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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 46 27
Rank change year-on-year -30 -19 -6
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 122 205 378
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.95% 5.60% 6.65%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.93% 21.40% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 110 107 341
10th Percentile - £38,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £42,500 £41,096
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,250 £69,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £66,230 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.41% +10.38% -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 766 958 1,631
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.22% 26.17% 28.68%
Number of salaries quoted 614 540 1,451
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 3 March 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 3 March 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 -30 63 £39,000 -32.17% 24
Warwickshire +16 13 £57,500 +27.78% 8
Coventry -11 8 £45,000 -14.29% 8
Solihull +7 7 £100,000 +100.00%
Bilston - 5 £66,500 - 1
Wolverhampton -9 4 £85,000 - 5
Worcestershire -18 4 £37,000 -7.50% 4
Shropshire -27 3 £57,000 +3.64% 9
Herefordshire -20 2 £48,750 -11.36% 2
Staffordshire -26 1 £62,500 +38.89% 9
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 12 (9.84%) IIS
2 8 (6.56%) CMS
3 6 (4.92%) Apache
4 5 (4.10%) nginx
5 3 (2.46%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.64%) NServiceBus
6 2 (1.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (1.64%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.82%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (4.10%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (11.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.10%) Shopify
3 3 (2.46%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 51 (41.80%) Azure
2 43 (35.25%) AWS
3 32 (26.23%) GitHub
4 21 (17.21%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (16.39%) SaaS
6 12 (9.84%) Power Platform
7 10 (8.20%) Power Automate
8 9 (7.38%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (7.38%) PowerApps
9 4 (3.28%) Serverless
10 3 (2.46%) Firebase
10 3 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.64%) Amazon S3
11 2 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.64%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.82%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.82%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 1 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (21.31%) Internet
2 2 (1.64%) Intranet
3 1 (0.82%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (18.03%) SQL Server
2 14 (11.48%) MySQL
3 10 (8.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 8 (6.56%) Power BI
5 6 (4.92%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.28%) Relational Database
7 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.64%) MS Access
8 2 (1.64%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.82%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (31.97%) Git
2 6 (4.92%) Vite
3 4 (3.28%) JUnit
3 4 (3.28%) Maven
3 4 (3.28%) Mockito
4 3 (2.46%) JIRA
5 2 (1.64%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (1.64%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.82%) Babel
6 1 (0.82%) GitLab
6 1 (0.82%) Selenium
6 1 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.82%) webpack
General
1 35 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.31%) Multimedia
3 9 (7.38%) Finance
4 8 (6.56%) Law
5 5 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.10%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.28%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.64%) Legal
7 2 (1.64%) Marketing
7 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (45.08%) Developer
2 26 (21.31%) Trainee
3 21 (17.21%) Software Developer
4 13 (10.66%) Trainee Developer
4 13 (10.66%) Trainee Software Developer
5 12 (9.84%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 11 (9.02%) Lead
7 10 (8.20%) Senior
8 9 (7.38%) Junior
9 8 (6.56%) Head of Engineering
9 8 (6.56%) Software Engineer
9 8 (6.56%) Support Specialist
10 7 (5.74%) Applications Support
10 7 (5.74%) Java Developer
11 6 (4.92%) Applications Specialist
11 6 (4.92%) Applications Support Specialist
11 6 (4.92%) Consultant
11 6 (4.92%) Full-Stack Developer
11 6 (4.92%) Technical Support
12 5 (4.10%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (37.70%) HTML
2 45 (36.89%) CSS
3 33 (27.05%) .NET
4 26 (21.31%) React
5 11 (9.02%) Vue
6 8 (6.56%) LAMP
6 8 (6.56%) Laravel
6 8 (6.56%) REST
6 8 (6.56%) Spring
7 7 (5.74%) Node.js
8 6 (4.92%) .NET Core
8 6 (4.92%) AngularJS
8 6 (4.92%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (4.10%) .NET Framework
9 5 (4.10%) LEMP Stack
9 5 (4.10%) YAML
10 4 (3.28%) React Native
10 4 (3.28%) RESTful
10 4 (3.28%) Spring Boot
11 3 (2.46%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.56%) Linux Command Line
3 6 (4.92%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (4.92%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.46%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.82%) CMDB
6 1 (0.82%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.82%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.82%) IoT
6 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.82%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.82%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.30%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (29.51%) Mentoring
2 34 (27.87%) Agile
2 34 (27.87%) Full-Stack Development
3 30 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (21.31%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (20.49%) CRM
6 21 (17.21%) DevOps
7 18 (14.75%) CI/CD
8 14 (11.48%) AI
8 14 (11.48%) User Experience
9 13 (10.66%) Front End Development
10 11 (9.02%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (9.02%) E-Commerce
10 11 (9.02%) Scrum
10 11 (9.02%) Software Engineering
11 10 (8.20%) Customer Engagement
11 10 (8.20%) Customer Service
11 10 (8.20%) Decision-Making
11 10 (8.20%) Machine Learning
12 9 (7.38%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 47 (38.52%) Python
2 39 (31.97%) SQL
3 33 (27.05%) C#
4 22 (18.03%) Java
4 22 (18.03%) PHP
5 13 (10.66%) R
6 11 (9.02%) TypeScript
7 7 (5.74%) Bash
8 4 (3.28%) Go
8 4 (3.28%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.64%) Delphi
9 2 (1.64%) Groovy
9 2 (1.64%) XAML
10 1 (0.82%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.82%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (22.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (22.13%) AWS Certification
2 27 (22.13%) Azure Certification
3 26 (21.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 9 (7.38%) Degree
5 8 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (5.74%) Security Cleared
7 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared
8 4 (3.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (3.28%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.46%) IBM Certification
10 2 (1.64%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.38%) QA
2 4 (3.28%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.46%) WCAG
4 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.82%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (11.48%) Docker
2 2 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (9.02%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.64%) Ansible
2 2 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 56 (45.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.11%) Oracle
3 8 (6.56%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.46%) Guidewire
4 3 (2.46%) IBM
5 2 (1.64%) ForgeRock
5 2 (1.64%) HubSpot
5 2 (1.64%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.82%) Foundry
6 1 (0.82%) Palantir