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More than 750 new job postings for software developers go live every day in the UK, with JavaScript leading the demand for programming language skills among employers.
According to developer recruitment platform CodinGame, a new tech job is advertised every two minutes in the United Kingdom, with over half of tech job postings commanding salaries of at least £50,000 ($60,900) and one in five (20%) promising £70,000 ($85,300) and above.
The UK is enjoying a boom in tech investment, with investors putting £89.5 billion into European tech firms in 2021, a third of which was directed towards UK firms. The majority of these investments were aimed at London firms, which, as a result, accounted for 47.5% of all new tech jobs posted in 2021.
The majority of tech vacancies last year were in software development and engineering roles, which increased by 88.2% between 2020 and 2021.
In an analysis of available coding roles, CodinGame found that JavaScript continued its reign as the most in-demand programming language, with 33% of all job postings requiring proficiency in the language.
JavaScript job postings eclipsed its runner-up language, Java, by 33%. Other popular coding languages include Python, C# and C++.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by pkrasimirov on Wednesday August 03 2022, @07:43PM
Nobody today is looking for "Javascript developer".
Real existing and non-imaginery non-software companies who need IT staff are looking for "anyone with X years of experience in the field" because they don't even know what they want (and that is fine). They also always list the software products they have ("Oracle" etc.)
Real existing and non-imaginery software companies list jobs en-block like "front-end dev, senior front-end dev, project lead, QA specialist etc." Maybe somewhere there will be "Javascript" but always in a list of many other requirements. And that would be either startup or outsourcing software company because for anything bigger they are looking straight for "Angular", "React" etc.
I bet these ads are just "Established HR company is looking to hire seasoned Javascript developers to work for prospective customer".