JavaScript Job Trends in East Sussex

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -7 +3 0
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 46 77 103
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 10.31% 19.20% 18.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.30% 35.81% 42.04%
Number of salaries quoted 38 67 88
10th Percentile - - £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £27,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -27.66% -1.30%
75th Percentile £109,063 £51,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £143,750 £84,250 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%

All Programming Languages
East Sussex

JavaScript falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 157 215 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 35.20% 53.62% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 143 150 212
10th Percentile £38,750 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,458 £72,500
South East median annual salary £56,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% -4.35%

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing JavaScript relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in East Sussex.

JavaScript job vacancy trend in East Sussex

JavaScript
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in East Sussex over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in East Sussex

JavaScript
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 21 January 2026. 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
Brighton -4 43 £55,000 +29.41% 28
Eastbourne -5 2 £47,500 - 2
JavaScript
South East

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 15 (32.61%) AWS
1 15 (32.61%) Azure
1 15 (32.61%) GCP
2 10 (21.74%) SaaS
2 10 (21.74%) Stripe
3 8 (17.39%) GitHub
4 3 (6.52%) ChatGPT
4 3 (6.52%) GitHub Copilot
5 2 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.52%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.35%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.17%) MySQL
3 1 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.17%) Git
General
1 19 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Finance
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 35 (76.09%) Developer
2 14 (30.43%) Senior
3 11 (23.91%) JavaScript Developer
3 11 (23.91%) Software Developer
4 10 (21.74%) .NET Developer
4 10 (21.74%) .NET Software Developer
4 10 (21.74%) Engineering Manager
5 8 (17.39%) PHP Software Engineer
5 8 (17.39%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (17.39%) Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) PHP Developer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 3 (6.52%) Integration Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) PHP Laravel Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 2 (4.35%) Web Developer
9 1 (2.17%) Analyst
9 1 (2.17%) Analyst Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (56.52%) React
2 18 (39.13%) CSS
2 18 (39.13%) HTML
3 14 (30.43%) .NET
4 12 (26.09%) jQuery
5 11 (23.91%) AngularJS
6 10 (21.74%) Laravel
7 3 (6.52%) REST
8 2 (4.35%) Ajax
8 2 (4.35%) Node.js
8 2 (4.35%) Web Services
9 1 (2.17%) ASP.NET
9 1 (2.17%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 14 (30.43%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.17%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (52.17%) Agile
2 18 (39.13%) Software Engineering
3 17 (36.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (28.26%) AI
6 11 (23.91%) Software Delivery
6 11 (23.91%) User Experience
7 10 (21.74%) Business Strategy
7 10 (21.74%) Roadmaps
7 10 (21.74%) Scrum
7 10 (21.74%) TDD
8 7 (15.22%) Clean Code
9 5 (10.87%) E-Commerce
10 4 (8.70%) Computer Science
10 4 (8.70%) Front End Development
10 4 (8.70%) Migration
11 3 (6.52%) Code Quality
11 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack Development
11 3 (6.52%) Identity Access Management
11 3 (6.52%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (30.43%) PHP
1 14 (30.43%) TypeScript
2 4 (8.70%) Python
2 4 (8.70%) SQL
3 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.35%) C#
4 2 (4.35%) Go
5 1 (2.17%) R
5 1 (2.17%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
2 1 (2.17%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (2.17%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.35%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) HubSpot
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft