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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 22 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -8 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 51 18 89
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 5.87% 4.42% 10.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.06% 17.14% 31.23%
Number of salaries quoted 51 18 59
10th Percentile £52,500 £31,250 £32,100
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +48.57% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £55,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £66,500 £61,900
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +23.71% -3.00% -6.54%

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 212 105 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 24.40% 25.80% 32.53%
Number of salaries quoted 179 90 241
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £72,500
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 24 August 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.92%) CMS
1 2 (3.92%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 15 (29.41%) SaaS
2 14 (27.45%) AWS
3 5 (9.80%) Azure
3 5 (9.80%) Snowflake
4 4 (7.84%) GCP
4 4 (7.84%) GitHub
4 4 (7.84%) Serverless
5 3 (5.88%) Anthropic Claude
5 3 (5.88%) GitHub Copilot
5 3 (5.88%) Power Automate
5 3 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 3 (5.88%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) MQTT
1 1 (1.96%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (9.80%) Redis
3 3 (5.88%) MongoDB
3 3 (5.88%) MySQL
3 3 (5.88%) Power BI
3 3 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) Claude Code
2 2 (3.92%) Git
3 1 (1.96%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.96%) Gatling
3 1 (1.96%) GitLab
3 1 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.96%) JMeter
3 1 (1.96%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.96%) Selenium
General
1 2 (3.92%) Finance
2 1 (1.96%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (80.39%) Developer
2 35 (68.63%) Full-Stack Developer
3 17 (33.33%) Lead
4 14 (27.45%) Lead Developer
4 14 (27.45%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
4 14 (27.45%) Lead Software Developer
4 14 (27.45%) Software Developer
5 8 (15.69%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) .NET Developer
6 3 (5.88%) .NET Web Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 3 (5.88%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Power Platform Developer
6 3 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Principal Software Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Web Developer
7 2 (3.92%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (39.22%) Node.js
2 12 (23.53%) React
3 6 (11.76%) REST
4 5 (9.80%) Vue
5 4 (7.84%) Terraform
6 3 (5.88%) .NET
6 3 (5.88%) .NET Framework
6 3 (5.88%) AngularJS
6 3 (5.88%) ASP.NET
6 3 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (5.88%) Bun
6 3 (5.88%) Classic ASP
6 3 (5.88%) Entity Framework
6 3 (5.88%) Express.js
6 3 (5.88%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (5.88%) Jest
6 3 (5.88%) MERN Stack
6 3 (5.88%) NestJS
6 3 (5.88%) Next.js
6 3 (5.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) IoT
2 5 (9.80%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (7.84%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.88%) AI Agents
4 3 (5.88%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.96%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.96%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (68.63%) Full-Stack Development
2 14 (27.45%) AI
3 13 (25.49%) Software Engineering
4 10 (19.61%) Microservices
5 8 (15.69%) CI/CD
5 8 (15.69%) Continuous Deployment
5 8 (15.69%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (11.76%) Agile
6 6 (11.76%) DevSecOps
7 5 (9.80%) Clean Code
7 5 (9.80%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
7 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (9.80%) Design Patterns
7 5 (9.80%) Domain Models
7 5 (9.80%) Epics
7 5 (9.80%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (9.80%) SOLID
7 5 (9.80%) User Stories
8 4 (7.84%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 28 (54.90%) TypeScript
2 8 (15.69%) PHP
2 8 (15.69%) Python
3 5 (9.80%) SQL
4 4 (7.84%) C++
5 3 (5.88%) C#
5 3 (5.88%) Java
6 1 (1.96%) Rust
6 1 (1.96%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (13.73%) Degree
2 5 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) QA
System Software
1 4 (7.84%) Docker
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.96%) Ansible
2 1 (1.96%) Podman
2 1 (1.96%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (11.76%) Google
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) NVIDIA