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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 18 | 15 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | -7 | -2 |
| Permanent jobs citing JavaScript | 8,236 | 12,176 | 27,919 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 8.31% | 12.01% | 17.79% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 24.84% | 27.77% | 32.95% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 6,492 | 7,302 | 13,011 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £37,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £47,813 | £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 | 33,162 | 43,852 | 84,744 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 33.46% | 43.27% | 54.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 24,974 | 27,985 | 43,449 |
| 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 | £106,275 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £54,000 | £55,000 | £53,112 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.82% | +3.55% | +6.22% |
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 9 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 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -2 | 7,089 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 1,647 |
| UK excluding London | -3 | 5,989 | £55,000 | - | 1,144 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 3,990 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 1,149 |
| London | -7 | 1,970 | £82,500 | +10.00% | 590 |
| North of England | -4 | 1,508 | £55,000 | - | 312 |
| South East | -3 | 1,438 | £56,000 | -2.61% | 188 |
| North West | -6 | 902 | £55,000 | - | 183 |
| Midlands | -6 | 835 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 237 |
| South West | +2 | 832 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 181 |
| Scotland | -21 | 656 | £55,000 | - | 69 |
| East of England | +7 | 483 | £52,500 | -8.70% | 110 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 463 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 102 |
| West Midlands | -11 | 450 | £52,500 | -4.55% | 139 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 378 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 97 |
| Wales | +3 | 163 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 41 |
| North East | +2 | 143 | £55,000 | - | 31 |
| Northern Ireland | -12 | 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||