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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 15 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -7 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 8,217 | 12,077 | 28,092 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.30% | 11.93% | 17.69% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 24.82% | 27.61% | 32.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,469 | 7,309 | 13,080 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £48,000 | £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 | £100,000 | £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 | 33,111 | 43,735 | 85,528 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.44% | 43.20% | 53.85% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,896 | 27,988 | 43,700 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,195 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £49,000 | £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 | £106,417 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +3.77% | +6.00% |
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 13 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 13 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 | 7,073 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 1,825 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 5,970 | £55,000 | - | 1,233 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 3,991 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 1,293 |
| London | -7 | 1,972 | £82,500 | +10.00% | 671 |
| North of England | -4 | 1,513 | £55,000 | - | 334 |
| South East | -3 | 1,431 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 219 |
| North West | -5 | 906 | £55,000 | - | 194 |
| South West | +1 | 828 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 183 |
| Midlands | -6 | 826 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 266 |
| Scotland | -18 | 654 | £55,000 | - | 66 |
| East of England | +9 | 480 | £52,500 | -8.70% | 116 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 464 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 110 |
| West Midlands | -11 | 444 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 156 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 375 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 109 |
| Wales | +6 | 164 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 43 |
| North East | +4 | 143 | £55,000 | - | 33 |
| Northern Ireland | -12 | 75 | £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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