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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 61 30
Rank change year-on-year -17 -31 -8
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 119 163 415
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.77% 4.70% 6.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.71% 19.40% 23.69%
Number of salaries quoted 106 110 366
10th Percentile - £38,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,250 £67,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.15% +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 809 840 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.02% 24.22% 27.74%
Number of salaries quoted 641 574 1,544
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,772
England median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +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 20 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 20 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 -18 59 £34,750 -33.81% 24
Warwickshire +14 12 £57,500 +22.99% 10
Shropshire -20 9 £37,500 -31.82% 1
Coventry -14 8 £45,000 -14.29% 8
Worcestershire -15 7 £42,500 +6.25% 4
Wolverhampton -9 6 £85,000 +78.95% 1
Solihull +8 5 £100,000 +100.00% 2
Bilston - 5 £66,500 -
Staffordshire -30 3 £72,500 +61.11% 5
Herefordshire -21 2 £48,750 -7.14% 1
Dudley - 2 £30,250 - 2
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 (5.88%) CMS
2 5 (4.20%) nginx
3 4 (3.36%) Apache
3 4 (3.36%) IIS
3 4 (3.36%) WordPress
4 3 (2.52%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.68%) NServiceBus
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (1.68%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.84%) Confluence
6 1 (0.84%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (4.20%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.84%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (10.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (4.20%) Shopify
3 3 (2.52%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 55 (46.22%) Azure
2 47 (39.50%) AWS
3 36 (30.25%) GitHub
4 20 (16.81%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (10.92%) Power Platform
5 13 (10.92%) SaaS
6 12 (10.08%) Power Automate
7 11 (9.24%) PowerApps
8 9 (7.56%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.36%) Serverless
10 3 (2.52%) Azure Functions
10 3 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (2.52%) Firebase
10 3 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.84%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.84%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.84%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.84%) GCP
11 1 (0.84%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.84%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (25.21%) Internet
2 2 (1.68%) Intranet
3 1 (0.84%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (11.76%) MySQL
2 10 (8.40%) SQL Server
3 8 (6.72%) Power BI
3 8 (6.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (4.20%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.68%) MariaDB
6 2 (1.68%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.84%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.84%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.84%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 47 (39.50%) Git
2 6 (5.04%) Vite
3 4 (3.36%) Cypress.io
3 4 (3.36%) JIRA
3 4 (3.36%) JUnit
3 4 (3.36%) Maven
3 4 (3.36%) Mockito
4 3 (2.52%) GitLab
4 3 (2.52%) Selenium
5 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.68%) JMeter
5 2 (1.68%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.68%) Postman
5 2 (1.68%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.84%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.84%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.84%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.84%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.84%) webpack
General
1 30 (25.21%) Multimedia
2 27 (22.69%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.24%) Finance
4 6 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.20%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.36%) Law
7 2 (1.68%) Legal
7 2 (1.68%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.84%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 56 (47.06%) Developer
2 30 (25.21%) Trainee
3 20 (16.81%) Software Developer
4 14 (11.76%) Trainee Developer
4 14 (11.76%) Trainee Software Developer
5 13 (10.92%) Lead
6 10 (8.40%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 10 (8.40%) Junior
7 8 (6.72%) Head of Engineering
7 8 (6.72%) Java Developer
7 8 (6.72%) Senior
7 8 (6.72%) Software Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Consultant
8 6 (5.04%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (4.20%) Junior Developer
9 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Developer
9 5 (4.20%) Product Owner
10 4 (3.36%) Applications Support Specialist
10 4 (3.36%) Trainee Administrator
10 4 (3.36%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (42.86%) HTML
2 50 (42.02%) CSS
3 26 (21.85%) .NET
3 26 (21.85%) React
4 11 (9.24%) Vue
5 8 (6.72%) Laravel
6 7 (5.88%) Node.js
6 7 (5.88%) REST
6 7 (5.88%) Spring
7 6 (5.04%) .NET Core
7 6 (5.04%) Tailwind CSS
8 5 (4.20%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (4.20%) XML
8 5 (4.20%) YAML
9 4 (3.36%) AngularJS
9 4 (3.36%) LAMP
9 4 (3.36%) React Native
10 3 (2.52%) Next.js
10 3 (2.52%) Playwright
10 3 (2.52%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.61%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.04%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (4.20%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.36%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.68%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.68%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.84%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.84%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (0.84%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.84%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.84%) IoT
6 1 (0.84%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.84%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.84%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.08%) Linux
2 1 (0.84%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (30.25%) Mentoring
2 33 (27.73%) Agile
2 33 (27.73%) Full-Stack Development
3 26 (21.85%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (17.65%) CI/CD
6 20 (16.81%) DevOps
7 17 (14.29%) User Experience
8 16 (13.45%) CRM
9 15 (12.61%) AI
10 13 (10.92%) E-Commerce
11 12 (10.08%) Scrum
12 11 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (9.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (9.24%) Front End Development
12 11 (9.24%) Machine Learning
13 10 (8.40%) Code Quality
13 10 (8.40%) Software Engineering
14 9 (7.56%) Customer Engagement
14 9 (7.56%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 48 (40.34%) Python
2 34 (28.57%) SQL
3 26 (21.85%) C#
4 18 (15.13%) Java
4 18 (15.13%) PHP
5 16 (13.45%) R
6 11 (9.24%) TypeScript
7 7 (5.88%) Bash
8 4 (3.36%) Go
8 4 (3.36%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.84%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.84%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.84%) C
9 1 (0.84%) Groovy
9 1 (0.84%) JCL
9 1 (0.84%) VB
9 1 (0.84%) VB6
Qualifications
1 33 (27.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 31 (26.05%) AWS Certification
3 30 (25.21%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 30 (25.21%) Azure Certification
4 6 (5.04%) Degree
4 6 (5.04%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.36%) SC Cleared
7 3 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.52%) IBM Certification
8 2 (1.68%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.40%) QA
2 3 (2.52%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.52%) WCAG
3 1 (0.84%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.84%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (12.61%) Docker
2 1 (0.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (8.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.84%) Ansible
2 1 (0.84%) Grafana
2 1 (0.84%) HP Fortify
2 1 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (45.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.72%) Oracle
3 4 (3.36%) Salesforce
4 3 (2.52%) Guidewire
4 3 (2.52%) IBM
5 2 (1.68%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.84%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.84%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.84%) Foundry
6 1 (0.84%) Palantir
6 1 (0.84%) Splunk
6 1 (0.84%) Veracode