Senior JavaScript Developer Jobs

Senior JavaScript Developer
UK

The median Senior JavaScript Developer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 823 845 959
Rank change year-on-year +22 +114 -313
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior JavaScript Developer 55 127 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.056% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.14% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 47 102 145
10th Percentile £55,000 £57,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,750 £67,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +19.23% +8.33%
75th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% +17.39% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Senior JavaScript Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior JavaScript Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior JavaScript Developer in the UK

Senior JavaScript Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior JavaScript Developer.

Salary trend for Senior JavaScript Developer in the UK

Senior JavaScript Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior JavaScript Developer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior JavaScript Developer in the UK

Senior JavaScript Developer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior JavaScript Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +38 53 £72,500 -9.38% 15
London +51 27 £90,000 -5.26% 8
UK excluding London -19 27 £70,000 +3.70% 7
Work from Home +47 22 £71,500 -24.74% 12
South East +18 15 £60,000 -7.69% 1
East of England +23 9 £71,500 -24.74% 3
North of England +40 1 £70,000 +3.70% 2
West Midlands +14 1 £65,000 -7.14%
Midlands -4 1 £65,000 -7.14% 2
North West -4 1 £70,000 +0.72% 2
Scotland -59 1 £60,000 -14.29%

Senior JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Senior JavaScript Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior JavaScript Developer in the job title.

1 55 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 37 (67.27%) Agile
3 28 (50.91%) Full Stack Development
4 24 (43.64%) HTML
4 24 (43.64%) TypeScript
5 23 (41.82%) CSS
6 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
7 21 (38.18%) SQL Server
7 21 (38.18%) C#
8 20 (36.36%) CI/CD
9 18 (32.73%) React
10 17 (30.91%) .NET
11 14 (25.45%) User Experience
11 14 (25.45%) Azure
12 13 (23.64%) Mentoring
13 12 (21.82%) DevOps
13 12 (21.82%) AngularJS
13 12 (21.82%) Java
14 11 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
14 11 (20.00%) HTML5
14 11 (20.00%) Machine Learning
14 11 (20.00%) webpack
14 11 (20.00%) gulp
15 10 (18.18%) API Development
15 10 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
15 10 (18.18%) Product Ownership
15 10 (18.18%) Software Architecture
15 10 (18.18%) Node.js
15 10 (18.18%) SQL
15 10 (18.18%) Client/Server

Senior JavaScript Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 14 (25.45%) Azure
2 8 (14.55%) AWS
3 4 (7.27%) TestFlight
4 3 (5.45%) SaaS
5 2 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.82%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.82%) HTTP
1 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (38.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (10.91%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.82%) MySQL
3 1 (1.82%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (20.00%) gulp
1 11 (20.00%) webpack
2 5 (9.09%) Git
3 4 (7.27%) Grunt
3 4 (7.27%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.36%) Legal
3 8 (14.55%) Banking
3 8 (14.55%) Finance
3 8 (14.55%) Retail
4 5 (9.09%) Games
4 5 (9.09%) Marketing
5 4 (7.27%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.64%) Automotive
7 1 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (43.64%) HTML
2 23 (41.82%) CSS
3 18 (32.73%) React
4 17 (30.91%) .NET
5 12 (21.82%) AngularJS
6 11 (20.00%) HTML5
7 10 (18.18%) Node.js
8 9 (16.36%) Sass
8 9 (16.36%) Swagger
8 9 (16.36%) Vue
9 8 (14.55%) Blazor
9 8 (14.55%) GraphQL
10 7 (12.73%) REST
11 6 (10.91%) jQuery
12 5 (9.09%) JSON
12 5 (9.09%) Pixi.js
12 5 (9.09%) RESTful
12 5 (9.09%) Web Services
13 4 (7.27%) RxJS
13 4 (7.27%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Client/Server
1 10 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 9 (16.36%) Cloud Native
3 7 (12.73%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (10.91%) Data Structures
5 4 (7.27%) Mobile Banking
5 4 (7.27%) Online Gambling
5 4 (7.27%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.82%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.27%) Android
1 4 (7.27%) Apple iOS
1 4 (7.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (67.27%) Agile
2 28 (50.91%) Full Stack Development
3 20 (36.36%) CI/CD
4 14 (25.45%) User Experience
5 13 (23.64%) Mentoring
6 12 (21.82%) DevOps
7 11 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
7 11 (20.00%) Machine Learning
8 10 (18.18%) API Development
8 10 (18.18%) Architectural Patterns
8 10 (18.18%) Software Architecture
9 9 (16.36%) Design Patterns
9 9 (16.36%) Disruptive Innovation
9 9 (16.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (16.36%) Software Testing
9 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (16.36%) UX Design
10 8 (14.55%) Front End Development
11 7 (12.73%) Progressive Web App
Programming Languages
1 55 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 24 (43.64%) TypeScript
3 21 (38.18%) C#
4 12 (21.82%) Java
5 10 (18.18%) SQL
6 9 (16.36%) Python
7 4 (7.27%) Objective-C
7 4 (7.27%) Swift
7 4 (7.27%) T-SQL
7 4 (7.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.09%) Degree
2 4 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.64%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.64%) Docker
Vendors
1 9 (16.36%) OpenAI
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft