1 (0.92%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 46 (42.20%) Azure
2 38 (34.86%) AWS
3 24 (22.02%) GitHub
4 14 (12.84%) Dynamics 365
5 11 (10.09%) Power Automate
6 9 (8.26%) Power Platform
7 6 (5.50%) PowerApps
8 5 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.67%) BrowserStack
9 4 (3.67%) SaaS
10 3 (2.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (1.83%) Azure AI
11 2 (1.83%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.83%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.83%) Google Play
11 2 (1.83%) Serverless
12 1 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.92%) MailChimp
12 1 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (17.43%) Internet
2 5 (4.59%) Ethernet
3 2 (1.83%) Intranet
4 1 (0.92%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (11.93%) MySQL
2 8 (7.34%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.42%) Power BI
4 6 (5.50%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.59%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (2.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.83%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.83%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.83%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.92%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.92%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 31 (28.44%) Git
2 5 (4.59%) Cucumber
2 5 (4.59%) Gatling
2 5 (4.59%) JUnit
2 5 (4.59%) Maven
2 5 (4.59%) Mockito
2 5 (4.59%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (3.67%) Vite
3 4 (3.67%) Zephyr
4 2 (1.83%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.83%) GitLab
4 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.83%) JMeter
4 2 (1.83%) LoadRunner
4 2 (1.83%) Postman
4 2 (1.83%) REST Assured
4 2 (1.83%) Selenium
5 1 (0.92%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.92%) JIRA
5 1 (0.92%) SoapUI
General
1 19 (17.43%) Multimedia
2 17 (15.60%) Finance
3 13 (11.93%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (7.34%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.50%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.50%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.59%) Advertising
6 5 (4.59%) Aerospace
6 5 (4.59%) Automotive
7 2 (1.83%) Legal
7 2 (1.83%) Retail
8 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Electronics
8 1 (0.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 51 (46.79%) Developer
2 19 (17.43%) Trainee
3 16 (14.68%) Lead
4 15 (13.76%) Software Developer
5 11 (10.09%) Senior
6 10 (9.17%) Software Engineer
7 8 (7.34%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 8 (7.34%) Trainee Developer
7 8 (7.34%) Trainee Software Developer
8 6 (5.50%) CRM Developer
8 6 (5.50%) Java Developer
9 5 (4.59%) .NET Developer
9 5 (4.59%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
9 5 (4.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 5 (4.59%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (3.67%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 4 (3.67%) Head of Engineering
10 4 (3.67%) JavaScript Engineer
10 4 (3.67%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 4 (3.67%) Trainee Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (33.94%) CSS
1 37 (33.94%) HTML
2 29 (26.61%) .NET
3 23 (21.10%) React
4 11 (10.09%) REST
5 10 (9.17%) .NET Core
5 10 (9.17%) ASP.NET
5 10 (9.17%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (9.17%) Playwright
6 8 (7.34%) RESTful
7 7 (6.42%) Spring
8 6 (5.50%) .NET Framework
8 6 (5.50%) ASP.NET Web API
8 6 (5.50%) JSON
9 5 (4.59%) Laravel
9 5 (4.59%) Node.js
9 5 (4.59%) Vue
9 5 (4.59%) XML
10 4 (3.67%) Entity Framework
10 4 (3.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.26%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.34%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (5.50%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (4.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (4.59%) Robotics
4 5 (4.59%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.67%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.75%) Data Structures
6 3 (2.75%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (2.75%) Social Media
7 2 (1.83%) iPhone
7 2 (1.83%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.92%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.92%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.92%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.92%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.92%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.34%) Linux
2 3 (2.75%) Windows
2 3 (2.75%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.83%) Android
4 1 (0.92%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (35.78%) Agile
2 37 (33.94%) Mentoring
3 35 (32.11%) CI/CD
4 27 (24.77%) Full-Stack Development
5 22 (20.18%) AI
5 22 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (17.43%) DevOps
7 15 (13.76%) Cybersecurity
8 14 (12.84%) Microservices
8 14 (12.84%) User Experience
9 13 (11.93%) Software Engineering
10 12 (11.01%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (11.01%) Scrum
11 11 (10.09%) CRM
11 11 (10.09%) Front End Development
11 11 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (10.09%) SDLC
12 10 (9.17%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (9.17%) Test Automation
13 9 (8.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (31.19%) C#
1 34 (31.19%) Python
1 34 (31.19%) SQL
2 23 (21.10%) Java
3 15 (13.76%) TypeScript
4 14 (12.84%) PHP
5 11 (10.09%) R
6 7 (6.42%) Bash
7 6 (5.50%) C
8 5 (4.59%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.75%) VBA
10 2 (1.83%) Go
11 1 (0.92%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.92%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.92%) C++
11 1 (0.92%) JCL
11 1 (0.92%) VB
11 1 (0.92%) VB6
Qualifications
1 20 (18.35%) AWS Certification
1 20 (18.35%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (17.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 19 (17.43%) Azure Certification
3 9 (8.26%) Security Cleared
4 8 (7.34%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.83%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.83%) Degree
6 1 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.92%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.01%) Accessibility
2 10 (9.17%) QA
3 6 (5.50%) Data Quality
4 5 (4.59%) IEC 61131
5 2 (1.83%) WCAG
6 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.92%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (11.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (11.01%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.59%) Terraform
3 1 (0.92%) Grafana
3 1 (0.92%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 47 (43.12%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.59%) Allen-Bradley
2 5 (4.59%) Oracle
2 5 (4.59%) Siemens
3 3 (2.75%) Adobe
4 2 (1.83%) Google
5 1 (0.92%) AppDynamics
5 1 (0.92%) IBM
5 1 (0.92%) Splunk
5 1 (0.92%) Veracode