Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
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The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for ES6 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ES6 over the 6 months to 4 July 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

ECMAScript 2015 (JavaScript ES2015, ES6)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
4 Jul 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 290 208 155
Rank change year-on-year -82 -53 +28
Permanent jobs citing ES6 992 625 158
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.24% 1.66% 1.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.10% 2.68% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 483 452 138
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,250 £43,750 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +6.96% +4.55%

ES6 is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Work from Home
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 47,321 23,298 5,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.31% 61.96% 64.76%
Number of salaries quoted 24,902 18,105 5,093
10th Percentile £37,917 £33,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.61% +1.82% +4.76%

ES6
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ES6 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ES6 trend for jobs with a WFH option

ES6
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ES6.

ES6 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

ES6
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ES6 over the 6 months to 4 July 2022.

ES6 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 4 July 2022, ES6 job roles required the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with a WFH option and a requirement for ES6.

1 925 (93.25%) JavaScript
2 769 (77.52%) React
3 589 (59.38%) Node.js
4 567 (57.16%) CSS
5 560 (56.45%) Agile
6 464 (46.77%) HTML
7 427 (43.04%) Git (software)
8 373 (37.60%) TypeScript
9 359 (36.19%) Software Engineering
10 335 (33.77%) AWS
11 334 (33.67%) Front End Development
12 321 (32.36%) webpack
13 318 (32.06%) Full Stack Development
14 313 (31.55%) Sass
15 280 (28.23%) User Experience
16 276 (27.82%) Vue.js
17 262 (26.41%) Docker
18 252 (25.40%) HTML5
19 246 (24.80%) CI/CD
20 242 (24.40%) AngularJS
21 240 (24.19%) Python
22 214 (21.57%) Redux
23 208 (20.97%) JIRA
24 204 (20.56%) Java
24 204 (20.56%) Kubernetes
25 202 (20.36%) GitHub
26 200 (20.16%) PostgreSQL
27 198 (19.96%) Microservices
28 197 (19.86%) Scrum
28 197 (19.86%) Jest

ES6
Co-occurring IT Skills with a WFH Option by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 66 (6.65%) Confluence
2 54 (5.44%) Cloud Foundry
3 33 (3.33%) CMS
4 30 (3.02%) Drupal
5 27 (2.72%) Jupyter
6 20 (2.02%) Ethereum
7 19 (1.92%) Apache
8 14 (1.41%) Tomcat
9 12 (1.21%) WordPress
10 10 (1.01%) nginx
11 9 (0.91%) GeoServer
12 5 (0.50%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
14 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
14 1 (0.10%) JBoss
14 1 (0.10%) WildFly
Applications
1 29 (2.92%) Sketch
2 21 (2.12%) Adobe Illustrator
3 17 (1.71%) Photoshop
3 17 (1.71%) Zeplin
4 13 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (0.91%) InVision
6 4 (0.40%) FileZilla
7 1 (0.10%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Shopify
2 2 (0.20%) Magento
3 1 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.10%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 335 (33.77%) AWS
2 202 (20.36%) GitHub
3 184 (18.55%) Azure
4 133 (13.41%) GCP
5 129 (13.00%) npm
6 116 (11.69%) Serverless
7 106 (10.69%) AWS Lambda
8 98 (9.88%) Heroku
9 81 (8.17%) Amazon EC2
10 79 (7.96%) Figma
11 74 (7.46%) SaaS
12 68 (6.85%) Amazon S3
13 61 (6.15%) Amazon SQS
14 55 (5.54%) IaaS
15 54 (5.44%) Amazon ECS
15 54 (5.44%) PaaS
16 50 (5.04%) GitHub Actions
17 45 (4.54%) Cloudflare
18 41 (4.13%) Yarn
19 28 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 57 (5.75%) Internet
2 15 (1.51%) DNS
3 14 (1.41%) HTTP
4 8 (0.81%) Asterisk PBX
5 4 (0.40%) Firewall
5 4 (0.40%) FTP
6 3 (0.30%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.20%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 200 (20.16%) PostgreSQL
2 140 (14.11%) MySQL
3 101 (10.18%) Redis
4 76 (7.66%) Relational Database
5 73 (7.36%) MongoDB
6 45 (4.54%) NoSQL
7 31 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
8 30 (3.02%) Big Data
9 29 (2.92%) SQL Server
10 24 (2.42%) DynamoDB
11 18 (1.81%) MariaDB
12 16 (1.61%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.50%) Hazelcast
15 4 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
16 2 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
16 2 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
16 2 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
16 2 (0.20%) DB2
16 2 (0.20%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 427 (43.04%) Git (software)
2 321 (32.36%) webpack
3 208 (20.97%) JIRA
4 103 (10.38%) Jenkins
5 97 (9.78%) Cypress.io
6 78 (7.86%) CircleCI
7 77 (7.76%) gulp
8 71 (7.16%) Babel
9 61 (6.15%) Storybook
10 51 (5.14%) GitLab
11 49 (4.94%) Grunt
12 41 (4.13%) RSpec
13 35 (3.53%) Mocha
14 30 (3.02%) Bitbucket
15 28 (2.82%) Cucumber
15 28 (2.82%) SonarQube
16 23 (2.32%) Jasmine
17 16 (1.61%) Browser DevTools
17 16 (1.61%) Selenium
18 15 (1.51%) Subversion
General
1 194 (19.56%) Finance
2 189 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 109 (10.99%) Public Sector
4 97 (9.78%) Games
5 76 (7.66%) Pharmaceutical
6 73 (7.36%) Legal
7 67 (6.75%) Retail
8 55 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
9 53 (5.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 51 (5.14%) Publishing
11 37 (3.73%) Banking
12 36 (3.63%) Marketing
13 34 (3.43%) Automotive
14 26 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
15 25 (2.52%) Local Government
16 15 (1.51%) Advertising
16 15 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (1.31%) Law
18 7 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
19 5 (0.50%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 658 (66.33%) Developer
2 226 (22.78%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 216 (21.77%) Senior Developer
4 196 (19.76%) Software Engineer
5 136 (13.71%) React Developer
6 130 (13.10%) Full Stack Developer
7 88 (8.87%) JavaScript Developer
8 79 (7.96%) Senior Software Engineer
9 74 (7.46%) Backend Developer
9 74 (7.46%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 43 (4.33%) Senior Full Stack Developer
11 39 (3.93%) JavaScript Engineer
12 34 (3.43%) Senior React Developer
13 33 (3.33%) Senior Backend Developer
14 30 (3.02%) Lead Developer
15 28 (2.82%) Node.js Developer
16 27 (2.72%) SaaS Developer
17 21 (2.12%) Web Developer
18 17 (1.71%) Junior
18 17 (1.71%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 769 (77.52%) React
2 589 (59.38%) Node.js
3 567 (57.16%) CSS
4 464 (46.77%) HTML
5 313 (31.55%) Sass
6 276 (27.82%) Vue.js
7 252 (25.40%) HTML5
8 242 (24.40%) AngularJS
9 214 (21.57%) Redux
10 197 (19.86%) Jest
11 174 (17.54%) CSS3
12 158 (15.93%) REST
13 154 (15.52%) GraphQL
14 136 (13.71%) Ruby on Rails
15 123 (12.40%) React Native
16 118 (11.90%) jQuery
16 118 (11.90%) RESTful
17 111 (11.19%) Django
17 111 (11.19%) Express
18 107 (10.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 280 (28.23%) User Experience
2 104 (10.48%) Greenfield Project
3 70 (7.06%) Virtual Team
4 60 (6.05%) NHS
5 57 (5.75%) Mobile App
6 54 (5.44%) Enterprise Software
6 54 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
7 50 (5.04%) Blog
8 48 (4.84%) Blockchain
9 37 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (3.02%) Life Science
11 23 (2.32%) Algorithms
12 21 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
13 18 (1.81%) Data Structures
14 17 (1.71%) BBC
14 17 (1.71%) Digital Media
15 15 (1.51%) Legacy Code
15 15 (1.51%) W3C
16 12 (1.21%) PropTech
17 11 (1.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 95 (9.58%) Linux
2 61 (6.15%) Android
3 47 (4.74%) Apple iOS
4 44 (4.44%) Windows
5 31 (3.13%) Unix
6 16 (1.61%) Debian
7 12 (1.21%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.81%) CentOS
9 7 (0.71%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (56.45%) Agile
2 359 (36.19%) Software Engineering
3 334 (33.67%) Front End Development
4 318 (32.06%) Full Stack Development
5 246 (24.80%) CI/CD
6 198 (19.96%) Microservices
7 197 (19.86%) Scrum
8 180 (18.15%) Mentoring
9 177 (17.84%) Test Automation
10 175 (17.64%) Web Development
11 167 (16.83%) TDD
12 149 (15.02%) DevOps
13 133 (13.41%) UX Design
14 118 (11.90%) Continuous Integration
15 110 (11.09%) Problem-Solving
16 101 (10.18%) Unit Testing
17 93 (9.38%) OO
18 88 (8.87%) Responsive Web Design
19 78 (7.86%) Open Source
20 77 (7.76%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 925 (93.25%) JavaScript
2 373 (37.60%) TypeScript
3 240 (24.19%) Python
4 204 (20.56%) Java
5 158 (15.93%) PHP
6 150 (15.12%) Ruby
7 100 (10.08%) SQL
8 83 (8.37%) Go
9 82 (8.27%) C#
10 58 (5.85%) ES7
11 39 (3.93%) C
12 28 (2.82%) C++
13 27 (2.72%) Bash
14 24 (2.42%) Objective-C
15 21 (2.12%) Perl
16 18 (1.81%) Rust
17 16 (1.61%) Apple Swift
18 15 (1.51%) PL/SQL
19 13 (1.31%) ES8
19 13 (1.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 74 (7.46%) Degree
2 15 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (1.01%) Security Cleared
4 9 (0.91%) SC Cleared
5 7 (0.71%) Master's Degree
6 6 (0.60%) HND
7 1 (0.10%) SANS
7 1 (0.10%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (13.41%) Accessibility
2 82 (8.27%) QA
3 15 (1.51%) WAI
4 13 (1.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 262 (26.41%) Docker
2 7 (0.71%) VirtualBox
3 4 (0.40%) iptables
4 1 (0.10%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.10%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 204 (20.56%) Kubernetes
2 61 (6.15%) Terraform
3 40 (4.03%) Docker Swarm
4 11 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.40%) Grafana
6 3 (0.30%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.10%) Ansible
7 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (5.65%) Google
2 41 (4.13%) New Relic
3 28 (2.82%) Oracle
4 27 (2.72%) Siemens
5 24 (2.42%) Adobe
6 22 (2.22%) Apple
7 21 (2.12%) Zend
8 12 (1.21%) Datto
9 9 (0.91%) Sencha
10 5 (0.50%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.50%) SAP
10 5 (0.50%) Spotify
11 4 (0.40%) Microsoft
11 4 (0.40%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.30%) Darktrace
12 3 (0.30%) Intershop
12 3 (0.30%) Klarna
12 3 (0.30%) PayPal
13 2 (0.20%) LexisNexis
13 2 (0.20%) Red Hat