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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 15 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 -4 -2
Permanent jobs citing JavaScript 13 92 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 3.20% 10.80% 13.64%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.87% 34.07% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13 62 56
10th Percentile - £21,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £55,000 £54,688 £63,125
90th Percentile £64,500 £60,250 £76,250
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.89% -2.73%

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 101 270 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 24.88% 31.69% 49.09%
Number of salaries quoted 85 222 167
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

JavaScript
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing JavaScript as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for JavaScript 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 September 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript in Southampton

JavaScript
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) CMS
1 2 (15.38%) Drupal
1 2 (15.38%) Umbraco
1 2 (15.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Storybook
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) CMS Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Designer
2 2 (15.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Lead Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Node.js Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior JavaScript Developer
3 1 (7.69%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (61.54%) Node.js
2 4 (30.77%) REST
3 3 (23.08%) .NET
3 3 (23.08%) Express.js
3 3 (23.08%) HTML
3 3 (23.08%) React
4 2 (15.38%) CSS
4 2 (15.38%) jQuery
4 2 (15.38%) Next.js
5 1 (7.69%) ADO
5 1 (7.69%) Ionic Framework
5 1 (7.69%) Jest
5 1 (7.69%) React Native
5 1 (7.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) B2B
3 3 (23.08%) Front End Development
3 3 (23.08%) User Experience
3 3 (23.08%) UX Design
4 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 2 (15.38%) DevOps
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (15.38%) SEO
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (15.38%) Web Accessibility
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) E-Commerce
5 1 (7.69%) Logistics
5 1 (7.69%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Software Architecture
5 1 (7.69%) Wealth Management
5 1 (7.69%) Web Design
5 1 (7.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) C
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Delphi
2 1 (7.69%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Adobe
2 1 (7.69%) Google