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 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 856 851 962
Rank change year-on-year -5 +111 -315
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior JavaScript Developer 54 128 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.055% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.14% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 47 101 146
10th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,750 £67,250 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +23.08% +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 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +13.04% +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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 6 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 6 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 +34 53 £72,500 -12.12% 15
London +62 27 £90,000 -5.26% 9
UK excluding London -19 27 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Work from Home +41 21 £71,500 -24.74% 11
South East +24 15 £60,000 -7.69% 1
East of England +23 9 £71,500 -24.74% 2
North of England +45 1 £70,000 +3.70% 1
West Midlands +23 1 £65,000 -7.14%
Midlands +12 1 £65,000 -7.14% 2
North West +10 1 £70,000 +0.72%
Scotland -67 1 £60,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 54 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 35 (64.81%) Agile
3 27 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
4 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
4 23 (42.59%) HTML
4 23 (42.59%) CSS
4 23 (42.59%) TypeScript
5 20 (37.04%) SQL Server
5 20 (37.04%) C#
6 19 (35.19%) CI/CD
7 18 (33.33%) React
8 16 (29.63%) .NET
9 14 (25.93%) User Experience
10 13 (24.07%) Azure
11 12 (22.22%) Mentoring
11 12 (22.22%) gulp
11 12 (22.22%) webpack
11 12 (22.22%) AngularJS
11 12 (22.22%) Java
12 11 (20.37%) Node.js
12 11 (20.37%) DevOps
13 10 (18.52%) Machine Learning
13 10 (18.52%) HTML5
13 10 (18.52%) SQL
13 10 (18.52%) Client/Server
13 10 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
14 9 (16.67%) Software Architecture
14 9 (16.67%) UX Design
14 9 (16.67%) Sass
14 9 (16.67%) API Development

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 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 8 (14.81%) AWS
3 4 (7.41%) TestFlight
4 3 (5.56%) SaaS
5 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.85%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) HTTP
1 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (37.04%) SQL Server
2 6 (11.11%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.85%) MySQL
3 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (22.22%) gulp
1 12 (22.22%) webpack
2 5 (9.26%) Git
2 5 (9.26%) Grunt
3 4 (7.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.81%) Banking
2 8 (14.81%) Finance
2 8 (14.81%) Legal
2 8 (14.81%) Retail
3 5 (9.26%) Games
3 5 (9.26%) Marketing
4 4 (7.41%) Investment Banking
5 2 (3.70%) Automotive
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (42.59%) CSS
1 23 (42.59%) HTML
2 18 (33.33%) React
3 16 (29.63%) .NET
4 12 (22.22%) AngularJS
5 11 (20.37%) Node.js
6 10 (18.52%) HTML5
7 9 (16.67%) Sass
7 9 (16.67%) Vue
8 8 (14.81%) Blazor
8 8 (14.81%) GraphQL
8 8 (14.81%) Swagger
9 7 (12.96%) REST
10 6 (11.11%) jQuery
11 5 (9.26%) JSON
11 5 (9.26%) Pixi.js
11 5 (9.26%) RESTful
11 5 (9.26%) Web Services
11 5 (9.26%) WebGL
11 5 (9.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.52%) Client/Server
2 9 (16.67%) Product Ownership
3 8 (14.81%) Cloud Native
4 7 (12.96%) Data Structures
4 7 (12.96%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (7.41%) Mobile Banking
5 4 (7.41%) Online Gambling
5 4 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.85%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Android
1 4 (7.41%) Apple iOS
1 4 (7.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (64.81%) Agile
2 27 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
3 19 (35.19%) CI/CD
4 14 (25.93%) User Experience
5 12 (22.22%) Mentoring
6 11 (20.37%) DevOps
7 10 (18.52%) Artificial Intelligence
7 10 (18.52%) Machine Learning
8 9 (16.67%) API Development
8 9 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
8 9 (16.67%) Design Patterns
8 9 (16.67%) Software Architecture
8 9 (16.67%) UX Design
9 8 (14.81%) Disruptive Innovation
9 8 (14.81%) Front End Development
9 8 (14.81%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (14.81%) Software Testing
9 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (12.96%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 54 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 23 (42.59%) TypeScript
3 20 (37.04%) C#
4 12 (22.22%) Java
5 10 (18.52%) SQL
6 8 (14.81%) Python
7 4 (7.41%) Objective-C
7 4 (7.41%) Swift
7 4 (7.41%) T-SQL
7 4 (7.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) Degree
2 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (14.81%) OpenAI
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft