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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 20 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 52 19 83
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 7.14% 5.48% 9.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.08% 20.43% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 52 18 57
10th Percentile £49,125 £29,975 £39,166
25th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £43,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -20.45% +22.22%
75th Percentile £79,063 £54,375 £61,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £66,500 £63,750
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £48,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.71% -7.62% -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 192 93 320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 26.37% 26.80% 34.71%
Number of salaries quoted 158 80 287
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,438 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £74,500 £56,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £65,500 £73,000
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 20 July 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 (3.85%) CMS
1 2 (3.85%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.69%) AWS
2 13 (25.00%) SaaS
3 5 (9.62%) Azure
4 4 (7.69%) Snowflake
5 3 (5.77%) GCP
5 3 (5.77%) GitHub
5 3 (5.77%) Power Automate
5 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 3 (5.77%) PowerApps
5 3 (5.77%) Serverless
6 2 (3.85%) Anthropic Claude
6 2 (3.85%) GitHub Copilot
7 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.92%) Boomi
7 1 (1.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) MQTT
1 1 (1.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) MySQL
2 7 (13.46%) SQL Server
3 4 (7.69%) Redis
4 3 (5.77%) Power BI
5 2 (3.85%) MongoDB
5 2 (3.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Claude Code
1 2 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (1.92%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.92%) Gatling
2 1 (1.92%) GitLab
2 1 (1.92%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.92%) JMeter
2 1 (1.92%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.92%) Postman
2 1 (1.92%) Selenium
General
1 2 (3.85%) Finance
1 2 (3.85%) Social Skills
2 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (82.69%) Developer
2 31 (59.62%) Full-Stack Developer
3 15 (28.85%) Lead
4 12 (23.08%) Lead Developer
4 12 (23.08%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
4 12 (23.08%) Lead Software Developer
4 12 (23.08%) Software Developer
5 8 (15.38%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) .NET Developer
6 3 (5.77%) .NET Web Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 3 (5.77%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Lead Software Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Power Platform Developer
6 3 (5.77%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Principal Software Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Web Developer
7 1 (1.92%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (42.31%) Node.js
2 11 (21.15%) REST
3 10 (19.23%) React
4 4 (7.69%) JSON
4 4 (7.69%) Vue
4 4 (7.69%) XML
5 3 (5.77%) .NET
5 3 (5.77%) .NET Framework
5 3 (5.77%) AngularJS
5 3 (5.77%) ASP.NET
5 3 (5.77%) ASP.NET MVC
5 3 (5.77%) Classic ASP
5 3 (5.77%) Entity Framework
5 3 (5.77%) Google Maps API
5 3 (5.77%) HTML5 Canvas
6 2 (3.85%) Express.js
6 2 (3.85%) Jest
6 2 (3.85%) Laravel
6 2 (3.85%) NestJS
6 2 (3.85%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) IoT
2 5 (9.62%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.77%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.85%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.92%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.92%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.92%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 8 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (59.62%) Full-Stack Development
2 12 (23.08%) AI
2 12 (23.08%) Software Engineering
3 9 (17.31%) Microservices
4 8 (15.38%) B2B
5 7 (13.46%) CI/CD
6 6 (11.54%) Continuous Deployment
6 6 (11.54%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (9.62%) Agile
7 5 (9.62%) DevSecOps
8 4 (7.69%) Clean Code
8 4 (7.69%) Code Quality
8 4 (7.69%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.69%) Design Patterns
8 4 (7.69%) Domain Models
8 4 (7.69%) Epics
8 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.69%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 23 (44.23%) TypeScript
2 9 (17.31%) Python
3 8 (15.38%) PHP
4 7 (13.46%) SQL
5 4 (7.69%) C#
5 4 (7.69%) C++
6 3 (5.77%) Java
7 1 (1.92%) Rust
7 1 (1.92%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (11.54%) Degree
2 4 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.77%) Docker
2 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Kubernetes
2 3 (5.77%) Terraform
3 1 (1.92%) Ansible
3 1 (1.92%) Podman
3 1 (1.92%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.62%) Google
3 1 (1.92%) IFS
3 1 (1.92%) NVIDIA
3 1 (1.92%) Oracle