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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	31	35	13
Rank change year-on-year	+4	-22	-1
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript	42	10	83
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton	4.18%	2.31%	11.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category	22.70%	10.53%	34.02%
Number of salaries quoted	41	10	63
10^th Percentile	£52,500	£37,250	£21,000
25^th Percentile	£56,250	£37,500	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£72,500	£46,250	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+56.76%	+2.78%	-
75^th Percentile	£100,000	£57,813	£53,750
90^th Percentile	-	£62,750	£60,200
Hampshire median annual salary	£62,500	£50,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	+25.00%	+11.11%	-10.00%

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	185	95	244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton	18.41%	21.99%	32.71%
Number of salaries quoted	162	81	198
10^th Percentile	£36,250	£32,500	£32,125
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£36,250	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£55,000	£51,250
Median % change year-on-year	+9.09%	+7.32%	-2.38%
75^th Percentile	£75,000	£62,500	£60,000
90^th Percentile	£95,000	£65,000	£71,750
Hampshire median annual salary	£62,500	£57,500	£56,000
% change year-on-year	+8.70%	+2.68%	+1.82%

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 Salary Trend in Southampton

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 20 October 2026.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Southampton

JavaScript Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, job vacancies citing JavaScript also mentioned 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 Southampton region with a requirement for JavaScript.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Full-Stack Development	76.2%	32
2	TypeScript	61.9%	26
3	Node.js	47.6%	20
4	SaaS	42.9%	18
5	AI	28.6%	12
5	AWS	28.6%	12
5	React	28.6%	12
5	Software Engineering	28.6%	12
9	Microservices	26.2%	11
10	CI/CD	21.4%	9
10	Continuous Deployment	21.4%	9
10	SQL Server	21.4%	9
10	Technical Leadership	21.4%	9
14	Degree	19.0%	8
14	PHP	19.0%	8
16	DevSecOps	16.7%	7
17	Agile	14.3%	6
17	Clean Code	14.3%	6
17	Collaborative Working	14.3%	6
17	Computer Science	14.3%	6
17	Computer Science Degree	14.3%	6
17	Continuous Improvement	14.3%	6
17	Design Patterns	14.3%	6
17	Domain Models	14.3%	6
17	Epics	14.3%	6
17	Google	14.3%	6
17	Kubernetes	14.3%	6
17	Linux	14.3%	6
17	Python	14.3%	6
17	Redis	14.3%	6

JavaScript Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	TypeScript	61.9%	26
2	PHP	19.0%	8
3	Python	14.3%	6
4	C++	9.5%	4
4	SQL	9.5%	4
6	C#	7.1%	3
6	Java	7.1%	3
8	Rust	2.4%	1
8	Shell Script	2.4%	1
8	VB	2.4%	1
8	VB.NET	2.4%	1