Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Skill Sets
Period
to 23 October 2021

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 23 October 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

ECMAScript 2015 (JavaScript ES2015, ES6)
UK > Work from Home
6 months to
23 Oct 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 298 195 115
Rank change year-on-year -103 -80 +108
Permanent jobs citing ES6 276 75 199
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.00% 1.16% 2.59%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.74% 1.83% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 212 62 152
10th Percentile £42,500 £33,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,688 £38,750 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% -10.42% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £72,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +5.26%

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 15,830 4,106 4,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.08% 63.76% 58.83%
Number of salaries quoted 12,610 3,744 4,086
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 23 October 2021.

ES6 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

For the 6 months to 23 October 2021, ES6 job roles required the following IT 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.

1 260 (94.20%) JavaScript
2 220 (79.71%) React
3 166 (60.14%) CSS
4 162 (58.70%) Node.js
5 150 (54.35%) HTML
6 146 (52.90%) TypeScript
7 115 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
8 111 (40.22%) Full Stack Development
9 90 (32.61%) Software Engineering
9 90 (32.61%) HTML5
10 81 (29.35%) Redux
11 79 (28.62%) webpack
12 78 (28.26%) Git (software)
13 75 (27.17%) Front End Development
14 71 (25.72%) TDD
15 65 (23.55%) Sass
15 65 (23.55%) Docker
15 65 (23.55%) Jest
15 65 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
16 63 (22.83%) CSS3
17 60 (21.74%) AWS
18 59 (21.38%) Web Development
18 59 (21.38%) User Experience
19 56 (20.29%) Test Automation
20 52 (18.84%) Microservices
20 52 (18.84%) npm
21 43 (15.58%) REST
22 41 (14.86%) Express
22 41 (14.86%) Social Skills
23 40 (14.49%) Vue.js

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 23 (8.33%) CMS
2 18 (6.52%) Headless CMS
3 8 (2.90%) WordPress
4 7 (2.54%) Confluence
5 3 (1.09%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (2.54%) Adobe Premiere
1 7 (2.54%) Final Cut Pro
2 5 (1.81%) Figma
Business Applications
1 12 (4.35%) Magento
2 6 (2.17%) Summit
3 4 (1.45%) SAP Hybris
3 4 (1.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (21.74%) AWS
2 52 (18.84%) npm
3 26 (9.42%) SaaS
4 24 (8.70%) Codefresh
5 22 (7.97%) Serverless
6 20 (7.25%) Amazon S3
7 17 (6.16%) Azure
7 17 (6.16%) GitHub
8 15 (5.43%) GCP
9 13 (4.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 12 (4.35%) Yarn
11 8 (2.90%) Amazon Cognito
11 8 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (2.54%) AWS Fargate
12 7 (2.54%) CloudFront
13 6 (2.17%) Amazon Kinesis
13 6 (2.17%) PaaS
14 4 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.45%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.35%) Internet
2 10 (3.62%) HTTP
3 4 (1.45%) DNS
4 1 (0.36%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.77%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (10.51%) Amazon DynamoDB
3 24 (8.70%) MongoDB
4 21 (7.61%) NoSQL
5 17 (6.16%) MySQL
6 15 (5.43%) Relational Database
7 13 (4.71%) SQL Server
8 8 (2.90%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (2.17%) Data Lake
10 6 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.72%) Big Data
12 1 (0.36%) Apache Hive
12 1 (0.36%) Blockchain
12 1 (0.36%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.36%) SQL Server 2019
Development Applications
1 79 (28.62%) webpack
2 78 (28.26%) Git (software)
3 36 (13.04%) CircleCI
4 33 (11.96%) Babel
5 25 (9.06%) Travis CI
6 24 (8.70%) Jenkins
7 22 (7.97%) ESLint
7 22 (7.97%) Storybook
8 16 (5.80%) Grunt
8 16 (5.80%) JIRA
9 14 (5.07%) Cypress.io
9 14 (5.07%) Mocha
10 12 (4.35%) gulp
11 11 (3.99%) Bitbucket
11 11 (3.99%) Maven
11 11 (3.99%) RSpec
12 9 (3.26%) Cucumber
13 8 (2.90%) GitLab
13 8 (2.90%) JUnit
14 3 (1.09%) fastlane
General
1 41 (14.86%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.51%) Finance
3 28 (10.14%) Retail
4 23 (8.33%) Marketing
5 21 (7.61%) Wearables
6 17 (6.16%) Games
7 16 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (3.99%) Local Government
8 11 (3.99%) Publishing
9 10 (3.62%) Automotive
10 8 (2.90%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.17%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.72%) Legal
14 1 (0.36%) Back Office
14 1 (0.36%) Front Office
14 1 (0.36%) Online Betting
14 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 193 (69.93%) Developer
2 58 (21.01%) React Developer
3 57 (20.65%) Full Stack Developer
4 39 (14.13%) Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 39 (14.13%) Software Engineer
5 32 (11.59%) JavaScript Developer
6 21 (7.61%) Senior Developer
7 18 (6.52%) Backend Developer
8 17 (6.16%) Lead Developer
9 15 (5.43%) Ruby Developer
10 13 (4.71%) Node.js Developer
11 12 (4.35%) Python Developer
12 11 (3.99%) Ruby on Rails Developer
12 11 (3.99%) Senior React Developer
13 10 (3.62%) JavaScript Engineer
13 10 (3.62%) Web Developer
14 8 (2.90%) Digital Developer
14 8 (2.90%) Java Developer
15 7 (2.54%) Software Developer
16 6 (2.17%) Full Stack Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 220 (79.71%) React
2 166 (60.14%) CSS
3 162 (58.70%) Node.js
4 150 (54.35%) HTML
5 90 (32.61%) HTML5
6 81 (29.35%) Redux
7 65 (23.55%) Jest
7 65 (23.55%) Sass
8 63 (22.83%) CSS3
9 43 (15.58%) REST
10 41 (14.86%) Express
11 40 (14.49%) Vue.js
12 39 (14.13%) GraphQL
13 37 (13.41%) RESTful
14 34 (12.32%) AngularJS
14 34 (12.32%) Next.js
15 32 (11.59%) Ruby on Rails
16 28 (10.14%) Enzyme
17 24 (8.70%) React Native
18 23 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 59 (21.38%) User Experience
2 38 (13.77%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 12 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (4.35%) NHS
4 7 (2.54%) Algorithms
4 7 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.54%) Video Editing
5 6 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.81%) Blog
6 5 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.45%) BYOD
7 4 (1.45%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.72%) Life Science
8 2 (0.72%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.72%) Social Media
8 2 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.36%) Derivative
9 1 (0.36%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.36%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.52%) Linux
2 15 (5.43%) Unix
3 10 (3.62%) Android
4 6 (2.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
2 111 (40.22%) Full Stack Development
3 90 (32.61%) Software Engineering
4 75 (27.17%) Front End Development
5 71 (25.72%) TDD
6 65 (23.55%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (21.38%) Web Development
8 56 (20.29%) Test Automation
9 52 (18.84%) Microservices
10 38 (13.77%) DevOps
11 34 (12.32%) Scrum
12 25 (9.06%) E-Commerce
12 25 (9.06%) Machine Learning
13 22 (7.97%) Artificial Intelligence
14 21 (7.61%) Integration Testing
15 19 (6.88%) Computer Science
15 19 (6.88%) Kanban
15 19 (6.88%) Mentoring
16 18 (6.52%) BDD
16 18 (6.52%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 260 (94.20%) JavaScript
2 146 (52.90%) TypeScript
3 36 (13.04%) Java
4 35 (12.68%) Ruby
5 34 (12.32%) Python
6 30 (10.87%) ES7
7 21 (7.61%) PHP
7 21 (7.61%) SQL
8 14 (5.07%) Go
9 13 (4.71%) C
9 13 (4.71%) Shell Script
10 10 (3.62%) Java 8
11 7 (2.54%) Bash Shell
12 6 (2.17%) C#
12 6 (2.17%) Clojure
12 6 (2.17%) ClojureScript
12 6 (2.17%) Elm
13 4 (1.45%) Objective-C
13 4 (1.45%) Scala
14 3 (1.09%) F#
Qualifications
1 19 (6.88%) Degree
2 10 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (9.42%) Accessibility
2 21 (7.61%) QA
3 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 65 (23.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.09%) Terraform
3 2 (0.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (11.96%) Google
2 8 (2.90%) Oracle
3 7 (2.54%) BT
3 7 (2.54%) Facebook
3 7 (2.54%) Instagram
3 7 (2.54%) Twitter
3 7 (2.54%) YouTube
4 6 (2.17%) Bloomberg
4 6 (2.17%) HubSpot
4 6 (2.17%) Salesforce.com
4 6 (2.17%) SAP
5 4 (1.45%) hybris
5 4 (1.45%) Sage
5 4 (1.45%) WooCommerce
5 4 (1.45%) Zend
6 2 (0.72%) Qubit
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft