This is exclusively a problem with web development. I work in fintech, writing C and using the gnu toolchain. We are a very successful business.

Mobile, Full Stack and Data Engineering also have similar issues. Not as bad as anything related to javascript though.

Even still, a search for "jQuery" on a jobs board typically still returns plenty of results.

Though I believe you're correct, this is not a problem inherent to web development. There's absolutely nothing stopping you from pinning things to specific versions other than the fact that projects couple security updates with breaking feature additions.