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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 16 20
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -11
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 39 27 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 5.99% 8.60% 7.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.16% 24.11% 21.04%
Number of salaries quoted 39 26 50
10th Percentile £47,500 £31,250 £38,999
25th Percentile - £43,438 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% +25.00%
75th Percentile £74,375 £67,500 £63,438
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +2.80%

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 155 112 328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 23.81% 35.67% 37.74%
Number of salaries quoted 122 104 304
10th Percentile £32,750 £27,150 £29,000
25th Percentile £44,250 £40,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £74,688 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £73,750
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 10 May 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 (28.21%) AWS
2 4 (10.26%) SaaS
3 3 (7.69%) Azure
3 3 (7.69%) Power Automate
3 3 (7.69%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.69%) PowerApps
4 2 (5.13%) GitHub
5 1 (2.56%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Internet
2 1 (2.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) MySQL
2 3 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Git
2 1 (2.56%) Postman
General
1 2 (5.13%) Multimedia
1 2 (5.13%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (79.49%) Developer
2 11 (28.21%) Software Developer
3 9 (23.08%) Full-Stack Developer
4 6 (15.38%) Lead
4 6 (15.38%) Software Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
5 3 (7.69%) JavaScript Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Lead Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Lead Software Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Lead Software Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Power Platform Developer
5 3 (7.69%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (7.69%) Principal Software Engineer
6 2 (5.13%) Senior
6 2 (5.13%) Senior Developer
6 2 (5.13%) Trainee
7 1 (2.56%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (53.85%) Node.js
2 9 (23.08%) REST
3 3 (7.69%) AngularJS
3 3 (7.69%) CSS
3 3 (7.69%) HTML
3 3 (7.69%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (2.56%) JSON
4 1 (2.56%) SOAP
4 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) IoT
2 3 (7.69%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Software Engineering
2 9 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
3 8 (20.51%) B2B
4 4 (10.26%) AI
5 3 (7.69%) API Integration
5 3 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (7.69%) Document Management
5 3 (7.69%) Machine Learning
5 3 (7.69%) Project Management
5 3 (7.69%) Visualisation
6 2 (5.13%) Code Quality
6 2 (5.13%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (5.13%) Mentoring
6 2 (5.13%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (2.56%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (2.56%) CI/CD
7 1 (2.56%) Data Design
7 1 (2.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 1 (2.56%) Decision-Making
7 1 (2.56%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.77%) TypeScript
2 9 (23.08%) Python
3 6 (15.38%) SQL
4 3 (7.69%) C++
5 2 (5.13%) R
6 1 (2.56%) C#
6 1 (2.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.13%) AWS Certification
1 2 (5.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (5.13%) Azure Certification
1 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.56%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) IFS
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle