JavaScript Engineer Job Trends in Central London

JavaScript Engineer
London > Central London

The median JavaScript Engineer salary in Central London is £71,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 188 191
Rank change year-on-year +49 +3 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a JavaScript Engineer 2 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.11% 0.032% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.033% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £62,875 - -
25th Percentile £65,313 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% +5.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,813 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £80,625 - -
London median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -18.75% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,772 2,990 3,299
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 94.32% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,463 1,968 2,964
10th Percentile £36,750 £44,700 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,311 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.90%

JavaScript Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'JavaScript Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

JavaScript Engineer job vacancy trend in Central London

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Engineer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for JavaScript Engineer job vacancies in Central London

JavaScript Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing JavaScript Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Salary histogram for JavaScript Engineer in Central London

JavaScript Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JavaScript Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 21 October 2025. 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
City of London +45 2 £71,250 +35.71% 4
JavaScript Engineer
London

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, JavaScript Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring JavaScript Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) White-Box Testing

JavaScript Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) API Development
1 1 (50.00%) Black-Box Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) White-Box Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA