Skills: pay and hiring demand

JavaScript jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for JavaScript, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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2,286 open roles · 1.7% of postings · Median $152,269/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

JavaScript appears in 2,286 open roles (1.7% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 152,269 (P25 108,000 – P75 212,900), as of 2026-10-18.

n=2,286, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

2,286
Open roles
1.7%
Share of all postings
of postings
897
Postings with a salary range
$152,269
Median stated pay
P25 $108,000 · P75 $212,900

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Engineering76.0% (1,738)Data & ML10.8% (247)Consulting5.5% (126)Other2.4% (54)Product1.5% (35)Operations0.9% (21)Sales0.8% (18)Support0.7% (15)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Engineering 1,738 76.0%
Data & ML 247 10.8%
Consulting 126 5.5%
Other 54 2.4%
Product 35 1.5%
Operations 21 0.9%
Sales 18 0.8%
Support 15 0.7%
Design 13 0.6%
Marketing 13 0.6%
People & HR 3 0.1%
Finance 2 0.1%
Retail & Hospitality 1 0.0%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 742 32.5%
India 169 7.4%
United Kingdom 118 5.2%
Canada 108 4.7%
Mexico 74 3.2%
Brazil 70 3.1%
Germany 65 2.8%
Singapore 57 2.5%
Spain 46 2.0%
Poland 45 2.0%
Ireland 37 1.6%
France 35 1.5%
AR 32 1.4%
PE 27 1.2%
Greece 26 1.1%
CO 25 1.1%
Portugal 25 1.1%
Australia 24 1.0%
EG 20 0.9%
PH 17 0.7%
Japan 16 0.7%
Netherlands 15 0.7%
United Arab Emirates 14 0.6%
Italy 13 0.6%
CL 12 0.5%
CR 12 0.5%
Belgium 10 0.4%
Switzerland 10 0.4%
China 10 0.4%
UY 10 0.4%
Sweden 9 0.4%
Romania 8 0.3%
Czechia 7 0.3%
RS 7 0.3%
VN 7 0.3%
Austria 6 0.3%
Slovakia 6 0.3%
ZA 6 0.3%
Bulgaria 5 0.2%
Israel 5 0.2%
South Korea 5 0.2%
Lithuania 5 0.2%
Hungary 4 0.2%
ID 4 0.2%
MY 4 0.2%
New Zealand 4 0.2%
Taiwan 4 0.2%
Finland 3 0.1%
MT 3 0.1%
Hong Kong 2 0.1%
KE 2 0.1%
Latvia 2 0.1%
MA 2 0.1%
TH 2 0.1%
TR 2 0.1%
UA 2 0.1%
Denmark 1 0.0%
Estonia 1 0.0%
Croatia 1 0.0%
Luxembourg 1 0.0%
NG 1 0.0%
Norway 1 0.0%
SA 1 0.0%
TN 1 0.0%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as JavaScript.

Python n=9,587 Excel n=8,995 SQL n=7,329 Roadmapping n=7,155 AWS n=6,209 LLM n=5,050 Agile n=4,518 CI/CD n=4,458 iOS n=4,409 Salesforce n=4,046 CRM n=3,912 Azure n=3,892

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Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →