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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 56 31
Rank change year-on-year -27 -25 -1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 133 142 360
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.54% 4.12% 5.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 13.16% 18.28% 25.70%
Number of salaries quoted 97 95 212
10th Percentile £37,300 £31,600 £32,250
25th Percentile £46,789 £39,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,389 £78,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 1,011 777 1,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.74% 22.55% 22.10%
Number of salaries quoted 737 610 979
10th Percentile £37,800 £32,125 £32,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -16 55 £58,750 +2.17% 39
Coventry -8 15 £57,500 +15.00% 4
Staffordshire -10 14 £55,000 +15.79% 6
Worcestershire -12 13 £57,500 +21.05% 4
Warwickshire -20 11 £55,000 - 5
Wolverhampton -10 7 £70,000 +71.78%
Shropshire -17 7 £50,000 +11.11% 12
Herefordshire -16 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 (5.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 4 (3.01%) WordPress
3 3 (2.26%) IIS
4 2 (1.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.75%) CMS
5 1 (0.75%) Confluence
5 1 (0.75%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.75%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.26%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.75%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (5.26%) Infor M3
1 7 (5.26%) Lawson
2 3 (2.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 73 (54.89%) Azure
2 38 (28.57%) AWS
3 15 (11.28%) Power Platform
4 13 (9.77%) Power Automate
4 13 (9.77%) SaaS
5 11 (8.27%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (6.77%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (6.02%) Azure Logic Apps
7 8 (6.02%) GitHub
7 8 (6.02%) Serverless
8 7 (5.26%) Azure Functions
9 5 (3.76%) PowerApps
10 4 (3.01%) BrowserStack
11 3 (2.26%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (1.50%) Azure AI
12 2 (1.50%) Copilot Studio
12 2 (1.50%) Google Play
12 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.75%) AWS IoT
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.02%) Internet
2 5 (3.76%) Ethernet
3 3 (2.26%) Firewall
3 3 (2.26%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.78%) MongoDB
2 12 (9.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (8.27%) MySQL
4 9 (6.77%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (6.77%) SQL Server
5 8 (6.02%) Power BI
5 8 (6.02%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.76%) QlikView
6 5 (3.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (2.26%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.50%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.75%) Redis
10 1 (0.75%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.75%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 20 (15.04%) Git
2 15 (11.28%) JUnit
3 14 (10.53%) Maven
3 14 (10.53%) Mockito
4 6 (4.51%) Cucumber
5 5 (3.76%) Gatling
6 4 (3.01%) Visual Studio Code
6 4 (3.01%) Zephyr
7 3 (2.26%) Cypress.io
7 3 (2.26%) GitLab
8 2 (1.50%) Jenkins
8 2 (1.50%) JMeter
8 2 (1.50%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.50%) Postman
8 2 (1.50%) REST Assured
8 2 (1.50%) Selenium
9 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.75%) JIRA
9 1 (0.75%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.75%) SonarQube
General
1 30 (22.56%) Finance
2 18 (13.53%) Social Skills
3 15 (11.28%) Manufacturing
4 12 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.02%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (4.51%) Multimedia
6 6 (4.51%) Retail
7 5 (3.76%) Advertising
7 5 (3.76%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.76%) Automotive
8 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Electronics
9 1 (0.75%) Law
9 1 (0.75%) Legal
9 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (55.64%) Developer
2 25 (18.80%) Lead
3 21 (15.79%) Senior
4 18 (13.53%) Senior Developer
5 17 (12.78%) Full-Stack Developer
5 17 (12.78%) Software Developer
6 15 (11.28%) .NET Developer
7 12 (9.02%) Lead Developer
8 11 (8.27%) Java Developer
8 11 (8.27%) Software Engineer
9 10 (7.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 10 (7.52%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 9 (6.77%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 9 (6.77%) React Developer
10 9 (6.77%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 9 (6.77%) Senior React Developer
11 8 (6.02%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (5.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (5.26%) Senior Java Developer
13 6 (4.51%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (30.08%) .NET
2 39 (29.32%) React
3 27 (20.30%) REST
4 26 (19.55%) CSS
4 26 (19.55%) HTML
5 20 (15.04%) .NET Core
6 19 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 19 (14.29%) Node.js
7 18 (13.53%) ASP.NET Core
8 16 (12.03%) Playwright
9 15 (11.28%) ASP.NET Web API
9 15 (11.28%) RESTful
10 14 (10.53%) Spring
11 13 (9.77%) Blazor
12 9 (6.77%) .NET Framework
13 8 (6.02%) JSON
14 7 (5.26%) XML
15 6 (4.51%) Entity Framework
15 6 (4.51%) Terraform
16 5 (3.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.77%) Greenfield Project
2 9 (6.77%) Cloud Native
3 8 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (5.26%) Mashup
5 6 (4.51%) Virtual Team
6 5 (3.76%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.76%) Robotics
7 4 (3.01%) CMDB
7 4 (3.01%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (3.01%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.26%) IoT
8 3 (2.26%) Security Posture
8 3 (2.26%) Social Media
9 2 (1.50%) Data Structures
9 2 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.50%) iPhone
9 2 (1.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.27%) Linux
2 3 (2.26%) Windows
2 3 (2.26%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.50%) Android
4 1 (0.75%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (49.62%) Agile
2 56 (42.11%) CI/CD
3 44 (33.08%) Mentoring
4 39 (29.32%) Full-Stack Development
5 35 (26.32%) Microservices
6 34 (25.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (24.81%) AI
7 33 (24.81%) Scrum
8 28 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (18.80%) Technical Leadership
10 24 (18.05%) DevOps
10 24 (18.05%) SDLC
10 24 (18.05%) TDD
11 21 (15.79%) LLM
12 20 (15.04%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (15.04%) Sprint Planning
13 19 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
14 17 (12.78%) Containerisation
14 17 (12.78%) ERP
14 17 (12.78%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (48.12%) SQL
2 51 (38.35%) C#
3 37 (27.82%) Java
4 28 (21.05%) TypeScript
5 24 (18.05%) Python
6 14 (10.53%) PL/SQL
7 11 (8.27%) Bash
8 8 (6.02%) PHP
9 6 (4.51%) C
10 5 (3.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (3.01%) R
12 3 (2.26%) PowerShell
12 3 (2.26%) VBA
13 2 (1.50%) C++
13 2 (1.50%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.75%) JCL
14 1 (0.75%) Ruby
14 1 (0.75%) Scala
14 1 (0.75%) VB
14 1 (0.75%) VB6
Qualifications
1 24 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.04%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.02%) Azure Certification
5 7 (5.26%) Degree
6 6 (4.51%) AWS Certification
6 6 (4.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (15.04%) Accessibility
2 13 (9.77%) QA
3 6 (4.51%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.76%) IEC 61131
5 4 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (3.01%) WCAG
6 3 (2.26%) NIST
7 2 (1.50%) GDPR
System Software
1 17 (12.78%) Docker
2 3 (2.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (15.04%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.75%) Grafana
3 1 (0.75%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 40 (30.08%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.53%) Oracle
3 7 (5.26%) Infor
4 5 (3.76%) Allen-Bradley
4 5 (3.76%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.76%) Siemens
5 4 (3.01%) SAP
6 3 (2.26%) Adobe
6 3 (2.26%) Google
6 3 (2.26%) Sage
7 2 (1.50%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.75%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.75%) Informatica
8 1 (0.75%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.75%) Pega
8 1 (0.75%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.75%) Splunk
8 1 (0.75%) Veracode