JavaScript Engineer Job Trends in the South East

JavaScript Engineer
England > South East

As of 13 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median JavaScript Engineer salary in the South East.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 292 294
Rank change year-on-year +20 +2 +110
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer 1 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.010% 0.045% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.049% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £45,750 £43,875
25th Percentile - £52,500 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £67,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - +45.95% -22.92%
75th Percentile - £71,250 £49,688
90th Percentile - - £50,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,250 £68,823
% change year-on-year +6.12% -11.00% -1.68%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 9,525 8,164 8,390
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 91.12% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 5,943 4,286 6,046
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £28,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,911 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

JavaScript Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'JavaScript Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

JavaScript Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Engineer job vacancies in the South East

JavaScript Engineer
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 Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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
Surrey - 1 - - 1
JavaScript Engineer
England

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, JavaScript Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring JavaScript Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) Code Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Jasmine
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Jasmine
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript