JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for JavaScript skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited JavaScript over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 15 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -7 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 8,194 | 12,438 | 27,711 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.32% | 12.02% | 17.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 24.68% | 27.81% | 32.92% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,442 | 7,454 | 13,152 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £47,672 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +4.17% | +14.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,250 | £82,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £100,000 | £98,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £53,112 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +3.55% | +11.81% |
All Programming Languages
UK
JavaScript 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 requirement for coding skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 33,195 | 44,728 | 84,178 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.69% | 43.23% | 53.73% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,962 | 28,546 | 44,049 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,500 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £65,000 | £62,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.69% | +4.00% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £86,250 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £106,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +2.80% | +7.00% |
JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
JavaScript
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript.
JavaScript
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
JavaScript
Top 18 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 |
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| England | -2 | 7,047 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 1,609 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 5,983 | £55,000 | - | 1,126 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 3,943 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 1,028 |
| London | -8 | 1,935 | £80,000 | +6.67% | 559 |
| North of England | -4 | 1,500 | £55,000 | - | 309 |
| South East | -3 | 1,437 | £57,500 | - | 189 |
| North West | -5 | 897 | £55,000 | - | 175 |
| Midlands | -4 | 837 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 229 |
| South West | +2 | 836 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 181 |
| Scotland | -20 | 659 | £55,000 | - | 73 |
| East of England | +6 | 479 | £52,500 | -8.70% | 100 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 460 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 103 |
| West Midlands | -10 | 443 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 132 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 387 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 95 |
| Wales | +5 | 161 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 36 |
| North East | +1 | 143 | £55,000 | - | 35 |
| Northern Ireland | -10 | 76 | £45,000 | -10.00% | 25 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | £36,000 | - | 1 |
JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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