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

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 32 33
Rank change year-on-year -46 +1 -12
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 129 281 216
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.45% 6.52% 6.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.09% 25.43% 20.63%
Number of salaries quoted 119 124 201
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £32,125 £39,689 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,500 £75,000 £76,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.96% -1.92%

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 713 1,105 1,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.53% 25.63% 31.12%
Number of salaries quoted 580 566 937
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,375 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,344 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +3.51% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,050
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 2 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 2 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 70 £41,020 -25.42% 15
Warwickshire +13 15 £48,500 +21.25% 6
Solihull 0 9 £95,000 +90.00% 2
Coventry -12 6 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Staffordshire -27 4 £51,250 +32.24% 5
Worcestershire -16 3 £36,500 -23.16% 1
Herefordshire -15 2 £48,750 -11.36% 3
Shropshire -25 2 £34,500 -42.50% 5
Bilston - 2 £66,500 - 1
Wolverhampton -11 1 £85,000 +126.67% 7
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 (12.40%) IIS
2 8 (6.20%) CMS
3 6 (4.65%) Apache
4 5 (3.88%) Umbraco
5 3 (2.33%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.33%) WordPress
6 2 (1.55%) nginx
6 2 (1.55%) NServiceBus
6 2 (1.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.55%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (10.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.33%) Maximo
3 2 (1.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 55 (42.64%) Azure
2 39 (30.23%) AWS
3 28 (21.71%) GitHub
4 25 (19.38%) SaaS
5 22 (17.05%) Dynamics 365
6 15 (11.63%) Power Platform
7 13 (10.08%) Power Automate
8 11 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (8.53%) PowerApps
9 5 (3.88%) Serverless
10 4 (3.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (3.10%) Figma
11 3 (2.33%) Azure Functions
11 3 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (2.33%) Firebase
11 3 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (1.55%) Amazon S3
12 2 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (1.55%) Google Analytics
13 1 (0.78%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.60%) Internet
2 2 (1.55%) Intranet
3 1 (0.78%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (22.48%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.53%) MySQL
3 10 (7.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 9 (6.98%) Power BI
5 5 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.10%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.55%) MS Access
7 2 (1.55%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 33 (25.58%) Git
2 4 (3.10%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (3.10%) JUnit
2 4 (3.10%) Maven
2 4 (3.10%) Mockito
3 3 (2.33%) Cypress.io
3 3 (2.33%) JIRA
3 3 (2.33%) Vite
4 2 (1.55%) Moq
4 2 (1.55%) MSTest
4 2 (1.55%) NSubstitute
4 2 (1.55%) NUnit
4 2 (1.55%) Selenium
5 1 (0.78%) Babel
5 1 (0.78%) GitLab
5 1 (0.78%) JMeter
5 1 (0.78%) Postman
5 1 (0.78%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.78%) webpack
General
1 47 (36.43%) Social Skills
2 24 (18.60%) Multimedia
3 9 (6.98%) Law
3 9 (6.98%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.20%) Finance
5 4 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.10%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.33%) Marketing
6 3 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.55%) Legal
8 1 (0.78%) Automotive
8 1 (0.78%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 58 (44.96%) Developer
2 24 (18.60%) Trainee
3 20 (15.50%) Software Developer
4 12 (9.30%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 12 (9.30%) Senior
4 12 (9.30%) Trainee Developer
4 12 (9.30%) Trainee Software Developer
5 11 (8.53%) Applications Support
6 10 (7.75%) Support Specialist
6 10 (7.75%) Technical Support
7 9 (6.98%) Junior
7 9 (6.98%) Lead
7 9 (6.98%) Software Engineer
8 8 (6.20%) Head of Engineering
8 8 (6.20%) Java Developer
9 6 (4.65%) Applications Support Specialist
9 6 (4.65%) Senior Developer
9 6 (4.65%) Support Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) Technical Engineer
9 6 (4.65%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (36.43%) HTML
2 45 (34.88%) CSS
3 38 (29.46%) .NET
4 24 (18.60%) React
5 10 (7.75%) AngularJS
5 10 (7.75%) LAMP
5 10 (7.75%) REST
6 9 (6.98%) Spring
6 9 (6.98%) Vue
7 8 (6.20%) .NET Framework
7 8 (6.20%) Node.js
8 6 (4.65%) .NET Core
9 5 (3.88%) Laravel
9 5 (3.88%) RESTful
9 5 (3.88%) SOAP
9 5 (3.88%) Spring Boot
9 5 (3.88%) XML
10 4 (3.10%) Entity Framework
10 4 (3.10%) YAML
11 3 (2.33%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.75%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (6.98%) Product Ownership
3 6 (4.65%) Mobile App
4 5 (3.88%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.88%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (2.33%) W3C
7 2 (1.55%) IoT
8 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.78%) CMDB
8 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.78%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.78%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 18 (13.95%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.13%) Agile
1 35 (27.13%) Mentoring
2 32 (24.81%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (22.48%) CRM
3 29 (22.48%) Full-Stack Development
4 24 (18.60%) Cybersecurity
4 24 (18.60%) DevOps
5 17 (13.18%) CI/CD
6 14 (10.85%) Front End Development
7 13 (10.08%) AI
8 12 (9.30%) Scrum
8 12 (9.30%) SDLC
9 11 (8.53%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (8.53%) Code Quality
9 11 (8.53%) Computer Science
9 11 (8.53%) Customer Engagement
9 11 (8.53%) Customer Service
9 11 (8.53%) E-Commerce
9 11 (8.53%) Software Engineering
10 10 (7.75%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 52 (40.31%) Python
2 41 (31.78%) C#
2 41 (31.78%) SQL
3 25 (19.38%) Java
4 22 (17.05%) PHP
5 17 (13.18%) TypeScript
6 12 (9.30%) R
7 4 (3.10%) Bash
7 4 (3.10%) Perl
7 4 (3.10%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.33%) Go
9 2 (1.55%) Delphi
9 2 (1.55%) Groovy
9 2 (1.55%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.55%) Scala
9 2 (1.55%) XAML
10 1 (0.78%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.78%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (21.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 27 (20.93%) Azure Certification
3 25 (19.38%) AWS Certification
4 24 (18.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 14 (10.85%) Degree
6 10 (7.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (6.98%) Security Cleared
8 7 (5.43%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.65%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.33%) IBM Certification
12 2 (1.55%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.78%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.20%) Accessibility
1 8 (6.20%) QA
2 4 (3.10%) GDPR
3 3 (2.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (7.75%) Docker
2 2 (1.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (7.75%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.55%) Ansible
2 2 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (1.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (46.51%) Microsoft
2 20 (15.50%) Oracle
3 10 (7.75%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.88%) HubSpot
5 3 (2.33%) Guidewire
5 3 (2.33%) IBM
6 2 (1.55%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.55%) Google
6 2 (1.55%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.78%) Ahrefs
7 1 (0.78%) Foundry
7 1 (0.78%) Palantir
7 1 (0.78%) ServiceNow