JavaScript Job Trends in Southampton

JavaScript (including ECMAScript)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring JavaScript skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 12 19
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 -7
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 36 26 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 5.80% 9.12% 7.14%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.09% 26.80% 20.48%
Number of salaries quoted 36 25 49
10th Percentile £47,500 £31,250 £38,833
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -17.39% +27.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,375 - £73,750
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -

All Programming Languages
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 163 97 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 26.25% 34.04% 34.84%
Number of salaries quoted 130 89 305
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

JavaScript job vacancy trend in Southampton

JavaScript
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing JavaScript.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing JavaScript

JavaScript
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript in Southampton over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Southampton

JavaScript
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 11 (30.56%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) SaaS
3 3 (8.33%) Azure
3 3 (8.33%) Power Automate
3 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.33%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.78%) Boomi
4 1 (2.78%) GCP
4 1 (2.78%) GitHub
4 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) Internet
1 1 (2.78%) MQTT
1 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (22.22%) MySQL
2 3 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) GitLab
2 1 (2.78%) Postman
General
1 2 (5.56%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.78%) Finance
2 1 (2.78%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 27 (75.00%) Developer
2 9 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 7 (19.44%) Software Developer
5 6 (16.67%) Lead
6 3 (8.33%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 3 (8.33%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Lead Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Lead Software Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Power Platform Developer
6 3 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Principal Software Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior
7 2 (5.56%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Software Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Systems Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (47.22%) Node.js
2 9 (25.00%) REST
3 3 (8.33%) AngularJS
3 3 (8.33%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (5.56%) CSS
4 2 (5.56%) HTML
5 1 (2.78%) gRPC
5 1 (2.78%) JSON
5 1 (2.78%) Kafka
5 1 (2.78%) Protocol Buffers
5 1 (2.78%) RESTful
5 1 (2.78%) SOAP
5 1 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) IoT
2 4 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (8.33%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.78%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Software Engineering
2 9 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 8 (22.22%) B2B
4 5 (13.89%) AI
5 4 (11.11%) Machine Learning
6 3 (8.33%) API Integration
6 3 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (8.33%) Document Management
6 3 (8.33%) Microservices
6 3 (8.33%) Project Management
6 3 (8.33%) Visualisation
7 2 (5.56%) CI/CD
7 2 (5.56%) Code Quality
7 2 (5.56%) DevOps
7 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (2.78%) Containerisation
8 1 (2.78%) Data Design
8 1 (2.78%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 1 (2.78%) Edge Computing
Programming Languages
1 12 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 9 (25.00%) Python
3 6 (16.67%) SQL
4 4 (11.11%) C++
5 2 (5.56%) Java
6 1 (2.78%) C#
6 1 (2.78%) R
6 1 (2.78%) Rust
6 1 (2.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.56%) Degree
3 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.78%) Docker
1 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.78%) Ansible
2 1 (2.78%) Podman
2 1 (2.78%) Puppet
2 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) IFS
2 1 (2.78%) NVIDIA
2 1 (2.78%) Oracle