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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -27 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 133 345 241
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 3.72% 6.26% 6.98%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.16% 25.67% 20.30%
Number of salaries quoted 119 147 221
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,550 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +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 694 1,344 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.43% 24.38% 34.38%
Number of salaries quoted 578 701 976
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,707
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £69,800 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,762 £77,000 £76,250
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 16 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 16 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 55 £45,000 -21.74% 44
Warwickshire +28 22 £55,000 +37.50% 14
Solihull +2 13 £95,000 +90.00% 3
Staffordshire -6 5 £45,500 +15.55% 16
Coventry -13 4 £50,000 +5.26% 17
Worcestershire -5 3 £37,500 -6.25% 2
Herefordshire -10 3 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Shropshire -10 3 £37,500 - 12
West Bromwich - 2 £30,000 - 1
Wolverhampton -2 1 £34,000 -9.33% 11
Walsall - 1 £33,000 - 7
Bilston - 1 £66,500 - 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 16 (12.03%) IIS
2 6 (4.51%) Apache
2 6 (4.51%) CMS
3 4 (3.01%) WordPress
4 3 (2.26%) Umbraco
5 2 (1.50%) NServiceBus
5 2 (1.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.50%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.75%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.75%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 22 (16.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.50%) Maximo
3 1 (0.75%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 50 (37.59%) Azure
2 33 (24.81%) AWS
3 28 (21.05%) SaaS
4 25 (18.80%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (15.04%) GitHub
6 14 (10.53%) Power Platform
7 13 (9.77%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (8.27%) Power Automate
9 9 (6.77%) PowerApps
9 9 (6.77%) Serverless
10 5 (3.76%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (3.01%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (3.01%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (3.01%) Azure Functions
11 4 (3.01%) Figma
12 3 (2.26%) Amazon S3
12 3 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (2.26%) Firebase
12 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.28%) Internet
2 4 (3.01%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (21.80%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 12 (9.02%) MySQL
4 8 (6.02%) Power BI
5 6 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (4.51%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.26%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.50%) MS Access
7 2 (1.50%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.75%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.75%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 27 (20.30%) Git
2 6 (4.51%) JUnit
2 6 (4.51%) Mockito
3 5 (3.76%) Maven
4 4 (3.01%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (3.01%) JIRA
5 3 (2.26%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.26%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.26%) JMeter
6 2 (1.50%) Moq
6 2 (1.50%) MSTest
6 2 (1.50%) NSubstitute
6 2 (1.50%) NUnit
6 2 (1.50%) Selenium
6 2 (1.50%) Vite
6 2 (1.50%) webpack
7 1 (0.75%) Babel
7 1 (0.75%) GitLab
7 1 (0.75%) Postman
7 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 51 (38.35%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.79%) Finance
3 16 (12.03%) Law
4 15 (11.28%) Multimedia
5 10 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 8 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.26%) Manufacturing
8 6 (4.51%) Marketing
9 3 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.50%) Games
10 2 (1.50%) iGaming
11 1 (0.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.75%) Electronics
11 1 (0.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 69 (51.88%) Developer
2 21 (15.79%) Senior
3 15 (11.28%) Trainee
4 13 (9.77%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 13 (9.77%) Senior Developer
4 13 (9.77%) Software Developer
5 12 (9.02%) Applications Support
6 11 (8.27%) Junior
6 11 (8.27%) Lead
7 10 (7.52%) Java Developer
7 10 (7.52%) Support Specialist
7 10 (7.52%) Technical Support
8 9 (6.77%) Software Engineer
9 8 (6.02%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 8 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
9 8 (6.02%) Trainee Developer
9 8 (6.02%) Trainee Software Developer
10 7 (5.26%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 7 (5.26%) Support Engineer
11 6 (4.51%) Applications Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (36.09%) HTML
2 43 (32.33%) CSS
3 38 (28.57%) .NET
4 36 (27.07%) React
5 12 (9.02%) AngularJS
5 12 (9.02%) REST
6 11 (8.27%) LAMP
6 11 (8.27%) Node.js
6 11 (8.27%) Spring
7 9 (6.77%) Vue
8 8 (6.02%) RESTful
9 7 (5.26%) .NET Framework
9 7 (5.26%) Spring Boot
10 6 (4.51%) XML
11 5 (3.76%) Entity Framework
11 5 (3.76%) Laravel
12 4 (3.01%) HTML5
12 4 (3.01%) jQuery
12 4 (3.01%) SOAP
12 4 (3.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.27%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (7.52%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.51%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.51%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.76%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.26%) W3C
6 2 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.50%) IoT
7 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.75%) CMDB
7 1 (0.75%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.75%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.75%) Mobile Games
7 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.75%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (0.75%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (36.84%) Agile
2 41 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (27.07%) CRM
4 32 (24.06%) DevOps
5 30 (22.56%) Mentoring
6 23 (17.29%) CI/CD
6 23 (17.29%) Front End Development
7 22 (16.54%) Full-Stack Development
8 19 (14.29%) Customer Service
9 18 (13.53%) Computer Science
10 16 (12.03%) Scrum
11 15 (11.28%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (11.28%) Software Engineering
12 14 (10.53%) Customer Engagement
13 12 (9.02%) Code Quality
13 12 (9.02%) SDLC
14 11 (8.27%) Customer Experience
14 11 (8.27%) Microservices
14 11 (8.27%) Requirements Gathering
14 11 (8.27%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 47 (35.34%) Python
2 46 (34.59%) SQL
3 43 (32.33%) C#
4 25 (18.80%) Java
5 23 (17.29%) PHP
6 18 (13.53%) TypeScript
7 7 (5.26%) R
8 5 (3.76%) PL/SQL
9 4 (3.01%) Perl
10 3 (2.26%) Bash
10 3 (2.26%) Go
11 2 (1.50%) Delphi
11 2 (1.50%) Groovy
11 2 (1.50%) Kotlin
11 2 (1.50%) Scala
11 2 (1.50%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.50%) XAML
12 1 (0.75%) C++
12 1 (0.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 21 (15.79%) Degree
2 19 (14.29%) Azure Certification
2 19 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (12.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (11.28%) AWS Certification
4 15 (11.28%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 10 (7.52%) Security Cleared
6 6 (4.51%) Master's Degree
6 6 (4.51%) SC Cleared
7 4 (3.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.50%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.50%) IBM Certification
9 1 (0.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.51%) Accessibility
1 6 (4.51%) QA
2 4 (3.01%) GDPR
3 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (8.27%) Docker
2 2 (1.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (9.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.01%) Terraform
3 2 (1.50%) Ansible
3 2 (1.50%) Kibana
3 2 (1.50%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 21 (15.79%) Oracle
3 10 (7.52%) Salesforce
4 9 (6.77%) Guidewire
5 5 (3.76%) HubSpot
6 3 (2.26%) Google
7 2 (1.50%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.50%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.50%) IBM
7 2 (1.50%) Splunk
7 2 (1.50%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.75%) Ahrefs
8 1 (0.75%) Foundry
8 1 (0.75%) Palantir
8 1 (0.75%) ServiceNow