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 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 -4
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 30 22 80
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 4.69% 7.89% 7.76%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.87% 25.29% 22.79%
Number of salaries quoted 30 21 56
10th Percentile £47,500 £31,250 £39,166
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% +22.22%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £67,500 £73,750
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% -

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 159 87 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 24.84% 31.18% 34.04%
Number of salaries quoted 126 79 319
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,875 £35,000 £39,583
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,125 £70,500 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £54,400 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.29% -1.09% -

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 15 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 (36.67%) AWS
2 5 (16.67%) SaaS
3 3 (10.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (10.00%) PowerApps
4 2 (6.67%) Azure
5 1 (3.33%) Boomi
5 1 (3.33%) GCP
5 1 (3.33%) Serverless
5 1 (3.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) MQTT
1 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (26.67%) MySQL
2 3 (10.00%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) Redis
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Git
1 1 (3.33%) GitLab
1 1 (3.33%) Postman
General
1 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (3.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (73.33%) Developer
2 10 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
3 8 (26.67%) Software Engineer
4 7 (23.33%) Lead
5 4 (13.33%) Lead Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Lead Software Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Software Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 3 (10.00%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Power Platform Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Principal Software Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Senior
7 1 (3.33%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (40.00%) Node.js
2 9 (30.00%) REST
3 3 (10.00%) AngularJS
3 3 (10.00%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (3.33%) CSS
4 1 (3.33%) gRPC
4 1 (3.33%) HTML
4 1 (3.33%) JSON
4 1 (3.33%) Kafka
4 1 (3.33%) Protocol Buffers
4 1 (3.33%) RESTful
4 1 (3.33%) SOAP
4 1 (3.33%) Vue
4 1 (3.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (23.33%) IoT
2 4 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.33%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.33%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 8 (26.67%) B2B
2 8 (26.67%) Software Engineering
3 6 (20.00%) AI
4 4 (13.33%) Machine Learning
4 4 (13.33%) Microservices
5 3 (10.00%) API Integration
5 3 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (10.00%) Document Management
5 3 (10.00%) Project Management
5 3 (10.00%) Visualisation
6 2 (6.67%) Code Quality
6 2 (6.67%) DevOps
6 2 (6.67%) DevSecOps
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (3.33%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (3.33%) Decision-Making
7 1 (3.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 13 (43.33%) TypeScript
2 8 (26.67%) Python
3 6 (20.00%) SQL
4 4 (13.33%) C++
5 2 (6.67%) Java
6 1 (3.33%) C#
6 1 (3.33%) Rust
6 1 (3.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Degree
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
1 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.33%) Ansible
2 1 (3.33%) Podman
2 1 (3.33%) Puppet
2 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) IFS
2 1 (3.33%) NVIDIA
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle