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

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 30 31
Rank change year-on-year -33 +1 -11
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 138 264 257
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.57% 6.48% 6.12%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.55% 24.44% 20.40%
Number of salaries quoted 128 110 236
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,625 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,875 £38,751 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £64,063 £63,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £60,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +11.57% -6.92%

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 706 1,080 1,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.16% 26.52% 29.99%
Number of salaries quoted 568 545 1,128
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 £67,500 £68,750 £64,813
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 20 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 20 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 -18 73 £39,000 -29.09% 19
Warwickshire +12 15 £48,500 +21.25% 5
Solihull +6 9 £95,000 +90.00% 1
Coventry -14 8 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Worcestershire -16 4 £37,000 -7.50% 5
Staffordshire -26 4 £51,250 +28.13% 5
Bilston - 4 £66,500 -
Wolverhampton -12 3 £85,000 +126.67% 4
Herefordshire -18 2 £48,750 -11.36% 2
Shropshire -27 2 £34,500 -42.50% 13
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 (11.59%) IIS
2 10 (7.25%) CMS
3 6 (4.35%) Apache
4 5 (3.62%) Umbraco
5 4 (2.90%) nginx
6 3 (2.17%) SharePoint
6 3 (2.17%) WordPress
7 2 (1.45%) NServiceBus
7 2 (1.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (2.90%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.90%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (9.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.90%) Shopify
3 3 (2.17%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 56 (40.58%) Azure
2 44 (31.88%) AWS
3 34 (24.64%) GitHub
4 25 (18.12%) SaaS
5 21 (15.22%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (9.42%) Power Platform
7 11 (7.97%) Power Automate
7 11 (7.97%) PowerApps
8 9 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.90%) Figma
9 4 (2.90%) Serverless
10 3 (2.17%) Firebase
10 3 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.45%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.45%) Google Analytics
12 1 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.72%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 28 (20.29%) Internet
2 2 (1.45%) Intranet
3 1 (0.72%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (19.57%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.42%) MySQL
3 10 (7.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (6.52%) Power BI
5 6 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.90%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.45%) MS Access
7 2 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 40 (28.99%) Git
2 5 (3.62%) Vite
3 4 (2.90%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (2.90%) JUnit
3 4 (2.90%) Maven
3 4 (2.90%) Mockito
4 3 (2.17%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.17%) JIRA
5 1 (0.72%) Babel
5 1 (0.72%) GitLab
5 1 (0.72%) Postman
5 1 (0.72%) Selenium
5 1 (0.72%) webpack
General
1 47 (34.06%) Social Skills
2 28 (20.29%) Multimedia
3 9 (6.52%) Law
4 8 (5.80%) Finance
4 8 (5.80%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.90%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.17%) Marketing
6 3 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.45%) Legal
8 1 (0.72%) Automotive
8 1 (0.72%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 64 (46.38%) Developer
2 28 (20.29%) Trainee
3 24 (17.39%) Software Developer
4 14 (10.14%) Trainee Developer
4 14 (10.14%) Trainee Software Developer
5 12 (8.70%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 11 (7.97%) Applications Support
6 11 (7.97%) Lead
6 11 (7.97%) Senior
7 10 (7.25%) Support Specialist
7 10 (7.25%) Technical Support
8 9 (6.52%) Java Developer
8 9 (6.52%) Junior
9 8 (5.80%) Head of Engineering
9 8 (5.80%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.35%) Applications Specialist
10 6 (4.35%) Consultant
10 6 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (4.35%) Support Engineer
10 6 (4.35%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (37.68%) HTML
2 50 (36.23%) CSS
3 37 (26.81%) .NET
4 27 (19.57%) React
5 11 (7.97%) Vue
6 10 (7.25%) LAMP
6 10 (7.25%) REST
6 10 (7.25%) Spring
7 8 (5.80%) AngularJS
7 8 (5.80%) Node.js
8 7 (5.07%) .NET Core
8 7 (5.07%) Laravel
9 6 (4.35%) Spring Boot
10 5 (3.62%) .NET Framework
10 5 (3.62%) SOAP
10 5 (3.62%) Tailwind CSS
10 5 (3.62%) XML
11 4 (2.90%) LEMP Stack
11 4 (2.90%) RESTful
11 4 (2.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.70%) Product Ownership
2 10 (7.25%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.17%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.17%) W3C
6 2 (1.45%) IoT
7 1 (0.72%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.72%) CMDB
7 1 (0.72%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.72%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.72%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.72%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (26.81%) Agile
1 37 (26.81%) Mentoring
2 34 (24.64%) Full-Stack Development
3 32 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (20.29%) CRM
4 28 (20.29%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (15.22%) DevOps
6 17 (12.32%) CI/CD
7 14 (10.14%) Front End Development
8 13 (9.42%) AI
9 12 (8.70%) User Experience
10 11 (7.97%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (7.97%) Computer Science
10 11 (7.97%) Customer Engagement
10 11 (7.97%) Customer Service
10 11 (7.97%) E-Commerce
10 11 (7.97%) Scrum
11 10 (7.25%) Code Quality
11 10 (7.25%) Machine Learning
11 10 (7.25%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 57 (41.30%) Python
2 40 (28.99%) C#
2 40 (28.99%) SQL
3 26 (18.84%) Java
4 24 (17.39%) PHP
5 14 (10.14%) R
6 13 (9.42%) TypeScript
7 6 (4.35%) Bash
8 4 (2.90%) Go
8 4 (2.90%) Perl
8 4 (2.90%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.45%) Delphi
9 2 (1.45%) Groovy
9 2 (1.45%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.45%) Scala
9 2 (1.45%) XAML
10 1 (0.72%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.72%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (21.74%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (21.01%) AWS Certification
2 29 (21.01%) Azure Certification
3 28 (20.29%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 12 (8.70%) Degree
5 10 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (6.52%) Security Cleared
7 7 (5.07%) SC Cleared
8 6 (4.35%) Master's Degree
9 4 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.17%) IBM Certification
11 2 (1.45%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
12 1 (0.72%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.52%) QA
2 8 (5.80%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.90%) GDPR
4 3 (2.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (9.42%) Docker
2 2 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (7.97%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.45%) Ansible
2 2 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 61 (44.20%) Microsoft
2 20 (14.49%) Oracle
3 10 (7.25%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.62%) HubSpot
5 3 (2.17%) Guidewire
5 3 (2.17%) IBM
6 2 (1.45%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.45%) Google
6 2 (1.45%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.72%) Ahrefs
7 1 (0.72%) Foundry
7 1 (0.72%) Palantir
7 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow