JavaScript Developer Jobs in the South East

JavaScript Developer
England > South East

The median JavaScript Developer salary in the South East is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 345 324
Rank change year-on-year +45 -21 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Developer 19 48 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.19% 0.26% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.28% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 19 46 47
10th Percentile £24,000 £34,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -45.45% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,000 £74,375
90th Percentile £71,500 £66,375 £82,500
England median annual salary £63,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +15.45% -21.43% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 8,904 17,271 11,452
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.42% 94.30% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,879 12,176 7,612
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,183 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured JavaScript Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript Developer in the South East

JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing JavaScript Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for JavaScript Developer in the South East

JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Developer in the South East

JavaScript Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 July 2025. 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
East Sussex +32 10 £30,000 - 2
Thames Valley +42 3 £71,000 +29.09% 1
Buckinghamshire +34 3 £71,000 +29.09%
Kent +29 3 £26,000 -60.00%
Surrey +50 2 £81,250 -4.41% 1
Hampshire +73 1 £70,000 +55.56%
JavaScript Developer
England

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, JavaScript Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (68.42%) TypeScript
3 11 (57.89%) Node.js
4 10 (52.63%) WebGL
4 10 (52.63%) Spine.js
4 10 (52.63%) Git
4 10 (52.63%) Games
4 10 (52.63%) webpack
4 10 (52.63%) gulp
4 10 (52.63%) Pixi.js
5 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
5 4 (21.05%) C#
5 4 (21.05%) React
6 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
6 3 (15.79%) SOLID
6 3 (15.79%) Clean Code
6 3 (15.79%) React Native
6 3 (15.79%) Docker
6 3 (15.79%) HTML
6 3 (15.79%) PHP
6 3 (15.79%) CSS
6 3 (15.79%) Web Application Development
6 3 (15.79%) GitHub
6 3 (15.79%) C
7 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
7 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
8 1 (5.26%) Fintech
8 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
8 1 (5.26%) User Experience
8 1 (5.26%) Web Development

JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) GitHub
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 10 (52.63%) Git
1 10 (52.63%) gulp
1 10 (52.63%) webpack
General
1 10 (52.63%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (57.89%) Node.js
2 10 (52.63%) Pixi.js
2 10 (52.63%) Spine.js
2 10 (52.63%) WebGL
3 4 (21.05%) React
4 3 (15.79%) CSS
4 3 (15.79%) HTML
4 3 (15.79%) React Native
5 1 (5.26%) .NET
5 1 (5.26%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) CI/CD
1 3 (15.79%) Clean Code
1 3 (15.79%) SOLID
1 3 (15.79%) Web Application Development
2 2 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (10.53%) Software Engineering
3 1 (5.26%) Fintech
3 1 (5.26%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (5.26%) User Experience
3 1 (5.26%) UX Design
3 1 (5.26%) Web Development
3 1 (5.26%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 13 (68.42%) TypeScript
3 4 (21.05%) C#
4 3 (15.79%) C
4 3 (15.79%) PHP
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Docker